Visitors to the Armageddon Expo on March 27th and 28th will get the feeling they're not in Christchurch anymore and that their usual civilian dress looks hundreds, if thousands of years out of date!

It’s roughly that time again, to hesitantly cast a squinting eye to the shining future and stab randomly at what might by chance be worth looking forward to.

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I thought I would buck the trend and wait for the year to actually finish before putting together my ’09 retrospective.

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Rumblings in the distant future aside, New Super Mario Bros. Wii was about the only first-party Nintendo title on display at this year’s E3 event that had much of the traditional audience interested. For that stalwart gaggle known as the hardcore it had been a dry season on the Nintendo front, and the bright 2D side-scroller just oozed their particular old-school musk. To the casual onlooker, however, the title looked pretty darn similar to the games coming out a few decades ago.

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Stuck for Christmas present ideas for your loved ones? Fly Buys dream lists can help you. More than 46,000 Members have created individual dream lists* online about rewards they would love to have, and Fly Buys has compiled a Top 10 dreams list.

Wishing Trees go up nationwide, in bid to provide festive cheer in tough times

A heart-warming work of art by an eight year old from a tiny South Island town has been chosen to help promote New Zealand's largest Christmas gift appeal, which commences today.

If you’ve set your mind on making games and endured the necessary training then your next step in the pursuit of game development fortune and glory will be, with luck, work at a game studio.

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Winners of the Age Concern New Zealand Patron's Award for the media were announced at a lunchtime function in Wellington today to mark the International Day of Older Persons.

While the high definition available on new video games is pretty impressive, it appears that many folks have nostalgic feelings for the video game action that they grew up with.  They say you never forget you first video game love and a number of Internet sites are helping to ensure that you can return to those days of yesteryear.

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Age Concern New Zealand has named five finalists for the Patron's Award for the media. The winners will be announced on 1 October, the International Day of Older Persons.