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How Nelson Mandela Influenced the Gaming Industry in South Africa

This morning South Africans woke up to the news we’ve all been dreading for most of 2013: Nelson Mandela had passed away. He was a political figure that overpowered apartheid and collectively avoided an all out civil war in South Africa. Instead, this leader brought all of his people together to love one another. He’s also the reason the gaming industry is as strong as it is in South Africa today.

ThanatosDMC3793d ago

A little bit of a stretch but acceptable.

310dodo3793d ago

such a stretch in this article.
but what would you expect from the PC police of the MSM.

this guy preached the genocide of white people, openly and boldly but I guess Anderson Cooper & John Stewart didnt tell you that?

fossilfern3793d ago

Trust me dont even bother trying to start a debate about Mandela, everyone acts as if he was some sort of saint. Just dont bother I have tried.

KonsoruMasuta3793d ago

He wasn't a saint but he did great things.

310dodo3793d ago

yup political correctness and fear rule.

I am not white but I do love history, and the fact that many white people are crying for this guy is pretty mind blowing.

This guy caused the rapes,murders etc of so many white Afrikaans is insane.

LOGICWINS3793d ago

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Why are you guys getting disagrees? Everything your saying is true.

Gh05t3793d ago

Because they watch the media and goto public school. Places where you don't learn these things.

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Gh05t3793d ago

Or that he ran an organization that is still on international terror watchlist.Who carried out bombing for years. He was on US terror watch list until 2008. He was a card carrying communist. He was friends with Fidel Castro and many other communist dictators. Was married to Winnie Madikizela (look her up)

AFTER PRISON he did become much more peaceful and could have lead a bloody revolution and chose peace but let us not bury the past. Know the person good and bad. It took prison for him to reform his views and ways. He did have some great post prison principles, but he was still a Marxist who started out with violence.

Inzo3793d ago

Is this a South African Site? Because this guy does not have a clue what he is talking about. No doubt Mandela did more for this country than most would know but some of the things this idiot is saying is so far from the truth its laughable. Anyway RIP Madiba.

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Why Monopolies In Gaming Must Not Be Allowed

As of right now, there are no monopolies in the games industry, and for the sake of the medium as a whole, they never should either.

thorstein5h ago

Shouldn't be allowed in any field.

Inverno2h ago

And yet the biggest tech companies in America are essentially that. They buy up all the small comps only to kill them off and steal what they have, and if they can't buy em they bleed them to death.

jwillj2k455m ago

Eventually they’ll realize the value is with the employee not the company. Buying an IP means nothing if the people who contributed are let go. They’ll get it one day.

MrCrimson14m ago

tech is different because they buy threats and then kill them. Twitter bought Vine and did nothing with it. Despite people seemingly liking it. Could've had tiktok a decade before bytedance. go figure.

Zenzuu1h ago

Monopolies shouldn't be allowed regardless. Not just for gaming.

MrCrimson16m ago

They buy IPs not talent. That's why these buyouts never work and the IPs die. Right now it's too expensive to develop games - but I expect that to shift maybe as AI tools can make it easier. The best games have been indie games for awhile as big developers fuck their ips to death with "games as a service" -

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The INDIE Live Expo 2024 event is to feature over 100 game titles

INDIE Live Expo, Japan’s premiere online digital showcase series , will debut never-before-seen games & content updates across more than 100 titles on May 25th.

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German Computer Game Awards 2024 has just announced its winners

"The best games of the year and the creative teams behind them were in the spotlight at the grand award ceremony of the German Computer Game Award 2024." - German Computer Game Awards.

anast5d ago

BG3 has won everything possible. It's insane.

TGG_overlord4d ago

That's right, well, BG3 deserved it imo.

anast4d ago

It's definitely a game of the generation if not all time.

InUrFoxHole4d ago

Sure buddy... You're trying to tell me it has a deeper story than goat 🐐 simulator 4000?!?!?. I wanna give bg3 a shot but my brain is burnt out on long games