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Casual seems like an innocuous enough word outside of gaming. Yet, this C-word can generate more enmity than ‘Newb’ or ‘Hanzo Main’. Even my lip curls when someone uses it as a slur against me. Why does this word have so much weight? Well, that is part of a...
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Tekken is as recognisable a name as Final Fantasy, Pokémon or Street Fighter. Hailing from the golden age of Japanese video games, Tekken games continue to be amongst the most successful titles of the genre thanks to more than fortunate timing and nostalgia. It remains because of its evolution....
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The Assassin’s Creed series is a popular Ubisoft franchise. It hit the shelves since its release in 2007 and I’m not surprised if you consider it a household name. Ubisoft manages to release a new instalment in the hugely popular series nearly every year since its inception. The company...
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Key Round is a series of articles in which I analyze one round that shaped an entire match. Following our first post on the East Meets West showdown (Lunatic Hai vs Rogue), we recap how a Junkrat surprise pick turned the tables in a Overwatch competitive match between EnvyUs and X6-Gaming (Apex’s Season 3,...
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‘CANCELLED’ is a series of posts at PlusMana.com that examine games that, for one reason or another, have never seen the light of day. In part one of the series, we take a look at why Pirates of the Caribbean: Armada of the Damned was eventually cancelled. Pirates of the...
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Back in 2012, Valve announced their own brand of an operating system, named SteamOS. One could tell that Valve was planning something big for them to develop their own operating system. They already have the Steam client, which isthe most popular PC gaming digital distributor in the world. With...
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It has been two months since the release of Journey to Un’Goro expansion as the first expansion of the Year of the Mammoth. We have observed serious shifts in the Hearthstone meta since then and now the dust is about to settle and at the end we ended up...
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Replay clips are credit to Riot Esports and Twitch, click on them to play. Coming into week 2 and the much anticipated match up between possibly the two longest standing organizations, the Team Solo Mid and Counter Logic Gaming match had quite a few different pre-game conotations. Instead of...
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I’m not a fan of empowering women. To me, the phrase is painfully condescending. The person empowering women never seems to think too highly of them. They assume women don’t know what they want and need someone ready with a squeaky toy to ’empower’ them. Usually, I tune out this...
Casual seems like an innocuous enough word outside of gaming. Yet, this C-word can generate more enmity than ‘Newb’ or ‘Hanzo Main’. Even my lip curls when someone uses it as a slur against me. Why does this word have so much weight? Well, that is part of a...
Tekken is as recognisable a name as Final Fantasy, Pokémon or Street Fighter. Hailing from the golden age of Japanese video games, Tekken games continue to be amongst the most successful titles of the genre thanks to more than fortunate timing and nostalgia. It remains because of its evolution....
The Assassin’s Creed series is a popular Ubisoft franchise. It hit the shelves since its release in 2007 and I’m not surprised if you consider it a household name. Ubisoft manages to release a new instalment in the hugely popular series nearly every year since its inception. The company...
Key Round is a series of articles in which I analyze one round that shaped an entire match. Following our first post on the East Meets West showdown (Lunatic Hai vs Rogue), we recap how a Junkrat surprise pick turned the tables in a Overwatch competitive match between EnvyUs and X6-Gaming (Apex’s Season 3,...
‘CANCELLED’ is a series of posts at PlusMana.com that examine games that, for one reason or another, have never seen the light of day. In part one of the series, we take a look at why Pirates of the Caribbean: Armada of the Damned was eventually cancelled. Pirates of the...
Back in 2012, Valve announced their own brand of an operating system, named SteamOS. One could tell that Valve was planning something big for them to develop their own operating system. They already have the Steam client, which isthe most popular PC gaming digital distributor in the world. With...
It has been two months since the release of Journey to Un’Goro expansion as the first expansion of the Year of the Mammoth. We have observed serious shifts in the Hearthstone meta since then and now the dust is about to settle and at the end we ended up...
Replay clips are credit to Riot Esports and Twitch, click on them to play. Coming into week 2 and the much anticipated match up between possibly the two longest standing organizations, the Team Solo Mid and Counter Logic Gaming match had quite a few different pre-game conotations. Instead of...
I’m not a fan of empowering women. To me, the phrase is painfully condescending. The person empowering women never seems to think too highly of them. They assume women don’t know what they want and need someone ready with a squeaky toy to ’empower’ them. Usually, I tune out this...
