The Gaming Guru Podcast

This week we look at the ever-shifting world of gaming with regard to digital rights and ownership. Especially since everything is moving online, we no longer even own discs and all our data, save games and skin collections are in the cloud, who actually owns it? What happens when the game goes offline or the storefront closes? How do I get my stuff? Tim and Gareth dive headfirst i

This week we put our expertise to the test by predicting the Metacritic scores of 5 of the biggest games launching in May as part of our first Gaming Fantasy League. If you think you are better at predicting than both Gaming Gurus Tim and Gareth then you could win R500 in vouchers to your favourite gaming storefront. Check out @guru_podcast on Twitter to enter #competition #podcas

Scammers and scalpers are having a field day with the latest gen consoles and apparently made 28 million dollars on eBay alone, but what caused the problem in the first place? What has been the impact to not only us, the consumers, but other retailers and Sony itself? And of course, how are the good people of the internet fighting back against the scourge of scammers and scalpers?

Much has been said about the console wars between Sony and Microsoft but is the real war in gaming actually happening on the side of digital distribution. For the longest time Steam has been the unopposed monopoly of digital gaming distribution, but since players like Epic, Blizzard, Electronic Arts, Sony and Microsoft joining the fray, who is the real winner? Is it us, the consume

In a world where EVERYONE has an opinion do game reviews even matter anymore? When we hear about reviews being influenced and even bought by game publishers how do we know we can trust reviews to be honest? With the spate of games being “review bombed” by angry fans (sometimes who haven’t even played the game) have we finally reached a point where game reviews have lost any c

As the gaming industry has exploded over the years to now be bigger than the movie and music industry combined, so to have the potential career opportunities in the gaming industry. There are hundreds of different career opportunities for gaming enthusiasts some of which you might not even know to exist. Where do you start? What should you study? How can you get paid to play games?

In probably the biggest disappointment to gamers in 2020, which we realise is saying a LOT, Cyberpunk 2077 released amid a backdrop of critical outrage, deceptive review policies and rumours of employees being overworked. The result has been a broken, mess of a game that is not even a shadow of the game that was promised from CD Projekt Red, the development studio that has given us

December saw the annual Game Awards come and go, except this time totally online due to COVID-19 restrictions. Last of Us – Part 2 completely swept the awards despite many gamers absolutely bombing it in the reviews. Are gaming awards just a self-congratulatory pat on the back by gaming media? Do awards still have a place in the current gaming ecosystem? Do they play any role in

So by now you've probably heard that Microsoft has acquired Bethesda Softworks and with it some of the biggest gaming franchises in the world. Now that the dust has settled and the ink has dried on the contract, we look at what exactly this means for Microsoft, for Sony and for gamers everywhere as we enter the next phase of the console wars... If you would like to reach us please

Who would've thought that the biggest and most popular games of 2020 would not be a AAA studio release with millions of production and marketing budget? Although as far as 2020 is concerned having 2 small indie games coming out of nowhere to blow everyone away is TOTALLY "on brand" for probably the most unexpected year in modern memory. Well in case you've been hiding under a rock,