Summary: The big four-oh! This week we are joined by Tiana Alswang, editor of G.E.A.R. magazine, and Athena Twin, along with members of her PMS Clan of professional female gamers from the USA and Canada. We cover girls in gaming and the Plugg event recently held in Johannesburg, South Africa, where the PMS Clan took on a top team of local dudes in Counterstrike. We also look at gaming in South Africa and the growth thereof, some of the best new titles on the block - what are the PMS Clan playing? The addiction of World of Warcraft, and why it is banned for many professional gamers, multiplayer gaming - it's more social than you think, local servers, bandwidth and the other bits and pieces we need to improve the gaming scene in South Africa, Alienware is still around and kicking arse, Intel's Core i7 'Nehalem' processor has landed and Brett has benchmarked it - he even has some memory tips. We opine on why Halo 3 didn't quite cut it and look at Rock Band versus Guitar Hero - the competition gets thick with Guitar Hero: World Tour. We also talk about kids and games. Can you really keep them away from violent games they may be too young for? The big game titles to look out for this Christmas, console versus PC gaming, a review of Duncan's panel discussion on telecommunications that took place at the MyBroadband conference 2008 and the promise of WiMAX, and whether or not it can deliver thereon. A big congratulations to Duncan McLeod for winning MyBroadband's SA IT Journalist of the Year award. Well deserved! By the way... the SA guys beat the PMS Clan at the Plugg event... Check out www.zatechshow.co.za
