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Dibbs Ahoy reporting for duty!

Posted on January 12, 2014 5:25 pm by Dibbs Ahoy

The Grig is back? Well then I’d better stand up to bat! Well, I think one of the first things I’ll do is have a li’l meander through the current gaming news and give the Griggish touch to the latest … Continue reading →

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Virtua Fighter 2 returns and brings a couple of friends!

Posted on October 9, 2012 5:22 pm by Dibbs Ahoy

Jiminy jungle chugs! The dormant pages of Grig Orig are ablaze once more! Time to get in on dat action, and by jove, if the time wasn’t bang on right! For indeed, a passing mention I noted on twitter today … Continue reading →

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Bayonetta 2 by platinum games is WIi U exclusive

Posted on September 13, 2012 4:19 pm by lartens

Nintendo have had their little event, and announced an exclusie sequal to Bayonetta. That’s it, all we know. In other news, Wii U has a november 30th release date for Europe. zombiU, Nintendoland are up for launch, as well as … Continue reading →

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In a dream i can see, you are not far away: NiGHTS is coming back in HD

Posted on July 5, 2012 8:08 pm by lartens

Happy 16th birthday NiGHTS. The beautiful NiGHTS into Dreams game from the glorious Sega Saturn is finally making its retro comeback HD style this fall. First lets show the vid. Roll it. July 5th is NiGHTS birthday, it was 1996 … Continue reading →

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Minecraft XBLA profitable in first hour

Posted on May 11, 2012 12:25 am by lartens

As Mojang handed over the reigns of an XBLA port of Minecraft to developer 4J Studios last year, the game has been hotly anticipated by fans, and fan fare marketed by the big Microsoft, first at the 2011 E3 expo … Continue reading →

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EA in overpriced DLC hash job shocker!

Posted on April 25, 2012 12:45 am by Dibbs Ahoy

The officially crowned worst company in America is at it again today, striving to ensure that come this time next year, they hold on to their title. Stage 1 in doing this: their new FIFA Euro 2012 update. Squirming its … Continue reading →

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The late nineties were the best for video games

Posted on April 24, 2012 11:29 pm by lartens

The Grigonians have been gaming since the early Eighties, when video games consoles had the games built in and we used paddles with twisty nobs to make a rectangle move up and down to colide with a square, beautiful. And … Continue reading →

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Sega spies trouble ahead

Posted on March 30, 2012 8:50 pm by Dibbs Ahoy

There is news today that the storm clouds are gathering again over yet another former gaming behemoth. Sega-Sammy are reporting to investors that profits will be down considerably on prior estimates for the close of this financial year, which could … Continue reading →

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Grig News – Sainsburys sale, Gootecks, PS4!

Posted on March 28, 2012 10:50 pm by Dibbs Ahoy

Oh woe betide thy once pure shores that lapped the Isle of Grig! For indeed, news of video-gamery has swelled once again to bursting point and it’s time for the Grig to start siphoning out the updates worthy of our … Continue reading →

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XBLA has a NEXT thing, and it has Minecraft in it

Posted on March 22, 2012 11:22 pm by lartens

So Microsoft like to do these little XBLA release schedule promotion things for decent profile games, and call it a name like “Summer of Arcade” or in the case of this spring, “Arcade NEXT”. Starting April 18th with the Trials … Continue reading →

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