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Armageddon outa here

Armageddon outa here

Thousands of loyal fans flocked to Armageddon Expo in Auckland to see Seth Green (tv/film actor and co-creator of Robot Chicken) and other stars including cast members from Battlestar Galactica...

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Playstation Party

Playstation Party

When God added the 10th commandment to the stone tablets he gave to Moses I think there was a good chance it was because of nights like the Playstation Party...

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Who is New Zealand's quiz brain?

Who is New Zealand's quiz brain?

On the money at the Kingslander pub quiz night? Hot to trot at Trivial Pursuits? Then you should be a cool contender for Buzz's search for the quiz brain of the nation....

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Dancing Queens

Dancing Queens

I entered a new world on Thursday night – a world of disco, flares, glitter and fondue. Platform shoes trampled the dance floor and afros filled the air at the Playstation ABBA Party...

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Click for Kids this Christmas

Click for Kids this Christmas

Today celebrities and kids gathered in The Warehouse Newmarket for a celebratory breakfast to launch the unique online charity initiative Click for Kids...

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Follow the Star

Follow the Star

If you can't sing-a-long to either Disney tunes or ABBA's greatest hits, there's simply no hope for you; this no-brainer is guaranteed to get any Christmas party shakin'...

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Planet it all yourself

Planet it all yourself

With a cute little Sackboy you clothe yourself, and a world created by people's dreams, new concept game Little Big Planet is a refreshingly organic twist on hi-tech gaming...

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Storm in the Pacific

Storm in the Pacific

The closest I’ve got to driving into a volcano was Mt Ruapehu erupting on the Desert Road...this in no way prepared me for driving in magma in MotorStorm Pacific Rift...

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Greg Murphy's in top gear

Greg Murphy's in top gear

Every function should start like this- to announce that Top Gear is coming to NZ, Greg Murphy comes roaring down Federal Street, skidding into the entrance of Sky City Grand Hotel… Bond, very Bond.

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Some quality viewing on the tele

Some quality viewing on the tele

When I was a kid there was a TV ad for a used car yard that had the used car salesman doing his own ad. He wasn't pretty...

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Boys, toys and lots of noise

Boys, toys and lots of noise

Big Boys Toys opened with a bang- or rather, 1 million double happy fireworks- as Beau Tyler launched the rubber-burning, Mini-racing, bike-jumping event last night... 

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Drive safely now

Drive safely now

Prepare for the next instalment of the world’s most brutal off-road racing festival as MotorSport returns to PS3 with Pacific Rift...

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