Stalking Venus

These two… er… things are named Wenlock and Mandeville, and they are the two official mascots for the London Olympics in 2012. Thank God, the Mayans and Roland Emmerich we’ll all be dead by then! The story goes that some steel worker was putting the final beam in place for the Olympic stadium, when some [...]

Ben Campbell is a reserved, intelligent math wizard who studies at MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology). He’s applied to be accepted into Harvard University on scholarship because he doesn’t have over a quarter million dollars to blow on the university’s tuition fees. Ben quickly attracts the attention of his maths teacher, Mickey Rosa, who runs [...]

Carrie Fisher is best known for her role in Star Wars as the irate, nubile, bun-headed Jabbaslave called Princess Leia. What’s not as well known is that she’s also the author of Postcards from the Edge, which was later adapted into the award winning all-star Oscar-nominated dramafest film of the same name (with Meryl Streep, [...]

Hi, I’m Sackboy and I’m guestblogging for StalkingVenus.com. I’ve lived my whole life in a world called Little Big Planet. Tim of StalkingVenus fame and (apparently zero) fortune, has asked me to write a quick paragraph or two telling all you readers what I think of my home world. So seeing as how he and [...]

The Order of the Stick web comic is one of my favourite web diversions. I have fond memories of being a Dungeons and Dragons basement dork back in the days before I knew about exciting things like women, the outdoors, socialising, sport, sunlight,  and… Well, most things. The Order of the Stick is a web [...]

The original Motorstorm was the first game I experienced on the PS3, and I played it to death. The graphics were fantastic, and the gameplay, despite being difficult to master at times, appealed to my inner madman. Not many other racing games (with the notable exception of Burnout Paradise) have made me feel exhilarated and [...]

Because we’re such all-round nice guys, we’re giving away a copy of the fantastic new TNA iMPACT! action wrestling game to one lucky South African reader! Winner will also receive a ‘mystery’ hamper of Playstation 3 goodies. All you have to do is answer the following question: Q: What does ‘TNA’ stand for? Send answers [...]

Fly me to the moon is the story is of the Apollo moon landing. The basic premise is that a bunch of flies out looking for adventure stow away aboard the Apollo 11 rocket and travel up to the moon with the astronauts, occasionally helping out or getting into trouble. I badly want to cut [...]

StalkingVenus is giving one lucky South African a chance to win a copy of Devil May Cry 4 for the Xbox, and all you have to do is answer a simple question. Be sure to check out the deets below! Winner will also receive a ‘mystery’ hamper of Playstation 3 goodies. Question: What is Nero’s [...]

I’ve always been a fan of racing games. The first one I ever played was on an old Apple II Europlus, and it consisted of a bunch of full-stops (periods) sliding by to form the track. Things have changed a lot since then, as evidenced by the upcoming release of GTI Club+ on the Playstation [...]