I've been going on about RUSH for a good long minute now right? I was so excited when I heard it was coming back in 2018 and to a new venue - the Sun Arena at Time Square in Pretoria. I found out a few weeks after the dates for RUSH 2018 was announced that I'd actually be in rehearsals for Contenders during the same weekend…
From the moment the poster for Ocean's 8 dropped on social media I've been excited for this movie. I loved the Ocean's franchise with Clooney, Brad Pitt, Don Cheadle and the gang wrecking havoc in Las Vegas and the rest of the world on their conman exploits. Ocean's 11 came out more than 15 years ago and yet still I remember so much of it. I'm…
When Mettlestate announced season 1 of their ROG Valkyrie League it was met with mixed feelings. I'm not going to address the concerns in this blog post. I already did that at the start of the season and you can read my views here. Now that the season 1 winners have been crowned I wanted to touch on some key takeaways from the competition that I…
#SPONSORED When I think back to this time last year I remember a time of uncertainty, excitement and a thrill of what was to come. South African Esports was on the rise. I'd come off hosting two incredible landmark events, one alongside the amazing Paul "ReDeYe" Chaloner and the other a 6 figure tournament for local CSGO, hosted by Mettlestate. There was talk of bigger things,…
I'm on this wild documentaries binge that the moment. I'm finding myself drawn to watching official reports and historical stories over typical series. It has become a bit of an obsession and luckily Netflix has a pretty impressive collection (you need to pay a monthly subscription to Netflix, my free find is below, just FYI). My three favourites of late are: Wild Wild Country Wild Wild…
I'm heading back to Europe after a few days break back home in South Africa. Why am I heading back? For the top 8 playoffs for Overwatch Contenders Europe Season 1 2018. If you've been living under a rock - I'm currently the desk host for the competition and spent the last 5 weeks in the Ukraine hosting the group stages. Now that we have a…
My name is Sam, though I'm also known as Tech Girl and this is my little space on the internet. My friends and I share our love for all things gaming, geek and gadgets here. I'm a South African Esports host and content creator. Links to all my various platforms are here on the blog. I'm a giant nerd, own far too many pairs of Converse and secretly wish I could be one of the X-Men!
