PROJECT BLERD

FOR THE TOWNSHIP GAMER

PROJECT BLERD | Issue 1

CONTENT

Word from the editor #1

Fallout 3 vs the World today

The Legend of San Andreas

5-6

Post-Apartheid Black Gamer

8-10

Game of the month: Mini Militia

11-12

TIPS: Juggling school, a job, a lover

and video games

14-15

Budget Content: Emulators

16-17

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BLERD
TALK
#1
I spent hours trying to write a
very cool editorial but sadly, I
don’t have the words to describe
how I am feeling right now. I
have had this gaming dream for
a while now and I am glad that I
finally know what to do with it.
The primary purpose of this
magazine is to introduce the
black township child who is
facing a life of hardships and
temptations to the safe haven
called gaming. I have a cartoon
strip of a young man who gets
scolded all day only to feel like
a winner when he plays a game
and finishes a mission. Although
we face different trials and
tribulations as township kids,
gaming can help us escape
them without having to use
drugs and other substances. I
hope you use this magazine as a
weapon, black child.
*Sheds a tear*
On a lighter note, I feel very
privileged to be the one to write
this and I hope you continue to
get the next Project Blerd
issues. In this very first issue we
take a look at COVID-19 and
compare it to a very great game,
we argue why GTA: San Andreas
is the best game with a black
cast, we also take a look at our
Game of the Month and much
more.
Get ready for the experience
that may just last a lifetime and
please make sure you take a
look at the advertisements, you
may find something you like.
Thank you for coming to my
Blerd talk.
-Purp
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FALLOUT 3
Vs
THE WORLD
TODAY.
For anyone that never
played Fallout 3 or any
other fallout game will be
wondering why there are
mentions of the game
during this
time in the
world and
now you
have the
chance to
know.
The game is set in post-
apocalyptic Earth, an Earth
where there were wars and now
some of the survivors were hit
by massive poisonous radiation
from all the atomic weapons and
this explains the bomb in
Megaton (A town where
wastelanders seek refuge).
Instead of radiation, we have
the virus and instead of vaults,
we have Quarantines.
Bethesda studios had to predict
the near future, didn’t they?
The game is kinda what the
world is since the beginning of
the year 2020 and the virus just
made it what the game is. The
game has Robots and Androids
which is what Elon Musk is
working on, the game has
people who have self-isolated
themselves because of the fear
of the wild wasteland and we
have people who have self-
quarantined because of
COVID19 and the game has
restricted places
where no one is
allowed to get
into and that is
what America is
trying to do to
Arabs and
Mexicans, isn’t
it?
While some of you are scared, I
suggest that you get yourself
the game or revisit it instead of
shitting yourself over something
you can teach yourself how to
pass through.
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 majority of Black folks could
afford the PlayStation 2. This
was because the prices of the
PlayStation 2 went down as the
retail stores had to clear the old
for the new. I remember I got
mine at the beginning of 2013
which was when the company
stopped manufacturing them.

FIFA was the talk of Katlehong

(still is) and every other
Township, I suppose. Soccer is
the Black man’s favourite sport,
after all and a day won’t pass
THE LEGEND without you seeing 1 or 2 soccer
jerseys. Everybody was talking
OF SAN about the game, game hubs
were full because of it BUT as
ANDREAS. every gamer knows, there are
two types of gamers in the
world. The SPORTSMAN and the
MAN OF ACTION.
Post-apartheid South
Africa, the rainbow
nation.

Black and White children of

South Africa live very different
lives, they also have different
experiences but there is one
thing that they can all relate to
and this is not sports or music.
It’s GAMING.

When the PlayStation 3 was

released, it meant that the

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 The game was played in the PS2
and PC, as the two were the
major platforms in the township
(even if you had an Xbox, you
had a PlayStation according to
the kids). The game today is still
played and to some casual
gamers if it is not GTA it is not
worth playing.

My question is, do you think that

the gaming industry owes
Rockstar games credit for the
increased console and gaming
PC sales in South Africa?

This means that there is another You can tell us what you think
game that was making its on our social media platform.
rounds on the streets and yes,
you guessed right. It is GTA: San
Andreas. Although not listed as
the best GTA game by critics, it
is still a historical game.

The game has everything that a

township kid can relate to from
BMX riding, train riding, gang
wars, graffiti, arcade to drag
racing. I honestly cannot think
of another game that gave the
township a platform even if it is
not direct.

The game was revolutionary as

it meant that gaming was taking
a big step in the country as the
major population of South Africa
is Black.

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POST
APARTHEID
BLACK GAMER
GAMING is a luxury for people
who grew up in houses living in
poverty, this includes most
township gamers.
As a gamer from the township, it
is typical to live in a home
where you are not an only child
and our parents and guardians
cannot afford our WANTS as
they have to deal with
household NEEDS, clothing and
fees for school. This makes
gaming a lot more expensive as
it also has its maintenance, new
games and sometimes updates.
In the socials, we see jokes
about women scratching,
breaking games and smashing
consoles. This is a sensitive
matter because no black gamer
(male or female) finds that funny
and there is no keeping calm in
a situation like that. Here is
why;
-After a life of
struggling, the
only thing a black
gamer has to offer
himself is a great
setup. This is
something that
he/she has been
dreaming of ever
since he/she laid
his/her hands on a
controller or a keyboard.
-I am pretty sure that black
gamers that grew up under a
low-class household love to look
at their game collection like a
rich conservative loves to stack
his money in a safe. I know that
I do. The average person would
look at your game collection and
think “this dude is a child” while
another gamer will only think
“now, that is wealth”. I look at
my collection and think “Yo!
That is BLOOD, SWEAT &
TEARS” because that’s what it
is. I sacrificed food and a love
life for this!
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 Black gamers stand out from
the society as there aren’t
many, so this makes it hard
for them to have a social life
as they are more concerned
on how to take out the
machine gun at the top of a
building than what they are
doing next weekend or an
increase on the price of
tickets for a concert.

They are also seen as

“Nerdy” as they are informed
in history and current affairs.
If you look at gaming pages
-Growing up in a home with a lot on the social, there are memes
of siblings means that nothing is about COVID-19 because they
really yours (sometimes, they are familiar with from Resident
wear your underwear) unless it Evil or Plague Inc.
is your facecloth or nothing.
This makes it hard for you to
play all day, so getting your own
console makes up for all the
times you did not get to.
Resulting in you losing your
social life for gaming. It is nice,
to be honest.

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I still wonder why there aren’t
many Black South African clans
or gatherings as I have been
looking forward to joining them
my whole life and I hope this
Journal motivates some to be
established in the near future.

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Game of the
month #1
Mini Militia.
Our first ever Game of the Month
is not really a usual title but I
am sure that you have played it
or heard about it from little kids.
It may be a dead one but it can
be easily revived like the
gaming community did with the
first Counter Strike.
Mini Militia (or Doodle Army 2) is
a personal favourite of mine and
I had great dreams for it when I
first discovered that esports is a
thing and believe it or not, I had
a little thing where a group of
my fellow high school
classmates and I would play
when there wasn’t a teacher in
class. Great times.
The game is a 2D multiplayer
shooter on mobile and it
features an online random
multiplayer and WLAN which
allows you and 14 friends to
play solo and in teams. The
game is not based on the
number of kills you need to win
but it has a time limit that is
limited to 15 minutes and it is
fun because you can kill as
much as you want in order to
prove a point and reign
supreme.
With a wide selection of maps to
battle it out on, the game sets
the bar high when compared to
the new battle royale games you
find on the internet because you
don’t have to wait for an update
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in order to decide which map is
your favourite.
campaign or faced off with the
master robot “Mecha Doodle”
and this should be proof that the
multiplayer option is good
enough for every player.

Another standard of the game is

the gamer tag you start off with.
What I like about it is that the
developers actually troll you for
being new to the game. You
start off the game with
“NOOBIE” as your game tag and
some (which is me) never
You can get the game for free
change it in order to troll you
on the Google Play store for
and the developers.
your Android device and for your
IOS device, you can get it on the
App Store.

Editor’s Preferences.

AK47 or M16?

- Definitely the AK47

Favourite Map?

- No Escape

Gamer tag?

The campaign is an endless - Purpismyname, Duh.

swarm of robots and I have
never heard anyone say that
he/she has completed the

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 just started, then you should
Tips: Juggling take my tips.

School, a Job, A
TIP NO.1
lover and Video
- If you are still in high
Games. school and probably a
senior, there is no need to
worry. High school is
kinda like the test phase
Well, this is a very of your life and I
difficult task, it really is recommend that you only
study for 2 hours a day, do
but relax. I got you.
your house chores for
School and work require you to
focus most of the times, lovers
want you to give them your
attention while you just want to
game all your problems away
(The problems are definitely the
first two).
another 2 hours (or less)
and then start gaming for
the remainder of your day.
More hours gaming and
less hours studying.

- If you’re in varsity or you

have a job then get ready
It becomes a huge problem
to malfunction. Really.
when you first encounter these
but if you have been doing it all
long enough, you just learn to
make time for them all. If you

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 TIP NO.2 whatever it is that you are
doing. Boom! More time gaming.
- Lovers are weird, to be
honest. In my previous
relationships, they would
often complain that I don’t
answer calls or respond
on time when they text
but how am I supposed to
when the objective of the
game is to rescue
hostages while I am given
limited time? Some are lucky though, their
lovers are willing to learn
gaming and instead of the lovers
bitching about attention, they
come to their place and game
with them.

The answer to this problem is

easy. Tell your lover you are
busy and you will text or call Use the tips effectively.
after you are done with

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 46% of black citizens are
BUDGET unemployed and most of them
are the youth. Those who are
CONTENT:
employed barely get by with
EMULATORS. their incomes as they have
families to look after. With this
in mind, do you think that the
average black man can afford a
I haven’t finished playing the current gen console? No.
original Legend of Zelda:
Ocarina of Time and I have been
raiding dungeons for a very long
time. I only have Ganon’s Castle
to complete before I finish the
game as a whole and this means
I only have a few days left
(unless the game is a
madhouse).

The existence of emulators

Since it’s 2020 and the game
was released back in 1998, you
are probably wondering why I
am busy playing a game this old
when I can play and write about
the recently released Last of Us
part 2 or a game that you can
play on a current gen console.
Well, the answer is simple, the
main audience of the magazine
is less fortunate.
revolves around nostalgia for
those who were fortunate
enough when the emulated
consoles or handhelds were
released. When you look at this
in a black African perspective,
the only time these games could
be played was when there were
spare coins for the arcade.

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 If you are worried that the
games will not feel like real
gaming because they are on
mobile, you can get the
emulators on your Desktop or
laptop.

Happy gaming and thank you for

Since we are way behind on
reading our Budget Content
gaming, we don’t have to catch
segment.
up because the journey is a
really long one and it will be
really hard to keep up.

Before you start buying your

own current and last gen
console, why not head over to
your Google play or App store
and check out the emulators
available there and find a retro
game to enjoy because the older
games are hidden gems.

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Xolani Purp Ntuli

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