The Gareth Woods - Gaming Guru

24/01/2023

It's been a while...

Thought I'd share a story with you all, from the year 2016

In this emotional and inspiring video, I share my personal story of how playing the challenging game Dark Souls helped me realize my true passions and ultima...

05/08/2020

Somehow I convinced my kid to be camera man so I could play with the new

Wow this takes me back to making my own Mario stages as a kid with pen and paper

04/08/2020

It's LEGO Super Mario time!
Check it out! I just built my own Lego Super Mario level and I want to show you.

I'm also giving away a starter set valued at R999.99 on instagram

To win simply follow my page and comment with your favourite Super Mario game of all time.

Extra entries available on gleam.io/competitions/gviDo-lego-super-mario-starter-set

Winner drawn end of August

You can also purchase from www.greatowbrick.co.za or www.kiddiwinks.co.za

23/07/2020

First look at LEGO Super Mario.

Have to admit this hit me right in the nostalgia feels because I remember as a kid making my own Mario levels with pen and paper so it feels surreal to watch it all come to life with this LEGO set.

Watch this space as I'll be giving away 2 LEGO Super Mario sets over the next few weeks

22/07/2020

AAAAHHH so hyped!
LEGO Super Mario is here!!! The incredible folks at Lego South Africa have gifted me the new LEGO Mario Set

I'll do an unboxing video tomorrow to show off everything.

Stay tuned because they are letting me giveaway 2 sets to some lucky fans.

If you want to pre-order be sure to head to www.greatyellowbrick.co.za

16/07/2020

Embargo lifts this pm for livestreams of Ghost of Tsushima, going to do a LIVE REVIEW (Spoiler free) on twitch for anyone who wants to ask questions.

I'm about 30 hours into the game, but will start a new game - feel free to ask anything

3pm
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Comedian / Gamer / Part-Time Human being - based in South Africa.

19/03/2020

Hello fellow bunker dwellers!

News from the surface world... The latest episode of the GAMING GURU PODCAST is live!

So get your ration of beans and spam and listen in

Hey there guru fans Well it's the end of the world - and no it's not zombies, terrorism or alien invasions as video games would've prepared us for...it's the super sniffles. Don't you fear - as we all cower in our respective underground doomsday bunkers the Gaming Guru Podcast is here to let you kno...

05/03/2020

This week we discuss the rumours that Sony might be seriously about to fumble the next generation of consoles given news that is surfacing regarding the next generation of consoles - what do you think? Are we seeing the end of consoles in general? Did the PC master race finally win or do we bow before our new cloud/mobile overlords? All this and the tastiest Fish Dicks from across the internet.

Feel free to message us on Twitter or or The Gareth Woods - Gaming Guru

Hello Guru fans This week we discuss the rumours that Sony might be seriously about to fumble the next generation of consoles given news that is surfacing regarding the next generation of consoles - what do you think? Are we seeing the end of consoles in general? Did the PC master race finally win o...

26/02/2020

Hello Gaming Guru fans

This week we investigate whether the age of gaming retail is officially over. We also take a look at some big leaks from Blizzard, some pretty interesting stuff coming from the Star Wars camp and award our Hero and Villain of the week - repeat winner this week.

As always you can give us your thoughts on Twitter or or

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a) Blizzard faces major leak,
- Full playable build of cancelled StarCraft game https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l_InpLHXWXk

b) Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater gets its own documentary
- Trailer: https://youtu.be/vpD1ZrT9T4Y

Hello Gaming Guru fans This week we investigate whether the age of gaming retail is officially over. We also take a look at some big leaks from Blizzard, some pretty interesting stuff coming from the Star Wars camp and award our Hero and Villain of the week - repeat winner this week. As always you c...

19/02/2020

Hello guru fans

This week we get balls deep into the recent TEABAG saga which also reveals our Hero and Villain for the week. We also chat about mobile games - we reveal our favourites, some trends in the mobile gaming market and weigh in on whether mobile gamers are really gamers?

There's also some tasty news from Newsman Tim about Matrix 4, Anthem 2.0 and more.

As always you can drop us a line on Twitter or or

Hello guru fans This week we get balls deep into the recent TEABAG saga which also reveals our Hero and Villain for the week. We also chat about mobile games - we reveal our favourites, some trends in the mobile gaming market and weigh in on whether mobile gamers are really gamers. There's also some...

12/02/2020

Well, it's Valentines Day Week (yes some folks make a whole week out of it) and so with that in mind we decided to look at some of the best fun you can have on a couch (NOT what you're thinking).... with some of the best Co-op games. We chat about our favourite Co-op experiences, the best current gen co-op games and why the Co-op experience has seemingly died off over the past few years.

We also share our hero and villain of the week so stay awhile and listen

As always drop us a line on twitter or or

Here's the direct link
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But you can listen on Spotify, iTunes, iono.fm, or pocketcasts - just search for "Gaming Guru Podcast"

Hey Gaming Guru fans Well, it's Valentines Day Week (yes some folks make a whole week out of it) and so with that in mind we decided to look at some of the best fun you can have on a couch (NOT what you're thinking).... with some of the best Co-op games. We chat about our favourite Co-op experiences...

30/01/2020

New episode of the Gaming Guru Podcast

This week we dive into a rather fun topic of games that were banned - sometimes for more than obvious reasons and sometimes for the most ridiculous reasons. How many of these banned games have you played? We also have some tasty news from across the world wide web as well as our Hero and Villain of the week

As always feel free to contact us on twitter at guru_podcast or or

Tim Lester

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