Not much has changed in Crackdown town. The game drops me into the shoes of an agent brimming with potential who is tasked with tearing through a corporate controlled city to restore order. The only verbs with which I can interact with the world involve firing rocket launcher shells into …
Read More »Razer Kraken Pro V2 review: “No-frills gaming headset speaks volumes”
After a long history of releasing garish, green snake-laden products conceived with hardcore gamers in mind, Razer is reconciling itself to the fact that its audience is growing way beyond its roots. Ten years ago, Razer may have been a gaming company, but today it’s a great deal more than …
Read More »Boy Erased review: “A well-acted but strangely remote slice of Oscar bait”
A troubled teen tries to pray the gay away in this fact-based look at gay conversion therapy – a controversial off-shoot of evangelical Christianity that is commonplace across the US despite leaving those who undergo it severely screwed up. It’s pretty commonplace in the movies, too, as anyone who saw …
Read More »Resident Evil 2 Remake review: “A lovingly crafted return that perfectly recaptures what made the original great”
Oh the things I yelled out when the Resident Evil 2 (opens in new tab) Remake dropped a zombie on me from the ceiling. Who puts zombies in the ceiling? I’m also sure I developed an entirely new dimensional plane of swearing at several points. This lovingly-crafted remake perfectly recaptures …
Read More »Roccat Khan Aimo headset review: A flawed gaming headset but built on great sound
The gaming headset market is full to bursting right now and so the Roccat Khan Aimo arrives at a time where it has to do plenty of muscling and elbowing to make space for itself. The brand and product are clearly aimed at professional and ‘serious’ gamers who play for …
Read More »Razer Blackwidow Elite keyboard review
Razer has been making Blackwidow mechanical gaming keyboards for many years, and each release sees tweaks to the design. They usually light up bright green, and are so clicky as to be unignorable. They also have a row of programmable macro keys on the left-hand side… except the Elite doesn’t. …
Read More »Razer Hyperflux review: “A mat charged mouse thats light, precise…and expensive”
The tech powering gaming peripherals continues to reach ever higher peaks, and the Razer Hyperflux Mamba (the mouse component of the Hyperflux package) and Firefly (the charging pad) are out on the cutting edge. Only the third wireless mouse charging pad solution that’s made its way into the wild (behind …
Read More »The Old Man and the Gun review: “So damn charming it makes your heart twinkle like Redfords eyes”
At the start of the year, Daniel Day-Lewis apparently bid acting goodbye with a riveting performance as fastidious fashionista Reynolds Woodcock in Phantom Thread (opens in new tab). Now, to close out 2018, Robert Redford has intimated that he’s ready to ride off into the sunset on the back of …
Read More »Secretlab NeueChair review: “An attractive, comfortable chair thats built to last”
Secretlab, manufacturer of our favorite gaming chair, the Secretlab Omega, is launching a subsidiary brand to produce more traditional office chairs. Neue (opens in new tab) (pronounced ‘noy-yuh’) will specialize in mesh chairs and launches their first offering tomorrow, November 20th, just ahead of Black Friday. The appropriately named NeueChair …
Read More »Audeze Mobius gaming headset review: High quality 3D sound powered by fascinating tech
Known for high-end, studio quality headphones aimed at dedicated audiophiles, Audeze (pronounced like odyssey) has recently started making inroads into the gaming headset market. Their latest effort, Mobius, aims to bring 3D positional audio and planar magnetic speaker tech to an audience not necessarily interested in shelling out more than …
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