Looks aren’t everything, the old saying goes, but when the Nintendo Switch OLED is this good-looking it’s hard to deny that looks are definitely important. As the name suggests, the headline feature of this new Nintendo handheld upgrade is a positively stunning 7-inch OLED screen that dominates the console in …
Read More »Razer Huntsman V2 review: “New tech brings the focus back to pure speed”
Razer has, once again, refreshed its flagship lineup of Huntsman gaming keyboards with the Razer Huntsman V2. However, this new edition marks a stark return to the principles behind these speedy decks after a few releases that ventured into new waters. As an example, the Razer Huntsman V2 Analog brought …
Read More »The Many Saints of Newark review: “Everything youd expect from a Sopranos movie”
Fourteen years after The Sopranos finished its groundbreaking run comes this blistering prequel. Fans of HBO’s New Jersey mobster saga can rejoice; The Many Saints of Newark is everything you’d want it to be. The story covers the mid-’60s to early ’70s, when Tony Soprano is still at school (well, …
Read More »Lost Judgment review – “More of the same, but better”
Not every video game sequel needs to always feel like a sequel. Making video games is in itself an iterative process, where ideas are tried, tested, and (sometimes not) found wanting, as a development team assesses what does and doesn’t work, and why. Therefore it’s not entirely out of the …
Read More »Humankind review: “Refreshes the 4X genre”
Humankind strips away the victory conditions of other 4X games and replaces them with a single metric: fame. While this isn’t wholly unique – it functions on a similar level to Civilization’s score victories – it brings the ‘backup victory’ front and center. No longer totting up the interesting things …
Read More »BenQ Mobiuz EX3415R review: “A good gaming monitor thats very slightly off target”
The BenQ Mobiuz EX3415R looks an awful lot like the long-hailed, all-round sweet spot for gaming monitors right now. It’s a 34-inch ultrawide model with a 144Hz refresh rate from a curved IPS panel, that features 3,440 by 1,440 native resolution, a 1ms response, and HDR support. Yup, this BenQ …
Read More »Samsung Odyssey G9 review: “In the right context, this is one heck of a screen”
Eventually, there will surely be a limit to how big, how curved, how ridiculously wide the best curved gaming monitors for PC can possibly be made. But we’re not there yet. Oh, no. For proof, look no further than the outrageous Samsung Odyssey G9. It’s not just the size of …
Read More »Star Wars: The Bad Batch episode 5 review: “Several twists keep you on your toes”
Warning: This review contains major spoilers for Star Wars: The Bad Batch Season 1 Episode 5 Star Wars: The Bad Batch episode 5 “Rampage” has several twists that will keep you on your toes, but no matter which way it goes, Omega’s importance to the Batch remains crystal clear. If …
Read More »Rig Nacon Pro Compact review: “Punches above its weight”
I’ve got a confession for you when it comes to the Rig Nacon Pro Compact: I underestimated it. Now I’ve got to eat those words. This is a great controller. More specifically, the Rig Nacon Pro Compact offers a feature-set that’s normally reserved for something much more expensive. As such, …
Read More »Army of the Dead review: “Zack Snyders high as a kite Netflix zombie movie”
You might call it a Zack attack: riding the cape-tails of Snyder’s four-hour cut of Justice League comes his two-and-a-half-hour zombie heist movie Army Of The Dead. But it’s an action-thriller he’s been planning since taking the zzzzz out of zombies with his 2004 rocket-heeled remake of Romero’s Dawn Of …
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