The OLEDG1 is LG’s top-of-the-line 4K OLED TV for 2021. It’s breathtaking, brilliant, bloody expensive (prices for the 55-inch model start at $2,199 / £1,999), and a little bit impractical. But it is a beauty, and LG’s TVs are always vying for the top spots on best gaming TV lists …
Read More »Monster Hunter Rise review: “Strikes an impressively delicate balance between gameplay styles”
Sometimes smaller really is better. After the highs of Monster Hunter: World’s astounding success, it’d be reasonable for Capcom to shoot for an even bigger, more complicated game. Instead, though, the Monster Hunter development team has opted for a smaller, more personal adventure, trading in World’s sprawling plains and snow-capped …
Read More »ASUS ROG Delta S review: “A powerhouse that punches above its price tag”
ASUS has added to its ROG lineup of PC headsets for gaming with the Delta S headset: a Quad DAC, MQA reading, RGB laden featherlight set of cups with some seriously impressive audio power under the hood. There’s plenty on this spec sheet to get excited about, and a unique …
Read More »Razer Huntsman V2 Analog review: “Perfect for FPS and racing games”
The Razer Huntsman V2 Analog makes a statement I never thought I’d see: it implies that controllers can do a better job than mice and keyboards on PC (in certain games, anyway). Namely, the keyboard implies this in order to mimic thumbsticks through the more you press a key, the …
Read More »In The Earth review, Sundance 2021: “A return to basics for Ben Wheatley”
Conceived on the first day that Britain went into lockdown and shot over a long summer where the simple act of standing near strangers was fraught with danger, folk horror In The Earth is one of the first major movie releases to thematically reckon with Covid-19 onscreen. It also marks …
Read More »HyperX Pulsefire Haste review
Standing out as the best gaming mouse is no easy task, so what does the HyperX Pulsefire Haste do that’s different? Some mice opt for ridiculously high DPI settings. Others have loads of extra buttons. Yet more are built for comfort and durability. The Haste, on the other hand? Well, …
Read More »Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 review
When Nvidia revealed the latest 30-series of graphics cards, PC gamers everywhere rejoiced. While the 3070 offers 2080 Super-level performance for a significantly cheaper price, and the 3090 is the most powerful consumer-level GPU the world has ever seen; it was the 3080 that caused a big ruckus, sitting bang …
Read More »Wonder Woman 1984 review: “A much-needed blockbuster for our times”
Patty Jenkins’ Wonder Woman sequel is set, wouldn’t you know, in 1984, the year of George Orwell’s cautionary dystopian novel and the decade when greed was considered good. You might say that 1984 – be it Orwell’s or Reagan’s – isn’t so very different from today: Big Brother surveillance, rampant …
Read More »Razer Blade 15 Advanced (2020) review
It’s a known fact that Razer laptops are some of the best gaming laptops going in the world right now. This is no longer up for discussion, really. However, it is always exciting to see the latest iterations, even in this, the year that saw the landscape and the future …
Read More »Trust GXT 960 Graphin review: “Sweet as honey”
The futuristic honeycomb shell of the Trust GXT 960 Graphin mouse isn’t exactly unique, as the design allows for a more lightweight product that doesn’t compromise on structural integrity. Cooler Master’s MM710 and the Model-D from Glorious share the honeycomb pattern, for example. However, Trust’s iteration on the ‘beehive mouse’ …
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