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Gaming laptops usually come with such a premium for their portability that you can feel like it’s a penalisation. As a result, one has to swallow that penalty and save up extra aggressively for one of the best gaming laptops in order to feel you’re getting the most out of …

Dragon Quest 11: Echoes of an Elusive Age is my favorite JRPG ever, and I’d just wrapped an 80-plus-hour playthrough on PS4 when the Switch port landed on my desk. It’s a testament to the game’s quality that I couldn’t wait to jump back in. Dragon Quest 11 is today’s …

Inspired by a 2015 New York Magazine article, Hustlers is a gritty story of how a group of strippers at a New York high-end men’s club took half of Wall Street for a ride. Set between 2007 and 2014, the focus falls on newcomer Destiny (Crazy Rich Asians’ Constance Wu) …

For the Xbox faithful, Gears of War has been a constant – a port in a storm. After more than a decade and four games – not including spin-offs Gears of War: Judgment (opens in new tab) and Pop! – it provided top-flight visuals and predictably fun roadie running and …

Stand By Me, a Stephen King adaptation that 2017’s It (opens in new tab) and this blockbuster sequel have much in common with, concludes with the words: “I never had any friends later on like the ones I had when I was 12. Jesus, does anyone?” Well, that sentiment also …

Arriving nearly two years after the series’ debut, Mindhunter season 2 thankfully doesn’t take as long to ease you back into the world of the budding FBI Behavioural Science Unit (BSU), although it’s less of an easing than a wading straight into what will be the focus for the season …

Much has been written about the tensions between Huawei (Honor’s parent company) and Google, with the potential removal of future Android updates from Honor devices a big talking point. But very little has been written about what a superb phone the Honor 20 Pro is, and how fantastically it performs …

Predecessors to Madden 20 put themselves over as games built upon three pillars, but those pillars were crumbling. Ultimate Team was a riptide of menus, modes, and microtransactions to drown in. Longshot story mode was an abject disaster in Devin Wade’s second season. Franchise had once been the surefire reason …

Ambidextrous mice like the Corsair M55 RGB Pro face an uphill battle; they’ve got to serve two masters at once with very different needs. The M55 may just pull it off, though.  While Corsair’s latest isn’t the best gaming mouse you can get your hands on, it offers good value …

Well, that’s it. Game of Thrones is over after eight years, and I don’t blame you if Game of Thrones season 8 leaves a slightly bad taste in your mouth. While it has its good moments, most of this season is simply too rushed, with characters taking minutes to make …