While the company may have only just launched its new Prime line in the summer of 2021, the SteelSeries Prime Mini is now here to expand the series. Rather than a true ‘mini’ mouse, though, the Prime Mini refines some of the ergonomic pain points of the original while offering …
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Deathloop doesn’t have functioning toilets. The light switches on the Isle of Blackreef don’t work either. Do either of these observations really matter in the grand scheme of things? No, not particularly. Do I feel inclined to raise them all the same? Yes, absolutely. Pedantry is a reaction Arkane Studios …
Read More »WarioWare: Get It Together review – “Microgame madness marred by overcomplications”
When plucking wiry armpit hairs from a statue is the least frustrating thing you can do in WarioWare: Get It Together, maybe there’s something wrong. For a series that’s always excelled on the strength of its mini-games, the brand new Switch release has tried to overcomplicate things by bringing in …
Read More »Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword HD review: “One of the most misunderstood games in the series gets a second chance”
Link spends most of The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword HD looking a little ridiculous. Sprinting breathlessly from one sprawling settlement to the next, the Goddess Sword held awkwardly aloft by an extended arm that refuses to lower. It’s a visual distraction, one born out of Nintendo’s decision to set …
Read More »Razer Kaira Pro review: “One hell of a way to ring in a new generation of consoles”
The Razer Kaira Pro is a headset that strides into the Xbox Series X console generation and throws down a gauntlet. This is a challenge to everyone that comes next; try and do better, if you think you’re hard enough. That won’t be easy. While it stops short of five-star …
Read More »Star Wars: The Bad Batch episode 4 review: “A familiar face returns”
Warning: This review contains major spoilers for Star Wars: The Bad Batch Season 1 Episode 4 A familiar face returns this week in Star Wars: The Bad Batch episode 4: Fennec Shand, the bounty hunter from The Mandalorian. Naturally, she’s not there just to say hi, but to hunt for …
Read More »The Walking Dead season 10 episode 17 review: “A welcome prelude to season 11”
Here we are, two and a half years on, still knee-deep in The Walking Dead season 10, which first premiered back in 2019. Coronavirus is partly to blame, of course, delaying production on season 11, but that sense of staticism doesn’t help shake the show’s perception as slow-going at the …
Read More »WD Black AN1500 SSD review: “The finest SSD weve ever used”
About 10 years ago, SSDs were only just starting to become mainstream. Most consumers, PC gamers especially, were using standard hard drives, which were so, so much slower than what SSDs would go on to become. Jump forward a few years and SSDs became more common; SATA SSDs to begin …
Read More »WandaVision episode 3 review: “Feeling more like a product of the Marvel Cinematic Universe”
Warning: This WandaVision episode 3 review contains spoilers. If you have not watched the Disney Plus show yet, then bookmark this page and come back when you’re all caught up… WandaVision’s first two episodes revelled in the show’s sitcom styling while only hinting at the show’s overarching mystery. But now, …
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 …
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