Roccat Kone XP Specs (Image credit: Roccat) Connection: Wired Shape: Right-handed Buttons: 15 DPI: 19,000 Onboard Profiles: 5 Sensor: Roccat Owl Eye (based on PAW3370) Switches: Roccat Titan Switch Optical Weight: 104g The Roccat Kone XP is here to make sure you’re never left in the dark again. A glaringly bright …
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It seemed like only a matter of time before one of the best gaming laptops (opens in new tab) was going to spawn a built-in second screen, and here we are with the ASUS ROG Zephyrus Duo 15. It does exactly that, putting two fully functioning screens front and centre …
Read More »Maneater review: “A single-minded machine of delightful destruction”
You’re going to need a bigger shark. When you start out in Maneater, the open-world bull shark adventure that’s all about wreaking bloody vengeance, you’re just a pup. You’re able to crunch through a few catfish and turtles but still at risk from barracuda and shark hunters. Progress in this …
Read More »Corsair Virtuoso review: a headset with sophisticated audio and the looks to match
It seems Corsair wanted to separate themselves from the gaudy world of gaming headphones with the release of the Corsair Virtuoso RGB Wireless SE (the SE variant is for the gunmetal gray model). Where competitors went big with massive cans, blindingly bright plastics, and enough RBG to light a small …
Read More »Knives Out review: “An irresistible whodunnit from Star Wars: The Last Jedi director Rian Johnson”
It’d be tempting to call Knives Out a palate-cleanser film for writer/director Rian Johnson, given that it’s a scaled-down passion project arriving between Star Wars juggernauts: after The Last Jedi and before Johnson oversees an entirely new trilogy in the galaxy far, far away. But to call it a palate-cleanser …
Read More »Thrustmaster eSwap Pro Controller review
When it comes to gaming peripherals like joysticks and steering wheels, Thrustmaster is a household name. Controllers on the other hand, are much less the company’s thing, with only a few products released during the PS3 and Xbox 360 era. The Thrustmaster eSwap Pro Controller is its first attempt at …
Read More »Code Vein review: “A janky but strangely satisfying dungeon-crawler”
Code Vein is loaded with beautifully animated, fully voiced cutscenes, some of which I found surprisingly affecting, but the most important line in the entire game is this: “does not open from this side”. Because while Code Vein is a third-person action-RPG unabashedly styled after Dark Souls, more than anything, …
Read More »The Farewell review: “Awkwafina shines in deft comedy-drama”
It should come as no surprise Lulu Wang’s comedy-drama is semi-autobiographical; you really couldn’t make this story up. Billi (rapper/actor Awkwafina, who played Goh Peik Lin in Crazy Rich Asians) is a 30-year-old Chinese-American woman living in New York. Declined for a fellowship and hence unable to make her rent, …
Read More »Ad Astra review: “Brad Pitt is on sensational, Oscar-worthy form in James Grays sci-fi masterpiece”
“I always wanted to be an astronaut, for the future of mankind and all,” intones Brad Pitt in James Gray’s wondrous sci-fi. Set in the near future, at a time when “humanity looks to the stars”, Ad Astra casts Pitt as Roy McBride, a space explorer who is unquestionably made …
Read More »Man of Medan review: “When firing on all cylinders there are some great scares”
I was probably a little over an hour or so into Man of Medan when I had my first real WTF jump scare. Just a decomposing face in my peripheral vision where it definitely wasn’t meant to be and hadn’t been earlier. And I absolutely knew it was coming because …
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