Review by Matt S. I’m doing more and more streaming and video work these days. It’s difficult to engage with video games without doing some of it, and I figure, if you can’t beat ’em, join ’em. I’ve also been using an “old faithful,” decade-old Blue Snowball microphone to do…
Read MoreHardware Review by Matt S. Last week Nintendo and Fujifilm had something exciting to share; a new partnership that would allow people to directly print out their favourite digital photos (i.e. screenshots) from the upcoming New Pokemon Snap using the instax mini Link. The mini Link is a tiny, pocket-sized…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. EPOS has provided us with a few premium audio equipment options over the last couple of months, and in general, the brand is impressive for its ability to provide quality gaming-orientated audio. With the H3, we’re getting a headset with more modest intentions but, perhaps, greater…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. The big news today is that Sony is going to be shutting down its PlayStation Store for the PlayStation 3, Vita and PSP, meaning that you’ll no longer be able to purchase nor download games on those platforms. What does this have to do with the…
Read MoreRetro by Matt S. It started early in the pandemic. Lockdowns left me stuck at home, and the fact I couldn’t go out meant that I had a bit of extra cash to splash around. On a complete whim, I bought my first emulation handheld console, amazingly enough, because I…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. Every so often you come across a gadget that you just love, and one that fits exactly in with your own preferences and lifestyl. The EPOS 270 Hybrid wireless earbuds are an example of that for me. I generally prefer earbuds to big, bulky headsets. They’re…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. A hobby that I have picked up this year has been to import emulation consoles from China. They run on Android or Linux operating systems, have emulators loaded in for all the old consoles, and allow you to play all your favourite old games on the…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. A new console means a new opportunity for third parties to release stuff that works with those new consoles. The PlayStation 5 has a genuinely impressive array of features, from the speed of SSD storage under the hood through to a controller that brings some interesting…
Read MoreHardware Review by Matt S. I feel a little strange in writing this, but I’m not sure there’s all that much to say about the PlayStation 5, because this console is less about being a big hardware leap forward than it is a console that will be about the games…
Read MoreHardware review by Matt S. I’ve picked up a new hobby this year: retro emulation handhelds. It started out as something to keep me distracted through all the lockdowns and isolation this year, but has since become something that I’ve really enjoyed doing; purchasing these little devices (usually from China),…
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