HyperX sound equipment is consistently high-quality, though I find the marketing aggravating. Why pitch so heavily to gamers when, at the very best of times, a gamer’s understanding of aesthetics and quality are skewed towards the cheapest edges of dystopian cyberpunk? I mean, Elon Musk would be a gamer if he wasn’t wasting his time ruining companies. Elon Musk thinks…
HyperX sound equipment is consistently high-quality, though I find the marketing aggravating. Why pitch so heavily to gamers when, at the very best of times, a gamer’s understanding of aesthetics and quality are skewed towards the cheapest edges of dystopian cyberpunk? I mean, Elon Musk would be a gamer if…
Read MoreI guess I like PC gaming now. For context, I’ve never actively disliked PC games, of course. It’s just that I spend so much time working on PCs that I struggle to enjoy them as gaming devices. Perhaps it’s a mild form of OCD, but I compartalize my devices. If…
Read MoreNow that there are devices like the Steam Deck and ROG Ally freely on the market, the appeal of buying a dedicated emulation console has dropped a little. Why buy one of those when you can just use the more powerful handheld PC, emulate more games and then also play…
Read MoreThere’s absolutely no shortage of affordably-priced gaming headsets on the market. For not that much money, you can pick up a wired set with some kind of flexible microphone, a braided cord and an aggressive-looking logo on the earcups. Which is all well and great, but I have a very…
Read MoreI was very impressed with my first experience with Soundcore earbuds when I tested a unit last year. For a modest price, they offered quality sound and noise-cancelling features, all in a tiny form factor and slim, light case that made it so easy to throw into a bag and…
Read MoreYou get what you pay for, as the saying goes, and with the SteelSeries Apex Pro TKL, you do pay a premium, but you get Snek! Snek is a Snake clone that you can play in the little OLED screen display that is in the top right-hand corner of the…
Read More“Stream Deck does nothing but controls everything.” That’s the way Elgato like to talk up this esoteric little device, and it’s actually pretty apt. It’s a very dumb device, and quite difficult to get started with. After picking up the most recent Stream Deck+, I honestly didn’t think I’d get…
Read MoreSeagate has an expansive range of what it calls “special edition hard drives” – external storage devices that feature a character print on the front surface. Now, to say this upfront, you do pay a premium for the licensing. For example, I’m testing the Shuri drive, featuring the popular Black…
Read MoreSkullcandy pitches itself as a company for good quality, but price-conscious lifestyle sound equipment. While you can certainly play games with the company’s headsets and other sound equipment, they’re more designed for people looking for a good musical experience, while also being stylish for use out and about, while at…
Read MoreI’m about to age myself here: I remember when getting a box of ten 3.5-inch floppy disks was a big deal. With each disk having 1.44 MB of memory, such a box was a whopping 14.4 MB of storage! That meant so many photos back then, or little arcade games…
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