The new catching mechanics are lifted wholesale from Pokémon Go. Gone is the traditional way of catching Pokémon, whittling down its health and afflicting it with status ailments to increase your chances of a successful catch. Instead, you’re presented with a system that incorporates manual aiming and a continuously shrinking green, yellow, orange or red ring, indicating […]

20 years. It’s been 20 years since the very first Pokémon games – Pokémon Red and Blue – were released in the United States and sparked a revolution that still resonates to this day. 20 years later, Pikachu remains one of the most immediately recognizable and iconic mascots in all of gaming, right up there with his stablemate, Mario. […]

The story of Crackdown 3 takes place several years after the events of Crackdown 2, with the ever-present (and secretly evil) paramilitary organization called The Agency, dispatching a crew of its super-powered agents to the island city of New Providence to deal with Terra Nova, a massive multi-national corporation run by Elizabeth Niemand that has been covertly causing […]

The story of Crackdown 3 takes place several years after the events of Crackdown 2, with the ever-present (and secretly evil) paramilitary organization called The Agency, dispatching a crew of its super-powered agents to the island city of New Providence to deal with Terra Nova, a massive multi-national corporation run by Elizabeth Niemand that has […]

One of the most memorable moments from 2013’s E3 press conferences, at least for me, was the unveiling of Riley the dog, being played by an actual, mocapped dog in the upcoming Call of Duty: Ghosts. Based solely on that video, I wanted to like Call of Duty: Ghosts. I love dogs and the sight […]

Words cannot properly describe how disappointed I am with the series finale of How I Met Your Mother. No, wait, yes they can. Never in all my years of television watching have I seen an ending so unbelievably shitty. And before you ask, no, I haven’t seen the Dexter finale but I’m pretty sure this […]

Gran Turismo 6 arrived on the 15th anniversary of the Gran Turismo series, ending its run on the previous generation of hardware in much the same way as Gran Turismo 4 did on the Playstation 2. With the next generation upon us, this may well be the Playstation 3’s swan song, one last hurrah from […]

  Far from hot on the heels of its predecessor, The Darkness II is a follow-up to 2007’s The Darkness, a first person shooter that launched to pretty favorable reviews due to its gritty, noir-esque presentation, good narrative, interesting characters and, of course, the game’s titular Darkness powers, which helped it stand out in the overpopulated […]

Introduction The fact that I like Android has certainly not been a closely kept secret. As an operating system, it’s functional, highly customizable and an all-around great smartphone and tablet OS. I’ve owned a couple of Android tablets over the years, namely the HP Touchpad, Viewsonic G-Tablet and Amazon Kindle Fire but my latest one […]

I don’t tend to enjoy games that are artsy for the sake of being artsy. I’ve played a few of those. You know the type. “Games” that go out of their way to be “art”. As much as I support the “games as art” argument, I don’t feel games should try to be art, just […]

Killzone. The “Halo killer”. The game that was supposed to be Sony’s big exclusive franchise that would make us all forget about Halo. Well, that didn’t happen, since the first game in the series turned out to be quite the mediocre game, at best. One has to question what Sony’s motive was for even making […]

Thank you to the folks at DUNU-Topsound for providing the sample for review. I’ve reviewed a few sets of IEMs from DUNU-Topsound before and was offered the opportunity to review their flagship earphone, the ever changing Tai-Chi. I’ve reviewed many earphones with methods of tuning the sound to adapt to different sound signatures and different […]

Following the end of one trilogy, we have the beginning of another. For four long years, the Master Chief and his AI companion, Cortana, have been stranded in space, separated from humanity and everything they know. But not for much longer, as there’s a new threat looming on the horizon and the Master Chief is […]

In the modern hip-hop industry, pretty much any rapper who wants to make it has to start at the bottom with a few mixtapes and move up to independently released pseudo albums. Kendrick Lamar has done both. The problem with this is the inherent risk of building hype the artist can’t live up to with […]

The annual Horizon festival has returned to Colorado, its siren song luring lovers and racers of cars the world over. For three days, racers take to the streets of Colorado to show off their talents and compete for a coveted spot in the Horizon finals. While some games like Need for Speed have eschewed the […]

Thanks to the folks at MEElectronics for providing a sample of the new N8 earphones for review. Packaging and Accessories: Uncharacteristically sparse for MEElectronics, only including the earphones, a shirt clip and the standard array of eartips (with a set of double-flange tips as well). Design and Build Quality: Standard for MEElectronics, which means good. […]

A year or two ago, I didn’t even know who Lowkey was. A Dutch acquaintance of mine linked me to a YouTube video of one of his songs, called Terrorist. I liked it enough to look for a download to carry with me on my iPod but that was about it. I didn’t look into […]

Before I get into the nuts and bolts of this review, let me state what should be plainly obvious at this point but some seem reluctant to believe. The Kindle Fire is not an iPad killer. It didn’t kill the iPad 2 and the new iPad? Forget about it. But here’s the point. It was […]

Thanks to the folks at Thinksound for the review sample! The $100 and under price bracket is the most hotly contested arena for in ear monitors and there are a large number of strong contenders in the market for the honor of being called the best value for the money. The MS01 is the latest […]

The Brookstone Clear Dual Drive earphones intrigued me from the moment I saw them. Not because of their unconventional design or the three-button remote and microphone attached. No, I was most intrigued by the fact that these are almost a mirror image of an earphone from Radius; a Japanese based firm which produces the HP-TWF21 […]

Before I get into the meat and potatoes, I would like to thank the folks at XePort for providing me with samples for review. If you’ve never heard of XePort…don’t worry, up until a couple of weeks ago, I didn’t know who they were either. But, after hearing about them on Head-Fi and noticing some […]

Introduction First, I’d like to thank the folks at HiFiMan for providing a sample to review. No doubt, I’ve been a fan of HiFiMan’s products for about a year and a half now ever since buying a pair of RE0s early last year. I’ve tested a number of their products and reviewed them right here […]

You know, in some ways, I feel sorry for Game. Here we have a rapper who started so strongly with a great debut album in The Documentary which went on to sell over 5 million copies and has been sliding downhill ever since, tipped off by a high profile and seemingly never-ending feud with 50 […]

Introduction First, I’d like to thank the folks at DUNU-TopSound once again for providing samples for review. As DUNU’s current flagship IEM, the Hephaes has a lot to live up to. Competition in the sub $100 price bracket is stronger than ever, with strong entries from several companies such as HiFiMan, MEElectronics, Spider Cable, Eymotic, […]