The smartwatch market is crowded: Just about every phone manufacturer worth a dime has a smartwatch out, so it pays to be a little different to stand out from the crowd. Samsung’s Gear S2 smartwatch has a rotating bezel to make it standout. And standout it does. It could well be the best smartwatch on […]
Read more "Samsung Gear S2 review"Fourteen days into 2016 and reckon I’ve already played my PS Vita more this year than I did for much of last year. I put that down to two things: a) Going on holiday, so my Vita was a nice portable way to replay some of my favourites like Gravity Rush and TxK and b) […]
Read more "How Mike Bithell’s Volume has made me play my PS Vita more"So, 2015 is almost at a close so this will be the last blog post for a week or 10 days as I’m heading away on holiday tomorrow for a few days to try to relax, test out my new mountain bike and have a change of scenery. It’s been a relatively good year, video […]
Read more "The final post for 2015: Thanks for your support"When I wrote for a metropolitan newspaper, I did the obligatory “Games of the Year” write-up, which culminated in my best pick as Game of the Year. I’m not going to do that anymore. I’m not going to decide from the games I’ve played this year (which hasn’t been as many in past years) which […]
Read more "My most loved games of 2015"I liked Rise of the Tomb Raider. I actually liked it much better than the 2013 reboot (I liked them both, but I liked Rise better). Last week, at The Game Awards, Crystal Dynamics revealed some story DLC that’s coming out in early 2016 and, frankly, it looks as freaky as shit, dropping Lara Croft […]
Read more "What the feck is Baba Yaga? It looks scary, that’s what"I’ve been old-skooling it in gaming this week, after picking up a Lucasarts adventure game bundle off Steam last week. I haven’t played any Fallout 4 since picking up The Dig, Loom, Indiant Jones and the Fate of Atlantis and Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade for the princely sum of … [drum roll please] […]
Read more "My week in gaming: Old skool point-and-click adventuring"Dinay Steyn and Bri Janese Van Rensberg are behind Sipreme, a New Zealand company that has come up with a meal replacement that they’ve just successfully funded through Pledgeme. Dinay (or Dee) comes from a film background, Bri has a mechanical engineering. Dee emailed me a few weeks ago, flattered my ego saying they really […]
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