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PDP’s PlayStation Riffmaster Shipped with Misleading Box

There is serious renewed interest in plastic instruments this year with the release of Fortnite Festival taking off in the rhythm game community. After rolling out the Riffmaster guitar to content creators earlier this year in anticipation for a larger release, manufacturer…

Hades II Technical Test Details

The indie world was taken by storm when Hades was released in 2020. The perfect time-killer during lockdown, it was the biggest Rogue-like since The Binding of Isaac, and managed to get everything right from an engrossing story to pulse-pounding gameplay. On top…

Fallout Season 1 Review

It’s outstanding to see video game adaptations go from abominable Ewe Boll disasterpieces to some of the most engrossing media available. Whether it’s the redemption arc that Cyberpunk: Edgerunners kickstarted or the massive renewed interest of The Last of Us‘ season one, non-gamers are drawn…

Underspace (PC) Early Access Preview

For a Kickstarter to really take off, it needs to have a clear-cut audience to have the best chance to succeed. My first backing was towards Yooka Laylee on its promise of recapturing the collect-a-thon platformer nostalgia – and whilst the end product wasn’t…

Heroes & Redemption (PC) Review

After last year’s Steam Shmup Fest on Steam, I locked eyes with dozens of games I knew I could sink some time into in the future. With most of them at a price point varying between three and ten dollars, it’s a…

WrestleMania XL Night 2 Review

With Night 1 in the bag and the biggest fight of The American Nightmare’s life ahead of him, Night 2 of WrestleMania XL had some of the biggest implications in WWE to date. Aside from the most pertinent main event in recent memory,…

WrestleMania XL Night 1 Review

Editor’s Note: The following article was written before Night 2 of WrestleMania XL. Some thoughts are reflective of Night 1 only. WWE is in something of a boom era after the unceremonious passing of the guard from McMahon to Levesque, as an…

Smiling Friends Season Two Details

Adult Swim loves to play April Fools’ jokes – they never miss a year. Notably bringing back Toonami for a night in the early 2010s with so much fervor that it returned eventually. Smiling Friends had some hype generated for their April…

Smiling Friends Season Two Nearing

Smiling Friends set the adult cartoon world ablaze when it launched with a pilot in 2020 and a full season following in early 2022. The absurd, hysterical show captivated fans with out-of-left-field jokes and bizarre plots, with every episode ending on a…

Outcast: A New Beginning (PC) Review

Whenever a long-forgotten franchise gets a surprise sequel announcement several years on, it can spark a lot of renewed interest for fans nostalgic for a great experience they had ages ago. No series is off-limits, it seems, as trailers for Alan Wake…