Asus ROG Kithara review

No, the ROG Kithara is not the gaming headset to solve the cost of living crisis. It is a joy to listen to your games and music with, though, and a genuine curiosity in a crowded market. You don’t need one, and neither do I, but let’s sit awhile anyway and enjoy what ROG and…

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There’s nothing ‘euro’ about ‘eurojank,’ says Stalker dev—after all, what are some of the 2000s’ best RPGs if not beautiful all-American jankfests?

A lot of my favourite games ever made fall under the expansive rubric of “eurojank.” Stalker, the first Witcher, Mount & Blade—the list goes on. But maybe it’s a little unfair to confine the jank phenomenon exclusively to Europe. After all, what is 2004 RPG Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines, which is still getting fan…

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EasySMX D10 review

My favourite bit about new tech getting into the gaming hardware market is not their shiny (often very expensive) introduction. It’s instead the moment that the more value-oriented brands start to throw it into everything. Mechanical switches, Hall effect triggers, and now TMR. Heck, we’ve even seen TMR implemented in keyboards like the Cherry Xtrfy…

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