2024 is shaping up to be the year of OLED gaming monitors with a slew of options from all the big players in all the sizes and aspects. MSI joins the fray with two new OLED’s, the eSports focused  27-inch, 360Hz MPG 271QRX and the 32-inch, 4K, 240Hz MPG 321URX which is what we are reviewing today. The new monitors are using 3rd-gen QD-OLED panels that support much greater refresh rates and brightness than we’ve seen on OLED’s before.  Price for the MPG 321URX is $2,199 putting it in between Alienware’s $1,900 curved AW3225QF and Asus ROG Swift PG32UCDM a ..read more

Low-profile mechanical keyboards; now that’s a term to get the purists’ rage boiling. But there’s something to be said about these small, light keyboards that offer the benefits of clicky, mechanical keys and portability. The new Asus ROG Falchion RX joins a growing list of low-profile boards like the excellent Corsair K100 Air and Vissles LP85. But for my two cents, the Falchion RX is easily the very best that I have ever used. Retailing for about $279.99 (though the price varies wildly depending on which retailer), the Falchion RX is a 65% keyboard that comes ROG RX optical-mechanical switch ..read more

Not to put too fine a point on things, but the full version of Stellar Blade presents a way sharper package than the demo you played. The debilitating input lag that marred that taste-test—the troublesome hesitation between button press to sword hitting flesh, and Eve’s reluctance to combo cancel or shift attack vector? That’s all been solved. Stellar Blade’s combat is now honed to a sublimely razor edge. Our heroine’s responsiveness is tighter than her barely there skin suit. Speaking of, if you do stumble across my YouTube longplay videos, we should probably address my lack of dress. Much li ..read more

The Logitech G502 X Plus gaming mouse is a strange thing to me. Not too long ago, Logitech relaunched its iconic G502 Hero mouse as the G502 X with LIGHTSPEED wireless to much success. The G502 X Plus is a follow up to that mouse(maybe even replaces it since I can’t find it available on Logitechs website) but despite the name, doesn’t add much at all other than RGB lighting. The G502 X Plus retails for anywhere between $249.99 — $299.99 depending on when and where you buy. For that money, you get all the very best LIGHT features: LIGHTSPEED wireless, LIGHTFORCE Hybrid switches, a Hero 25K opti ..read more

Asus has launched the latest version of its famous ROG phone, and it is quite impressive. The Asus ROG Phone 8 has received a complete redesign and now looks sleek and polished, making it comparable to the iPhone 15 Pro Max and Samsung Galaxy S24. However, it comes with a high price tag to match. This year, there are three versions of the ROG Phone 8: the ROG Phone 8 ($1,799), ROG Phone 8 Pro ($1,999), and ROG Phone 8 Pro Edition ($2,499). All three models feature the powerful Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 processor with Adreno 750 graphics, but they differ in RAM, storage capacity, and display ..read more

Trading card games have seen a stunning resurgence of late and Magic The Gathering is leading the charge with crossovers out the wazoo. Just recently we’ve seen Dr Who and Fallout enter the world of Magic The Gathering, but one IP you won’t find joining the ranks is Star Wars. And that’s because Star Wars: Unlimited is a brand-new card game built from the ground up, using Star Wars as a basis. Thanks to some early access to the Spark of Rebellion two-player starter kit, I’ve been able to dive in and get into the action. Right off the bat, Star Wars: Unlimited immediately seems friendlier to ne ..read more

Can I just quickly say how amazing it can be to review PS5 games for a second time on PC? It’s like relapsing with an ex you once adored but somehow fell out with. In the interim, they’ve hit the gym hard, matured past some idiosyncrasies, and learned new tricks that make them extra fun to be with. And that, my friends, is absolutely the case with Horizon Forbidden West Complete Edition—an “old” flame I’ve fallen for, harder than an Advanced Blast Trap to the ankles. Because, as suspected, the team at Nixxes has pulled off yet another quality port, and I shall now explain why you ought to swip ..read more

As a professional designer/ creator who also loves to play AAA games, I have always admired the Apple MacBook Pro for its productivity and creator-centric features. However, even with the latest M3 chips, it still fails to cater to my gaming needs. So, when the Asus ROG Zephyrus G16 was announced at CES2024, I was super excited to get my hands on it. The new Zephyrus G16 is a beautiful gaming laptop that starts at $3,299.00. It features a machined metal chassis and can house Intels Core Ultra 9 processors, RTX 4090 GPU, and a Nebula HDR OLED display. It looks nothing like a traditional gaming ..read more

Just as FromSoftware made that ‘Soulsborne’ to kick your arse, Capcom’s Dragon’s Dogma 2 was custom-built to be an absolute slog. Via design decisions that feel as heartless as its chesticle-challenged protagonist, director Hideaki Itsuno has curtailed or cut out the creature comforts expected from a modern ARPG. So much so, they should have just called this “Drags On” Dogma. None of the above is new news to fans of this series, however, as therein lies the bizarre charm of an openly obtuse GOTY contender. If you’ve got the temperament for wanton abuse, as I do, any journey where you must claw ..read more

For a game about shredding fools into chunky kibbles with a cavalcade of katanas, Rise of the Ronin still isn’t what you’d call a cutting-edge experience. Its utilitarian visuals are as unpolished as a wooden sword. The open-world mechanics lashed around its ‘Soulslike’ hakama also aren’t a far cry from what’s been happening elsewhere for ages. And too many of its “samur-AI” can be strung along to their deaths, like you’re playing some sort of homicidal Hamamatsu Kite Festival. But while Team Ninja’s efforts on this samurai epic aren’t quite topknot-ch, I still couldn’t put my controller down ..read more