PC / Mac

Byte Size ReviewGamingPC / Mac

Norton Anti-Track, Byte sized review

Norton Anti-Track is an app and browser extension for Windows PCs that, according to Norton, helps consumers “take control of their online privacy and keep their data private”.

In an age where it seems everything online is trying to keep tabs on your, Norton Anti-track seems to be the perfect antidote to hide your online identity from nefarious websites and trackers.

Read More
GamingGame ReviewsPC / MacPlaystationPS5

Ratchet & Clank Rift Apart PC

Ratchet & Clank are one of PlayStation’s most endearing duos, first appearing on the PlayStation 2 in 2002 from developer Insomniac Games.

The pair were a resounding success on Sony’s games console, and over the years appeared in such classics as Tools of Destruction, Going Commando and Up Your Arsenal.

Now we have Rift Apart PC.

Read More
GamingHardwareHardware ReviewsPC / Mac

Logitech MX Keys S keyboard & MX Anywhere 3S mouse

I’ve always been a fan of Logitech’s hardware and have owned a fair few keyboards, mice and other peripherals over the years.

Currently sitting in my desk shelf is a Logitech Performance MX mouse.

So I was looking forward to testing out the company’s new MX Keys S keyboard and MX Anywhere 3S mouse.

Read More
GamingGame ReviewsPC / MacPS5Xbox Series SXbox Series X

Aliens: Dark Descent, Review

Set 20 years after the Aliens 3 movie, Dark Descent focusses on Tantalus Base, where a Xenomorph outbreak has occurred.

I controlled a squad of Marines, akin to “The Commander” in XCOM from the crashed command ship, The Otago.

It has some loose similarities to XCOM, except its combat which is a Real-Time Strategy game, not turn based.

It is however a Newt free zone.

Read More
GamingGame ReviewsPC / MacPS5Xbox Series SXbox Series X

Company of Heroes 3, PS5 review

PC Real Time Strategy (RTS) games live and die by their control system when ported to Console.

Company of Heroes 3 (CoH3) has had the gamepad or controller conversion treatment, and pleasingly I can report the experience on PS5 is excellent.

Surprisingly though, it’s actually some of Relic’s single-player design choices that has caused me concern. 

Read More
GamingGame ReviewsPC / Mac

System Shock remake (reviewed on PC)

In 1994, Looking Glass Technologies introduced rogue AI Shodan to the world in the original System Shock.

Set aboard a space station in 2072, the player assumed the role of a hacker who must thwart the evil plans of Shodan, a genuinely unsettling AI who was quite terrifying.

The game was universally praised for its gameplay by critics but was only a moderate commercial success.

Fast forward to 2023 and we’ve seen the release of a remade System Shock from retro game specialist studio Nightdive Studios (Only available on PC at the moment but is coming to consoles later this year).

Read More
GamingGame ReviewsPC / Mac

Stasis Bone Totem (reviewed on PC)

A sequel to 2015 game Stasis, which I never played.

Stasis Bone Totem sees husband and wife oceanic salvagers Mac and Charlie O’Bannon (and robotic bear Moses) stumble across a derelict oil rig run by the Cayne Corporation.

What follows is a Lovecraftian tale that takes the main characters all the way down to an undersea complex and melds themes of an ancient alien civilisation, unnatural human experimentation and Gieger-esque visuals.

Read More