Reviews

Huawei Mate 8 conversational review: a fat, phat phablet

Review by Hadlee Simons with additional words by Andy Walker. We really liked the Huawei Mate 7, offering a massive battery, solid performance and…

Total War: Warhammer review: meticulous attention to detail

To start off, I think it’s important to mention that I’ve never been a great fan of strategy games. That’s probably because I’ve always…

HP Spectre X2 review: a Microsoft Surface by any other name

HP’s been on a rather impressive streak with laptops lately, delivering the snazzy Elitebook Folio and its latest Pavilion Gaming notebook (review) in recent months….

Fire Emblem Fates review: three amazing tales of warfare

The latest entry in the Fire Emblem series gives gamers three separate and individual story lines. It’s a technique we don’t see very often…

Overwatch review: if Pixar made a first-person shooter…

Overwatch is an enigma wrapped in a MOBA, wrapped in a Pixar movie, and further wrapped in a first-person shooter (FPS). The easiest way…

Battleborn review: a poor man’s Borderlands with MOBA stuff

You wait for a fantasy-style online first-person shooter and two show up. Yep, May has seen both Overwatch and Battleborn launch in an attempt to…

SanDisk iXpand drive review: selfie backups for your iOS device

As much as you may love your Apple iPhone or iPad, its limited storage capabilities can be a problem. Like others that have come before…

‘Xenoblade Chronicles 3D’ review: friends, foes, faffing about

Another day in Nintendoland, another Nintendo Wii title ported to handheld. This time, it’s a title to get properly excited about. The legendary Xenoblade…

GetOne and ErgoPROP combo review: soothe my aching back

Not all gadgets have sparkly screens or buttons that transform them into talking, walking robots. Some are more mundane and down-to-earth, but these can…

WD Green 2TB review: affordable secondary storage [updated]

Update: Since the first draft of this review was released, WD has stressed that the drives are not meant to be used in a…

Vodafone Smart 4 Turbo review: sweltering LTE, lacklustre UX

The budget smartphone space is becoming a little universe on its own. A lot is going on in the space: competition, innovations, deals, and…

Alien: Isolation, The Talos Principle and OlliOlli: the Better Late Than Never roundup

It’s Better Late Than Never time again, the review series that takes a deeper look at the gaming titles we have unforgivably overlooked in…

BlackBerry Classic review: expensive nostalgia

Ah BlackBerry. Probably the most misunderstood technology companies on the planet was once a tour de force on the mobile device world stage. Since…

Canon EOS 70D review: a DSLR with few faults

The Canon EOS 70D is the younger sister of the 60D geared towards enthusiast users, and it definitely does well in that respect. There…

WD My Passport Pro 4TB review-in-brief: speedy and stylish

The WD My Passport Pro does what it does well, but weighing up the three P’s (practicality, performance and price) it only shines through…

‘Ori and the Blind Forest’ review: facing fears, finding courage

Every so often rare circumstances come together and give birth to something extraordinary. Be it the alignment of the stars or the direction of…

‘The Legend of Zelda: Majora’s Mask 3D’ review: a frustrating but rewarding adventure

Some games have dynastic chips on their shoulders. Some are remasters trying to survive in a modern, graphics-intensive gaming world. Majora’s Mask 3D definitely…

HTC One Mini 2 review-in-brief: smaller than an M8, but not as good

If phone sales were based solely on device quality, then HTC would be sitting right near the top of the smartphone pile instead of…

Sony SmartBand SWR10 review: easy to lose, easy to forget

The fitness craze — it’s a thing that’s not going anywhere anytime soon. Just like the selfie movement and the LOLcats phenomenon before it,…

‘Tormentum: Dark Sorrow’ review: demented silence

Tormentum: Dark Sorrow is a spectacularly sinister point-and-click puzzle adventure created by the Polish three-man indie developing team, Oh Noo! Studios. It will take…

Verssed W1 review-in-brief: finally, something different

We’ve been bombarded by a barrage of low-cost smartphones recently and we’re pretty damn bored of them all. As a consumer, it’s a puzzling…

‘Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate’ review: a marvellous creation

If you’re new to the Monster Hunter franchise (like I am), jumping into a game as dense and time-consuming as Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate…

‘Stranded Deep’ narrative review, part two: today is the day I die

If you thought survival games were boring, think again. Wiehahn navigates the treacherous island world of Stranded Deep with the finesse of Daniel Defoe….

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