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Nioh review diary: git gud or die trying

Welcome to my Nioh review diary. This will be the parchment on which I document my struggle to git gud with yet another Japanese…

Nintendo Classic Mini NES review: a little bit of nostalgia

Oh, Nintendo, how you love to play on our nostalgia and rose-tinted glasses. Not only does the company re-release classic NES titles for every new…

Event 0 [PC] review: I compute, therefore I am

I wasn’t sure what to expect when I initially booted Event 0 (stylised as Event[0]), a short but poignant first-person narrative exploration game by…

Virginia [PC] review: interactive cinema at its finest

I’ve started writing this review mere moments after I’ve finished Virginia. Its eerie yet beautiful experience still lingers within my mind, my thoughts a…

Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 review: the best budget phablet in SA?

Local Xiaomi distributor Mobile In Africa (MIA) is in a rather tight situation with the Redmi Note range. The firm launched the Redmi Note…

F1 2016 [Xbox One] review: Codemasters’s purple sector

The Codemasters F1 games haven’t been half bad at all, but it’s clear that there was room for improvement with F1 2014 and F1…

Deus Ex: Mankind Divided review round-up: augmented or augward?

The latest game in the Deus Ex series has finally been released, almost five years after Human Revolution first came out. Of course, the…

Samsung Gear 2 review: from a galaxy far away

This is the Samsung Galaxy Gear 2 and it’s only been seven months since the Gear 1. So what happened, why the need for…

Samsung Galaxy S5 review: no five star rating

Samsung’s fifth Galaxy, the S5 doesn’t even approach the design and interface of the HTC One (M8) and iPhone 5s, so what’s it got…

Monster Diamond Tears headphones review: beauty and the pain

What do you look for in a headset? A not-so-subtly placed logo, which informs onlookers that you’ve got the latest trend in audio? A…

Xolo Q900 Review: the best budget Android with ‘Retina Display’

Xolo’s an Indian smartphone brand that became famous when it launched the first-ever smartphone with an Intel system-on-a-chip (SoC) and has been doing quite…

Samsung Galaxy S5 hands on review: feature-rich with a brilliant display

Before I even touched the Galaxy S5, which was lassoed to a glowing table at a fancy Samsung launch event, I came in with…

GoPro Hero 3+ review: 8 reasons why it’s awesome

Since I got my GoPro Hero in 2010, Nick Woodman, the founder of GoPro became a billionaire and the camera has had a few…

InFamous Second Son review: one giant leap

If you’ve played the previous inFamous games you’ll remember electric hero conduit Cole MacGrath. You’ll know that while the first game was amazing and…

‘South Park: The Stick of Truth’ review: fourth-grade fun

There have been numerous games based on the South Park series. South Park: Tenorman’s Revenge, South Park Let’s go Tower Defense, South Park: Chef’s…

Goat Simulator review: crazy, cool, stupid farmyard fun

This is a good game — Tony Hawk with a goat, in essence. Goat Simulator’s cool and stupid, which is a marvel. There are…

Dark Souls II review: fan service

I read a lot of Dark Souls II reviews just after the game was released, but many of them seemed off the mark. This…

Nokia X review: plenty noise, zero x-factor

Nokia has released some great smartphones in the past couple of years — at least hardware wise. Devices like Lumia 1020 and Lumia 1520…

LG G Flex review: curve appeal

The world’s first curved phone, the LG G Flex, is not great. It’s an average Android phone with a major issue: the display. Also,…

Samsung Galaxy Grand 2 vs Xolo Q1100: battle of the budget beaters

In the wake the launch of the ultra popular Motorola Moto G, there have been some great launches for the mid-range dual SIM market….

Thief review: pilfered problems

When the original Thief arrived on PCs in 1998, it was something of a revelation. Understated yet involved, quiet yet resonant, you were Garrett…

Nokia Lumia 1520 Review: big, bold and beautiful shooter

The Nokia Lumia 1520 signifies the increasing importance of large screen phablets in the market. Although Windows Phone is comparatively hardware efficient, a lot…

Sony SmartWatch 2 review: it’s not bad

The best compliment I can give Sony’s SmartWatch 2 is that it works. I still believe that wearable devices are in their infancy, and…

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