Pre-ESA Speed Running Marathon

Pre-ESA Speed Running Marathon

In a little under 5 days another speed running marathon will be getting underway (it seems a new one appears each day). The Pre-ESA Speed Running Marathon is scheduled to run over the weekend of the 29th January, it is raising money to improve the actual ESA Speed Running Event in July later this year. ..

I might disappear for a while – Blade and Soul released

  Today marks the release of Blade and Soul, an MMO from NCSoft, here in the UK. It’s not really new having been available in the east for a several years but NCSoft have put in the work to give it an English cast of voices and released it into the wild. Blade and Soul is a ..

Insomnia Festival Winter Edition (i56 @ Birmingham NEC)

Insomnia Festival Winter Edition (i56 @ Birmingham NEC)

Yes I know it’s a bit late, especially considering that Insomnia 56 took place over the 11th to 13th of December. This was the first time the event was held down at the larger Birmingham NEC. There were a lot of changes to go along with the move, including the option of indoor camping, which considering ..

Ducky Year of The Goat – Review (Basically a Shine 5)

Ducky Year of The Goat – Review (Basically a Shine 5)

A few weeks ago the Year of the Goat, this year’s Zodiac keyboard from Ducky, was released. I was exceptionally lucky to be one of the first in the UK to get one. It’s the first RGB keyboard from Ducky to be released in the UK and follows past Zodiac keyboards by having a slightly ..

25th Anniversary NEOGEO Humble Bundle

25th Anniversary NEOGEO Humble Bundle

Marking the 25th anniversary of the NEOGEO, Humble Bundle have managed to pull together a large amount of the SNK classics that made the console what it was. In exclusive debuts on Windows, Mac and Linux. As is normal there are several tiers available dependent on what you pay. It tops out with an anniversary Metal ..

Cooler Master – Master Gel and Sentinel III released

Cooler Master – Master Gel and Sentinel III released

Cooler Master have been a bit busy today with two new items released!  The first is a update to one of their gaming mice. The Cooler Master Sentinel III is a revised version of the ergonomic mouse with more on board memory and a newly implemented Avago sensor, for those that also want all the ..

A level that I now love to hate

A level that I now love to hate

Have you ever been stuck on a seemingly simple level in a game, only for it to take an absolute age to beat? Recently I finished Incredible Crisis on the PS1 a game that I had as a kid and picked up again. I got past a few levels that got me stuck as a ..

Ducky design Massdrop exclusive keyboard

Ducky design Massdrop exclusive keyboard

Ducky, the popular mechanical keyboard manufacturer from Taiwan, have designed a special Massdrop exclusive keyboard and it is a stark change from their current range. Featuring an extremely slim metal case that sits flat with the normal metal backplate of the keyboard. It takes big style cues from other popular mechanical keyboard manufacturers. However with ..

I wish games had more co-op campaigns

I wish games had more co-op campaigns

Over the past few years now, I and a friend have played through some games together that feature co-op gameplay for a very good reason as well – at least for me. Most of them are ones that we had not played and as the option was there we thought why not play together…   Whilst I ..

Cooler Master Nepton 240M – Review

Cooler Master Nepton 240M – Review

I really want to thank Cooler Master for sending me the huge care package, the last of my reviews is for the Cooler Master Nepton AIO (All in One) cooler. The Nepton 240M is a custom designed sealed AIO water cooler compatible with almost all sockets, designed for those that don’t want to spend time ..

Patriot Blast 240GB – Review

Patriot Blast 240GB – Review

Patriot were kind enough to send me an SSD to review a few short weeks ago, however events and a hardware failure (yes that 2TB Samsung has finally died as well as my primary SSD 🙁 ) prevented me from being able to complete it. However, I am back in business with this and another review ..

King Con 2015

King Con 2015

It was my first time attending King Con at the invitation of Boonana J of Team Banana. It was meant to be me and DanLV heading up but due to a various scheduling conflicts it ended up being me on my own. Held up in Durham, KingCon is a convention that caters to the geeky ..