Play Expo 2015

Play Expo 2015

Another year another Play Expo and another trek to Event City in Manchester for a weekend of gaming and buying of geeky things. Play Expo for those who have lived under a rock the past few years, started out as a small convention for retro gamers looking to have a chance to play classic games ..

EGX 2015 – The search for more energy drinks

EGX 2015 – The search for more energy drinks

The day after Button Mash, there was a long journey down to Birmingham for the Sunday of EGX 2015. Once again I, DanLV and a few others made the long journey down from Bradford to take a look at The UK’s biggest game event. This was the first time that I had been to an ..

Button Mash XII – A gem of an event in Bradford

Button Mash XII – A gem of an event in Bradford

Ah good old Button Mash, housed in the quaint Bradford playhouse once again and now in it’s 12th instance it’s truly a hidden gem. Me and DanLV and a few other friends wandered over to our second Button Mash this year to play games, drink varying amounts of alcohol and just hang out with other ..

CMStorm Resonar Review

CMStorm Resonar Review

Hey look! It’s another CMStorm item being reviewed. Today a look at another set of headphones, this time it’s the CMStorm Resonar Gaming Earphones. The Resonars are a pair of aluminium encased earphones which have a bass boost toggle on the housing for those moments where extra oomph is needed.  I’ve been curious about these ..

New Fans from Arctic

New Fans from Arctic

I didn’t know there would be a day when I would be happy about new fans being released, but Arctic have me covered today with the release of some new fans that improve on the previous model. Today sees the release of the F Silent series of fans from Arctic. Which have massive airflow and ..

King Con and The Play Expo

King Con and The Play Expo

King Con – 11th October 2015 In just over two weeks time, the mighty King Con will be bringing geeky goodness to Durham for the second time. It was my good friends over at www.teambanana.co.uk that made me aware of this event and they have invited me up to take a look. King Con 2015 looks ..

CM Storm Mizar Gaming Mouse Review

CM Storm Mizar Gaming Mouse Review

It’s been a busy few weeks with the various events that have taken place, Cooler Master have sent me a care package which included the Nova Touch TKL that I reviewed last week. Today I’m going to be looking at one of their gaming mice, the Cooler Master Mizar. Named as such I believe from ..

Button Mash XII – 26/09/15

Button Mash XII – 26/09/15

Button Mash is also this weekend. Thankfully it doesn’t conflict with me going to EGX which is on over the weekend. Now in its twelfth iteration it is taking on Final Fantasy levels of Roman numerals. Still housed in the Bradford Playhouse, the event will be a wonderfully small area packed with retro games for ..

EGX 2015 – I will be there!

EGX 2015 – I will be there!

I suppose I should mention that I will be attending (barring any major issues) EGX 2015 down in the midst of Middle-England, aka Birmingham. It is a rather large gaming event not to dissimilar from the Play Expo (which I will also be attending)  however it focuses primarily on the latest and greatest games, with an ..

Cooler Master NovaTouch TKL Review

Cooler Master NovaTouch TKL Review

It’s been a long time pestering Cooler Master, but I have finally got my hands on a Nova Touch to take a look at. A different take on the mechanical keyboard trend in effect at the moment. It features hybrid capacitive switches from Topre, rather than Cherry MX or other clone switches. They offer a ..

Insomnia 55 was a blast!

Insomnia 55 was a blast!

Insomnia 55 happened over the weekend and I was lucky enough to attend for two of the days it was on for. Insomnia 55 is touted as the UK’s biggest gaming festival and this year it held true to that title by expanding even more over last year. The event hall was bigger, the Big ..

Razer Hammerhead Pro Review – From China With Love

Razer Hammerhead Pro Review – From China With Love

I recently took a punt on buying from Geek, an application available for Android and Apple devices. If you are not aware, it is a site like Alibaba and  and facilitates purchases between companies in China mainly and the rest of the world. Often there are inherent problems when purchasing things from China the main problem ..