Possible Cherry MX Switch Shortage in 2015?

Possible Cherry MX Switch Shortage in 2015?

-Insta-Update  Since posting, I’ve spoken to another member of the industry in the UK who has not heard any news of a shortage, so it could just be that the really low quantity buyers are getting delays. Especially with Razer and Logitech both dropping Cherry MX switches, it would be a bit of a surprise for ..

Valve launches Steam Broadcasting

Valve launches Steam Broadcasting

Valve and Steam’s gaming reach is extending into the now elusive game streaming market. Steam Broadcasting has just been announced and allows you to stream any game you are currently playing within Steam.   You and your viewers have to join the beta, and when you do an option to view the stream becomes available ..

ZOTAC ZBOX pico PI320 Review

ZOTAC ZBOX pico PI320 Review

A few months ago ZOTAC sent me a ZBOX EN760 Plus to review and recently they offered me a chance to review one at the opposite end of the spectrum. Part of the pico series, the ZOTAC ZBOX PI320 is a far cry from the EN760 which by specification looks like a complete monster. However ..

SteelSeries Apex Mechanical – Teaser

SteelSeries Apex Mechanical – Teaser

There’s not much to go on besides a photo from their Facebook page, but it would appear that SteelSeries are jumping back on the mechanical keyboard bandwagon they pioneered way back in 2011. It would appear that an evolutionary step to the Apex series of keyboards is almost upon us.   The image does not show ..

Fractal Design announce Define R5

Those brilliant people over at Fractal Design have…sadly not reinvented the wheel, or figured out perpetual motion. They have a new case! one that people have waited for, for quite a while. That’s right, they have announced the next evolutionary step in the Define range, the R5. Taking configurability to a new level, the Define ..

Retron 5 almost here?!!

Retron 5 almost here?!!

Well, I am very rarely excited, but these past few days have been causing me to almost get giddy! This is because the much delayed Retron 5 appears as though it may almost be here.   Yes the console that was meant to hit these cold and wintry shores last Christmas, has had confirmation by ..

FF7 Opening/Bombing Mission in LittleBigPlanet 3

FF7 Opening/Bombing Mission in LittleBigPlanet 3

It seems not a day goes by without someone mixing a bit of history with the present. Today is no different, a gamer has managed to recreate in spirit, the opening credits and bombing mission from the iconic Final Fantasy 7.  The use of Little Big Planet to create such things is not a new ..

Arctic Z2 Pro Twin Monitor Arm Review

Arctic Z2 Pro Twin Monitor Arm Review

Recently and with a large thud, a parcel from Arctic turned up on my doorstep. All the way from Germany this package contained a monitor arm, a dual monitor arm to be precise, and one of the newly released Z-Pro range. Arctic as you should all know are a company that specialises in providing excellent ..

Desert Bus marathon cleans house again

Desert Bus marathon cleans house again

You may have noticed the DavePlays.co.uk site being down these past few days. because of the major Azure VM outages experienced. Hopefully you all had the prior knowledge that the Desert Bus gaming marathon was well under way with its challenge to raise funds for Child’s Play, the charity that helps get consoles and games ..

Another impressive hardware hack

Another impressive hardware hack

Now this is impressive, to go along with the also impressive Super Smash Brothers loaded onto an albeit powerful calculator. Another hacker has has taken time to hack the firmware in his Cooler Master Quickfire Rapid-I keyboard. The user Spritetm posted the video over in the Reddit Mechanical Keyboards subreddit, showing the newly achieved additional lighting modes added ..

Time to get the calculator out…

Time to get the calculator out…

Everyone is talking about the new Smash Brothers game, but for those of us who have yet to pick up the latest in the series from Nintendo, there may be another way to pass the time. A user called Hayleia over on the forums Omnimaga.org (A site dedicated to calculator and computer game programming and music creation ..

Shadow of Mordor completed in under 2 hours

Shadow of Mordor completed in under 2 hours

If you read my site often, you will know that I am a big fan of speedrunning and speedrunning in general. News has reached my ears that besides Skyrim getting beaten in under 40 minutes (Watch it here) the also brilliant Shadow of Mordor has been completed in under 2 hours! This is in part ..