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CM Storm Reaper Gaming Mouse Review

CM Storm Reaper Gaming Mouse Review To continue with our reviews we are going to look at another CM Storm product. Namely the CM Storm Reaper, which is part of their Aluminium Gaming Series of peripherals. CM Storm is the gaming off shoot of Cooler Master and has built up a reputation for reasonably priced ..

Testing the Sun-Ho Tech Bluetooth Speaker

Today (well not today really) I went to test the hands free part of the Sun-Ho Tech Bluetooth speaker. With my good friend on the other end saying how well it performs. Prepare for awkward silence! Once again thanks to Sun-Ho Tech for providing me with the item to test! Testing the Sun-Ho ..

SteelSeries Apex M800-Gaming Mechanical Keyboard – Review

If there were an award for most bizarre features in a keyboard, the SteelSeries Apex M800 would likely be the winner. So, keep reading and watching to find out what odd things are included with this mechanical gaming keyboard. Specifications N-Key Roll Over 256 Key Programmable Keys Full, every key re-mappable USB Hub Two ..

Sapphire R9-285 ITX Compact OC Edition – Review

Compact systems have become increasingly popular over recent years and case manufacturers have only been to happy to oblige users with strikingly designed enclosures to house the hardware. High performance graphics cards have often been a sticking point if you had wanted a truly small system.Nevertheless thanks to improvements in thermal efficiency and design, graphics card manufacturers have ..

Kingston MobileLite Wireless Reader Review

It’s a trend currently that everything is going wireless; from the more common devices like wireless keyboard bundles. Manufacturers have recently been adding the functionality to storage devices such as external hard drives, memory cards and the like. Today at Dave Plays we are going to be looking at one such device; the Kingston MobileLite wireless ..

Reviews

Insomnia 63 – My Late Thoughts

Wow, its been a while since Insomnia and I haven’t really written a thing about it. So, whilst late, I thought it best to at least get something written down. I want to start by saying thanks to the lovely people who provided me with a press pass so I could get in. The ..

News

Insomnia 63 – Summer is almost here

The Insomnia Gaming Festival has been going on for many years and since finding a new home in the Birmingham NEC has been expanding and expanding year on year. The summer event is seen as the major in the events series and is generally the biggest of the two held in England. This summers event ..

Reviews

Dave Plays at EGX 2016

Back, bigger and better. EGX was held once again at the Birmingham NEC over the week and weekend of the 22nd of September. I was lucky enough to be in attendance for the last of those days; the 25th of September. So here’s my “review” of the event. I headed on down to EGX with ..

Blogs

Insomnia 58 – A ‘Short’ Review

As always, I’m a bit late to get this post up on the site but thanks for your patience. I’m going to start and give you all a TL;DR Insomnia 58 was a brilliant event and I am glad to have been given the opportunity to attend (Thanks BoonanaJ and Thermaltake) It’s hard to start ..

Blogs

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 ..