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February 5, 2018

HyperX Cloud Alpha Pro Gaming Headset

Poster: Aron Schatz
Posted on February 5, 2018 at 11:59:43 PM
HyperX Cloud Alpha Pro Gaming Headset
It's pretty amazing that technology continues to move ahead and get better and better. When the first Cloud headset was released from Kingston (and then, HyperX), we tried it out and then reviewed the Cloud II. It was a general improvement. The newer lines contain different parts of the value spectrum, but the original Cloud line seems to be held in a higher place for a many people. HyperX has refreshed the original Cloud styling with the Cloud Alpha and it is an overall better product.Next Page »
Tags Reviews Gaming Headset HyperX Audio Sound Kingson
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November 25, 2016

HyperX Cloud Stinger Gaming Headset

Poster: Aron Schatz
Posted on November 25, 2016 at 3:00:54 PM
HyperX Cloud Stinger Gaming Headset
When you think of gaming headsets, inexpensive doesn't figure into the equation. If something is cheap, it usually means poor quality. This doesn't need to be the case, though. Enter Kingston's HyperX Cloud Stinger. This $50 headset promises to deliver good quality with features taken from the higher end products. It also has some neat tricks built into the product that make sense.Next Page »
Tags Gaming Headset Kingston HyperX Audio Cloud Stinger
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May 4, 2016

Kingston Cloud Revolver Gaming Headset

Poster: Aron Schatz
Posted on May 4, 2016 at 9:56:39 AM
Kingston Cloud Revolver Gaming Headset
When you think of gaming headsets, what's the most important thing? It's not the sound quality, that's second. The first is comfort. When you're doing a long session of gaming, you don't want to be caught having a headset that just doesn't feel right or is too heavy. That's where the next generation Cloud Revolver from Kingston comes in.Next Page »
Tags Reviews Gaming Multimedia Kingston HyperX Audio Sound Cloud Revolver
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December 9, 2015

Logitech G700s Wireless Gaming Mouse

Poster: Aron Schatz
Posted on December 9, 2015 at 11:38:38 AM
Logitech G700s Wireless Gaming Mouse
We've always been fond of reviewing input devices. They are the tools that allow us to interact with computers. Having quality input devices should never be overlooked. Logitech is no stranger to this concept and they have a wide range of products to fit each market segment. Today, we're looking at the G700s wireless gaming mouse.Next Page »
Tags Gaming Logitech Input devices Mice G700s
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March 26, 2015

Kingston HyperX Cloud 2 Pro Gaming Headset

Poster: Aron Schatz
Posted on March 26, 2015 at 1:02:24 PM
Kingston HyperX Cloud 2 Pro Gaming Headset
The industry is changing. Scratch that, it has changed. Mobile games are really starting to come out as a giant market segment, but fear not, the PC has tons more to offer. What do you do when you want a great gaming headset that will work for everything? Look no further than the Kingston HyperX Cloud II Pro Gaming Headset.Next Page »
Tags Games Gaming Multimedia Headset Kingston Sound
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February 11, 2015

Kingston HyperX Cloud 2 Pro Gaming Headset Unboxing

Poster: Aron Schatz
Posted on February 11, 2015 at 2:02:29 PM
We saw this at CES... And now you get to see what's in the box.

Tags Games Gaming Multimedia Headset Kingston Unboxing
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May 2, 2013

Logitech G710+ Mechanical Gaming Keyboard

Poster: Aron Schatz
Posted on May 2, 2013 at 3:09:27 PM
You might be saying... "Another keyboard review?" This is a different type of product than just a normal keyboard. The Logitech G710+ may be a gaming keyboard, but it is much more. Mechanical switches control how this keyboard works and if you've never used one, run out and try it now. It is that good. Low noise and good tactile feedback make this product a winner.Next Page »
Tags Reviews Gaming Logitech Keyboard Input devices
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June 29, 2011

Windows Phone Gets Angry Birds, Custom Rings Coming To Mango

Poster: Rich
Posted on June 29, 2011 at 10:12:00 AM
Great news came yesterday for Windows Phone owners. Angry Birds is now on Windows Phone! I haven't played it myself, but apparently it's one of the best games ever. Also, they've announced that custom ringtones will be made available in Mango! This is one of the things I've critisized them for in my coming Windows Phone article. I can appreciate that they've taken the time to use the Zune software to keep the ringtones you create out of the music collection in the phone. I've run into that issue with Android in the past.

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Custom ringtones are coming.

If there’s one request we’ve heard over and over since launching Windows Phone last year, it’s this: More ringtones, please! I’m the program manager for the “sound experience” on the phone—everything from ringtones and alarms to alerts and key clicks. Today I wanted to take a minute to tell you about the ringtone-related changes in store for Mango, the next version of Windows Phone arriving this fall.


http://windowsteamblog.com/windows_phone/b/windowsphone/archive/2011/06/28/now-in-marketplace-angry-birds.aspx

http://windowsteamblog.com/windows_phone/b/windowsphone/archive/2011/06/28/ringing-in-mango.aspx
Tags Gaming Mobile Microsoft Announcement Windows Phone
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June 27, 2011

Supreme Court Strikes Down Violent Video Game Law

Poster: Rich
Posted on June 27, 2011 at 11:38:06 AM
This is a big win for upholding First Amendment Rights. First Amendment aside, the government shouldn't be deciding what games minors are allowed to play. That's what the parents should be doing. I hate it when politicians try to push their own lifestyle agendas under the guise of "protecting the children". It's so transparent....

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The Supreme Court has finally ruled on the constitutionality of the California law (Brown v. EMA) that would have banned the sale of violent video games to minors.

The court struck down the law 7-2 using the First Amendment as the reasoning. Justice Scalia wrote the majority opinion, with Justices Thomas and Breyer in dissent.

"The act does not comport with the First Amendment," opens the opinion's syllabus. "Video games qualify for First Amendment protection. Like protected books, plays, and movies, they communicate ideas through familiar literary devices and features distinctive to the medium. And 'the basic principles of freedom of speech . . . do not vary' with a new and different communication medium."


http://www.gameinformer.com/b/news/archive/2011/06/27/supreme-court-decides-video-games-case.aspx
Tags Gaming Legal Announcement
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June 17, 2011

Redbox Expands Game Rentals

Poster: Rich
Posted on June 17, 2011 at 8:51:22 AM
Redbox has rolled out game rentals nationwide this month. Though it appears that none of them are near me. Which sucks, because there's a few games that I'd love to rent for a day or two, but sure as hell wouldn't buy....

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As promised, Redbox has rolled out game rentals nationwide.

In April, Redbox said it would start offering game rentals in 21,000 of its 27,000 kiosks this month. The company is renting out a range of titles for the Xbox 360, Wii, and PlayStation 3, including the recently launched Duke Nukem Forever and last year's blockbuster hit Call of Duty: Black Ops.

Redbox has launched a full online listing of games available to customers. Those who find something they like can reserve a title from home and pick it up at their chosen Redbox location.

Redbox is charging $2 per day for its game rentals. It currently rents DVDs and Blu-ray discs for as little as $1 per day and $1.50 per day, respectively.


http://news.cnet.com/8301-13506_3-20071891-17/redbox-presses-play-on-game-rentals-nationwide/#ixzz1PXbuyGOn
Tags Gaming Microsoft Rental Sony Wii Nintendo Announcement Redbox Playstation Xbox 360
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June 10, 2011

3 Arrests Made in Relation to the Sony Hacks

Poster: Rich
Posted on June 10, 2011 at 9:09:28 AM
It looks like some members of "Anonymous" were arrested in Spain. Sucks for them.... According to Sony, the attacks will cost them 14 billion (yep billion) yen. Yikes.... Anyone sell hacker insurance?

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The Spanish police said Friday that they had arrested three suspected computer hackers in connection with recent cyberattacks on Sony’s PlayStation Network as well as corporate and government Web sites around the world.

The arrests have dismantled the local leadership of the shadowy international network of computer hackers known as Anonymous, which has claimed responsibility for a wide variety of attacks, the National Police said in a statement.

(further)Sony has estimated that the hacker attacks will cost it at least 14 billion yen, or $173 million, in damages, including information technology spending, legal costs, lower sales and free offers to lure back customers.


http://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/11/technology/11hack.html?_r=1&smid=tw-nytimes&seid=auto
Tags Gaming Software Legal Sony Announcement Playstation 3
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June 8, 2011

Sony Announces Vita and a Playstation TV

Poster: Rich
Posted on June 8, 2011 at 1:41:42 PM
At E3 Sony announced their anticipated new mobile gaming gizmo called Vita. Here's some specs:

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•Multitouch five-inch OLED display
•Dual analog sticks
•Sixaxis motion detection
•Rear touchpad
•Enough hardware to run the amazing Uncharted software being shown live at the press conference
•3G and WiFi models
•Social tools


I'm not a big mobile gamer and never played with a PSP. I'm sure there were a lot of other folks that were excited. There's two models - one that uses AT&T + Wifi for data at $299 or a Wifi only model for $249.

The Playstation TV sounds interesting, though I really wouldn't want to have to wear glasses to use it. I never thought that TV glasses were a good idea. Here's the bundle pricing:

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Sony is offering a bundle that includes the 24" 3D TV, a pair of 3D glasses, a copy of Resistance 3, and a six foot HDMI cable for $499. Extra pairs of glasses cost $69.99 a pop.


http://www.gameinformer.com/b/news/archive/2011/06/06/playstation-vita-unveiled-detailed-for-real.aspx

http://www.gameinformer.com/b/news/archive/2011/06/06/playstation-branded-3d-tv-bundle-announced.aspx

Tags Gaming Mobile Sony Announcement Playstation Vita
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June 7, 2011

Windows Phone Will Get More Xbox Functionality With Mango

Poster: Rich
Posted on June 7, 2011 at 11:06:05 AM
Nothing all that great to announce here, but Microsoft is adding some Xbox functionality to Windows Phone. The Beards and Beaks game sounds pretty good though....

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Coming later this year in Mango is more native support of Xbox LIVE features in the Games Hub like:

· See your played games and unlocked/locked Achievements

· Compare Achievements with other Xbox LIVE members

· Search your list of friends to see who is online and what they are doing

· See your Xbox LIVE messages and Send/Accept/Reject friend requests


http://windowsteamblog.com/windows_phone/b/windowsphone/archive/2011/06/06/fresh-from-e3-xbox-live-enhancements-and-new-games-for-windows-phone.aspx
Tags Gaming Mobile Software Microsoft Announcement Windows Phone
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New Xbox Features Announced

Poster: Rich
Posted on June 7, 2011 at 10:43:01 AM
At the Microsoft event at E3, Microsoft unveiled a long list of featured that they intend on bringing to Xbox. I'm excited about a lot of them. It seems that Microsoft is really doing a good job of spanning all of their technologies into each of their products. This also gives similar functionality accross multiple devices to create a fimiliarity and comfort that the consumer will have using everything they make.

http://majornelson.com/2011/06/06/cloud-storage-and-more-coming-to-xbox-live/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+MajorNelson+%28Major+Nelson+%28Xbox%29%29

http://xboxlive.ign.com/articles/117/1172911p1.html?sms_ss=facebook&at_xt=4dedb7f26e230eee,0
Tags Gaming Software Multimedia Microsoft Xbox Announcement
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May 27, 2011

June Game Informer Digital Issue Is Free Until May 30th

Poster: Rich
Posted on May 27, 2011 at 8:27:06 AM
Game Informer is allowing anyone to read the June issue in digital format for free until May 30th. It works pretty well with a little bit of lag. I hope they're going to make it available for download so it can be taken on the go without being reliant on an internet connection.

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For over a year now, Game Informer has offered a digital subscription to the magazine that was simple in design. With the most recent June issue we went back to the drawing board and started building digital issues from the ground up, with some added digital bonuses.

From exclusive content to interactive pages, the new Game Informer Digital magazine is all about an easy reading experience as it is created to be native to your computer screen and take advantage of all the things a computer-based digital edition can offer. Like any project however, we managed to make the product before we had all the bells and whistles in place. So if you are interested in getting a Game Informer Digital subscription you will need to visit your local Gamestop until we can make digital subscriptions available online.


http://www.gameinformer.com/b/news/archive/2011/05/26/game-informer-digital-june-edition-goes-free-until-may-30th.aspx
Tags Gaming Multimedia Xbox Wii PS3 Announcement Game Informer
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May 19, 2011

Free Xbox When You Buy a PC

Poster: Rich
Posted on May 19, 2011 at 11:59:18 AM
Microsoft doesn't need to offer these for free since they're still the number one selling console. PCs on the other hand, aren't such a hot item. People just aren't seeing reasons to upgrade to something newer than they already have as quickly as they used to. So, I guess Microsoft figures they'd give them a little incentive. It sure kicks the crap out of Apple's free iPod. Why didn't they have this around when I was still going to school? Damn.....

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Starting May 22, students who buy a new PC for $699 or more will receive a free Xbox 360 4GB console, the software giant said in a blog post today. The offer is available to online shoppers who buy a PC from Dell.com, HP.com, or Microsoft's online store. Those who want to head to a retail outlet can find the deal at Best Buy or Microsoft's stores.

In order for students to get the free Xbox 360, they will need to have .edu e-mail address at the time of purchase. If they don't have a .edu e-mail address, they can go to a retail store and present their student IDs.


http://news.cnet.com/8301-13506_3-20064263-17.html#ixzz1Monvgwds
Tags Windows Gaming Microsoft Xbox PC Announcement
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May 18, 2011

Xbox Update Woes

Poster: Rich
Posted on May 18, 2011 at 10:49:56 AM
The upcoming Xbox LIVE update has essentially broken some consoles. In a small number of consoles, it's made some retail discs unreadable and Microsoft is proactively contacting users with the problem with an offer to replace the consoles. The update supports a new disk format.

I was actually a part of the Beta for this and I encountered a major problem. Microsoft handled it pretty well. I was contacted by phone to get all of the details and the issue was worked out pretty quickly. The only reason I mention it is because I'm sure Microsoft is facing a bit of criticism for this, but in my experience, they've handled things the best they can.

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It appears that the new Xbox LIVE update, which will introduce support for the new XGD3 disk format, might prevent a very small number of Xbox 360 owners from playing retail game discs.

The XGD3 format will allow for additional storage space on a game disc, and will provide additional levels of copy production.

The Xbox LIVE Spring update will be rolled out between May 19 to May 30.


http://xbox360.ign.com/articles/116/1168986p1.html

Update: Major Nelson says that this problem has nothing to do with what was tested in the recent Beta.

http://majornelson.com/2011/05/18/clearing-up-some-confusion/
Tags Gaming Software Microsoft Xbox Announcement
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May 16, 2011

Sony Restores PSN Over The Weekend

Poster: Rich
Posted on May 16, 2011 at 8:01:36 AM
This weekend Sony finally restored PSN after the highly publicized security breach. They assure everyone that they have made changed to security so this won't happen again. I don't have a Playstation myself, but I do use Xbox Live and I can imagine how much it must have sucked. Have they at least tried to make it up to you in any way?

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Sony has announced the PlayStation Network has begun restoration today. The PSN will be restored in a series of phases with phase one restoring access to the PSN, online gaming for the PS3 and PSP, access to Netflix, Hulu, MLB.com and PlayStation Home. The remaining features, such as the ability to make purchases from the PSN Store will return soon.


http://www.g4tv.com/thefeed/blog/post/712657/psn-restoration-has-begun-online-multiplayer-netflix-and-more-are-active/#ixzz1MWIOEns4
Tags Gaming Security Sony Announcement Playstation PSN
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January 3, 2011

Video Games Live 2010 At NJPAC

Poster: Aron Schatz
Posted on January 3, 2011 at 10:56:58 AM
Video Games Live 2010 At NJPAC
Alright, video games music sounds like beeps and bloops, right? NO. Video Games Live takes the music we know and love and puts a live orchestra in the mix to provide a truly unique experience you need to see and hear to believe.Next Page »
Tags Music Gaming Shows NJPAC Video Games Live Concert
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December 8, 2010

Cooler Master Storm SF-19 Strike Force Notebook Cooler

Poster: Logan King
Posted on December 8, 2010 at 11:32:51 AM
Cooler Master Storm SF-19 Strike Force Notebook Cooler
What price do you have to pay for performance? There are obviously the monetary costs, but you generally have to give up some usability as well when seeking the best performing product in any market. Today, ASE Labs has the Cooler Master Storm SF-19 Strike Force up for review. This is Cooler Master's performance laptop cooler, so it needs to be determined if the performance makes up for any potential drawbacks.Next Page »
Tags Reviews Cooler Master Notebook Cooler SF-19 Strike Force Gaming Cooling
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October 27, 2010

AMD releases Catalyst 10.10c Hotfix

Poster: Daniel Doty
Posted on October 27, 2010 at 9:29:05 AM
AMD has just released the 10.10c hotfix to their drivers! Normally AMD releases these hot fixes due to missing something in the main drivers. But it would seem that AMD has released this hotfix with the new Open GL 4.1 beta as well..........Hmm, post in the forums if you give this a try, and let everyone know if you get performance boosts or not.


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AMD Catalyst 10.10c Hotfix Features:

* OpenGL 4.1 beta support
* Support for the new Morphological Anti-Aliasing feature
* Dead Rising 2 – Crossfire profile (Resolves negative scaling)
* Crossfire Performance Improvement for:
o Metro 2033
o F1 2011 - (Direct X9 version)
o Fallout New Vegas
* Performance optimizations for systems with an AMD Radeon™ HD 6870 and AMD Radeon HD 6850 series of graphics products installed
o Aliens versus Predator performance enhancements
o Star Craft 2 performance enhancements
o OpenGL performance enhancements – gains can be seen in Prey, Quake Wars: Enemy Territories, and Heaven v2


Jump on over to the official Catalyst 10.10c hotfix page to read more and download the new drivers.
Tags gaming Drivers AMD ATI Catalyst 10.10c hotfix video cards
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