A flash back towards the past told me that a number of games were badly optimized (after being ported to PC) and were rejected by a number of people around the world. However, most of these times, the gamers had no other option then to boycott future games from the makers or perhaps keep ranting about them. With the recent release of Arkham Knight (the first AAA game release on Steam after the online distributor’s … Read more
It was much anticipated that this time around E3 would be not much of a ‘News Breaker’ because of companies like EA and Ubisoft not showcasing much about their forthcoming titles and Sony not doing much for the wide gamer audience. But Bethesda on the other hand has taken the first day of E3 by storm. Bethesda announced its upcoming games which included Dishonored 2 and Fallout 4. Fallout 4 It was much anticipated that Bethesda … Read more
During the past one year we’ve heard that a new generation of graphics and gameplay was slowly coming to different gaming platforms and soon people would either upgrade their gaming computers or get a ‘next gen’ gaming console and perhaps at the same time sell their old console. Fast forward to the present, here we are in next gen era. Consoles (PS4 and Xbox One) running games at various HD resolutions and 30 FPS while the … Read more
Everywhere you look there is a tablet or a laptop and of course the inevitable phone but the problem is sometimes you need all 3 for productivity sake. Phones and Tablet screens are too small to get real work done, to add to the sizing issues the virtual keyboard takes up half of that real estate and you are left with a tiny box in which to see what you are typing and to type … Read more
Whether it’s the Octagon of the UFC or the four-sided ring of the WWE, there has been some fantastic action for those who enjoy mixed martial arts or professional wrestling so far in 2015. And it isn’t just in real life where fight fans have been spoilt for choice this year, with both the UFC and WWE releasing hugely successful video games over the past 12 months. These have added to two markets that have … Read more
Latest 4K Monitor Entices High-Level Gamers with Immersive Experience Delivered by 4K IPS Display and AMD’s Free Sync
As I have said in the past I love sound and music. I am one who listens to a wide range of styles, from Rock-a-Billie to Rap, Christian to Blues, I find value in all genres. I used to love listening to it loud, but as my age has increased, that has changed a bit. I have tested a number of speakers, along with a few expensive higher end headphones, and the EasyAcc Gaming headphones … Read more
A Hardcore ‘Droid Primer The Armpit of the Gaming Industry Between the sea of crap that constitutes the freemium wing of Android gaming and the many broken, unfinished and half-assed copy-cat titles that spew from the ranks of Android’s countless indie developers, it’s not hard to imagine how an outside observer might refer to Android as the armpit of the gaming industry. And they do. And yet while all of the above is … Read more
Last week Elite: Dangerous came to Steam and it comes to Xbox One with improvements and new features planned. It already came to the Mac a few weeks ago. This open ended Space Simulator has a brutal learning curve for those new to the genre and even docking and landing at a space station is a challenge until you learn your controls, movements. I had played the original elite, but hadn’t played EVE Online or … Read more
Creative has been around for some time bringing us audio that dominates in all aspects. They usually stayed in the game and professional audio scene but more and more have been spreading their wings into the complete sound scape. Adding to their lineup, Creative has brought in the Sound Blaster JAM to bring in a wider audience. This headset tries to fill gaps in a space that they might not have hit just yet; does … Read more
Perixx, a company that has already endeared themselves to me by going above and beyond in the gaming accessories that they create, has been kind enough to give me one of their AX-1200 gaming headsets to test and briefly review. Spoilers, I love it. Starting with the obvious, Perixx knows how to make their gear just look really darn cool. The design looks good and is clearly very comfortable. The padding on the … Read more
Well if your anything like me you go nuts over new technology. Well our good friends over at Tablet Expres sent us a Dragon Touch E97 9.7” Quad Core 3G Tablet/Android Phone to test and review. When I got this tablet in the mail I was like excited to have something new to play with. Now this phone has 1Gb Ram 16Gb Nand Flash. It does have a micro SD card slot so you can add … Read more
The world of online gaming can be somewhat unforgivable when it comes to reaching out to new players interested in experiencing first hand just how exciting and exhilarating that world can be. Screams of ‘newbie’ and other insults, although a popular feature of most online gaming portals, are somewhat healthy for gaming platforms in the long run, especially as players get better and the overall quality picks up. That said, there are still plenty of … Read more
On this episode of The Dragoncast Geoff and Brian welcome Brian’s own father-in-law, Brian Camden, on the show to talk about how far we have come in the way of video games and gaming. The guys talk about how they feel that gamers nowadays are spoiled by all the incredible graphics in games as well as just how much we as gamers have come in the way in which gaming has progressed. We discuss the … Read more
The In Win D Frame Mini is for those of us that don’t want to deal with a huge PC, have a small desk or like the fact that it’s so quiet. Aside from the small size, it can take just about any video card and even supports liquid cooling units, really? Well, let’s take a look at the specs. In Win D Frame Mini Black Case Specs Motherboard Support: Mini-ITX Case Material: Aluminum Side … Read more
Hello my gamer friends out there, I am here to bring you another video card review. Today’s flavor will be the EVGA Geforce GTX 970 Superclocked ACX2.0. This card has the makings and already the folklore behind it that makes many gamers want it, let’s find out why and if that lore is true. EVGA is NVIDIA’s top 3D card partner, bringing you all of NVIDIA’s latest and greatest and improving on them in great … Read more
As much as last year’s E3 was pretty disappointing for Microsoft, Sony’s E3 however went in the complete opposite direction and it’s only been going up every since. Sony put a stamp on the eighth generation of console gaming by doing everything right for gamers by not requiring them to be connected online in order to enjoy games as well as telling gamers that they can do what they wish with the games that … Read more
Living in a country like Pakistan, one wants to spend the least on luxury and more on family needs. Looking at those price tags of famous brands smartphones like Samsung’s Galaxy, Apple’s iPhone or Motorola’s Moto X, that’s something not in the reach of many here. If you take a look at the currency converter, you’ll know what I mean. But since this is an article about the one smartphone that I want the most, … Read more
For those of you who pay pretty close attention to the world of video games such as myself you simply cannot forget the terrible showing Microsoft had when they finally revealed everything about their newest console, the Xbox One. Even before the Xbox One was released the console was already being talked about, but definitely not much of anything good was said especially after what happened at E3 when Microsoft announced that the Xbox … Read more
Highlighting the 5 different Amazon Kindle Fire models to see which one is a good fit for your family.