Game Review: Mirror’s Edge Catalyst – Square peg in a round hole
Mirror's Edge Catalyst offers solid fundamentals, but they're undermined by a mountain of collectibles, side missions, and marketing bullet points. The game feels like an exercise…
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Australian Review: HP Spectre 13 – The real slim shady
Ultra-thin devices often come with compromises. By shrinking the size of a notebook, a smartphone, or a tablet, you have to sacrifice something. This could…
Australian Review: LG Stylus DAB+ – Look at my dab
In an era of streaming music services and podcasts, radio might seem a little passe. Like radio, the AUD$449 LG Stylus DAB+ itself feels a…
Australian Review: Samsung Portable SSD T3 – The new black
Portable solid state drives are the new black. At least, I like to think they are. For me, Samsung's Portable SSD T1 has managed to…
Game Review: Doom (2016) – Hell Yes
Multiplayer is the low point of the game - it feels quite derivative of other multiplayer shooters. Upon completing matches, you’ll gain experience and unlock…
Game Review: Overwatch – Your new addiction
I must admit, I'm a little surprised by how taken with Overwatch I am. Online shooters have never been my thing. I enjoy single player FPSs, but…
Australian Review: Apple MacBook (2016) – Take two
It's hard to believe Apple's impossibly thin MacBook is now over a year old. In my review of what was then referred to "the new…
Game Review: Uncharted 4 – Grounded excess
Uncharted is often held up as a console-defining series, the PlayStation's answer to the likes of Mario and Master Chief. In a world with less and…
Australian Review: Sony SRS-XB3 Bluetooth Speaker – Untz untz untz
The very first thing you'll notice about Sony's SRS-XB3 Bluetooth speaker is that over a quarter of the box is taken up by the words…
Australian Review: OPPO R9 – Opple
With an asking price of AUD$599, the OPPO R9 is a steal. In terms of value for money, it’s up there with the best. If…
Australian Review: Telstra Signature Premium – Copying the good and the bad
Telstra's put its own name on plenty of phones before, but the Signature Premium is the first time the telco has stuck the big T…
Australian Review: LG G5 – Oodles of innovation
In the pursuit of innovation, it feels like LG forgot about the basics. The G5 has one of the best cameras in a smartphone on…
Australian Review: LIFX Color 1000 – The future is bright
As a whole, smart home appliances are still a little niche. While the functionality they provide is useful, they're not always compelling due to a…
Australian Review: Roccat Renga gaming headset – Too good to be true
The headphones sound decent, with acceptable (albeit light) bass response, but are a little muted in the treble range. Tracks like Alibi by Banks show…
Australian Review: HTC 10 – Excellence or epitaph?
The HTC 10 is a great phone, it really is. The problem is, it's just not overly interesting. It's probably the device HTC should have…
Australian Review: Alcatel Go Play – Turtle
The Go Play's camera is fine if you're just hoping to Instagram pictures of your breakfast, but it really struggles whenever motion is involved. Taking…
Australian Review: Fitbit Alta – A very wearable wearable
Of late, Fitbit's family of trackers have all taken a function over form approach. While this makes sense to a certain degree, it resulted in…
Australian Review: HP Chromebook 11 – Give and take
HP’s 11-inch Chromebook is an inexpensive laptop (starting at AUD$399) running Chrome OS that embodies the idea of “what you see is what you get”.…
Australian Review: Huawei Watch Jewel & Elegant – Bling and brains
Blinged out, gold-plated smartwatches aren't typically the kind of gadgets I tend to review, mostly because I don’t think blinged out, gold-plated smartwatches really suit…
Australian Review: Nespresso Prodigio & Milk Bluetooth coffee machine – A sip of the future
Other than Bluetooth connectivity and a companion smartphone app, the Prodigio is a fairly standard Nespresso machine, built to the same specifications as every other…
Australian Review: iPhone SE – Pocket rocket
Despite a comparatively low starting price of AUD$679, the iPhone SE is still a flagship smartphone in every sense of the word. Even if you're…
Game Review: Dark Souls III – Bound by flame
Alex: While the Dark Souls formula is starting to feel a little routine, Dark Souls III is nonetheless a worthy instalment in the franchise. It…
Australian Review: Philips SHB8850NC Wireless Noise Cancelling Headphones – You get what you pay for
Philips' new SHB8850NC wireless noise cancelling headphones retail for just AUD$199, the kind of price where you don't often get noise cancelling features. They're small,…
Australian Review: Apple iPad Pro – Luxury
"This is stupid," said my partner when I first showed her the iPad Pro, "why would anyone want a tablet this big?" After five minutes…
