Film review: Arrival

Film review: Arrival

Looking strikingly like an earthbound Prometheus, can Arrival trump it by offering a spellbinding story as well as visuals?… Amy Adams plays Professor Banks, a leading linguist specialist, who must deal with the responsibility of making first contact with an …read more

Product review: Pioneer XCHM86D

Product review: Pioneer XCHM86D

Pioneer has a long history of making some fantastic award winning equipment, so naturally I was very excited to see how it’s latest premium mini Hi-Fi system sounds. Taking the unit out of the box you are greeted by lovely …read more

Product review: AKG N40

Product review: AKG N40

High-end earphones – often known as In-Ear Monitors, or IEM’s – have been around for a number of years now, but have remained much lower profile (at least in the mainstream) than full size headphones. Part of the reasoning for …read more

Game review: Mafia 3

Game review: Mafia 3

I have loved the Mafia series since playing the first instalment. In many ways they have always failed to give a true open-world type of experience. Non-mission activities are few and far between, and those that exist are completed easily …read more

Game review: Gears of War 4

Game review: Gears of War 4

The ongoing Gears of War saga returns with its fourth sequential instalment (Judgement was a prequel). I’m disappointed to see it’s not called Gears of Four. This may be a massive marketing oversight but does it affect the game as well? It’s …read more

Game review: Battlefield 1

Game review: Battlefield 1

Stunning, emotive, sensitive and thought-provoking. Surely there must be a flaw somewhere? Pitched as game of the year from the moment the first trailer appeared, this game had a lot to live up to. Usually a review will keep you …read more

Game review: WWE 2K17

Game review: WWE 2K17

Much like Christmas, Black Friday and a new horrendous football away-kit, a new WWE game comes out but once a year; letting us all live out our inner wrestling persona through the safety of the screen. This year’s offering looks promising, but …read more