Mountain may be relatively new to the world of mechanical keyboards, but the brand is certainly making a splash. At $139.99 / £109.99, the new miniature Mountain Everest 60 is a fairly pricey affair, though one look at the world of high-end gaming keyboards shows it’s clear that the overall …
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In 2013, Rockies’ shortstop Troy Tulowitzki sent a line shot toward Marlins pitcher Jose Fernandez. With ridiculous glove speed, Fernandez snatched the ball out of the air, leading to a meme-worthy reaction from Tulowitzki: “Did you catch that?” Fernandez smiled and nodded. Now, years after Sony boasted about the “emotion …
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Ultra short throw projectors like the XGIMI Aura were a major breakthrough in late 2020 when Samsung launched their Premier range to seriously mix up the internet’s best projectors for gaming lists. This was a gamechanger for projection: a huge 4K picture just inches from the surface. Other leading projector …
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Funnyman Judd Apatow has made a career out of blending humour and honesty, his movies skimming a big bag of dick jokes across the surface of waters that run deep and dark. The 40-Year-Old Virgin, Knocked Up, Funny People, This Is 40… all swirl with emotional currents that tug at …
Read More »Star Trek: Picard season 2 episode 3 review: “An antagonist to savor”
Warning: This Star Trek: Picard season 2, episode 3 review contains major spoilers – many of them set to stun. Boldly go further at your own risk… There’s no humpback whales or maiden warp speed flights to save, but the influence of The Voyage Home and First Contact is unmistakable …
Read More »MSI GK71 Sonic review: “A great mechanical gaming keyboard”
When it comes to the best gaming keyboards, there isn’t much that hasn’t already been done which makes choosing one come down to switch type and board size as the main factors. The schtick with the new MSI GK71 Sonic is the proprietary Sonic Red mechanical switches that MSI claims …
Read More »Vikings: Valhalla review: “Burns bright and flickers out”
Vikings: Valhalla does not waste time. The Netflix spin-off invades, pillages, wages war, and crowns kings – all within its first few episodes. It’s little wonder, then, that the event that kicks off the series feels like an afterthought. Set over a century after the original History Channel series, Valhalla …
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Horizon Forbidden West is a world of beautiful distractions. It doesn’t matter that the world is being killed and Aloy is the only one that can save it because the Salt Bite cook needs some eggs, someone else’s father has gone missing, and there’s a rowdy Thunderjaw threatening a small …
Read More »Jackass Forever: “Not such a great idea after all”
In 2019 Martin Scorsese said that Marvel movies aren’t cinema, so God only knows what he makes of the Jackass franchise. Launching with three seasons on MTV (2000-02), its painfully funny blend of pranks and stunts performed by Johnny Knoxville and his gleeful group of guffawing goons struck quite the …
Read More »Belfast review: “Kenneth Branaghs nostalgic autobiographical tale”
We open in August 1969, as Molotov cocktails ignite a street of terraced houses in the titular city. It is a largely Protestant district, dotted with Catholic families, and until now these neighbors have lived in harmony. Not any more – Unionist hardmen are torching the Catholics out of their …
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