Author: Jason

Atari ST, PC & PS4 Pro gamer, Father and Rock legend. Can normally be found lost somewhere in Bolivia during his spare time! PSN: Psycho_sparky
Edifier G5BT Gaming Headset Review
Hardware & Tech

Edifier G5BT Gaming Headset Review

Edifier kindly sent TC HQ their G5BT Gaming Headset for us to review. Thankfully without the cats ears! Having recently put their MR4 studio monitors through the review process. Link to review here. I was excited to see how the amazing sound that I was on the receiving end of would transfer to a head-worn device. Edifier G5BT - Gotta Get Yourself Connected! Available in either black or white, let's see how these perform! Design and Control Presented inside a black cardboard box, the black G5BT headset sits peacefully awaiting deployment. The contents are of a simple nature. Headset, USB A to C charging cable, and also a 3.5mm jack-to-jack audio cable. Lifting the headset out of the box, it is noticeably weighty at 357g. This puts it 12 grams slightly less than the feature-packed...
Contraptions 2 – Switch Review
Switch Reviews

Contraptions 2 – Switch Review

Contraptions 2 is a 2D puzzle game by devs Moragami Co., Ltd and published by Funbox Media & GS2 Games Inc. Available from 27th April, it is the follow-up to the first iteration that was released back in 2019. Available on PC, PlayStation and Nintendo Switch, the concept is to find the physics-based solution in order to eliminate the monsters on the screen. Having not played a game like this since Jeff Tunnell's The Incredible Machine back in 1992 I could not wait to get started! Contraptions 2 - Testing That Brain! Once in a while, a game comes along and it just drains away time. Contraptions 2 is one of them! I have been lucky enough to play it on the Nintendo Switch and I do not know where my evenings have gone. Gameplay Although relatively easy to grasp, Contraptions 2 reli...
OTXO – PC Review
PC Reviews

OTXO – PC Review

OTXO by devs Lateralis, incidentally latin for "sideways movement", is a single-player, top-down, violent shooter with rogue-lite elements, whereby, upon death, some of your progression is carried over. OTXO - Maximum Overkill! Playing as a super-manic character, you innocently put a mask on and are whisked away to a strange mansion. Searching for your lost love that has been taken from you, can you survive the onslaught of enemies that stand in your way and rescue her?  You need to kill pretty much everyone inside the building in order to progress and venture further. Playable on either controller or keyboard and mouse, let's get cracking! Gameplay OTXO, pronounced Oh-Cho, is a simple monochrome 2D retro-looking pixel game that, similar to the movie Sin City, highlights items such...
Moviehouse – PC Review
PC Reviews

Moviehouse – PC Review

Moviehouse by Latvian-based Odyssey Studios and published by Assemble Entertainment is a single-player tycoon game for PC that was released on the 5th of April. If you have ever wanted to try and run your own movie studio, then this is promising to be the game for you! Lights, Camera, Action! Steven Spielberg watch out! There is a new kid in town! Can I make a successful movie and reap the financial rewards? Let's find out! Gameplay Starting in the 80s with a small film crew, the setup in principle is easy to initially get your head around. The screen shows an isometric view of a square plot of land where all of your movie studio company will grow. Looking like a diorama, there is a small trailer where you will hire a writer before getting them to create your first script. You g...
be quiet! Pure Base 500DX PC Case Review
Hardware & Tech

be quiet! Pure Base 500DX PC Case Review

Having played with a NZXT H510 PC case for the last couple of years, I was fortunate to check out the be quiet! Pure Base 500DX case. At around £100, it was on par with what the former case cost me originally. Would the Pure Base 500DX offer a nice upgrade without negating any of the features I already had? be quiet! Pure Base 500DX If you love your tech as much as I do, make sure to also check out the amazing be quiet! Silent Base 802 PC case review as well! Design Standing at 463mm high on its feet, 232mm wide and 450mm long, the Pure Base 500DX is slightly wider and slightly longer than my NZXT H510 case. Equally with the slightly larger size it is also a kilo more, weighing in at 7.8kg. Available in black or white, the futuristic-looking mid-tower PC case sports a tempered g...
SpongeBob SquarePants: The Cosmic Shake PS4 Review
PlayStation Reviews

SpongeBob SquarePants: The Cosmic Shake PS4 Review

Bouncing recently onto console and PC comes SpongeBob SquarePants: The Cosmic Shake. Developed by Vienna-based Purple Lamp (Battle for Bikini Bottom - Rehydrated) along with publishers THQ Nordic, your favourite and sometimes annoying yellow sponge is back for a new adventure. Who Lives in a Pineapple Under the Sea? After blowing "magical" bubbles from an innocent-looking bottle of soap that had been purchased from a mermaid fortune teller, SpongeBob, along with his faithful companion Patrick, find out that they are in fact mermaid tears belonging to King Neptune. Cue craziness as buildings and characters are sucked into a portal. Can SpongeBob get all of his friends back and restore Bikini Bottom back to normal? Gameplay SpongeBob SquarePants: The Cosmic Shake is a single-player 3...
Edifier MR4 Studio Monitor Review
Hardware & Tech

Edifier MR4 Studio Monitor Review

People that know me well know that I love gaming, music and playing my bass guitar. When I had the chance to try out the Edifier MR4 Studio Monitors I was ecstatic! While I have always been a bit dubious of quite how much bass small speakers can generate, I had high hopes that the MR4's would deliver. Let The Beat Control Your Body It's time to open up the box and take a deep dive into the world of Edifier. How will they perform? How compatible are they? Are they value for money? Read on and find out! Design At 288mm high, 140mm wide and 198mm deep, the MR4 studio monitors are a fairly decent size in comparison to some of the other desktop speakers I have navigated through. My desk isn't the widest in the world, however, they certainly didn't look out of place given that my Samsung...
Golazo! 2 – PC Review
PC Reviews

Golazo! 2 – PC Review

Golazo! 2 is an arcade football game by Argentinian indie developers and publishers Purple Tree. It is a follow-up to the well-received 2020 Golazo! Soccer League. Back to the 90's Football Era! While there are many football games on the market, Golazo! 2 is an anything-goes version of the beautiful game where fouls and offsides do not exist. Created in Unity and available at around £11 on Steam, how would this indie title fair? Gameplay Right from the (kick) off, there is something very arcade-like with Golazo! 2. Remember the good old days when you were ordering some takeout, and while you were waiting for your order to be ready there would be some form of coin-op arcade machine in the corner? Well, Golazo! 2 would fit right in there. Instantly transported back to the mid-90s,...
be quiet! Silent Base 802 PC Case Review
Hardware & Tech

be quiet! Silent Base 802 PC Case Review

While be quiet! has a huge following when it comes to its fans, they have also quite a diverse selection of PC cases. Ranging from goliath-sized high-end towers to smaller non-budget-breaking units, they each serve to give the best cooling possible as well as have a focus on acoustics to lessen any audible sounds. I as lucky enough to get my hands on the Silent Base 802 which sits in the middle of the range and is classed as a "premium" PC case. be quiet! Silent Base 802 AKA The Beast! I guess it is time to have an explore and transplant my PC innards so that I can give you a good practical overview of what working with a Silent Base 802 unit is like! Design The first thing that is noticeable with the be quiet! tower is the sheer size of it. It is a monster in comparison to my N...
Toy Soldiers HD – Switch Review
Switch Reviews

Toy Soldiers HD – Switch Review

Released on Nintendo Switch NYE '22, Toy Soldiers HD is an overhaul of the easily recognisable 2010 tower defense game by Signal Studios. Published by Accelerate Games, Toy Soldiers HD supports handheld, tabletop and TV mode. Toy Soldiers HD - Construct your Defences Carefully I was a big fan of Toy Soldiers: War Chest back in the Xbox 360 days however I haven't had the pleasure of playing an HD version of Toy Soldiers so far or on the Nintendo Switch. Let's get the band playing and move onto the battlefield! Gameplay There is something quite nostalgic when it comes to the Toy Soldiers franchise. Admittedly I have been so busy that there have been some old classics that I have simply forgotten to go back to.  As Toy Soldiers HD loads you are greeted by a haunting male voice accompa...