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Face Plant: Pikmin 3 Review 26 Aug 2013 | 05:07 am
Nintendo's kooky plant-based adventure gets some portability with off-TV Wii U tablet play. For my thoughts, check out my Pikmin 3 review.
Hands-Free: SuperTooth HD Voice Bluetooth In-Car Speakerphone 22 Aug 2013 | 05:01 am
Answering calls on your smartphone while driving is a bit like playing Russian roulette. Given the many near accidents I've seen involving some doofus driver on a cell phone, this bad habit has rocket...
New Leaf: Plants vs. Zombies 2 Review 19 Aug 2013 | 05:01 am
Braiiiinns... That one word became a catchphrase for many folks as the original Plants vs. Zombies became a bonafide hit with fans across various platforms. Now the quest for protecting one's brain ma...
Hands Free: Kinivo BTH240 Bluetooth Headset Review 15 Aug 2013 | 05:01 am
Behold, the dude walking around with a wireless headset -- sometimes affectionately known as, well, something that rhymes with "Bluetooth push-bag." Is there anything more annoying than a guy walking ...
Hot Pockets: OGIO Gambit 17 Laptop Backpack Review 12 Aug 2013 | 05:01 am
One of the downsides of being a multimedia reporter and the resident gadget guy is that I often walk around with a lot of stuff. I mean a LOT of stuff. That's makes backpacks with plenty of pockets an...
Review: Attack of the Friday Monsters! A Tokyo Tale 7 Aug 2013 | 05:01 am
One of the bad things about getting older is that the world can seem a lot less special at times. There's just something so fulfilling about being able to see the world with the same sense of wonder t...
Old-School Brawling: The Dragon's Crown Review 5 Aug 2013 | 05:01 am
Before arrows to the knee became common knowledge, the benchmark for medieval-style game worlds was the side-scrolling, hack-and-slash genre. From Golden Axe to Guardian Heroes, classic hack-and-slash...
Budget Gaming: Turtle Beach Ear Force PX22 Review 30 Jul 2013 | 05:01 am
Despite the potential to expose myself to high-strung 10-year-olds and elitist goofs, I still consider a good gaming headset to be an integral part of the online gaming experience. Then again, there's...
Good-looking Vampire Hunting: Bloodmasque for iPad, iPhone. 29 Jul 2013 | 05:01 am
Van Helsing. Blade. The Belmont clan. Heck, even Abraham Lincoln. The list of formidable vampire hunters that the fanged denizens of the night have to contend with is long and storied. Yet not even Vl...
Smartphone Case Review: G-Form Xtreme for Samsung Galaxy 25 Jul 2013 | 05:01 am
Remember when pagers were the "it" gadget for making yourself reachable away from home? If you don't, you're either faking your age or need to get off my lawn pronto. If you do, then you know just how...
