Pocket Power: Bravely Default

Handheld gaming is more than a compromise of power and portability. Whether it’s the ability to play anywhere, multitask or hold an entire console in your hands, it’s a special experience consoles have never replicated. In a world where high resolutions and teraflops reign supreme, we take a look at a portable relic every month and reflect on what makes it memorable. Be warned, spoilers may occasionally populate these articles....

June 7, 2025 · 6 min · 1186 words · Deborah Morales

Samsung Galaxy A52s 5G vs A72: What's the difference?

Samsung announced the sub-flagship Galaxy A52s 5G in August, following on from the Galaxy A52 5G, Galaxy A52 and Galaxy A72 smartphones that were revealed at an event in March. All three of these Galaxy A devices sit below the company’sflagship S21 series, but offer a few of its great features and some of its design traits. We’ve covered off how the Galaxy A52 5G compares to the Galaxy S21 in a separate feature, but here we are looking at how the Galaxy A52s 5G, Galaxy A52 5G, standard Galaxy A52 and Galaxy A72 compare to each other to help you work out which Samsung Galaxy A device could be right for you....

June 7, 2025 · 5 min · 960 words · Heather Garcia

Screenshot Saturday Featuring Up North, Koboo the Tree Spirit, More

Hello, and welcome to another edition of Screenshot Saturday! Once again, various developers and more have taken to social media with the #screenshotsaturday tag, showcasing little snippets of their upcoming games and other bits of work. And likewise, we’ve gathered up another collection of promising games that popped up this weekend during all of this. It was a bit of a lull this week, as we’re in the eye of the storm right between Gamescom 2020 and PAX Online, but there was still definitely some stuff worth checking out!...

June 7, 2025 · 4 min · 776 words · Linda Gomez

Second Big Villain in The Batman Revealed?

Did we just find out who the second villain inThe Batmanis going to be? After months, no, make that years of waiting, we’ve finally had some concrete developments in regards to the first standalone Batman movie sinceThe Dark Knight Risesover the past few weeks. Ben Affleck is officially no longer playing the part, meaning there’s going to be a new actor under the cape and cowl. We’ve also got a rough outline for the production timeline and some other key details....

June 7, 2025 · 3 min · 473 words · Jerry Anderson

Sony ZV-E1 announced: Tiny powerhouse is made for professional creators

Sony is continuing to build out its range of ZV-brandedcontent creation cameras, and the latest is its most capable model to date and is - in so many ways - a tiny Alpha camera. In fact, it’s as much a spiritual successorto the A7cas it is a ‘vlogger’ camera. In essence, the new ZV-E1 is what happens if you take the best features from the other ZV cameras and then combine them with some cherry-picked Alpha-series technology....

June 7, 2025 · 4 min · 678 words · Brian Freeman

Sony's best noise canceling headphones are $72 off right now

Sony WH-1000XM5 Wireless Headphones When it comes to over-the-ear headphones, there are a few models that stand above the competition. The fantastic Sony WH-1000XM5 features stellar noise cancellation, Alexa voice control, and up to 30-hour battery life. If there’s something you want from your high-end headphones, these are the ones to buy, especially at this lower price. The over-the-ear headphone market is crowded, especially at the top. TheAirPods Max, Bose QC35 II, and Sony WH-1000XM5 are among the best, and you can currently get them for $328....

June 7, 2025 · 2 min · 425 words · Rebecca Barker

Strand review: stretch and bend your lines to connect the dots

Strandis a casual puzzle game that is simple enough to not occupy too much of your brain, but complex enough to keep you coming back for more… The game’s design is simple. It is like connect-the-dots, but with color matching and obstacles. Players must use a certain number of lines per color, but can’t cross the lines or double up moves. The game board is a white grid with a specific number of dots in different colors....

June 7, 2025 · 5 min · 991 words · Christopher Berry

The Coolest Features On Ken Block's Amazing Porsche 911

The Coolest Features On Ken Block’s Amazing Porsche 911 Rally driver, racer, and all-around automotive thrill-seeker Ken Block has made plenty of impressive custom-built cars with the help of his Hoonigan Racing Division over the years, but his latest creation might just be his most unbelievable yet. In 2021, Blockended his decade-long partnershipwith Ford Performance. Now that he’s not exclusively tied to any particular manufacturer, he’s free to experiment on whatever car he sees fit....

June 7, 2025 · 8 min · 1582 words · George Fritz

The Stunning Amount Of Money Moon Dust From The Apollo 11 Mission Just Sold For

The Stunning Amount Of Money Moon Dust From The Apollo 11 Mission Just Sold For Somebody just spent a lot of money on some space dirt. Bonhams auction house has wrapped up another one of its April 13th, 2022 auctions — this one, in particular, focuses onSpace History, full of a lot of historic and space-centric items (hence the name). These include a piece from the Sputnik satellite, a photograph signed by all seven Mercury Seven astronauts, and of coursesome moon dustthat was collected from the lunar surface during NASA’sApollo 11mission....

June 7, 2025 · 3 min · 453 words · Erin Moore

These Roku streaming music channels turn my TV into a jukebox

You’re hosting a party or a get-together at your house. You want something light and breezy in the background. Some nice music that people can enjoy but not really pay much attention to makes a ton of sense. Plenty of cable packages have the Music Choice channels. But ifyou don’t have cable, what should you do? You can rely on a stereo or just have someone’s phone plugged in and playing out loud....

June 7, 2025 · 7 min · 1333 words · Wendy Miller

Top 5 Upcoming RPGs Of January 2022 (Weird West, Monster Hunter Rise, Pokemon Legends Arceus and More!)

Welcome to theTop 5 Upcoming RPGs of January 2022! In this series, we highlight theTop 5 RPGsfor the upcoming month. In this edition, we’re going to take a look at each of the titles, talk a little about each, and then explain why we think they deserve to be on the list. So join me now and find a mixture of some hidden gems and old favorites given a shiny new coat of paint....

June 7, 2025 · 8 min · 1703 words · Robin Gilmore

Try IoT before you buy IoT: Google, B8ta let you ‘test drive’ smart home tech

Have you ever wanted to try out a product beyond getting a brief demo in a store? The startup B8ta believes all customers should be able to do that, and it has partnered with Google to make it possible. Smart home technology becomes more complicated as the devices add more features, so customers can be less willing to pull the trigger on a purchase if they aren’t completely sure it meets their needs....

June 7, 2025 · 2 min · 370 words · Barbara Barnes

Twitterrific now uses facial recognition to properly frame subjects in media previews

The Iconfactory has issued a nice little update toTwitterrific 5, its freemium Twitter client for the iPhone and iPad, which brings out an interesting new feature that uses facial recognition algorithms to frame faces in media previews in your timeline. And if you own an Apple Watch, Twitterrific has a new push notification type for quoted tweets as an opt-in feature in settings. Another enhancement: at last, you’re allowed to swipe from the left screen edge to go back or dismiss the current view, a productivity boost for iPhone 6 Plus owners wanting to use the app one-handed....

June 7, 2025 · 3 min · 429 words · Katherine Martin