Month: October 2025
Kelly Reichardt’s anti-heist movie
Kelly Reichardt has been called one of America’s greatest filmmakers, and also one of its quietest. But her latest, The Mastermind, centered on an art heist that goes off the rails, is probably her loudest movie yet and definitely her biggest budget to date. Reichardt even set out to make…
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Beyerdynamic’s new wired headphones bring affordable studio-quality sound to USB-C devices
Beyerdynamic DT 720 launch for $159 / £89 (about AU$182) “Studio-level” headphones for a more affordable price 5Hz to 24,000Hz frequency range Beyerdynamic is famed for its DT studio headphones – such as the Beyerdynamic DT 770 Studio/Pro – which are the choice of many producers, podcasters, musicians, and me:…
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SteelSeries makes some of the best wireless gaming earbuds, and they’re 36 percent off
When I have to decide which wireless gaming earbuds that I want to use, it’s a tough choice between the SteelSeries Arctis Buds and the Sony InZone Buds. Both have a comfortable fit, active noise cancellation, great sound quality, and their USB-C transmitters work with every non-Xbox platform in my…
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Atari’s resurrecting the Intellivision, one of its biggest competitors in the ‘80s
Atari and Plaion, a company that develops, publishes, and distributes games, have collaborated on the new Intellivision Sprint that blends ‘80s console aesthetics with modern gaming conveniences. It’s a new take on Mattel’s Intellivision, which initially went head-to-head with the Atari 2600 when it was released in 1979. The Sprint…
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Bose QuietComfort Ultra Headphones (2nd gen) review: Impactful upgrades to a familiar formula
Bose took a different approach with its new products in 2025. Instead of entirely redesigning its QuietComfort Ultra lineup, the company unveiled upgraded second-generation models of the flagship-level earbuds and headphones. Like the QuietComfort Ultra Earbuds that debuted earlier this year, the new Quiet Comfort Ultra headphones ($449) don’t offer…
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This weirdo Xbox game about a walking lighthouse is a Keeper
It’s a testament to the developers at Double Fine that it doesn’t take long before controlling a sentient lighthouse with spidery legs starts to feel almost normal. Keeper, the latest from the studio behind Psychonauts and Grim Fandango, is obviously a strange game. You play as a building that can…
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