Tag: author_name|Kris Naudus
Razer gets its opto-mechanical keyboard right on the second try
Well, well, well. We meet again, Razer Huntsman. The company's first opto-mechanical keyboard was an interesting experiment, one I wasn’t too fond of thanks to its unpleasant key feel and noise. After three years (and a mini edition) later Razer is back with a new $190 version, and it does…
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‘Star Trek: Lower Decks’ cleans out its literal and metaphorical closets
This post contains light spoilers for season two, episode six of ‘Star Trek: Lower Decks.’ In last week’s episode, Lower Decks wrapped up the first half of its second season by addressing some leftover plot threads from season one, namely Rutherford’s memory loss and the fallout between Mariner and Boimler.…
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‘What If…?’ put superheroics on pause to explore a more militaristic MCU
From the opening scene of Iron Man back in 2008, the military-industrial complex has been stitched into the fabric of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Captain America, the Hulk, War Machine and Captain Marvel are all involved in it to some extent. But the portrayal has always tilted toward the positive…
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Razer’s Wolverine V2 Chroma features interchangeable thumb sticks
Companies are starting to take console gaming more seriously, building headsets and controllers designed explicitly for Xbox and PlayStation systems. Razer’s been at the forefront of the pack for a few years now thanks to its line of Wolverine controllers, which gains a new member of the family today, the…
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Animation makes Star Trek finally feel like a lived-in universe
The following contains spoilers for season two, episode five of 'Star Trek: Lower Decks.' For a franchise that’s ostensibly about exploring, Star Trek has always been limited in how much of the galaxy it could actually show. Most of the alien species that Starfleet encountered were “humanoid” (i.e., actors with…
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This week’s ‘Lower Decks’ engages in old-school Trek tropes
This post contains minor spoilers for season two, episode four of ‘Star Trek: Lower Decks.’ If you were a Star Trek newbie, today’s episode of Lower Decks, “Mugato, Gumato,” is not a good place to start. It’s packed full of references across the franchise, including Beckett Mariner, Sam Rutherford and…
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