It’s old-school RPG action all the way with Obsidian’s crowdfunded fantasy adventure. DETAILS • Manufacturer: Obsidian Entertainment • Website: eternity. obsidian.net • Required spec: Windows Vista 64-bit or later, Intel Core i3-2100T 2.50GHz or equivalent 4GB RAM, ATI Radeon HD 4850 or NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GT, 14GB disk space For many PC gamers, the golden … Read more
David Briddock investigates what’s different about Google’s Android Lollipop Recent figures confirm that these days it’s Android devices that dominate the smartphone and tablet marketplace. In fact, Google’s Android operating system has secured over 80% of the total smartphone space, dwarfing iPhone sales, and Android smartphone shipments for 2014 are expected to top the one … Read more
Despite Microsoft’s promise of a single operating system for all devices, the first Windows 10 preview builds have been for desktops and laptops only. However, the company has moved one step closer to its vision of a unified OS by releasing a version of Windows 10 that will work on a limited number of Lumia … Read more
Sail into Hell’s seventh circle, and back again. We don’t remember where our first captain was lost – almost certainly sailing in home waters, between Fallen London and Hunter’s Keep. Later captains – men, women, citizens, all of the same doomed family – made it further. Another, fleeing with money stolen from the Smiling Man, … Read more
Dell reimagines Microsoft’s Surface into a more practical business tool Ever since Microsoft launched its Surface hardware, PC makers have been trying to copy the concept, even if it was an unmitigated commercial disaster. These days it’s widely reported that the Surface Pro 3 is a success, though oddly for a runaway best seller Microsoft … Read more
Corel’s new VideoStudio Ultimate X8, comes with XAVC S support and a huge collection of additional content. Corel VideoStudio was introduced in 2008 when Corel acquired ULead and with it its VideoStudio product. Since then it has changed considerably, with new features and plug-ins added with each new update. The product under review here is … Read more
Featuring a micro four-thirds sensor, manual controls and a fast zoom lens, Panasonic’s Lumix DMC-LX100 is an ambitious compact camera. Andy Luck finds out if it meets expectations The last Panasonic fixed-lens compact camera reviewed in OP was the LX5, in 2010 – a terrific little pocket camera that packed a lot into a tiny … Read more
Lionhead is leading its bucolic battler, FABLE LEGENDS, into PC country. By Joe Skrebels The last time I played a Fable Legends villain, I was using an Xbox One controller. The button presses, trigger holds and analog stick cursor movement required for that role had been refined to an ergonomic sheen … Read more
Portable charger with style Powerful batteries and slim phones share an asymmetrical relationship. Superslim featherlight flagship smartphones usually feature weak batteries which usually last for a day or less. They need to be charged frequently, sometimes a couple of times or more a day. In such scenarios, power banks are a boon. PNY has launched … Read more
Running out of storage space on a tablet smartphone or can be a pain. If your device supports it, adding a microSD card can help. If you never want to worry about storage woes again, the SanDisk Ultra 128GB UHS-I is the highest-capacity microSD card we’ve seen. It comes with an SD card adaptor so … Read more
With a cry of ‘Have scanner, will travel’, Michael reports on an IRIS product The IRIScan Pro 3 wi-fi is a portable scanner from the IRIS branch of the Canon family. This scanner can handle single pages and business cards, as it is powered by a rechargeable li-ion 3.7V 1700mAh battery capable of scanning up … Read more
We reviewed the original Archos GamePad some time ago, as part of a group on open-source handhelds. Unfortunately, in that instance it didn’t score too well due to some badly positioned buttons and controls, and for some reason, although the hardware on paper was good, it never really performed as well as it should have. … Read more