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E3 2013 OUYA Hands-on
12 hours ago
At E3 2013, I was fortunate to find the OUYA camp right outside the LA Convention Center. To my delight, I was able to finally get my hands on the console and get a little game time. If you’ve been following the game news you should know that OUYA should be releasing soon, June 25, 2013 for More >
PDP E3 2013 controllers and accessories product lineup
1 day ago
Performance Designed Products had a lot to reveal at E3; everything from audio products, controllers, cases, and new Disney Infinity collectibles.
First, I tested out some headphones and quickly I found myself away from the E3 show floor and immersed in some fresh tunes. Both the Afterglow wired More >
Zoom to release the versatile H6 Handy Recorder in July
3 days ago
by John 'Spartan' Nguyen
in Tech
We’re big fans of the Zoom H4 digital recorder here at Nerd Reactor. How big? We use it in most of our interviews and on our recent podcast. Now Zoom has just announced today that it will be releasing the H6 Handy Recorder, and let’s just say I’m thrilled to check this baby out once it’s available More >
Could Apple be planning to change the way we watch TV?
4 days ago
by Guest Author
in Tech
By Katherine Cook
People are moving away from traditional television, but they’re still watching their favorite programs — just through different media outlets, such as smartphones and tablets. As the price of cable and satellite subscriptions continue to rise exponentially (nearly 30 percent in More >
Review: Logitech G400S Optical Gaming mouse
4 days ago
When we got the chance to review a mouse from Logitech, I jumped at the chance. I have used Logitech keyboards and mice for my PC gaming, but never a gaming mouse.
Design
The design is simple, but it does have some extra lines to give it a “gaming” feel. The body has a dark turquoise background More >
Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain Red Band trailer
4 days ago
For those that have been following Hideo Kojima on Twitter, they should probably know that he has been working on this trailer for a while, and he has been very proud of it. Now I can see why he was so happy to be working on this. It is a very somber and moving trailer.
It shows many different More >
Future Fashion
5 days ago
When people think of the future, visions of flying cars and hover boards crowd their brains. Maybe there will be colonies on Mars and our children will be taught by holograms. Regardless of what the future may hold, each of us has a visual inkling of how it should look. We know the future by More >
Sony shows how to share a PS4 game and why gamers are great
1 week ago
Two new commercials have been posted by PlayStation, and both are amazing.
One talks about you (the player) being great and why deny it. It also features some notable video game characters.
Second is an instructional video on how to share used games. This takes a shot at XbOne.
NuForce NE-650 M earphones review
1 week ago
The NuForce NE-650 M earphones come in with a deep kicking bass to seduce your ears away from your current pair, but should you give in?
There’s an all-around sturdiness to this pair of earphones. The housing is a hard plastic, the cord is flat but fairly thick. For the most part, they give you More >
Acer notebook boldly going where no notebook has gone before
1 week ago
Acer and Paramount Pictures have teamed up to create a very exclusive edition of their Acer revolutionary touch-enabled Notebook – the Aspire R7 Star Trek Into Darkness edition. Only twenty five units of this limited edition notebook has been made and ONE is now being auctioned off on Ebay. The More >
Domino’s ‘DomiCopter’: Pizza by drone
1 week ago
It seems like just the other day I wrote an article about Dominos manipulating movie watchers into buying pizza with their movies. A company in London called “T+Biscuits” (brilliant name if you ask me) has created a drone helicopter that can deliver pizzas.
Although its initial flight and More >
FAVI Bluetooth Wireless Keyboard w/Touchpad Mouse review
2 weeks ago
by John 'Spartan' Nguyen
in Tech
Since this is a review for the FAVI Bluetooth Wireless Keyboard, I decided that this review should also be typed using the wireless keyboard. It’s not as fast as typing on a regular keyboard, but what can you expect from a keyboard that’s meant to be portable.
Okay, so that was more tedious than I More >
Review: Ultra Etorque X10 Double/Full-Tower Gaming Case
2 weeks ago
If you’re looking to build a new computer rig and looking for a case; look no further than the Ultra Etorque X10 Double/Full-Tower Gaming Case. I’ve had this for quite some time and finally got a chance to get a full rig built up (I hit a few bumps while trying to get this rig up). I have to say More >
Contest: Turtle Shell Boombox Winner
2 weeks ago
Thanks to Outdoor Technology, we are happy to announce the winner of our Turtle Shell Boombox giveaway.
We had plenty of fans who gave us their choices for what they would play if this item was in their possession. While a few of these made us laugh, in the end our winner is Harbinger. He will be More >
PDP/Afterglow Press Tour
2 weeks ago
Performance Designed Products is the manufacturer of the Afterglow line of headsets and controllers, gave us a tour on some accessories that are coming out this year.
First up was the new line of Smartphone cases featuring the old school Mario and Luigi looks from the NES days, as well as some More >
More than fashion: Steampunk and ‘Maker Culture’
3 weeks ago
My first brush with steampunk came with reading Alan Moore’s The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen in 2000. I loved being exposed to a world that was a futuristic echo of our past. It was after that, that I began to witness the rise of steampunk online and in our culture. At first it seemed novel More >
Google Glass will make photography creepy
3 weeks ago
Some photographers have a bad rep for being creepy. When the Google Glass comes out, be prepared for more creepiness everywhere. Grovo’s new parody video, “Google Glass Photographer”, shows you what will probably happen once people get their hands on the Google Glass. By simply winking, you’ll be More >
Review: Logitech G500s Gaming Mouse, So close!
3 weeks ago
“Logitech has and will always create products which can outlast just about any competitor on the market.”
The first mouse I ever owned was a Logitech standard ball mouse. I wore that thing out to the bearings, and loved every minute of it. Now, the grandaddy of PC peripherals has decided to step More >
Xbox One will have Snap feature, run multiple apps at once including Skype
3 weeks ago
Thanks to the new Kinect Sensor we shall dub Kinect 2.0 for the Xbox One, it will allow you to give voice commands to do just about everything. Life just got easier for your entertainment pleasure. Microsoft added three different operating systems to obtain seamless transitions allowing you to go More >
Dominoes making smell-o-vision available in Brazil. What!?
4 weeks ago
I’ve heard of advertising gimmicks, but this is getting ridiculous!
So according to Business Insider, Dominoes in Brazil is syncing up with 10 rental stores to distribute DVDs that are using a special kind of thermal ink that when hit by the warmth of the laser, turns the top of the discs image More >
Geneva Model XS – Small Box, Huge Sound!
4 weeks ago
When I first opened the package for this thing, I had no idea what to make of it. No, really I had no idea what this thing was because of how it was packaged.
The Geneva Model XS is definitely one of the more oddly designed Bluetooth speakers I’ve encountered, but its odd design has purpose and More >
4K TV: The next evolution in high definition
1 month ago
by Guest Author
in Tech
By Jason Harrington
At the 2013 Consumer Electronics Show, a Mecca for the greatest innovators in tech, everyone was abuzz about the next generation in high definition TV. Promising leaps and bounds above what HDTV offers today, 4K TVs are poised to enter the consumer market.
What Is 4K TV?By More >
Review: Marshall Monitor headphones
1 month ago
by Jose Gutierrez III
in Tech
When an opportunity arose to review Marshall’s Monitor headphones, I jumped at the chance to review it. Marshall is the Mount Rushmore of the music industry. Many know them as the brand used by many rock gods and musicians out there. Whether they are amps, speakers, or headphones, Marshall will be More >
Want a smartphone for 99 cents? How about the Facebook phone?
Image is not of the actual HTC First
It has been about a month since the release of the HTC First phone, which houses the supposedly innovative Facebook Home, and already AT&T has slashed its prices.
The ‘Facebook Phone’ (as its been dubbed) was originally priced at $99.99 with a two-year contract More >
Braven BRV-1 review: Water resistant, loud and powerful
1 month ago
Last year we played around with the Braven 600, a wireless portable speaker compatible with bluetooth devices. It was sleek, sexy and especially loud for its small size, which made it fun when we took it with us to Comic-Con. The Braven 600 was awesome because not only did everyone look around to More >
