Ron Burke
Ron Burke is the Editor in Chief for Gaming Trend. Loves RPGs, action/adventure, and VR, but also dabbles in 3D printing, martial arts, and flight!




Mean Girls has big shoes to fill. The original is a classic that holds up today (our review), and there were plenty of changes made to the formula. Is it possible to update an already great movie for a new audience without ruining the original? Well…surprisingly, yes? Mostly? Let’
by Ron Burke
In review after review I’ve given the same advice – “stop using USB thumb drives”. There are far better solutions for moving files between devices that are faster and more reliable. Late last year we got our first device that might buck that trend – the SK Hynix Beetle. A USB-C
by Ron Burke
We’ve been working with PCIe Gen 4 drives since 2017. Gen 5 came along in 2019, but the pandemic caused widespread production problems with electronics, delaying widespread adoption of the new standard. Gen 5 literally doubled the lane width of its predecessor from 16 GT/s to 32 GT/
by Ron Burke
We’ve been seeing a lot more solid options coming out of China for DRAM and NVMe storage devices. This is our first time working with Netac, a flash storage manufacturer out of Shenzen, China. Founded in 1999, they’ve been providing chips for other OEMs as well as their
by Ron Burke
I feel like there isn’t a person left on the planet that hasn’t seen Mean Girls, but that might just be my bias. It’s a guilty pleasure of mine, and I’m not too proud to say it as a 46 year old dude. It’s a
by Ron Burke
It’s hard to believe that it’s been 30 years since Brandon Lee brought Eric Drayven to life in the cult classic The Crow. It’s also been 30 years since his life was tragically cut short, so I never expected that Paramount would ever bring this movie back
by Ron Burke
Mavix has become one of my go-to companies for high quality and comfortable chairs. Sure, most of their chairs don’t have the “gamer” look, but frankly, very few companies are able to offer much on that front anyway. Entirely too many companies make chairs that have the gamer look,
by Ron Burke
I’m old enough to remember when force feedback was mostly vibration and the occasional kick in one direction or another. Microsoft made mech combat better with a force feedback joystick called the Sidewinder Force Feedback Pro, and then followed with a racing wheel, the Sidewinder Force Feedback Wheel, both
by Ron Burke