Ron Burke

Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order was an absolute triumph, providing a excellent story, combined with elements from quite a few equally great games. Combining a Soulslike-lite combat system with a Metroid exploration and map system proved to be a tasty combination – something I extolled at length in my review. Respawn

GDC was incredibly busy, but that doesn’t mean we didn’t have time to check out some cool games while we were there. I had the chance to sit down with Artur Grochowski from 11 bit Studios to talk about their investigative thriller, The Thaumaturge. An isometric story-based RPG

One of the coolest stops I made while at GDC was at a booth for a company called Nreal.  They were promising augmented reality that would fit inside of a pair of normal sized sunglasses.  Dubbed Nreal Air, these smart glasses purported to be the “new way to play” all

I’m always baffled at the gym when I see people using a variety of run-of-the-mill earbuds, or worse, full audio cans while they work out. I think about what sweat is collecting in those headphones, or how fast those ear buds are going to burn out, and I start

At this point, everyone has at least one pair of earbuds. I know I’ve got a few that I’ve picked up throughout the years. Here’s the problem – if you’re like me, you have a nasty habit of throwing them out. Like USB sticks, they linger long

Kingston is a go-to for system builders looking for blisteringly high speed, but their modules only came in black.  Well, all-white system builder rejoice as they are bringing white heatspreader DDR modules to market for their Beast and Renegade DDR5 line.   They are also taking the opportunity to push up

The year is 1981. A young man fresh off some space opera called Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back, but before Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi had a little time for a new project. He wanted to make a movie about fighting dragons, but technology

I’ve spent a great deal of time looking at benchmarks lately. It’s the nature of working with a new generation of videocards that you end up watching literally days worth of benchmarks over and over as you really plumb the depth of the capabilities of a new piece