Author: Brett Venter

So you wanted a small computer? If that’s the case, you probably entered Stuff Magazine’s Raspberry Pi 3 B+ Premium Kit giveaway that started a couple of weeks ago. And now the time has come for us to announce the winner of that little giveaway. Of course, if you didn’t enter then you aren’t eligible to win — because we can’t exactly give you a shot at this one if we don’t know who you are… preferably exactly who you are. When you’ve got six entries for ‘Mike’ and another five for ‘Johan’, it gets a little confusing trying to…

Blizzard’s games, whether it’s (World of) Warcraft, Starcraft, or Diablo, have always featured the sort of animated cut-scenes that have made players wonder “What if they actually made a full movie out of this?” We’ve already seen the results with Warcraft but Diablo might be next in line, for a series adaptation this time. That’s the word according to a now-deleted tweet by Andrew Cosby, the writer for Hellboy, who said last week: I guess I can confirm I am indeed in final talks to write and show-run the new DIABLO animated series for Activision and Netflix. It’s very exciting and…

Amazon isn’t normally one for surprises, but last night the online shopping juggernaut dropped the details on a whole lot of new Alexa-enabled Echo gear, from revamped Dots to an in-car Alexa device, and even an Amazon-branded microwave. Though Alexa isn’t officially supported here in South Africa, we remain ever hopeful that we’ll be able to make use of Amazon’s smart home tech in full soon, rather than the limited usage that is possible at present. When that day comes, these are a few of the items we’ll likely want lying around the house. AmazonBasics Microwave Want something decently high-end…

Hopefully you’ve got some cash tucked away for a brand new Apple Watch Series 4 GPS (the edition that we’re going to be getting here in South Africa — till local operators figure out eSIMs). Local distributor iStore announced yesterday evening that Watch Series 4 pre-orders will be opening on 21 September — which, if you’re paying attention, is tomorrow. Buyers will be able to order the Watch Series 4 GPS (40mm and 44mm variants) as well as the Apple Watch Nike+ Series 4 GPS from iStore tomorrow, either as a cash buy or part of their FNB Credit Card…

Last week’s Apple keynote announcement was packed with info — provided you wanted to hear about phones and wearable tech. There were a few announcements and updates that were conspicuous in their absence, however, with the AirPower charging mat being the prime accessory we were expecting an update on, at the very least. Announced last year, AirPower is supposed to be a charging mat based on the Qi standard used by other smartphone makers but with a typical Apple twist. AirPower is supposed to handle wireless charging of an iPhone (those models that support it), an Apple Watch, and also…

There are few game series’ that are more of a guaranteed time-sink than Sid Meier’s Civilization and that’s going back… pretty much as far as the game’s first outing. Our one saving grace has been that we’ve been forced to leave it at home so we can go out and do real-world things from time to time. Yeah, that’s changed. Civilization VI has just been announced for the Nintendo Switch, meaning that our mantra will soon be “just a few more turns” during lunch. Which is a bit like going out for the mythical ‘one drink’. Civilization VI, for the uninitiated,…

WhatsApp has had itself a fairly busy year. When its user numbers aren’t climbing to Facebook-like levels it has been getting new features, like groups with an administrator and a whole lot less reply-spam to group video calling, like we’re in some 1990s tech future. And we could be in for a new more changes soon. The folks over at XDA Developers have spotted a few features that may be making their way to the Android version of the popular chat app. A new Dark Mode, which is exactly what it sounds like, is thought to be on the way,…

October 2018 is here (if you’re measuring life in magazine time), which means that we’ve got a brand new issue of Stuff Magazine on shelves everywhere. On that note, if you happen to not see Stuff at your favourite store, be sure to let us know please. We will want to have words with someone about that. If, as is more likely the case, you do find it on your nearest shelf then you’ve got a whole lot to look forward to this month.  Like the 100 most desirable objects we could think of — whether it’s a high-end LP…

Razer will be unveiling its second smartphone on 10 October If you've been paying attention, you'll know that gaming peripheral maker Razer has released its first smartphone -- called the Razer Phone, aptly enough. And now there's a second one on the way, with an announcement expected to take place on 10 October this year.

There is plenty to see and do at this year’s Comic Con Africa expo being held at the Kyalami Grand Prix Circuit and International Convention Centre — most of it involving spending copious amounts of money on geeky things — but we also spent far too much time hanging around the video game demo areas. That is, in addition to checking out the amazing work in Artist’s Alley, the ground floor merchandise money-pit and the upper floor board game and esports sections. One of the demos we got hands-on with was Shadow of the Tomb Raider, the third instalment of the…