Author: Trent Meikle

It’s the first week of 2026, and that means a couple of things. For many, it means hitting the gym as hard as physically possible until they inevitably stop showing up. Fortunately, the Department of Mineral Resources and Energy’s (DMRE) official fuel price adjustments — arriving later this week — will make the financial hit that much more bearable. The department recently confirmed a major R1+ price decrease for many motorists in January. A late but welcome Christmas gift You’ll need to be behind the wheel of a diesel engine to make the most of the DMRE’s adjustments. Still, even…

You may have already blown through your stash of Nintendo Switch 2 games in the months since launch while you wait for Nintendo to do, well, anything with its biggest franchises, but a fresh crop of accessories from Jsaux may well be enough to keep you cosied up to your hardware until then. The accessory-maker’s EnergyFlow Switch 2 Joy-Con charging dock is certainly one of those, even if it isn’t the sexiest accessory out there. All of the lights That isn’t to say the Joy-Con charging solution Jsaux has cooked up here is unattractive. In fact, it pulled off the astronomical feat…

Ever since Jsaux tricked out our Nintendo Switch 2 with a tough-as-nails protective case (and a couple of ergonomic grips), we’ve been interested in what else the company could do for our little handheld. A whole lot, apparently, judging by the All-in-one Carry Case that’s housed Nintendo’s hardware for the past few months. Retailing on the company’s website for $50 (∼R830), Jsaux fills out a relatively sparse market with a product that makes the Switch 2 truly ready for travel. There’s room for just about everything you’d ever need — the console, its dock, a couple of controllers, cables, ten…

After dealing almost exclusively with Tecno’s more budget-friendly smartphones over the years, you can imagine our surprise when the R13,000 Pova 7 Pro 5G hit the country. We absolutely love to see Tecno stepping out of its comfort zone on SA soil, and judging by its first big mid-range swing, we sincerely hope it only continues. It should. It really should. The Tecno Pova 7 Pro (we’re dropping the ‘5G’) might not have the brand recognition that Samsung or Apple does, but it goes toe-to-toe — and even excels in some arenas — with some of South Africa’s finest mid-range…

Ever since the Nintendo Switch changed up the gaming landscape with a hybrid console/handheld in 2017, companies have tried to cash in on the hype. Valve does it, Lenovo does it, and now it seems like PlayStation is doing it (that doesn’t count). That’s not exactly news. Reports of a proper PlayStation handheld have floated about for the past couple of years, but a new leak gives us a peek behind the curtain as Sony preps the device. PlayStation Sixtch? The handheld, dubbed Project Canis internally, would be a separate entity from Sony’s PlayStation 6 and is not the PS6…

The Lenovo Legion Go 2 is a lot of things, but a SteamOS-running machine is not one of them. According to a fresh report from Windows Latest, that could all be about to change as Lenovo gears up to release a non-Windows model that once again sticks AMD’s Ryzen Z2 Extreme chip in the driver’s seat. Lenovo Legion Going to CES If the rumours are true, isn’t that far off, either. Lenovo could be hoping to debut the “new” handheld PC console as soon as CES 2026, which kicks off in the second week of the new year, joining Samsung…

There really is no better time than the end of the year to catch up on all the series your coworkers spent the last twelve months flapping their lips about. Severance is one of those after the series’ S2 finale absolutely melted everybody’s brains back in March this year. And before you ask, yes, it has been picked up for a third season, meaning you won’t be left with a cliffhanger. Until 2027, anyway. We’re sorry about that. Severance is otherworldly sci-fi cooked to perfection Severance follows in the footsteps of The Twilight Zone and Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, which is certainly good company.…

If you’re afraid of going full weeb at full price, then you’ll want to listen up. Crunchyroll, the anime streaming service of choice, is celebrating the holidays by slashing the price of its annual subscriptions from now until 29 December. If you’ve yet to watch the masterpiece that is Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End, this is the way to do it. Crunchyroll? Nani? The two Crunchyroll genders are ‘Fan’ and ‘Mega Fan’, which can be snagged for R325/y and R410/y respectively until 29 December 2025. It’s a far better deal than the monthly sub, anyway, which does at least offer a 7-day…

We were beginning to doubt whether we’d ever see the FIFA name return to the realm of video games after the football organisation cut ties with EA Sports back in 2022. It seems FIFA has been reluctant to dish out its license to just anybody, patiently awaiting the ‘right’ company to step in. Now, it has seemingly abandoned that notion and partnered with Netflix to launch the next FIFA game on the streamer. “This summer, as the world gathers to celebrate the FIFA World Cup 2026, fans can play a newly reimagined FIFA football simulation game exclusively on Netflix Games,” the streamer wrote. FIFA…

We were among the minority who appreciated the narrative beats in 2022’s Avatar: The Way of Water, however skint they were. More important to the average moviegoer was seeing just what James Cameron had cooked up after more than a decade, and most left the theatre relatively pleased. Avatar: Fire and Ash is the third instalment of a series that we’re beginning to think should’ve stopped at two. The biggest sin this movie commits is expecting viewers to care about what happened at the end of the last one, despite never quite managing to break through into the zeitgeist in fourteen…