Author: Trent Meikle

Batman: Arkham Asylum is one of the better games of the previous decade. Yes, Arkham Asylum is more than a decade old. It brought players a great story, fun gameplay, and very decent graphics for 2009. It spawned a series of sequels and spinoffs – some were better than the original, and some… well… One of those spinoffs is Gotham Knights. This game, for the most part, went under the radar for most gamers. Probably because Arkham fans had left the series at the back of their minds after the series ended with the third and final installment, Batman: Arkham…

It’s been two weeks since Elon Musk bought Twitter for $44 billion. Since then, not much has actually changed. Besides, of course, the fact that verified ticks will be bought for $8/m and half of Twitter’s staff has left the building. And that’s where the problem lies. Once everyone is verified, no one is. Twitter has thought up a genius solution to counter this problem — “official” checkmarks. Which… solve the same problems that the original Twitter verification tick used to solve. According to Esther Crawford, head of Twitter Blue, public figures, companies, and governments will receive an “official” checkmark…

If we had to pick one company we wouldn’t want to turn our childhood memories into live-action films, it would be Netflix. And yet, somehow Netflix still manages to lay its hands on IPs that would be in far better hands with, say, HBO. Just look at Henry Cavill’s ‘The Witcher’ series. Then watch the trailer for HBO’s The Last of Us series to see what these adaptations could look like. Hopefully, it can pull this one off. By ‘this one’ we’re referring to the newly announced live-action Gears of War movie, followed by an ‘adult animated series’. The film…

Imagine, just for a second, that you could pay R5 every day for uncapped 100Mbps fibre. That’s just R150 a month. The people of the Kayamandi township don’t need to imagine this following the launch of the Kayamandi Fibre Project. The former head of iBurst and Mxit Alan Knott-Craig is responsible for the project’s creation. Knott-Craig used his experience with Project Isizwe, a project that offers low-cost Wi-Fi in low-income areas, to move to the next level; fibre integration in townships. The project enlisted the help of Liquid Intelligent Technologies, EasyEquities, Asla, Nokia, Hexatronic and Cambium Networks to pull off…

Two years after introducing MagSafe for iPhones, Apple is only now getting around to introducing a magnetic car mount MagSafe charger. Cool… right? It would be if it didn’t cost you $100 to own. Convert that to South African prices, and you’re looking at paying close to R1,800 for a charger that sits in your car. Add on VAT, and the fact that U.S prices tend to wane on the more expensive side in South Africa and you’re looking at R2,000+. For. A. Car. Charger. The charger is known as the Belkin Boost Charge Pro Wireless Car Charger with…

Remember August, September and October? Those three blissful months when petrol prices were heading down and our predictions articles promised blue skies and low petrol prices. We miss those days. And then November struck and brought rain to our little paradise. Petrol went up by R0,51 and diesel was hit harder with a R1,43 increase. And it seems likely it’s going to happen all over again. Strap yourselves in folks, you’re about to read December’s petrol price predictions. Increasing prices for the masses These predictions are just that, predictions. Based on the Central Energy Fund’s daily fuel price indicators, it’s…

“Look Ma! I’m suing Twitter” Believe us, we’re as sick of Twitter news as you are. Musk’s version of Twitter, not even two weeks old yet, already looks different from what we’ve grown accustomed to. Verification checks are sold for $8, half the staff is gone, and impersonatinG accounts lands you a ban. Oh, and Elon Musk has a class-action suit to deal with now. Yeah, it hasn’t been the best two weeks for the platform – least of all for Twitter’s ex-employees. See, Musk wasn’t allowed to fire half of Twitter’s staff, according to the suit. At least, not…

Rain is currently two-for-two in the month of November, what with its collaboration with Geforce Now and its selection of Black Friday deals running on its website. We wouldn’t blame you for thinking that someone over at Rain would be losing their job because of this. But no. This is real. All of Rain’s unlimited 4G and 5G products are approximately R1 each. Raining deals This includes its three 5G home internet solutions which range from 30Mbps speeds up to “ultra-fast speeds”. If you’re out of range of Rain’s 5G towers, then a 4G SIM might be better suited to…

Somehow, the year is already 84% complete which means Black Friday is around the corner. Vodacom is celebrating early by offering customers up to 75% off on certain deals every Friday for the month of November. Yes, that includes today, 4 November. Vodacom’s ‘Black November’ deals include discounted mobile and fibre contracts, teach wearables, and contracts that come with consoles, routers, laptops, and accessories. The deals are refreshed each week, so if something catches your eye, don’t leave it too late. Striking a deal First is an exclusive deal for postpaid customers. When adding 30GB recurring anytime data bundle to…

Current kings of the Premier League, Manchester City, is spending some more of that sweet, sweet oil money on developing yet another wearable, known as Cityplay. This is joins City’s smart scarf and offers insights into one’s football skills. Playermaker has partnered up with the club to actually develop and manufacture the technology. Football players aren’t exactly known for their UX design skills. Rather than tracking emotions around one’s neck, Cityplay straps onto a boot and automatically syncs the data with a smartphone. Pump those numbers up, rookie City’s academy already uses Cityplay, allowing younger players to grow and develop…