Author: Trent Meikle

You'll often catch me dreaming of a Wind Waker remaster. Or sleeping. One of the two.

Everybody and their cousin seem to have a gaming handheld coming to market, with CES 2025 being the latest example. If it isn’t Lenovo’s Legion Go S, Acer’s Nitro Blaze, or the elusive Switch 2 (to name a few) then it’s the new kid on the block; the Gamestation Go coming from gaming veterans Atari (and My Arcade) in 2025. Man your gaming stations! An icon, reimagined. 🕹️ @MyArcadeRetro#Atari #GamestationGo #CES2025 pic.twitter.com/AvqTLuegR2 — Atari (@atari) January 2, 2025 It’s officially Atari’s turn to try and cash in on the hype that’s swirled since Valve’s Steam Deck landed a couple of…

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CES 2025 is in full swing, and Lenovo has taken the opportunity to debut the Legion Go S, a successor to the fantastic (if overly expensive) Legion Go, with some fundamental tweaks that’ll either make or break Lenovo’s gaming ambitions. The most important of these is the introduction of SteamOS, making Lenovo’s effort the first non-Steam Deck device to (officially) feature Valve’s reputable OS. Another is the complete lack of Lenovo’s superb Switch-like TrueStrike controllers, which ultimately helped the company’s first stab at the handheld market stand out above all the rest. Instead, it’s opted for a wholly duller approach,…

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We’d bet that when you think of ‘cordless vacuums’, Dyson immediately jumps to mind. Dyson is currently unchallenged when hoovering up cat hair without a cord getting in the way, but not for long. Dreame – operating under the Xiaomi brand – might have the power to slay the Dyson dragon for cheap. “Cheap” might just be stretching the word to its metaphysical limits. We’ve spent time in the company of Dreame’s flagship R20 Cordless Stick Vacuum and came away wanting more, something you won’t often hear from gaming-obsessed, music-loving nerds working at Stuff. Compared to even Dyson’s mid-range efforts,…

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Don’t let LG fool you. Though the company’s line-up of QNED evo TVs may sound like the crème de la crème,  they’re basically LCD panels backed by quantum dot or NanoCell technology. Ultimately they fall behind the company’s more reputable OLED models. At least, that was the case. LG has announced its 2025 QNED Evo refresh, ditching the quantum dots and bringing all the rest up to scratch. “Our renewed 2025 LG QNED evo lineup inherits OLED’s differentiated picture quality along with a true wireless viewing experience and ultra-personalized solutions to deliver an outstanding super-large viewing experience that no other…

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Everything is an Xbox now, old man. Did you not see Microsoft’s over-the-top marketing campaign telling you that? Either way, Xbox is finally making good on that promise. Microsoft and LG have come together to turn your TV into a proper Starfield-playing machine with the help of cloud streaming. Provided you can afford the price of Game Pass Ultimate, of course. X marks the Box Subscribers to the most expensive Game Pass tier will have access to Microsoft’s massive library of games (as long as they pay their bills), like the new Indy game, Starfield, and Call of Duty: Black…

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Whether you entered 2025’s clutches with the hopes of learning something new just so you can slap it on your resume or not, Udemy makes a compelling case for becoming your new temple of learning. If you aren’t familiar, Udemy styles itself as one of the larger online teaching marketplaces out there with more than 250,000 courses available. And, at the risk of sounding like a YouTuber looking for rent money, they’re all on sale. Well, almost. By quite the sum, too. Stick around on Udemy’s site for most of the year and you’ll rarely ever see its top courses drop…

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New Year, same ol’ petrol price concerns, right? According to the latest crop of data from the Central Energy Fund (CEF), those concerns aren’t going anywhere anytime soon – despite the relatively minor price hike that struck the country’s motorists on Wednesday, 1 January. In fact, on the current trajectory, South Africa is in for a nasty shock where its fuel pumps are concerned. The CEF, a state-owned energy company reporting directly to the Department of Mineral Resources and Energy (DMRE), reports that South Africans could be facing increases ranging from R0.50 to R0.75 depending on their choice of fuel.…

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We’ve finally reached the point where Amazon’s lineup of Kindles is distinguishable by more than the numbers in their name. The Kindle Scribe is the company’s largest departure from tradition yet, introducing a gorgeous 10.2in e-ink display that we (and our backpack) immediately welcomed with open arms. If you believe Amazon, the Scribe is meant to be your biggest, brightest eReader yet, all while being your new (and ultimate) note-taking companion. It’s… not all those things. That, however, is perfectly okay with us. It may not be suitable for jotting down your very flow of consciousness, but boy is this…

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Stuff, and the wider residents of South Africa are no strangers to Vivo. The Chinese company has long since used South Africa as a breeding ground for mid-range devices while flinging its more premium devices to other, less South African countries. That’ll be changing as soon as 2025, however, with the incoming release of the X200 Pro. Until then, we’re stuck with the Vivo’s 2024 efforts, of which we tested the Y100 – a smartphone that turned up a few months back with an impressive R10,000 asking price (and an even more impressive price of R8,500 if you know where…

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Super Mario Party Jamboree is out, and it’s certainly a mouthful. But, like all Mario Party entries before it, the most recent game serves as the definitive way to play Mario Party – meaning we’re going to stop all this Super Jamboree nonsense early. This is Mario Party – the final entry of the Switch-era games, proving itself a worthy swansong for the series’ as Nintendo readies the firing squad for the now eight-year-old console. Mario Party is about as feature-filled as we could have hoped, a welcome breath of fresh air for the series after Mario Party Superstars reimagined the series’ more iconic boards and minigames – which served as the…

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