Author: Trent Meikle

It’s no secret that we aren’t the strongest fans of the original PS5. There’s no doubt that it’s a wonderful console deep down, but you’d only know that if you can look past the console’s hideous hulking figure and shockingly white outer shell. PlayStation, which turns thirty in December, has announced a slew of “nostalgic” PS5 consoles and accessories. Unsurprisingly, they’re gorgeous. PlayStation thankfully gave up on shilling the original PS5, and instead only focused on the more manageable PS5 Slim and the $700 PS5 Pro – which both received a fresh coat of paint. Also joining the line-up are…

It’s Geeked Week over at our streaming overlords, Netflix, which means a couple of things. Firstly the red N gave us a peek at the sorts of shows with a ‘2’ in their name, such as Wednesday S2, The Last Avatar S2 and the one we still can’t quite wrap our heads around – Squid Game S2. But we’re more interested in the slew of high-profile games making their way to Netflix’s 100+ strong library of games. Oh, right. Netflix does games now. But you probably already know that. Netflix isn’t shy about running a mobile games business on the side, and it…

If you’re tired of watching the guy with the best car regularly dominate the Formula 1 track, why not take your mind off the whole debacle by building your favourite car instead? Before, that would have required a fair bit of imagination (and a ton of bricks) but now that Lego and Formula 1 have signed a multi-year deal, Lego’s done the hard bit for you. That’ll be R4,000, please. Brick by brick By the time the 2025 F1 season starts, “the world of Formula 1 will come alive in Lego brick form through an exciting new product range that will feature…

Mark your calendars, because PlayStation is putting on a new State of Play, disappointing all those hoping for a bigger, better and altogether more exciting Showcase. Still, games are games, even if the event is mostly centred around remakes (The Last of Us Part 1 Remake Remastered, when?) and third-party titles that likely won’t give the PS5 Pro much to do. Here’s hoping, though. Put your foolish ambitions to rest We should note that PlayStation has yet to confirm any such event taking place. This news comes from industry insider, Jeff Grubb, who reported earlier this month that PlayStation had…

YouTube Premium’s R72/m price isn’t looking so bad after all, huh? The writing has been on the wall (and YouTube’s own blog post) for months now, ever since the company announced it would be bringing “pause experiences” to the platform which, unfortunately, is exactly what it sounds like. And now, advertisers are coming for your big, paused screen, as confirmed by The Verge. “As we’ve seen both strong advertiser and strong viewer response, we’ve since widely rolled out Pause ads to all advertisers, said Oluwa Falodun, YouTube’s comms manager. We’re not surprised by the renewed interest of advertisers for something…

We’re in the endgame, gamers. It looks as though Nintendo’s assassins lawyers will be working overtime this week if the leak coming out of Reddit’s r/GamingLeaksAndRumors is true (thanks, u/MisterSheeple). See, despite all the less-than-substantial talk about the long-rumoured Switch 2 this year, Nintendo may have just been beaten to the punchline by some random warehouse worker who wants to watch the world burn. Time to board the Switch 2 hype train Unfortunately, the leak involving a supposed factory worker on a Chinese forum remains unverified at the time of writing, though we admit it looks mighty plausible. Still, we’d…

Smartphone contracts might just be the bane of existence to most South Africans, but they’re a necessity that most folks can’t avoid. To somewhat lessen the load on customers, Vodacom has introduced 48-month-long contracts, breaking the tradition that usually involves 12-, 24-, or 36-month contracts. Vodacom’s big deal MyBroadband first spotted the new payment solution on Vodacom’s website, allowing customers to pick up devices like the iPhone 16 (128GB) on the network operator’s RED Core 1.3GB 200min plan at R800/m – a R38,400 purchase totalled up. While that might seem a ‘cheaper’ price than, say, a 36-month contract closer to the…

We’re always open to seeing what Meta’s WhatsApp has cooked up in the lab by way of WABetaInfo’s handy glimpses into the inner workings of the messenger’s beta tests. Not this time. In fact, we wouldn’t mind Meta canning the feature headed to WhatsApp to spare us the influx of notifications coming our way. In an attempt to further WhatsApp’s likeness to Instagram, WhatsApp is hard at work on a feature that’ll allow users to mention their contacts when posting a Status update, ultimately disturbing their contacts’ peace and summoning them to arguably the worst addition WhatsApp – not including the…

We’re almost tired of reporting the ever-falling petrol and diesel prices around South Africa these past few months. What happened to the excitement? The danger? The risk that the Department of Mineral Resources and Energy might just entirely derail your Tuesday drive home from work? We’re obviously joking, but the never-ending news of falling fuel prices around the country does somewhat limit our snark potential. The Central Energy Fund (CEF), the state-owned energy company responsible for tracking the various economic factors daily that massively affect the country’s fuel prices before reporting these findings to the Department of Mineral Resources and…

We’ve got a love/hate relationship with Disney+. Sure, it’s got some great content floating around on the surface (Shōgun just won 18 Emmys, by the way), but in recent years, it’s been treading into Netflix territory and not in a good way. It hasn’t just announced some new Star Wars show that’ll be cancelled before the month is out (not again, anyway). No, the House of Mouse is officially hiking prices later this year. Disney (+ a few extra bucks per month) That’s according to a report from MyBroadband, which spoke with the House of Mouse and confirmed that a price hike was…