All posts by Vic B'Stard

Take a trip to the Summerset Isles in The Elder Scrolls Online

Following on from last year’s Morrowind, the second full-blown expansion to Bethesda’s The Elder Scrolls Online, Summerset, is now available.

The Elder Scrolls Online has gone from being a questionable folly, with Bethesda dipping their toes in a saturated MMORPG genre, to coming out on top with a beautiful, immersive addition to their Elder Scrolls mythos.

The huge continent of Tamriel gains another massive area to the south-east- the Summerset Isles. This the lush kingdom of the high elves, a far cry from the volcanic, dark elf realm of Morrowind. Continue reading Take a trip to the Summerset Isles in The Elder Scrolls Online

Xperia Ear Duo wireless open-ear stereo headset review

Sony’s Xperia Ear Duo kit turns what you think you want from a pair of premium wireless earbuds on its head.

Of late I seem to the go-to guy when it comes to wireless earbuds. Ironically, I usually like my audio loud and preferably via dirty great speakers. Stuffing dainty little bits of plastic in my ears isn’t really my cup of tea. Apart from worrying about the things failing out, unless they are plugged into a car battery, there’s no way I’m going to get my usual deafening audio levels.

The fact of the matter is that I need a lot more than music to sell me on the idea of wireless earbuds.

Hello Sony Xperia Ear Duo. Continue reading Xperia Ear Duo wireless open-ear stereo headset review

D-Link Covr Seamless Wi-Fi System C1203 review

Having already examined D-Link’s AC2600 Wi-Fi Range Extender, which can stretch your Wi-Fi along your house in one direction, how can you get the same sort of coverage throughout your house?

D-Link’s Covr Seamless Wi-Fi System creates a Wi-Fi coverage grid all over your house. The kit comes with three Covr points, enough to cover 500m² of living area. Continue reading D-Link Covr Seamless Wi-Fi System C1203 review

D-Link DAP-1860 AC2600 MU-MIMO Wi-Fi Range Extender review

With more and more of our devices connecting to our home network via Wi-Fi, good network coverage throughout your home is essential. Until recently, having reasonable Wi-Fi in the lounge was all you really needed, but now modern families expect to be able to stream Netflix from every little nook and cranny in the house. Continue reading D-Link DAP-1860 AC2600 MU-MIMO Wi-Fi Range Extender review

One Piece: Pirate Warriors 3 Deluxe Edition Nintendo Switch review

The madcap adventures of Monkey D. Luffy’s and the Straw Hat Pirates go portable.

The One Piece manga series, written and illustrated by Eliichiro Oda started out as a serial in Japan’s famous Sh?nen Jump weekly anthology magazine. It has since been collected into graphic albums, available the world over, spawned a cartoon show by Toei Animation as well as many animated feature films. Continue reading One Piece: Pirate Warriors 3 Deluxe Edition Nintendo Switch review

Solo: A Star Wars Story review

Sacked directors, reshoots and a rookie leading-man, the second Star Wars spin-off movie, Solo: A Star Wars Story has disaster written all over it.

Writing the Han Solo movie was the carrot that got Lawrence Kasdan, co-writer of The Empire Strikes Back and The Return of the Jedi, on board to revisit to write The Force Awakens. In Solo: A Star Wars Story Kasdan and his son, Jonathan, take us back to witness the events that forged everybody’s favourite scoundrel. Continue reading Solo: A Star Wars Story review