Monthly Archives: June 2008
Sanyo – Xacti VPC-CA65
Sanyo’s Xacti range has sported the unusual but undeniably original ‘gun look’ for a good few years now. Although smaller details such as colour, size and specifications have altered from model to model, the general idea has been the same. The Xacti Digital Movie cameras all successfully manage to merge a portable video camera and…
Codemasters – Race Driver: GRID
The latest game in the evolution of the Race Driver (formerly known as TOCA) series makes some interesting tweaks to the standard racer formula. Perhaps the most novel concept is the addition of flashbacks. One minute you’re roaring down the tarmac towards a hairpin, and the next you’re crouched in a bush in Vietnam, sweat…
Touchstone – Turok
It seems like a hundred years ago that the dino-hunting game Turok appeared on the N64, and now it’s returned with a complete makeover to try to attract the first-person shooter crowd who want something a little more challenging. What Touchstone has produced is a curious hybrid that attempts to cross-breed Jurassic Park and Unreal…
Kingston – DataTraveler HyperX
Flash drives are a must-have in this day and age, and with capacities increasing they’re no longer just to be used for documents and small files. Kingston has always been pretty active in the memory market, and its new HyperX range of USB flash drives promises high-end performance and generous capacities. We took a look…
Ascaron – Sherlock Holmes: Nemesis
It’s perhaps surprising that the adventure gaming industry hasn’t made more use of the world’s most famous fictional sleuth, bearing in mind his entire appeal is based around the solving of fiendishly difficult puzzles. Perhaps now the tide is turning, though, as developers Frogwares have just released their fourth Sherlock Homes mystery (following on from…
Epson – GT-1500
Flatbed scanner mechanisms are best known as the top parts of all-in-one machines, but they do have lives of their own, too. Epson’s GT-1500 is a business scanner, as opposed to one intended for the home or for graphics professionals. It’s designed for Optical Character Recognition (OCR) and archival, converting paper for digital storage. This…
ViewSonic – PJ513D
The price of digital projectors continues to drop, but a device using a Digital Light Processor (DLP) chip for under £300 is still something of a breakthrough. ViewSonic’s PJ513D/DB uses the well-known Texas Instruments chip, which employs millions of micro mirrors to ensure a bright, stable picture. The small, light, ice-white case looks smart and…
UbiSoft – Haze
Sadly, we’re finding ourselves having to get used to big budget, high profile games being underwhelming by the time we finally get our paws on them. At the end of last year, UbiSoft – the same company that publishes Haze – unleashed Assassin’s Creed on the world, for instance. And while it’s sold well, it…
Avanquest – Bus Simulator
Some kids want to be astronauts. Others stunt bike riders. Or perhaps pilots. Of course, there are those who grow up with an ardent desire to become bus drivers. Well, there must be. The allure of endless city centre traffic jams is, after all, a powerful one. As is the smell of a freshly clipped…
Oki – C3450n
If there were a style award dinner for colour office printers, OKI wouldn’t need to prepare a speech. It somehow manages to make its printers look out of date, even when they’re brand new. The C3450n is better than some, clothed in grey and cream and with a minimalist control panel. There are just three…