ARTICLE – Most PS5 owners quietly accept that their preferred controller won’t work on Sony’s console. An Xbox Elite Series 2 that feels perfect in your hands sits unused. A Switch Pro you spent months breaking in collects dust. Third-party adapters exist, but the moment you go wireless, haptic feedback vanishes. Motion controls stop working. […]
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Phone gaming controllers fail at portability before they fail at anything else. The problem isn’t buttons or latency or compatibility across ecosystems. The problem is that most mobile controllers ask you to carry a secondary device that’s heavier, bulkier, and more annoying than the phone itself. Telescopic grips turn your phone into a brick. Clip-on
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ARTICLE – Most retro gaming projects treat nostalgia as a software problem. Load an emulator, map some buttons, slap the interface onto whatever display sits nearby, and call it a tribute. The original experience gets compressed into convenience, and something tactile disappears in the process. The warm glow of that pea-green screen, the deliberate physicality
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REVIEW – Too many times my kids have asked me to play a game, or help them win the level. I don’t mind helping, I love my kids, and most of the games they play. The problem is the controller. I don’t think we have a controller left that hasn’t been attacked by tiny hands
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REVIEW – If you had asked me a year ago if I was into gaming, I would have answered with a resounding no. Then, I got introduced to VR and became hooked. Only then did I understand the fun and relaxation that can be achieved when playing a game I like. Now that I know
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REVIEW – Do you find it easy to play action games on your iPhone with onscreen touch controls, or do you prefer a physical controller? If you answered that you prefer a physical controller, you will want to read this review of the Bitmo Lab GAMEBABY. Let’s go! ⬇︎ Jump to summary (pros/cons) Price: $24.99 (pre-order price
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REVIEW – The Nintendo Switch is an almost ubiquitous game platform nowadays, especially among those who have kids at home. It’s no surprise given all that Nintendo brings to the game with its long history in the industry and a deep portfolio of games and characters. One of the few criticisms that I’ve had is
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REVIEW – If you told me in 1999 that one day I’d be able to play my beloved Quake 2 on a mobile phone connected to the internet, I’d think you were crazy. Here we are though, and mobile gaming is alive and well thanks to game streaming, high speed mobile internet service, and capable
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REVIEW – GameSir is at it again, building on the Kaleid series with two new Xbox controllers. These controllers pack a surprising amount of features in a familiar package, but are not as expensive as you might think. I’ve been doing my part and gaming away on these for the last month, and am excited
REVIEW – I will start this review by dropping an honesty bomb. Ready? I’m not a gamer. Yes, I know this is a review of a gaming controller, so the pre-requisite should be that a gamer reviews it. Right? But I was curious to try the EasySMX X10 Mechanic Master controller because it has hall
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REVIEW – Much to my wife’s chagrin, I’ve recently gotten back into video games. Luckily for her, it’s now on the hand-me-down Nintendo my son gave me. Now I’m not hogging the TV. She can watch what she wants and I can happily spend way too many hours exploring Hyrule. Since the original Joycons are
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REVIEW – Mobile gaming has been an interesting product area over the years, with phones evolving from barely playing Snake™ to having full-on console and PC ports in recent years. One of the most exciting new developments for mobile gaming has been sufficient network speeds to enable cloud-based gaming, where a server farm can do
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REVIEW – There’s no shortage of gaming controller options on the market, with some designed specifically for certain consoles while others try to target both Windows and Xbox or Playstation consoles. Rarely do I see one trying to do as much as the PowerA MOGA XP-ULTRA Multi-Platform Wireless Controller though, with support for wireless and
REVIEW – Nearly all of us carry a smartphone these days, but when it comes to mobile gaming touchscreen controls can range from slightly inconvenient to infuriating. There are quite a few high quality games (not to mention cloud streaming services) that are ported from consoles or designed for controllers and then adapted to touch
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REVIEW – I game on phones quite often. Much of that time has been spent using something like a Razer Kishi controller, or more recently the GameSir X2 Bluetooth that I bought personally after Julie reviewed it last year. Most of the time I play streaming games like through Xbox Gamepass, Nvidia Geforce Now, or
REVIEW – Heat management for a gaming console or PC is critical to achieving optimal performance, and GameSir is bringing that concept to the mobile gaming space with their new X3 controller. Equipped with a Peltier cooling system, this is a premium mobile gaming controller which promises peak performance for intense gaming sessions on your
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REVIEW – Cloud gaming has given us the ability to play AAA games on our cell phones and tablets, but gaming with touch screen controls leaves a lot to be desired. The SteelSeries Stratus+ aims to solve this problem with an Android/PC gaming controller that incorporates a mount for a mobile phone, so you can
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NEWS – You’re so close to completing the highest level on your favorite game when your thumb slips off the controls and you die. ARGH! There has to be a solution to this heartache, right? Yes! Razer comes to your rescue with their Gaming Finger Sleeves. These specially designed socks for your fingers are made
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REVIEW – I play games on my phone nearly every day, and while I sometimes suffer from hand cramping after long gaming sessions, I’ve never thought “I wish I could cool my phone more to get higher framerates in this game”, but here I am testing a device designed to do exactly that. Gamesir sent
REVIEW – When it comes to gaming, I’m old school. I prefer a physical controller vs. onscreen touch controls. The GameSir X2 Bluetooth is a gaming controller that has been designed especially for smartphones and it effectively turns your smartphone into a gaming console in a form factor like a Nintendo Switch. Let’s take a
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