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Google’s Pixel smartphone family has always found ways to impress, and that’s perhaps never been more true than last year with the Pixel 7 line, which ranks among the best smartphones. It took what the Pixel 6 started and refined it in some crucial ways. However, with the Pixel 7 …

After roughly 940 million kilometres, the Earth has reached the point on its 12-month celestial march around the sun where it’s time for another Formula 1 game. Fitting, perhaps, considering I feel like I’ve driven roughly 940 million kilometres in this series over the past decade-and-change. Jokes aside, it’s a …

Elemental opens in theaters on June 16, 2023 There’s no bigger evidence of being a stick in the mud than trying to poke holes in the believability of an animated fantasy film marketed to kids. Are the cars in Cars manufactured? How can Cinderella be the only gal in the …

Like a low-budget, fan-made sequel to a classic movie, Greyhill Incident eagerly incorporates all the worst parts of the genuine article, neglects all of the best parts, and has nothing original to say of its own. This lifeless horror game is so barebones that it manages to make something as …

Transformers: Rise of the Beasts premieres in theaters on June 9, 2023. You son of a gun, Transformers: Rise of the Beasts — I’m back in. Consider me as shocked as anyone to be genuinely excited for more Transformers movies after the disappointing-at-best Age of Extinction and The Last Knight. …

Windows never had a MacBook Air alternative: a default no-nonsense and dependable notebook I can recommend to most people. It’s always the case of what the buyer values the most and living with a trade-off or two. For all the variety in the PC market, no single Windows laptop has …

4K gaming monitors seem to be all the rage lately. After all, who doesn’t love some extra resolution. And recent improvements in DisplayPort’s compression and HDMI’s bandwidth have allowed that extra resolution to come alongside fast refresh rates and HDR. But, as great a visual experience as a ton of …

Remember when Street Fighter 5 came out and a lot of people were disappointed by its distinct lack of meat on its bones? Street Fighter 6 is the polar opposite. Complete with an excellent 18-character roster of both new and returning fighters rendered in a killer new art style, an …

Like seeing your favorite band play their greatest hit live, Diablo 4 is completely awesome to behold even though you know exactly how the song’s going to go from the moment you hear the first iconic note. Diablo 4 doesn’t do much to reinvent ARPGs or push the boundaries of …

It is difficult for me to understate the influence Gene Luen Yang’s original graphic novel American Born Chinese has had on my life and career, but I’ll admit I was apprehensive upon learning it was getting turned into a streaming series. After watching the Disney+ adaptation, it is a huge …