Oskar Roux's Rambles in Shambles

Have you ever played a certain type of game and thought; “Man, this would be so much better with a controller?” Good, then keep reading. As someone that has always grown up playing on a PlayStation since their original models, all the way down to the PS4, adjusting to a new remote is always challenging. I was never really against the idea of an Xbox but just preferred PlayStation because of tradition I guess. This love and tradition started all thanks to my older brother who bought me a PS1 when they came out. So in a sense, you could say he started my love for gaming. (Tanks Max)   At some point, I changed over to PC but still kept the PlayStation around for when friends were over. Now that I game, virtually, solely on a PC I found it strange using a controller but some games are undeniably more comfortable on a controller. So, I decided to invest in a PDP Xbox one wired controller. Considering it only sets you back roughly R600 from the usual online tech retailers, I wa...

Thronos : The ultimate gaming chamber. Thanks to NAG, Acer predator and Julia “Bish” Robson, I was fortunate enough to test out and play in the Acer Predator Thronos gaming rig. As far as gaming experiences go, the Thronos is, at first, intimidating. With its scorpion-like style and posture. The Thronos seems like a hybrid gaming/sleep pod between a TRON   sleep pod but you feel like one of the mechs from “Love, Death, and Robots” in the ”suits” episode. Love, death, and robots mechs The visual impact that the Thronos has on a medium-sized room is rather large, but it’s a positive impact because it instills a sense of childlike excitement. Once climbing into the machine the experience of being in the machine itself is overwhelming at first but that’s because one could never imagine their dream coming true. The powerhouse behind the Thronos is an Acer built PC. The setup is an 8 th gen i7, two 1080ti with 32gigs of RAM, so there’s enough of a driving force behind...