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“Hack-gato” Key Light (AFFORDABLE DIY Elgato Key Light)

Do you like those fancy Elgato light panels? Do you think its pretty ridiculous to pay $200 for a 2500 lumen light but like…

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Witchspire review: My cousin and I traded our Viking axes for magic, and somehow we’re still chopping trees
After Valheim, Enshrouded, and V Rising, you would think my cousins and I had spent enough time punching trees and arguing over where to build a house. Apparently not. This time we get wands. Witchspire is a game about witches, magic, building a home, and collecting creatures called familiars. It has a lot of what… Read more: Witchspire review: My cousin and I traded our Viking axes for magic, and somehow we’re still chopping trees
DarkBeacon Devil Breaker Starry Night Dragon II review: A gaming keypad with too much AI and too many compromises
The DarkBeacon Devil Breaker Starry Night Dragon II is one of the stranger gaming peripherals I’ve reviewed. It’s a one-handed TMR magnetic keypad with Rapid Trigger, a tactile knob, gamepad mode, and artwork that puts a dragon into a Starry Night-inspired scene. It also wants you to log into a large software package, talk to… Read more: DarkBeacon Devil Breaker Starry Night Dragon II review: A gaming keypad with too much AI and too many compromises
Never Be Alone: An AI Slop Money Grab
That forgot games are supposed to be FUN. My cousin and I logged into Never Be Alone looking for a zombie survival game to play together. About ten minutes later, we quit to the menu and uninstalled it, and here I am. So that went well. Can we play now? Within seconds, NPCs were dumping… Read more: Never Be Alone: An AI Slop Money Grab
Akko 5075 V5 TMR review: Great sound, useful features, and one request. Make a TKL.
⌨️ Check out the Akko 5075 V5 TMR on Amazon🎥 Watch more keyboard reviews🏰 Join our community for more tech and keyboard content Affiliate disclosure: I may earn a commission from purchases made through links in this article, at no additional cost to you. I managed to get the name of this keyboard wrong within… Read more: Akko 5075 V5 TMR review: Great sound, useful features, and one request. Make a TKL.
Enshrouded 1.0 review: My cousin and I already lost ourselves in this world. Now we want to do it again.
My cousin Jdog and I have played enough survival games together that we should probably be better at leaving the house. We get into these games with every intention of making progress. There are places to explore, equipment upgrades to work toward, and some horrible thing somewhere that needs killing. Then we get involved in… Read more: Enshrouded 1.0 review: My cousin and I already lost ourselves in this world. Now we want to do it again.

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