Author: Press Room

Bloodborne is a special game, and its intriguing Lovecraftian world was enough to draw me in — someone who doesn’t really play or enjoy Soulslikes. It’s also been locked to the PS4, and it has never made its way to other platforms. Yes, this includes the PS5 as well, which technically just runs the PS4 version of the game with backward compatibility and no additional tweaks enabled, which is a bit unfortunate. With no PC port in sight, the community took it upon themselves to port Bloodborne. Getting Bloodborne to work on PC initially began with shadPS4, a PS4 emulator.…

I was five episodes into the mesmerizing East of Eden when the picture went soft and then froze on a spinning red circle. It happened during a huge scene when the two main characters met to confront each other after many years apart. My first instinct was the same as most people’s. I reached for the router’s power cord and started drafting an angry call to my internet provider in my head. Then I realized Netflix had already built a way to settle this. A network check is hidden in the app’s help menu on pretty much every TV and…

Within the last few years, it seems upscaling tech has become a necessity for gaming across a broad range of systems. From high-end PCs to even Nintendo home consoles, every system now relies on some form of upscaling to render pixels on the screen. When it comes to upscaling, Nvidia DLSS is arguably the best. However, over the last few years, AMD’s FSR and even Intel’s XeSS have caught up to Team Green’s upscaling tech. In fact, I recently tested a few games with DLSS and FSR Frame Generation. Surprisingly, combining DLSS with FSR FG gave me far better results…

The simplest and cheapest way to upgrade your TV setup at home is to add a streaming box or stick. There are options available at all price points, from budget Google TV sticks to premium boxes like the Nvidia Shield TV Pro and Apple TV 4K. They serve a valuable purpose, replacing the slow and clunky OS that came with your smart TV. However, streaming is just one of many jobs these boxes and sticks can handle. I own an older Apple TV 4K box and a Chromecast with Google TV HD dongle. Neither streaming device is particularly new nor…

Jellyfin is currently my go-to media server, and I love that I can organize and stream my own movies, TV shows, and music without paying for another subscription. However, for it to fully replace Plex, I needed to be able to access my entire media collection from anywhere. Tailscale provided the missing link for remote connectivity, and together, they offer a surprisingly straightforward way to build a personal streaming service. Jellyfin and Tailscale make a great combination My personal media library, with remote access and no subscription fees Having built a large media collection over the years, I’m increasingly aware…

After years of using Plex, I started realizing how many compromises I had been making without even noticing. For starters, Plex has put more features behind a paywall, including remote streaming of my own media files. Hardware transcoding isn’t free either, which only adds to the frustration. That’s when I started looking for alternatives and found Jellyfin — it offered everything I needed without charging me anything to access my own media. So I finally switched from Plex to Jellyfin, and after spending some time with it, I wish I had done it sooner. Related I turned my old PC…

I’ve spent years reviewing grooming gadgets, and beard trimmers (along with electric shavers) are among the ones I get the most use out of. Most of the time, I just want to keep my beard tidy and get on with the day – and a trimmer that’s comfortable to hold, with a comb that stays at the right length, makes that considerably easier. You don’t have to spend a fortune, either. A simple adjustable trimmer is more than enough to get the job done, while paying more might get you finer length settings or attachments that replace a few other…

Casio has officially announced the G-Shock 2500 Series, a nine-model collection of fully analogue watches that reimagine the DW-5000C, the original G-Shock from 1983.  The range starts at US$145 / £110 and goes on sale on 7 November 2026. Where the 2500 differs from traditional G-Shocks that it goes completely analogue, swapping the screen for hands, with small seconds at 9 o’clock and a date window at 3.  It comes in three families: the resin GAC-2500 (US$145 / £110), the GMC-2500 with a metal-clad bezel and rubber strap (from US$280 / £230), and the all-metal GMC-2500D (US$350 / £300). It…

I pay for a 300Mbps internet connection, which should be more than enough for streaming movies, watching YouTube, and keeping all my devices connected. Yet, occasionally, I’d find myself staring at a buffering screen instead of enjoying whatever I was watching. The frustrating part was that my internet seemed perfectly fine otherwise. Speed tests showed no issues, but YouTube would occasionally drop its video quality, movies would buffer, and live football streams would start acting up at the worst possible moments. Naturally, I blamed the streaming apps and even suspected my Wi-Fi was acting up. But after trying the usual…

I have a terrible habit of doomscrolling, and I won’t pretend otherwise. When I’m working, I usually keep my phone out of reach because I know that the moment I pick it up, I’ll end up scrolling through Instagram or some other social media app, only to realize I’ve wasted a good 20 to 30 minutes doing nothing. And the worst part is that even keeping my phone away doesn’t seem to work anymore. Thankfully, my Samsung Galaxy has a clever little trick up its sleeve. I discovered a One UI 9 feature that’s actually helped me get my doomscrolling…