The first striking thing about Aetheris is its strange and colourful look. The second thing that strikes about Aetheris is the gorgeous animations and storybook trappings of its presentation, even in its loading screen transitions. The third is the strange vulnerability radiating from the village of lizardy people you're responsible for, and the parties you form with them. The fourth striking thing is that this a roguelike, it's a bloody roguelike isn't it, oh goddamn it.

It also binds the spacebar to "accept", something I learned by accidentally starting a bossfight in a terrible position that threw a whole party away. Or would have, if not for the ol' ctrleffor. I will never be stopped.

The fact that I kept playing instead of sulking and libelling a random CEO is a hint: I bloody love Aetheris.

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If ever a headset’s name shouted ‘GAMER’, it’s a Razer BlackShark. It’s not just a shark, it’s a very specific type of shark that’s presumably very good at games.

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Right, so, it's happened. One of my calls for a new Burnout game via the art map void has received a response. Quite frankly, assuming it's accurate, it's not the news I was hoping for. That doesn't mean I'm stopping here, though.

In case you've got no idea what I'm on about, the other day I made my mark (no pun intended) on wplace, a site that picks up the mantle from Reddit of letting people doodle all over a map of the world. In two different places, I politely asked for a fresh entry in the Burnout series via slightly wonky writing.

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What does a power bank need to do to stand out? Does a power bank need to stand out at all? That’s not for me to decide, but what I will tell you is that my power bank of choice, the Aohi Future Starship (no, I’m not making that up), is reduced by more than 20% at Amazon.

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Look, we’ve covered monitors, keyboards, and GPUs in recent days, and while a charger might not feel all that exciting, anyone with a Steam Deck charger that powers up Valve’s handheld quickly will know how handy faster chargers can be.

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To me, the best part of Mafia: The Old Country is getting really into the idea of pretending you're living in 1900s Sicily and drinking in the gorgeous vistas that the game's world offers up like sips of wine. You can imagine, then, how keen I was to give its new first-person driving mod a go.

Having already knife-fought my way through the main story, I thought this sounded like a pleasant change of perspective to take in when motoring around the Valle Dorata, hoovering up the last of those Explore Mode collectibles. I wasn't wrong either, the mod's great. Well, when it's not accidentally showing you the back of Enzo's teeth and eye sockets.

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