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Jan 7, 2024 | gamepro.com.au | Branden Zavaleta |GamePro AUS

Grimdark fantasy has none of the appeal of your average fantasy story– no warm meals, charming friends, or wholesome adventures. So why is the genre so popular? Some say it’s because it’s a heightened version of our own reality– a dim reflection or a black mirror– and it’s this high-action that makes it exciting and addictive. Others say that it sates different urges, the taste for hardship, chaos, and unyielding will that rarely appears in our daily lives.

Nov 22, 2023 | gamepro.com.au | Branden Zavaleta |GamePro AUS

Until now, keycaps have been made in a range of luxe materials, including walnut wood, aluminium, stainless steel, and of course resin. But the engineers and mad scientists of the mechanical keyboard community have never been ones to rest on their laurels, and the envelope has been pushed even further with new glazed-ceramic keycaps. Yes, you can now enjoy the cool, slick feel of artisanal pottery during your hours behind the keyboard.

Nov 7, 2023 | gamepro.com.au | Branden Zavaleta |GamePro AUS

Artisan keycaps are not your standard keyboard button. They’re not even those slick mechanical caps with cute designs printed in them. Artisan keycaps are more like usable sculptures. And despite being little known, artisan keycaps are an extensive artform. You can dress up your keyboard with almost anything– like dragons, koi ponds, pokemon, and even a smaller computer. It really is a small universe to discover, and for people who spend their day on their keeb, it’s a true treasure trove.

Nov 4, 2023 | gamepro.com.au | Branden Zavaleta |GamePro AUS

Whether you’re a brave adventurer, or a lowly space rat, you’ll want a pistol at your side and a rifle on your back. But that’s only the beginning of the kinds of weapons that the settled systems have to offer. There are high-tech desert eagles, Colt 1911s, old sawn-offs, and a railgun that can fell a terrormorph. If you can dream it, you can surely buy it, but the question is then, what’s the best artillery to keep in your arsenal?

Nov 4, 2023 | gamepro.com.au | Branden Zavaleta |GamePro AUS

Besthesda fans know that “a quarter century in the making” means closer to a decade. These kinds of exaggerated statements are common to the game studio. “Fallout 4 just works” was never entirely true, and plenty was overpromised for Skyrim and Fallout 76 too, but they’re all still fun open world RPGs nevertheless. The same stands here for Starfield, if your expectations haven’t been blown out of proportion and you’re expecting something like Skyrim in space, you’ll be pleasantly surprised.