About Darren
Darren Price
Consumer & Gaming Writer - Australia
Darren 'VicBStard' Price has been playing video-games for nearly 40 years and writing about them for the last ten. Darren hates sport, but loves sports video games - which he puts down to a mixture of being annoyingly contrary and extremely lazy. While he is completely tone deaf, he considers Rock Band and Guitar Hero to be his guilty pleasures. A geek from way back, Darren builds his own computers, collects comic books, owns several lightsabers and is a sucker for video-gaming merchandise. Since 2012 he has lived in Sydney where he writes reviews and reports back on the local gaming scene.
Stories by Darren - Page 5
AMD introduces FSR 2.0 giving gaming GPUs a boost
Thu, 2nd Jun 2022
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gaming
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AMD has announced its new Radeon RX 6000-series graphics cards and the first games to support its FSR 2.0 technology.
Game preview: The Quarry (PC)
Mon, 30th May 2022
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gaming
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reviews
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technology gifts
On playing a bit of The Quarry, I began to understand why the game has got its own release rather than just being part of The Dark Pictures Anthology.
Hands-on review: HyperX Pulsefire Haste wireless mouse and HyperX Pulsefire XL Mat
Thu, 26th May 2022
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gaming
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reviews
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technology gifts
With its lightweight Pulsefire Haste wireless mouse and RGB lit Pulsefire XL Mat, HyperX sets out to up your game and add a little colour to your desktop.
Hands-on review: WD_Black SN770 NVMe SSD Game Drive
Fri, 20th May 2022
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gaming
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reviews
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technology gifts
Western Digital enhances its WD_Black NVMe SSD range with the WD_Black SN770 Game Drive, offering fast, power-efficient storage.
PNY launches XLR8 Gaming EPIX memory products in ANZ
Wed, 18th May 2022
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gaming
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pc hardware
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technology gifts
PNY has launched its XLR8 Gaming EPIC-X RGB™ DDR4 Silver 3200MHz and 3600MHz memory products in Australia and New Zealand.
Hands-on review: MSI MPG Z690 Carbon WIFI motherboard
Mon, 16th May 2022
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gaming
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pc hardware
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cloud services
It’s all change with Intel’s 12th generation CPUs. We have a new chipset in the 600-series, a new socket with the LGA 1700, and new DDR5 memory.
Hands-on review: Corsair 32GB Vengeance 5200MHz DDR5 DRAM kit
Fri, 13th May 2022
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pc hardware
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gaming
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reviews
Intel's Alder Lake CPUs and AMD's Ryzen 7000 CPUs both support DDR5, but for now, it's still a personal choice to make the jump to the new memory standard.
Hands-on review: Steelseries Aerox 9 Wireless and Aerox 5 gaming mice
Thu, 5th May 2022
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reviews
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gaming
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technology gifts
Steelseries offered two interesting mice for review, the Aerox 9 Wireless, aimed at MMO/MOBA players, and the Aerox 5, a wired mouse for multi-genre use.
Hands-on review: The A500 Mini Retro Gaming Console
Mon, 2nd May 2022
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gaming
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cloud services
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reviews
Retro Games has launched the A500 Mini Retro Gaming Console, a tiny homage to the original Commodore Amiga 500, complete with classic games.
Hands-on review: 32GB PNY XLR8 Gaming MAKO 6000MHz DDR5 memory kit
Fri, 29th Apr 2022
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pc hardware
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gaming
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reviews
PNY’s XLR8 Gaming MAKO DDR5 memory modules are designed to get the most out of systems based on Intel’s 12th generation Alder Lake CPUs.
Hands-on review: Ghostwire Tokyo (PS5)
Tue, 19th Apr 2022
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gaming
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reviews
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technology gifts
Although a bit of a tonal departure for Bethesda, Ghostwire Toyko is a good-looking and eerie action game that is aimed at a very select audience.
Hands-on review: Intel Core i7-12700 CPU
Thu, 14th Apr 2022
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gaming
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reviews
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technology gifts
Intel's Core i7-12700 offers performance at a lower price than the pricey Core i9 for users not interested in overclocking.
Game review: Tiny Tina’s Wonderlands (PC)
Wed, 13th Apr 2022
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gaming
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reviews
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technology gifts
Tiny Tina’s Wonderlands is a spin-off that joins Borderlands, Borderlands 2, Borderlands 3, and Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel.
COLORFUL launches GeForce RTX 3090 Ti Series Graphics Cards
Mon, 4th Apr 2022
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pc hardware
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graphics
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hardware
PC component manufacturer, Colorful Technology, has launched its GeForce RTX 3090 Ti series of graphics cards.
Game review: Grid Legends (PC)
Mon, 4th Apr 2022
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gaming
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reviews
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technology gifts
Is Codemasters’ latest entry in its Grid road-racing series ready for another lap or is it time to pit in? We find out.
Game review: Serious Sam: Siberian Mayhem (PC)
Fri, 1st Apr 2022
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gaming
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reviews
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technology gifts
The ever-expanding Serious Sam first-person shooter franchise gets another entry with Serious Sam: Siberian Mayhem.
Game review: Grand Theft Auto V (Xbox Series X)
Thu, 31st Mar 2022
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gaming
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reviews
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technology gifts
Rockstar's Grand Theft Auto V has been polished up once again for the latest generation of consoles, but is it worth the investment?.
Hands-on review: 128GB PNY Elite-X microSDXC Flash Card
Fri, 25th Mar 2022
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pc hardware
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gaming
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reviews
PNY continues to liven up its product range with the Elite-X microSD card. We were sent the 128GB version to check out.
The Quarry re-imagines the teen slasher movie genre as a video game
Thu, 24th Mar 2022
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gaming
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technology gifts
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xbox
Supermassive Games announces its upcoming teen horror game, The Quarry, featuring a star-studded cast and intense decision-making gameplay.
Hands-on review: Terra Master TD2 Thunderbolt 3 2-Bay DAS
Thu, 17th Mar 2022
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pc hardware
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reviews
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gaming
Terra Master’s TD2 Thunderbolt 3 2-Bay direct-attached storage box is designed with the creative professional in mind.
Hands-on review: WD Blue SN570 NVMe SSD
Wed, 16th Mar 2022
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pc hardware
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gaming
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reviews
Western Digital has released a fast PCIe Gen3 x4 NVMe solid-state drive for the more budget-conscious regular user with the WD Blue SN570.
Game review: OlliOlli World (PC)
Tue, 8th Mar 2022
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gaming
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reviews
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technology gifts
OlliOlli World is a visually stunning skateboarding game that combines retro gameplay with a unique art style.
Game preview: Tiny Tina's Wonderlands (PC)
Thu, 3rd Mar 2022
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gaming
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reviews
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technology gifts
We were fortunate to get access to a hands-on preview of 2K Games’ upcoming Borderlands spin-off, Tiny Tina's Wonderlands.
PNY launches XLR8 gaming DDR5 memory in Australia and New Zealand
Wed, 2nd Mar 2022
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gaming
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technology gifts
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memory
PNY Technologies is making a push into local markets by launching its XLR8 Gaming and Performance DDR5 Desktop Memory into Australia and New Zealand.