Author Archives: Michael Crider

The Great begins each of its 10 episodes by brazenly telling you that it is “an occasionally true story.” I denied my instinct to search Wikipedia for Catherine the Great, the show’s alleged historical subject, until I’d finishe… Continue reading →

While LEGO’s LEGOLand theme parks are a fun destination for kids, those interested in the more technical and historical aspect of the toys need to go all the way to Denmark for the LEGO House. But in response to continuing COVID-19 isolation, LEG… Continue reading →

The Game Gear was SEGA’s answer to Nintendo’s Game Boy, a full-color, 8-bit handheld released in 1990. Despite technical prowess and critical praise for its games, a hulking size and terrible battery life doomed the console to the Game Boy&… Continue reading →

If you use AT&T Wireless service and you’re subscribed to the new HBO Max, there’s good news: watching TV or movies on the latter won’t count towards your data cap on the former. AT&T told The Verge that customers using its … Continue reading →

After being extremely impressed with newer mid-range phones from Google and Apple, we decided to check out the competition. The Galaxy A51 is Samsung’s answer to mid-range models like the iPhone SE and Pixel 3a. And it’s … well, it&#8… Continue reading →

With manufacturers adding more and more cameras to their phones, it’s hard to make one that stands out. Chinese phone maker Vivo is hoping to do that with an unconventional stabilization system: a miniaturized internal gimbal that stabilizes the … Continue reading →

If you have a big honkin’ desktop computer and a little bitty desk, you might be tempted to simply place your computer on the floor next to it or underneath it. Please don’t. That goes double if your desk is in a carpeted room. It’s b… Continue reading →

Lamborghini is a symbol of unattainable extravagance, but LEGO is an affordable way to indulge in supercar fantasies. The company has a history of making drool-worthy cars in blocky minniature form, from James Bond’s Aston Martin, to Dom’s … Continue reading →

The hits keep coming on the Epic Game Store, and they don’t cost a cent. After killing its servers for almost a full day by giving away Grand Theft Auto V and announcing a brand new freebie collection of Samurai Showdown Shodown games, Epic is gi… Continue reading →

If incessant double pre-roll ads aren’t enough to make you pay for YouTube, maybe some free hardware will be? That’s Google’s latest approach to signing up new users for YouTube Premium. If you start a new subscription between now and… Continue reading →