headphones

Watch This Guy Make SNES Headphones

Hugo Dorison knows that big, over-the-ear headphones are where it’s at. Not only do over-the-ear headphones look cooler than in-ear headphones*, but you can take up art projects like these video game headphones with them too.


The Great Kotaku Gaming Headset Roundup

Forget graphics — for my money, audio is the most vital aspect of a video game. It’s the thing that makes me get lost in a game’s world, that makes my pulse pound and sucks me in. But in order for a game to sound good, you’ve got to have the right equipment.


The Headphones That Didn’t Screw Up A Second Chance To Succeed The First Time

Say this for PDP, makers of the Afterglow, a slick, luminous gaming headset which promises universal functionality and evokes the costume design of Tron. They are very confident this will work, right out of the box, the very first time. Yet that has never been my experience in reviewing about half a dozen headsets, especially any that relies on being paired with a wireless transmitter.


A Wireless Headset That Changes Channels And Gets Out Of The Way

How do you review a product for something that isn’t there, and isn’t supposed to be there? That’s the distinguishing trait of the Turtle Beach X32 headset for the Xbox 360. It’s identical in nearly every way to its X31 predecessor, released in 2009, except for one. A big one.


Review: Razer’s Star Wars: The Old Republic Gear

When BioWare delivered my copy of their latest game last month they used some rather novel packing material: Razer’s officially licensed Star Wars: The Old Republic gaming mouse and headset. I excitedly set the two packages aside and started playing the game.


Here’s Mad Catz’s Official Xbox 360 Wireless Headphones

Mad Catz’s official Xbox 360 headsets has one thing nobody else has: They’re totally wireless. There are three models, but the two you care about are the Warhead and Devastator. The former’s Dolby 7.1, the latter’s stereo.


The PS3′s New Headphones Look Awesome

Headphones. You’ve seen one pair you’ve seen them all. Unless they’re Sony’s new official wireless PS3 headphones, in which case, they look different, and great as a result.


Fistful Of Dollars Gets You Earful With Turtle Beach’s PX5

Like cleavage, the $US249.95 price tag is front, centre, and something always on your mind even as you list off the other good reasons you want to spend time with Turtle Beach’s Ear Force PX5.


MyEars 3D Audio Gives Your Headphones A 7.1

Drop your cynical protective shields and listen up. MyEars 3D Audio is not the ‘virtual surround sound’ you think you already know. Where other products use generic Head-related Transfer Functions (HRTFs) to filter the sound, MyEars lets you build a custom HRTF to suit your ears and the headphones of your choice. Suddenly you’re getting near-perfect 7.1 channel surround out of your 2 channel headphones. Right now MyEars is just $USD19.95. What better holiday gift to yourself than customised headphone listening profiles to enjoy the future of headphone gaming?


This Super Scribblenauts Preorder Bonus Is Soft, Fuzzy And Acoustic

If you’re going to play like Maxwell, you might as well look like Maxwell, with a pair of attractive plush headphones available to GameStop customers that preorder the adjective-infused Super Scribblenauts.


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