Stereophile
A new vinyl perception of the Doors, all-analog
For Warner Music Group, the Doors have been a deep vein of music gold. Their albums have never been out of print, and the catalog has enjoyed regular reissues for decades. Each new version of the Doors' first six albums sells well enough to prompt another trip to the vaults.
3 min |
June 2025
Stereophile
Songs of Innocence and Experience
Much of the coverage of the passing of Marianne Faithfull has focused on her private life rather than her music. That is understandable—yet it's also regrettable because it misses the important fact that for 60 years, Faithfull produced an impressive catalog of music, releasing 21 solo studio albums plus collaborations, compilations, and live recordings.
4 min |
June 2025
Stereophile
Boulder 1151
MONOBLOCK POWER AMPLIFIER
9 min |
June 2025
Stereophile
On cables
Underpinning a discussion about the merits of potentially costly specialist audio cables is an obvious question: Why do we need them? Doesn't almost all wire conduct audio signals with negligible distortion and very little loss of power?
9 min |
June 2025
Stereophile
BRILLIANT CORNERS
What was old is new again
10+ min |
June 2025
Stereophile
MANUFACTURERS' COMMENTS
ANY CLOD CAN HAVE THE FACTS; HAVING OPINIONS IS AN ART
3 min |
June 2025
Stereophile
SPIN DOCTOR
The Garrard 301 in a new light
10+ min |
June 2025
Stereophile
ROCK OF LIFE
THE BROTHERS IN ARMS CD TURNS 40 BY MIKE METTLER
10+ min |
June 2025
Stereophile
AURAL ROBERT
Charles Tolliver and Strata-East
3 min |
June 2025
PC Gamer US Edition
WASTED
Take-Two nukes a playable GTA VI fan map
2 min |
July 2025
PC Gamer US Edition
"I get to work on placing more towers, massive pyramids, and blocky offices"
Building a dystopia is fine, so long as it's like Blade Runner in DYSTOPIKA
2 min |
July 2025
PC Gamer US Edition
"Ravenholm looks spookier than ever”
Admiring the ray-traced world of HALF-LIFE 2 RTX
1 min |
July 2025
PC Gamer US Edition
WELCOME TO VAMPIRE: THE MASQUERADE-BLOODLINES 2
I HAVE WOKEN UP IN AN ABANDONED BUILDING IN SEATTLE, A CENTURIES-OLD VAMPIRE WHO HAS BEEN IN A TORPOR FOR 100 YEARS. WHO FORCED ME INTO A SURPRISE SLUMBER? HOW DID I GET TO SEATTLE? AND WHY THE HECK AM I HEARING ANOTHER VAMPIRE IN MY HEAD? THESE TANTALIZING QUESTIONS ARE JUST THE TIP OF THE ICEBERG IN A GAME THAT UNEXPECTEDLY FEELS LIKE A CLASSIC PULP NOIR DETECTIVE YARN.
10+ min |
July 2025
PC Gamer US Edition
DEN OF WOLVES
10 Chambers' kinetic co-op heister is a cyberpunk take on Payday 2
6 min |
July 2025
PC Gamer US Edition
CURSED ARTIFACTS
A second Tomb Raider Remastered trilogy tries to redeem LARA'S CURSED ADVENTURE
4 min |
July 2025
PC Gamer US Edition
SEVEN SEAS: ADVENTURES
Yo ho ho and a barrel of fun
2 min |
July 2025
PC Gamer US Edition
SCP SECRET LAB'S PROXIMITY CHAT
The art of deception.
3 min |
July 2025
PC Gamer US Edition
DUELING BLADES
Does ASSASSIN’S CREED SHADOWS deliver a clean one-cut kill?
9 min |
July 2025
PC Gamer US Edition
SO-SO SUIKO
SUIKODEN's HD remaster is polished to a high shine-in some places
3 min |
July 2025
PC Gamer US Edition
RAPID TRIGGER KEYBOARDS
These gaming keyboards are a cut above the rest, but which one is worthy of your hard-earned cash?
2 min |
July 2025
PC Gamer US Edition
ONLY NOD FORGIVES
...in COMMAND & CONQUER: RENEGADE
1 min |
July 2025
PC Gamer US Edition
KINGDOM COME: DELIVERANCE II
Make Henry's medieval adventure a little easier (or harder).
4 min |
July 2025
PC Gamer US Edition
GUIDE to the GALAXY
A hitchhiker's guide to Racoon Logic's planethopping, co-op trolling, Metroidvania mission REVENGE OF THE SAVAGE PLANET
5 min |
July 2025
PC Gamer US Edition
ECHOES OF ELYSIUM
In this survival game, I faced an enemy worth punching trees over
2 min |
July 2025
PC Gamer US Edition
FBC: FIREBREAK
New co-op shooter is built for chaos and 'joyful discoveries'
5 min |
July 2025
PC Gamer US Edition
GO BERSERK
Reap bloody Soulslike vengeance in THE FIRST BERSERKER: KHAZAN
3 min |
July 2025
PC Gamer US Edition
CRYSIS
Notorious for melting GPUs, it needed 18 years to mellow.
5 min |
July 2025
PC Gamer US Edition
UN-UNITED KINGDOM
ATOMFALL is a muddled misadventure in need of a stronger identity.
6 min |
July 2025
PC Gamer US Edition
HELP WANTED
A fallen warrior makes tea in WANDERSTOP
1 min |
July 2025
PC Gamer US Edition
COUNTER ARGUMENT
AI has made FPS meaningless—we need a new performance metric
4 min |