Mar10 Monday - Treat Yourself To A Super Mario One Two Punch 🎮🎧 #Mar10Day

Mar10 Day is upon us once again and this year we thought we'd grab a couple of  cool Super Mario themed items from Power A. 

Rich gets his hands on a cool controller and some solid earphones that will suit everyone's budget.

Our GF Mar10 Product Round Up:

POWER A Super Mario Mushroom Kingdom Pop Art Wireless Controller

RetroMania Wrestling Xbox Series X Review 7/10 “Going Old School” 🤼‍♂️ @RetrosoftStudio #IndieGame #GameDev

I grew up in the ‘90s with an older brother, and we were – and are - both wrestling fans, so I have spent many an hour playing wrestling games. 

The favourite in our youth was WWF Royal Rumble on the Sega Mega Drive, a game in which I currently think I’m on a 30 year losing streak, as then and now my brothers fingers move quicker than mine, and in a very button-bashy fighting game, it is quite the advantage. 

I bring this up because RetroMania Wrestling is made for someone like me, someone who grew up in the ‘90s with fond memories of these arcade style, 2D wrestling games, you don’t have to have that nostalgia - but it does help.

Trust YUNIX USB Gaming Microphone Review By Britt 🎙️ @TrustGaming

The very definition of a plug and play device, the Trust YUNIX is a desk top microphone with a 6-foot hardwired USB cable that is ready to rock within a few seconds of unboxing.

The version we received is white, but the microphone also comes in purple and black variations to suit your particular setup. With a built-in pop shield to cease your more plosive propensities, the YUNIX continues the sense of accessibility and sleek style by only utilising a couple of buttons on the mic itself, you can alter the RGB light-ring around the base, and mute yourself.

There is also a socket for a wired headphone jack – which will probably be needed as the microphone will pick up room sounds due to the cardioid design. It’s not a stiff setup, with the microphone able to be tilted back and forth a few degrees to angle towards your mouth when speaking, as the weight and rubber base grip ensuring that you won’t have to deal with unwanted sliding and movement when in use.

Also, whilst the YUNIX is targeted at gamers, I used it for podcast recordings as well as work meetings, and it coped just fine in all situations. It was a perfect match with the Trust TORIX keyboard, which has a snazzy volume / mute dial, so that I could breezily mute / unmute as I typed, so that the keyboard clacking wasn’t picked up on the recording.

SUMMARY
The sound recording quality is solid and I appreciate the ease of setup and use – but there are things that could have been improved, such as the connection cable being braided, just to reduce ugly kinks if you have a setup in which it’s difficult to hide cabling, but at the price point that the YUNIX is, it’s hard to knock what it offers, which is an easy, solid, and well-designed multi-use microphone, the base grip is robust and that RGB ring adds a subtle flash of character if you want things to pop a little in your home setup, a recommended purchase from us here at GF!

From the Trust website:

Trust.com - GXT 234 Yunix USB Gaming microphone - Black

Specifications

• Connectivity

• Connector type3.5mm, USB-A

• Connection type: wired

• Cable length: main cable - 180 cm

• Audio

• Frequency response: 100 Hz, 16.000 Hz

• Impedance: 2200 Ohm

• Sensitivity: 32 dB

• Sound pressure level: 100 dB

• Features

• Noise reduction: No

• Microphone

• Pick-up pattern: Cardioid

• Signal-to-noise ratio: 62 dB

• Sampling rate: 16bit, 48kHz

• Echo cancellation: No

• Sensor type microphone: condenser

• Size & Weight

• Weight of main unit: 216 g

• Total weight: 216 g

• Height of main product (in mm): 108 mm

• Depth of main product (in mm): 55 mm

• Width of main product (in mm): 55 mm

• Mount

• Type of stand: desk stand

• General

• Application: Indoor, Desktop

• Compatibility

• Compatible Device Types: laptop, pc

• Control

• Controls: microphone mute, lights on/off