A look back at the best our tech writers spun up over the course of 2015 — from testing the best electric car in the world to a 10-player arcade cabinet that’s changing gaming.
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365 days is a lot of time to seek out stories on adventure, gear, and everything in between. Here’s a look back at the best our tech writers spun up over the course of 2015 — from testing the best electric car in the world to a 10-player arcade cabinet that’s changing gaming.
A Great Gripe
“Not to sound like an old curmudgeon, but how often do you really need 50MP?”
Powering Up
By J. Travis Smith: At the Moog Music factory, 20 employees make every iconic synthesizer by hand, the same way they’ve been making them for decades. In the world of digital, they remain steadfast in the value of analogue — and now they’ve announced plans to reinvest in the past.
By Eric Yang: Listening setups for at home, on the go, at work and more — premade with the best gear around.
By Chris Wright: What do Pac-Man, Halo, Limbo and Minecraft have in common? They all influenced some of gaming’s best and brightest.
Henry PhillipsBy Chris Wright: Killer Queen, a 10-player game that breaks all the rules of arcade gaming, may be coming soon to a city near you.
Eric AdamsBy Eric Adams: After driving the Tesla P85D around Silicon Valley, we’ve come to a definitive conclusion about its place in today’s car rankings — it beats all comers.
By Nick Milanes: Record stores were sinking, till some enterprising upstarts thought up Record Store Day and saved them. Or so they say.
By Nick Milanes: Esports are a multimillion-dollar industry, but remain a mystery to most Americans. Halo‘s nascent championship league is a good primer for noobs.
By Tom Samiljan: Joseph Grado, who died at the age of 90 earlier this month, took his watchmaker skills to handmade audio cartridges, turntable tone arms, and headphones at Grado Labs.
By Tom Samiljan: Tidal hi-fi music gives unlimited streaming of a catalog of more than 25 million hi-fi tracks and high-def videos. That’s music to our ears.
By Henry Phillips: The Canon 5DS and 5DS R are ultra high resolution and incredibly impressive. But who are they for?