Grocs
Enjoy writing, gaming, movies and reading fiction. Also like playing golf. Live in Queensland. Happily married.
We share the house with Chad and Shadow (the dog the cat).
I have invested in both the Oculus Quest 2 and the Oculus Rift S. Why you ask? For one I wanted to compare a native PC VR experience with a hybrid model. The other also allows me to keep playing VR should I find myself waiting for the […]
A week or so ago I put up a post to help with some hints around getting better frame rate with Microsoft Flight Simulator (MSFS) in VR on the Quest 2. With this post I’ll be focusing on image quality this time, and taking advantage of ASW (Asynchronous […]
After months of leaving my Quest 2 VR headset and the touch controllers lying haphazardly on a small table I decided to buy a stand to proudly display it After a bit of research I came across a well priced Quest 2 stand on Amazon. Kiwi Design have […]
UPDATE: With Microsoft Flight Simulator there are definitely two schools of thought with how it should be run: Image Quality vs Frame Rate. In my quest for delving into all the different tweaks available I’ve clarified this post as frame rate improvement. A subsequent post on Image Quality […]
One of the surprising announcements over the last month was the imminent release of Project Cars 3. This new racing game by Slightly Mad Studios (now part of the Codemasters’ family) is out August 28th on PC, PS4 and Xbox One. I’m still getting plenty of gaming time […]
Microsoft and Sony seem to be taking two completely different approaches to the lead up to release for the Xbox Series X and the PlayStation 5. Social media is alight with each of the respective Sony and Microsoft fans denouncing each other’s efforts towards next gen. For gamers […]
The ever increasing next gen hype train is bearing down on us with the Xbox Series X and PS5 set to be released later this year. If you are like me, checking social media and gaming websites is a habit now in the quest for more news on […]
Apart from being a keen gamer and writer I also love my movies. This means I spend an inordinate amount of time tweaking my TV and home theatre setup to get the most out of my games and movies. A lot of audio and video standards have come […]
In 2019 for the first time in almost a decade Microsoft elected not to release a Forza game. Forza Motorsport 8 will most likely be a Xbox Series X launch title out later this year. In 2019 Codemasters picked the perfect time to release a reboot of their […]
For the first time this year I paid full price for a game. That game was Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order. Other than me being a Star Wars junkie, what sold it for me was another gamer compared this new Star Wars game to Dark Souls. I’m a […]