Nick Pino is a veteran technology and video game journalist based out in San Francisco, California. He’s been covering video games professionally since 2011, during which time he worked at Official Xbox Magazine as an editorial intern, before moving to @GAMER Magazine in December 2012. He joined TechRadar in 2014, and became the site’s Senior Editor of Home Entertainment in June 2016. In his stint in the world of video games and tech, he’s hosted podcasts and appeared in numerous videos and livestreams on YouTube for TechRadar, GamesRadar and other publications.
The vast majority of the time, I’m the one doing the interviewing. I’ve had the great pleasure of talking shop with industry luminaries like Microsoft’s Mike Ybarra about VR on Xbox One X, Sony President COO Mike Fasulo about HDR support and musician/producer Wyclef Jean about the future of audio. Rarely am I the subject of…
There are a ton of great games journalists out there, but easily the most prolific of us all is GamesBeat’s Dean Takahashi. I’ve seen him at pretty much every event in the industry for the last decade (since I got my internship at OXM in 2011) and I can say with absolute certainty that Dean…
This is a great place to start if you’re worried about coming into your third decade of life.
Anne Marie Beth was a prim and proper English woman from Somerset, but recently even her warm disposition had begun to subside. “What’s the matter Anne Marie?” Her close friend Susie asked her one warm summer afternoon. “I’ve begun to feel a bit dour, I’m afraid. This morning was the fourth funeral I’ve attended in…
A Personal Note: Thanks so much for checking this part of the blog. I know a lot of people who come here won’t know me personally or necessarily care about the comings and goings of my life, but I appreciate everyone who takes the time to read these updates. The older I get, the more…
Over the years I’ve written a number of game reviews – some of which have been better than others. Each one took a big chunk of my life and, as overly sentimental as this sounds, actually mean something to me all these years later. Take, for instance, this Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim review that I…
Writing is hard. I’ve been doing it everyday for the last seven years of my life and I still have trouble filling the page with coherent, informative and entertaining thoughts. But the name of the game is perseverance. One day everyone catches the break they deserve as long as they’ve put in the work to…
Discount-bin headphones are a necessary evil – they’re great for the times you forgot headphones at home, or if you’re in need of a short term solution while you look for something better. That said, if you’ve never tried anything better, you’re missing out. Below you’ll find my favorite headphones for each form-factor: Best earbuds:…
I’ve been lucky over the years to work with some great behind-the-screen talent – amazing videographers, video editors and producers. Can’t thank all of them enough for helping get me video-ready (or, well, as close as I’m going to get to that…) Best of Maker Faire (2014) PS4 vs. Xbox One (2015) How to set…
If the SimCity franchise ever had a diabolical twin brother, it’d be Tropico. Where SimCity has always been a wholesome sandbox in which to play, Tropico offers collegiate-level political satire and complex engine building. When it works, the game is laugh-out-loud funny and makes you feel like you’ve got an Econ degree… until everything inevitably…
Long gone are the days when gamers called the Nintendo Switch a “Zelda machine”. Two years into the console’s lifespan, the Nintendo Switch has a lively and jam-packed assortment of titles to keep you occupied, whether you’re nestled into your sofa, linking up to your TV, or blasting quick gaming sessions on your commute. You now have…
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