Sound: 7 The sound that this headset produces is very good. The bass is strong in this set, but the highs are somewhat muted. This unbalanced setup doesn’t necessarily lend itself to listening to music, but for gaming, the problem is not as pronounced since most gaming effects utilize the bass heavily. You can tweak the settings to make it [...]

Over the past few years, Plantronics has been making a push into the gaming audio space that few can ignore. We finally got the opportunity to review Plantronic’s latest headset, the Gamecom 780. For those who would like a point of comparison, we reviewed the Plantronics Gamecom 777, and while we will mainly focus on this set, there will be some [...]

Bluetooth headsets have been important to the cell phone user since its inception. Most states, including mine, bar anyone from using a cell phone while driving unless it is hands free. Most cell phone users are more than happy to plug in the headset that was provided to them when they purchased their device. However, if you are a mobile gamer [...]

New Gamer Nation is back with our second review of a cell phone as it relates to gaming. Today, we focus on a review of our first Windows Phone 7 device. Nokia is attempting to resurrect their status as a major player on the phone market. To climb back into the smart phone market, Nokia has decided to drop their [...]

The use of cell phones as a primary mobile gaming devices has drastically increased in recent years. More and more people move away from flip and text only phones to new smart phones.   New Gamer Nation has elected to cover and review cell phones as it relates to gaming only.  This not about which carrier provides the best coverage or who [...]

Late last year, Sennheiser, known for their high quality products, entered the console headset market with the introduction of the Sennheiser X320 headset. This headset enters the market in the mid-range category with an MSRP of $149.95. This set is specifically designed for the Xbox 360 gaming system, so sorry Playstation 3 fans you’ll have to wait. Despite that this [...]

It was only a matter of time before the electronics giant Sony got into the wireless headset game. It is especially surprising it took Sony this long to release a headset designed specifically for its own gaming console. With the official Playstation Wireless Stereo Headset, gamers are given a quality headset with out of the box functionality with the Playstation [...]

Let’s face it, after a long night of multiplayer action and a few hours of digital adventuring player are bound to get hungry.  There aren’t many snacks out there that cater to the gaming community but at long last a company has taken up the cause to make a video gamer friendly snack.  Other snacks like pizza or sandwiches are [...]

We all know that in order to be the best you have to use the best equipment.  Personally at NGN we are big fans of the Tritton AX Pro model of headsets and we feel these are the best headsets we had the pleasure of playing with.  The AX Pro is a set that was specifically designed to work with [...]

All you racing fans out there may find that the current gen controllers just don’t cut it sometimes.  A common complaint is when moving through turns your thumb doesn’t always stay where you need it to stay.  Well we are happy to report that Kontrol Freek has heard the call and come out with a product that addresses this common [...]