Editors’ Picks: Digital Discoveries
Executive editor, Alan Dexter, and hardware staff writer, Joanna Nelius, reveal what’s been entertaining them
SUBNAUTICA
At the tail end of last year, Epic announced that it was introducing a new games store to compete with the likes of Steam, Origin, Uplay, and their ilk. Obviously buoyed by the success of
Fortnite, the Unreal developer decided to sweeten the deal by giving away some games to get people interested. The first of these was Subnautica, a game I’d never spent any time with, despite it getting rave reviews pretty much everywhere.
If you were lucky enough to grab it while it was free (or you fancy treating yourself), I urge you to spend some time in its beautiful, terrifying waters. Somewhat akin to Minecraft, with its exploration, survival, and building mechanics, I was happy enough uncovering the depths of its wonderfully realized world, well before the story began to unfold and reveal a game that’s far more compelling than it may originally appear.
We’re all used to experiencing earlyaccess survival games that lack real meat, but here is a fully realized game that will at turns surprise and scare the brown stuff out of you. Of course, it helps that it looks and sounds gorgeous, and there are moments when I’ve simply enjoyed the underwater delights that unfold.
$20, www.subnauticagame.com
LOGITECH G403 PRODIGY WIRED GAMING MOUSE
Finding a comfortable gaming mouse has been a bit of a struggle for me. Most mice are either too wide for my palm or the body is too long for my fingers. If I want to use the thumb buttons, I have to lift my palm up and grip the mouse in a claw-like manner to reach them. If the mouse body is too wide, my pinky locks up sometimes if I’ve been gaming for too long. All around not comfortable. But I think I might have finally found something that won’t set me up for carpal tunnel—the Logitech G403 Prodigy.
I’ve been looking for a mouse to replace my Corsair Sabre for all the above reasons for a while. Going from the Sabre to the G403 has made my hand so much happier. My palm rests comfortably on top, and my thumb can easily reach the side buttons. The arched padding beneath makes it glide around my mouse pad more smoothly, and it’s lighter than the Sabre by 13g. I’m not climbing out of bronze in Overwatch anytime soon, but movement feels more precise with the G403. The G403 also has a 12,000 dpi—2,000 more than the Sabre— and the same refresh rate. Sometimes, the smallest differences in a gaming mouse can be the biggest ones. $70, www.logitechg.com