Reviewing the Unreviewable

Impressions on products that didn’t make the cut

Screenshot captured on an Xbox Series S by the author.

I take no pleasure in writing reviews of bad products, but sometimes a thing just isn’t that good. Whether it’s a pair of headphones that doesn’t fit right on my head, a gaming headset that ships with a metal screw lodged inside of it magnetically, or a port of a game that just can’t maintain a framerate, bad things are out there.

However, there’s a difference between something being bad and something being broken. I like to review things that feel like they’re finished enough to actually release, and that are free of manufacturing defects. If they don’t meet this simple criteria, no matter how good or bad they are…I don’t write about them.

I’ve cancelled a couple dozen articles for products that fit this unfortunate category. But this week, it happened twice. I received two gaming headsets in a row that had unfortunate technical defects, but I still want to talk about them.

Also Cyberpunk.

Photo taken by the author.

Xiberia G01 Wireless Gaming Headset