Reviews

Pen, ringbinder and glasses

BCS regularly reviews a range of books, games, hardware and software that are relevant to our members and the tech community as a whole.

Game reviews & previews

Max Payne 3
It's been 10 years but things are still rough for our eponymous hero. He may not be a cop anymore, but he's still in the line of fire.
Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Future Soldier
Man I used to love the Ghost Recon games. Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter and GRAW 2 were the first titles to really show the potential of what the Xbox 360 was capable of, back in its infanthood.

Strategy and Business Process Management
By Carl F. Lehmann. Reviewed by Alex McLachlan MBCS. Score: 8/10
Sketching User Experience: The Workbook
By Saul Greenberg et al. Reviewed by Angela Wheatcroft MBCS. Score: 10/10

FiiO E6 Headphone amplifier
With many of us now using our phones and other portable music players as a home for our music collections, getting the best sound out of these small devices isn't always easy.
The iStorage datAshur
iStorage manufacture secure storage systems and they've just released the datAshur, which is a USB flash drive.

TomTom for iPhone v1.9
It might be one of the most expensive apps in the app store, but adding TomTom to your iPhone is something worth doing.
Corel Painter 11
Crimson Alizarin, Naples Yellow, French Ultramarine, Venetian Red - the evocative names for these little metal tubes of colour are almost enough to transport you, dream-like, to your local art supply shop. No doubt resplendent in your artist’s painting smock clutching a small leather purse of your hard-earned florins.