Grant Gaines

Hey, my name is Grant and I'm the managing editor and main reviewer at Just Push Start. If there is one thing I've learned over the past 20+ years, it's good games come in various shapes and sizes, so I'm always excited to try something new, even if I'm not that good at it. If you like what I do, have any comments or just want to get ahold of me, send a message to Admiralvic.

LucidSound LS1 Premium Chat Headset

Initially gaming headsets were designed with chat in mind. Eventually this evolved into something closer to normal headphones and today they do all kinds of neat things like Waves Nx or Super X-Fi technology. While that is great for anyone looking for a more immersive experience, sometimes people...

Creative SXFI AIR Headset Review

Recently there has been a lot of competition in the gaming headphone space. Every company wants to capture the market and try to offer something unique. In the case of Creative Labs, that is Super X-Fi, an head and ear-mapping technology that boasts impressive sound staging and a more expansive...

FiiO M5 Review

A lot of my digital audio player (DAP) reviews have dealt with the practical side of things. It doesn’t matter if a camera is better at taking photos than a phone or tablet if you never have a camera on your person. This has always been something of the downfall of DAPs from a consumer...

LucidSound LS10 Review

One thing I’ve always appreciated about LucidSound is the number of options and value they offer. Even when I gave my friend a pair of their old entry level LS20s, she wore them daily and often commented on them being the best pair she has heard. While LucidSound has found a lot of success at...

K5PRO Review

One of the biggest and most praised changes this console generation was the idea to include a 3.5mm jack on a controller. It’s something Sony and later Microsoft decided to do and a commonly requested Switch feature. Despite making things easier on a number of gamers, among other things, these...

noblechairs Hero Review

Arguably the hardest gaming accessory to purchase is a chair. Part of it is due to how few places have one on display or even in stock and it’s the type of item you’re basically stuck with. One advantage to conventions like E3 is there are plenty on display, though it’s easy to wow someone...

Meze 99 Classics Review

One of the struggles with gaming headsets is that they’re designed to fulfill multiple different roles. Proper calibration isn’t as important as giving a competitive advantage, highlighting certain elements or enhancing the overall experience. Once you start adding features, amazing technology...

FiiO M11 Pro Review

Simply put, audio is fascinating. You can play the same content across a variety of speakers and sources and get a wide variety of results. Because there is so much that goes into it, there is an seemingly endless stream of high end products to deliver the best sound experience possible. Given the...

Disgaea 4 Complete+ Review

What stands out about Disgaea isn’t the gameplay, as much as the variety and differences between titles. Even if they all feature the same core gameplay concepts, with the newer versions obviously offering various improvements, the stories are pretty different. This is why Disgaea 1 has stood...

Mobile Edge ScanFast Checkpoint Friendly Briefcase 2.0 Review

A lot of consideration goes into bags for travel or for work. Sometimes choices are made for style, like my Coach briefcase, whereas others are selected for more practical reasons, such as my Nomatic travel bags. At this year’s E3 I was introduced to Mobile Edge, by meeting the wonderfully...

HyperX Cloud MIX (Rose Gold) Review

One of the most common conversations I have with people are in regards to simplifying their life. This is why so many products try to appeal to larger markets, as it’s easier to justify a more expensive phone that can also play music, take good pictures and more than buying a single device that...

The Ninja Saviors: Return of the Warriors Review

Developers and publishers have gotten a lot of criticism for the number of ports and remaster we’ve seen over the years. Without getting into a long debate about what is and is not acceptable, I am personally delighted a number of games have found new life on home consoles. With countless, maybe...

Children of Morta Review

With the rise of digital downloads, it’s a lot easier for smaller developers to make something special. Be it Enter the Gungeon or Hotline Miami, these titles have a lot of charm while also trying different things. The same is true for Children of Morta, an action RPG with roguelike elements,...

Concrete Genie Review

The struggle with high concept and experience games is that they’re hard to objectively evaluate. Either the concept allows it to transcend normal limitations or it falls short because the concept just does not deliver. Still, things like Concrete Genie are great, because they redefine what a...

Indivisible Review

Lab Zero Games shocked players with Skullgirls. The look, feel and amount of character the small roster had was impressive and lead to a lot of support. Sometime later, they announced their next adventure would be a Metroidvania style RPG called Indivisible. This was announced a little over four...

FiiO M11 Review

When smart phones first released, I don’t think anyone could’ve predicted just how important to our daily life they would become. Before you’d need a wide variety of items to perform a number of functions. A camera to keep track of memories, recorder to capture sound, a music player and for...

The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening Review

The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening has always had a special place in my heart. In addition to it being the first Zelda game I ever played, it’s among the better ones in the franchise. Sure, it wasn’t the experience changing adventure of The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time or as expansive...

HyperX Cloud Alpha S Review

When it comes to gaming accessories, I don’t think there is any product that leads to people asking for recommendations more than headphones. Part of it is selection. HyperX makes a lot of products, but the site lists four mice, four keyboards and 11 or more different headsets/earbuds and this...

Borderlands 3 Review

Borderlands 3 actually has a lot in common with Catherine: Full Body. With Borderlands having at least 4 years between releases and for many it’s 5 or more, that’s plenty of time to change as a person. We also saw different experiences, like Destiny attempted to do a far more serious version...

River City Girls Review

Outside of rail shooters, I’d say beat ‘em ups are the most fun games to play locally. They’re simple, easy to learn, involve a good amount of teamwork and they can be a lot of fun. Despite the genre dying off, there are still some great games to release under this genre. Be it Castle...

HyperX Cloud Orbit S Review

One of the biggest struggles for any company is brand recognition. When most think of gaming headphones, it’s companies like Astro Gaming or Turtle Beach, not Audeze or LucidSound. This is something that makes the seriously impressive, though also quite pricey, Audeze Mobius such a hard sell to...

Catherine: Full Body Ending Guide

Even though Catherine: Full Body has been out for years, the newly released remaster features five new endings for players to obtain. None of them are particularly hard to obtain, though they require extremely specific actions to unlock, and given these are the endings players want to see, we...

Catherine: Full Body Review

A lot has changed in the eight or so years since Catherine originally released. Obviously flip phones went from being entirely too common to a relic younger people might not even know, but the bigger one is how much has changed in my life. When Catherine originally released I was close to done...

Astro A50 Gen 4 Review

Back when I got my first real gaming headset, so not something like the extremely dated Plantronics Gamecon Halo 2 Headset, there were basically three companies. Turtle Beach and Tritton fought for the low end and Astro Gaming dominated the high end. At the time, nothing could compare to the Astro...

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