Nick Pino

Managing Editor, TV and AV at Tom's Guide

United States

Nick Pino is a veteran technology editor and journalist based in Buffalo, New York. Currently, he's the Managing Editor of the TV and AV verticals at Tom's Guide, but has previously worked on TechRadar and Best Buy's @GAMER Magazine.

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TechRadar
05/04/2016
Why we love Star Wars

Happy Star Wars Day! We've chosen to republish this feature, which ran just before Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens came out, to remind fans and non-fans alike why the series means so much. May the fourth be with you.

TechRadar
01/30/2016
Wyclef Jean on his new tech partnership and the future of audio

While other rappers spent their month starting Twitter wars and picking fights with Neil deGrasse Tyson over the shape of the Earth, Grammy Award-winning artist Wyclef Jean is busy forming groundbreaking partnerships with international audio manufacturers and plotting the future of sound.

@GAMER magazine
11/08/2013
The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds review

The world is a very different place today than it was 20 years ago, when The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past debuted on SNES. Now the only time the Cold War is mentioned is in a Call of Duty game, and MTV is the only place you can’t watch a music video. And Link? In this spiritual suc- cessor to the 1992 classic, he can flatten his body into two dimensions.

TechRadar
02/28/2015
Video Games Live: Tommy Tallarico on 21st century sound

"It's the perfect meeting of the worlds. It's analog meets digital. It's nature and technology. It's tradition and future." Videogame composer and world-record holder Tommy Tallarico was talking about a new album he's working on with EDM artist and pioneer BT.

TechRadar
03/14/2017
Oculus Rift review

Update (3.1.17): Oculus Rift is getting a massive price drop in the US. Announced at GDC 2017 , the hardware will now be sold in a package deal with the Oculus Touch controllers for $599. Separately, you can now by the Oculus Rift headset for $499, and the Touch controllers for $99.

TechRadar
03/03/2017
LG Signature OLED W7 (OLED65W7) review

The LG W7 OLED is truly something special. Not only is it one of the thinnest TVs to ever grace our vision (it's 2.75mm thin), but it's also one of the most gorgeous. When fed the right kind of content - in this case, 4K HDR10 or Dolby Vision video - it truly shines.

@GAMER magazine
05/13/2013
Castlevania: Lords of Shadow 2 cover story

Outside, an army of soldiers is waiting to rush into the castle and kill what’s left of the once-Knight of the Brotherhood of Light, Gabriel Belmont. Now, en- gulfed in darkness he is Dracul, the sole Lord of Shadow. As the door gives way, covering the hallway with its splintered remains, he empties the last drop of blood from the sanguine goblet he’d been holding. “Good,” he says. completely shake the all-too-easy God of War comparison that haunted the first Lords of Shadow game. What I did...

TechRadar
04/20/2017
Amazon Echo just out-Googled Google Home

Think you know a lot about smart speakers? Let's test your knowledge. Only one speaker can connect to your Google account, check your calendar and allow you to add new events. Is that speaker a.) Google Home or b.) Amazon Echo? If you guessed Google Home, you're a logical, intelligent human being.

TechRadar
03/30/2017
Xbox One S review

Three years after the release of the original Xbox One, Microsoft has released a updated version of the console. It's smaller, it runs quieter, but its most interesting development is its resolution which has been boosted from HD to Ultra HD, aka 4K. It's not quite a complete 4K console.