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Review – Star Wars Smuggler’s Bounty: Cantina
Ever wondered if there was any way to fulfill your craving for Star Wars swag? How about having exclusive items from the franchise delivered to your door? Look no further, Smuggler’s Bounty is here! For those of you not familiar with the Smuggler’s Bounty subscription, here’s the 4-11: Subscription box in......
NeoLev Back to the Future Levitating Hoverboard
NeoLev recently announced their latest 1:8 Scale Levitating Hoverboard with 8″ Half-Pipe Base. It’s not secret that I’m a huge Back to the Future fan so I was excited to find out about this new product. I’ve owned the other versions and was of their floating hoverboards and was pretty excited......
Rosewill RX202. An armor looking enclosure.
This year I had the privilege of touring the Rosewill Inc. booth at CES (2016) The reason I put it that way is because I’ve been a long time customer of theirs. As the “house” brand of Newegg per say, I’ve always had great success with their stuff and much of what they......
Delivered! Quest Loot Crate April 2016
I was excited to receive this shipment when the Quest Loot Crate Theme was announced and we found out that it was to include items from Labyrinth and Harry Potter and others. The theme announcement continued the excitement from the day before when we posted about a Labyrinth board game being made. Let’s......
Ratchet and Clank Review Playstation 4 Exclusive
Ratchet and Clank Review PlayStation 4 Exclusive This isn’t the Ratchet and Clank you remember. This re-imagining takes us back to the roots of how Ratchet and Clank met. The release of this game somewhat coincides with the theatrical movie release on April 29. This is the game, about the......
I Won’t Help Final Fantasy XV Turn Profit
No, I won’t help Final Fantasy XV turn profit. There’s some context to this. Lots of it. Nearly 12 years of it when we first saw this title as Versus XIII, planned to co-exist with the XIII entry which would be called out for its’ “linear” approach to a hit RPG......
Gigabyte 990FX Gaming G1 Motherboard Overview
AMD’s AM3+ Socket design had been around for a long time. A modification of the original AM3 socket introduced in 2009, it first fired up in 2011. That’s over 5 years ago (as of this writing). Almost antique in the PC world. Technology changes at a heartbeat. Generally more......
Review – Star Wars Smuggler’s Bounty: The Resistance
The Star Wars hype has yet to die down (has it ever, though?), and what better way to keep it up than with another geek-tacular (this should be a real word) Smuggler’s Bounty review! So, what exactly is Smuggler’s Bounty? Glad you asked! This is a bi-monthly subscription box in......
Monoprice Medium Tactical Backpack Review
Monoprice Medium Tactical Backpack Review Monoprice Medium Tactical Backpack review (PID 14340). I received this knowing that I would be relying on it heavily for an upcoming electronics trade show where I would be lugging around my camera equipment, as well as chargers, fluids, munchies, and numerous other necessities. Thus, I......
Delivered! INVASION Loot Crate January 2016
Delivered! Invasion Loot Crate January 2016 I tried my best to avoid spoilers, but some friends who got theirs for the first time posted to Facebook and I got a quick spoiler of some of the items. I was pretty excited to see The X-Files was being featured in this......
What’s in My Bag? CES Edition
My Bag is Heavy I am a total gadget geek. There’s a lot of stuff in my bag. I gotta have (most) of my devices with me when I am traveling. I gotta have my mobiles, cords, entertainment devices, and extra power! My destination and the length of time I......
Review – Star Wars Smuggler’s Bounty: The First Order
The Star Wars franchise, in conjunction with Funko, have put together a subscription box featuring exclusive Star Wars themed merchandise. These are sent out every other month, with themes focused around different areas of the Star Wars universe. The box’s debut theme was The First Order. What’s Inside? Captain Phasma Chrome Pop!......
My Experience With Japan Crate
I had been eyeing this Japan Crate box subscription for a while, but never jumped on it until recently. I love Japanese snacks, so once I found out that Japan Crate was offering free shipping within the US, I really had nothing to lose. There are 3 types of Japan......
Delivered! COMBAT Loot Crate November 2015
Delivered! COMBAT Loot Crate November 2015 November 2015’s Loot Crate’s theme is Combat. Judging by the teaser image that was put out and the tweets by @LootCrate, I guessed that there would be Street Fighter and Fallout items in the box. I wasn’t sure who the other guy was until......
Delivered! TIME Loot Crate October 2015
Delivered! Time Loot Crate October 2015 October 2015’s Loot Crate’s theme is Time. I was so excited to see this theme. Loot Crate claimed that this is 100% exclusive. What excited me was the teaser image that showed the Delorean from Back to the Future flying in front of the......
Happy Back to the Future Day!
Happy Back to the Future Day! The Future is here! Back to the Future day is here. Many of us have been waiting many years for this days to come. Back to the Future predicted many things. Some came true, some are almost here, and some are way off. Either......
Publishing Your First Fantasy Novel
The Road To Self Published Glory The purpose of this post has been as a simple guide to getting your fantasy masterpiece published. There are two roads to this goal; 1/ Traditional Publishing: I’m mentioning this because it exists but is getting increasingly harder to achieve. You may be the......
Writing Your First Fantasy Novel
Writing your first fantasy novel can be one of the most rewarding, awesome, amazing things you do in your entire life. Provided you are willing to roll around in a big old pile of madness while you do it. You look at them, on the back covers of their novels......
Delivered! Summon Loot Crate September 2015
Summon Loot Crate Septermber 2015 Delivered! Septembers 2015 Loot Crate’s theme is Summon. What’s inside? It seems like something magical. But what’s that, a Pokeball, too? I choose you, Loot Crate! Video Unboxing! There are several cool things inside the Summon Loot Crate box. Let’s open it up! What’s......
Delivered! Villains 2 Loot Crate August 2015
Villains 2 Loot Crate August 2015 Delivered! It seems like only yesterday that I got my last delivery. This month’s Loot Crate theme, Villains 2, is a sequel to last years popular Villains crate. I was excited upon hearing Villains 2. Heroes 2 was a pretty good sequel crate last......
Delivered! Heroes 2 Loot Crate July 2015
Heroes 2 Loot Crate July 2015 Delivered! Just less than a week after of getting an exclusive crate at San Diego Comic Con, another one appeared at my doorstep. This one was part of my regular subscription. This months theme is Heroes 2. Heroes 2 Loot Crate is the first......
San Diego Comic Con 2015 Loot Crate Exclusive Creature Crate
SDCC 2015 Exclusive Creature Crate Before San Diego Comic Con, Loot Crate teased two exclusive boxes to be available. One was the Exclusive Cosmic Crate that was limited to 2,000 boxes and an Exclusive Creature Crate themed box that was limited to 10,000. I was only able to acquire the......
New Games in the Nintendo eShop Humble Nindie Bundle
New Games in the Nintendo eShop Humble Nindie Bundle The Nintendo eShop Humble Nindie Bundle is still selling strong. This first console bundle hopefully paves the way to more console game bundles on the Humble Bundle store. As of writing this, over $500,000 has been raised by over 58,000 purchases......
Nintendo Amiibo Hunt – Wave 4 Almost Complete
Nintendo’s amiibo figures have been gaining in popularity since they were announced in May 2014. These highly detailed figures are part of a new category of toys called ‘Toys to Life.’ Skylanders was first followed by Disney Infinity. Nintendo actually had no idea how popular their figures would become. Wave......
An Actual Floating Mini Hoverboard
Have you always wanted your own Hoverboard from Back to the Future? Check out my review for the NeoLev Limited Edition Signature Series Miniature Levitating Hoverboard Set. This Signature Series set was limited to 488. I knew I had to pre-order as soon as I saw the announcement. They promised......