This is going to be an intense year for Magic: The Gathering sets. With seven sets dropping this year, every single one is going to need to justify its place. After ending the year with the excellent Universes beyond Set, Avatar: The Last Airbender, then starting the year with the strong in universe Lorwyn Eclipsed, I was nervous about TMNT. I mean, how much good stuff can come out in quick succession? It’s a small set, but not small in every way https://youtu.be/eyZyJOoIwJA Spider-Man had some fun cards, but it was limited as a set in many ways. It was…
Author: Blair Loveday
Nomada studio blew many of us away when they released the exceptional Gris in 2018. Then, when Neva released it they proved that they weren’t a one-hit wonder. Well, after the heartbreaking main game of Neva, Neva: Prologue will toy with your emotions, just shorter. https://youtu.be/-9OhIcpr_5A Neva tells the story of a woman, Alba, who, with her dog sidekick Neva, goes through a messed-up world killing weird black creatures that come up out of the ground and corrupt the world. Well Neva: Prologue takes us back a step to before Alba met Neva. If you haven’t played the base game,…
With Echo shows, Echo Spots and Echo Dots, where do you start? Well, Amazon is letting you take Echo to the max with the Echo Dot Max! The question is whether the Max is worth the upgrade. Style! Even opening the box up I was getting good vibes from this device. The box front pulls down to have the Echo Max sitting on top of a little segment housing the power cable. I don’t know why, but satisfying unboxing experiences still bring me joy. The device itself is similar in size to the Echo Dot, and looks similar except, instead…
I know what you’re thinking. Man, I wish these novels had some more colour in them. Well, Kindle has brought colour to your books. Your black and white text will now have all the colour it deserves. Tongue-in-cheek aside, having played with the new Kindle ColorSoft, I don’t think I can read comic books the same way again. All coloury It may seem weird, but this is a big deal. For the longest time, Kindles have been black and white. When it came to reading novels, this was gravy. When it comes to comics, on the other hand, the colour…
I have gone down a massive Alexa path in my household, between turning on and off my lights, blasting Spotify music to appease my kids, to showing what’s happening at my front door. Having used Echo devices, I was pretty keen to check out one of the bigger Echo Shows, and so with that, I have now got to take the new Echo Show 8 for a spin, and I am digging it. Design https://youtu.be/LF80qMf-YyU These devices wind up in a pretty central part of your house, so their design is pretty important. The Echo Show 5 I had been…
My Hero Academia has done a good job with its movies. They have been easy to pick up and watch even without the context of a previous season. Well My Hero Academia: You’re Next keeps this rolling with a cracking new movie that you can now pick up on Blu-ray. https://youtu.be/22hBq1cvemE You’re Next kicks off with a man who is watching an old All Might film and is inspired by him. We then jump to our classic heroes who are fighting some villains when some mysterious characters turn up. Suddenly a man looking a lot like All Might turns up…
3:10 to Yuma has been one of those movies I have meant to watch for far too long. You know how you know something is supposed to be good, and you have every intention of watching it, but with so many good movies and TV shows coming out, you never quite get to it? Well, this has been on my backlog for over 10 years. Well, with a new release on 4K, it seemed like it was finally time to check it out. If, like me, you have waited too long to watch it, I highly recommend that you correct…
After the awesomeness that was Avatar: The Last Airbender Magic set, I was chomping at the bit for some in-universe Magic. I had never played with the plane of Lorwyn before, but when I saw Elves, Elementals, Goblins and stuff, I was so keen. The Magicest Magic I had ever seen. So after Lorwyn Eclipsed got pushed back to the start of this year, I felt the hype rising. Now it is here and… well… It was worth the wait! Why is Lorwyn Eclipsing? https://youtu.be/mCQ5EF69rSQ If, like me, you are going in without knowing about Lorwyn, it’s a fascinating world.…
When it comes to family movies, there is so much to choose from. From the old timeless animated flicks to timeless live-action flicks like The NeverEnding Story. But what new movies might sit in that space for newer kids that don’t have 90s nostalgia goggles? Well, The Legend of Ochi is one that is making a good case for being a child’s future classic. https://youtu.be/_jTFLg3arYU The Legend of Ochi takes us to an island in the Black Sea where there is a small village. This village goes out on hunts for a terrifying creature called the Ochi. Yuri sneaks along…
This year I have checked out the JBL Clip, the JBL Flip, and now I am checking out the JBL Grip to find out whether you should clip, flip, or grip your own JBL. As with everything I check out from JBL, I will say I am impressed, but I will dig into why below! That classic style https://youtu.be/vvp2Hy9IPsw At first you will notice the JBL Grip looks a lot like the Flip, and it does but upright. Where the Flip is oriented to lay down, this bad boy is designed to look right sitting on its end. This may…