It’s fantastic to see a developer find a new craft and then take to it in a way we didn’t expect. When Housemarque released Returnal, we had plenty of reasons to be nervous about them diving into 3rd person shooters, but cynics were proven wrong. Well now, they have taken that formula and improved on it with Saros to make a good new version that feels Housemarque. https://youtu.be/Rhj4r0y11os Saros has you play as Arjun. Arjun and his crew need to go to the planet Carcosa to find out what happened to previous expeditions that seemed to disappear. See, this world…
Author: Blair Loveday
It can be fun checking out a new anime with little to no context. I hadn’t done that for a while and so thought I would try it with Kaiju No. 8. Fortunately, this was one of the cases where I was highly rewarded for the gamble! https://youtu.be/JwF7bhvnCxI Kaiju No. 8 takes us to a Japan where Kaiju randomly appear and cause devastation to be taken down by a special force called the Japanese Anti-Kaiju Defense Force, or JAKDF. The show starts with a successful destruction of a Kaiju, where we meet our hero Kafka Hibino. Kafka isn’t your classic…
There is no lack of movies about war, especially movies about WWII. Nuremberg is a different movie, in the best possible ways, and it is much more enjoyable than I was expecting. As you may expect, Nuremberg is about the Nuremberg trials but less about that than the buildup to it. The flick starts with the capture of the awful Hermann Göring, one of Hitler’s top dogs. Then the film kicks off with a series of different stories. One is that Robert H. Jackson, played by Michael Shannon, wants to kick off the Nuremberg trials instead of hanging them to…
Normally with headsets, I tend to check out the mid-priced devices. The slot where you get some premium features but don’t break the bank. Well, I got the chance to check out the $600 JBL Quantum 950 to see if that extra cash justifies itself or if the midrange devices are a better bang for your buck! What does the Quantum 950 offer that other headsets don’t? https://youtu.be/JQcNeFLxnz4 One of the coolest things the Quantum 950 offers is hot-swappable batteries. Rechargeable headsets are awesome, but when they run out of juice, you wind up having to cable yourself to your…
TMNT was way better than it deserved to be, and I had a cracking good time drafting it. So after seeing how good Universes Beyond can be, the question became how good would the next in-universe set be. Well, now we have Secrets of Strixhaven, I can say it is beyond fantastic. What is the secret? https://youtu.be/WUzG8tRX0x4 This is where I normally give a short feel for the online web stories for the set. The problem is, there is a prequel novel, which I don’t want to read the online series until I have read the novel which is still…
There are so many options for security cameras on the market now, and if you want to load upyour own home, it can be a costly endeavour. Blink has been a quirky little brand offering lower-spec’d devices that come with some sweet benefits and a sweeter price point. But now they areupping the game with 2K, and I got the chance to take the Blink Outdoor 2K+ for a spin. Design and Style https://youtu.be/DMBF3px3wL8 I have never been the biggest fan of the style of the Blink cameras. The unique but weird squareshape is odd. Having said that, the biggest…
If you have gone boots-deep into smart homes, there is a good chance your lights are doing allkinds of smart, fun shenanigans. Whether you have them turning on when you walk in the roomor if you have them syncing to your TV, all of that requires some smarts. Philips Hue hashoused their smarts in the Hue Bridge, and if you have been using Philips Hue for a while, yourbridge may be struggling. So I got to take on the Philips Hue Bridge Pro to see if it is worth theupgrade. No need for Ethernet! https://youtu.be/EEJWT0uqeg4 This is a bugbear I…
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…
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…