Did you ever stand against the wall during PE and watch as all of your classmates were chosen to be on a team while you stayed put? Were you glued to the wall until the only other person was chosen and the team leader stared you down, grimaced, and beckoned for […]
Kickstarter Round-Up: Noir, Girl Gamers, and Online Storytelling!
Last Life [vimeo 88592346 w=500 h=281] This is the coolest concept! A strategy game that mixes sci-fi and noir into an adventurous storytelling game that lies in the same vein as Telltale’s Walking Dead series and Kentucky Route Zero. You are murdered P.I. Jack Parker, who has been brought back through […]
Kickstarter Round-Up: Dinos, Secret Films, and Space (again)!
Kickstarter has already seen $112 million in pledges in the first quarter of 2014, with each day averaging over $1 million in pledges. The Kickstarter blog breaks down those numbers, as well as providing updates for some previously funded projects, in a recent blog post found here. The varied projects that […]
Imagination Inspiring Fitness
I have been overweight for the majority of my life. I hated exercise because it was boring. I didn’t want to eat well because food that is good for you doesn’t necessarily taste good. Everywhere I went, skinny was flaunted and I began to resent the need to lose weight. […]
Kickstarter Round-Up: Bears, Love, and Tiki!
Bear Simulator The TL;DR is “It’s like a mini Skyrim but you’re a bear.” If that one glorious line didn’t sell you on donating, then you’re going to have to do a lot more reading to see all the hilariously fascinating things they’re trying to put into a game that […]
Sephora’s Divergent Collection Spring 2014
Sephora has released their newest makeup collection inspired by Divergent! The set includes makeup palettes and a nice looking nail polish set. Something you guys may not know, is that I am an intense makeup aficinado. I own over a hundred bottles of polish and had a small time […]
Kickstarter Round-Up: Spaaaaaaaaace!
PeriAreion I can’t play action games to save my avatar’s life, but I have such fond memories of Sid Meier’s Alpha Centauri that this Kickstarter is bringing back. PeriAreion is a real-time strategy game that plops you and your team of colonists down on Mars, where the goal is to […]
Unboxing March 2014: Loot Crate vs Nerd Block
[youtube=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WEEIF761S9Y&w] Loot Crate vs. Nerd Block – March 2014 Loot Crate and Nerd Block are two very big subscription box companies. They both have a large fan base and they both consistently give out awesome product in their boxes. Loot Crate costs $13.37 a month plus shipping which comes out […]
Kickstart Round-Up: RPGs, Running, and Reading!
I’m now well-versed in the world of Kickstarter, thanks to making these weekly updates as I scour through the projects, so I thought I’d drop this little bit of knowledge on all of you: as of March 4, 2014, Kickstarter has received a BILLION dollars in pledges with the help […]
Kickstarter Round-Up: Music, Cards, and Drinking (It’s a Party)!
In the latest Kickstarter drama, John Campbell (whom you may know from picturesforsadchildren.com, which is now just a blank page) updated his Kickstarter to say he wouldn’t be sending out any more books from his successfully funded venture in 2012. This article highlights the important bits, if you don’t want to […]
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