My Brother and Nephew’s First YouTube Video!
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Posted on March 28th, 2025 by
My brother and nephew have just made their first “Let’s Play” style YouTube video, so I thought I’d share it with you here. They play an Xbox One game called Party Animals, where plush toy animals fight to the death. I’ve played it before with them, and while I don’t understand the appeal, my nephew just loves it! Anyway, click on the link below and watch it if you can!
Unplugged: The Dragonlance Novels – on sale!
Posted on March 18th, 2025 by
Before Harry Potter made middle-grade fantasy books “a thing”, there was a rich history of young adult fantasy books that were very middle-grade-adjacent. One of the standout series for me was the Dungeons and Dragons branded line of books in the Dragonlance setting. The initial trilogy follows a stereotypical fantasy gang of fighters, a thief, a healer, and a wizard as they go off to save the world from the machinations of the ultimate evil dragon god. Starting off as an inexperienced, eclectic group of semi-strangers, they bond together through six connected adventures becoming formidable heroes on their way to stopping the BBEG (big bad evil guy.) The first trilogy sold well and spawned many more novels in the same setting. Why am I mentioning it now? Well, the site Humble Bundle has a sale, The World of Dragonlance, featuring many of the books in the Dragonlance setting. For a low price ($1 for just a few books, $18 for 25 books) one can check out a seminal series in the history of Dungeons and Dragons. Folks who have recently jumped on the Dungeons and Dragons bandwagon should enjoy a look back at some of its early beginnings. As will all things on the Humble Bundle site, it is linked in with a charity fundraising event, this time for Room to Read – a charity trying to improve literacy among primary and secondary students.
LEGO Animal Crossing Sets
Posted on February 28th, 2025 by
As you may or may not know, I love Animal Crossing. Pac-Man may be my number one favorite game of all time, but I think Animal Crossing may be my second favorite. So you know that’s a lot! A little over a year ago, they started releasing Animal Crossing LEGO sets, and I finally got a couple of them so I thought I’d share with you all here.
Unplugged: Dungeons & Dragons 2024
Posted on February 22nd, 2025 by
Whether it is streamers, or pop culture icons (I suppose some are both) the role-playing hobby continues to make inroads to mainstream culture. Leading the pack is Dungeons and Dragons. With this week’s release of the new Monster Manual, D&D has just finished a refresh of their 2014 “5th Edition” ruleset. This new, “D&D 2024” edition is fully backwards compatible with the 2024 rules but has smoothed out some rough edges and attempts to provide a more helpful presentation of the material. In brief, the game has punched up the fun aspects for players, provided more concrete advice for new players, and souped up the monsters to provide more variety and more challenging monsters. While there is no dire need for anyone to change over from the 2014 rules (you can even run players running characters from each edition at the same time), new players should certainly start with the 2024 rules and hard-core players will probably see advantages in going with the new, adjusted rules.
Catch Pokémon in McDonald’s Happy Meals!
Posted on February 21st, 2025 by
Pokémon are back in McDonald’s Happy Meals, but this time it’s more of a focus on the card game. I picked one up the other day so let’s see what’s inside.
Sonic the Hedgehog Valentines
Posted on January 31st, 2025 by
First we had Mario valentines, then Animal Crossing, and now Sonic the Hedgehog! I found some of those elementary school style valentines at the store with Sonic, so I decided to get them and check them out.
Cary is Looking Forward in 2025!
Posted on January 24th, 2025 by
Around this time, I like to make a list of games that are releasing in the coming year that I’m looking forward to. Of course, this isn’t a full complete list, as there will assuredly be titles announced throughout the year that I may get as well. But anyway, here’s what I know now, for the most part, so let’s take a look at what games I’m looking forward to in 2025!
Cary’s Best Games of 2024 Awards Show!
Posted on January 17th, 2025 by
It’s time for my “Best Video Games of 2024 Awards Show!” Keep in mind that this is my list only and no other outside opinions contributed. And if a game isn’t on this list, it either just didn’t appeal to me as much or I haven’t had a chance to play it yet. Ok with that out of the way, let’s begin!
Zero to Dance Hero (Switch)
Posted on December 30th, 2024 by
Learn Hip Hop style dance moves step by step in Zero to Dance Hero. It’s a motion controlled dance game on Switch, and you can even pick instructors from the Fitness Boxing games (I think they’re made by the same folks).
Minecraft Gingerbread House
Posted on December 24th, 2024 by
When I went to the Five and Below store a while back, I saw a Minecraft Gingerbread House kit for only 4 bucks or so. I picked up a couple of them. One for my nephew and twin nieces to do, since my nephew loves Minecraft (what kid doesn’t?). And I picked up another one to do with my other brother’s stepson when we would do Christmas at my mom’s house. So I thought I’d share that with you and show you what it looked like.
