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The following is a review of the HOMLAND Rollator Walker . Quick to assemble, sturdy, and top-tier support My mom is temporary disabled due to a fracture in her leg and is unable to put any weight on her foot. She’s been using a standard walker but was looking to get something that would allow her to do meal prep in her small kitchen (by sitting down) and then easily move the food into her…
The following is a review of the board game Draconis Invasion: Wrath. New cards, new stages, and new setup options If you find this review useful you can give it a thumbs up on Board Game Geek . Context: This is based upon two players going through the entire expansion, Draconis Invasion: Wrath, one stage at a time. Once we started, we played through the entire 12 stage campaign over the course of…
The following is a review of the Seagate Expansion Portable 2TB External Hard Drive HDD, with USB 3.0 (STEA2000422) , received as part of the Amazon Vine program. Fast Storage for Windows and Mac I’ve had an off-and-on relationship with Seagate, going back and forth between them and Western Digital when I need both internal hard drives, as well as external hard drives. For external hard…
The following is a review of The Role-Playing Game Primer and Old School Playbook , by Chris Gonnerman. A Quick and Helpful Read, Especially For Basic Fantasy About a year and a half ago I was on a temporary kick to read up on different pen-and-paper RPGs, having lost track in early/mid-2000. Around then I discovered the Open Game License, and Basic Fantasy. Fast forward a year and change and I…
The following is a review of One Week Ultimate Werewolf, received as part of the Amazon Vine program. Still Just Too Random One Week Ultimate Werewolf isn’t my first game of the series, having played many of the One Night variants in the past. However, those have never really clicked with me, as they’ve felt just way too random. In this variant we have a box much larger than the One…
The following is a review of Dungeon, received as part of the Amazon Vine program. Great Filler Game for Any Level of Player In short, Dungeon Mayhem is a great little filler game, that’s easy to teach, for two to four players, with the sweet spot being somewhere within three and four players. In Dungeon Mayhem each player selects one character from a total of four characters, with each have…
The following is a review of the PlayStation 4 Starter Edition of Starlink, Battle for Atlas, received as part of the Amazon Vine program. Starter Edition Just Doesn’t Pack Enough Value I’ll be honest, I was interested in No Man’s Sky , until I heard how many promises they broke as part of the release. However, an open world game where you could explore new worlds and,…
The following is a review of the PDP Cloud Media Remote for the PlayStation 4, received as part of the Amazon Vine program. Fine for the Functionality it Provides With the PlayStation 4 Sony hasn’t made it very easy to pick up a dedicated remote for the system. With the PlayStation 3 Sony had a branded PlayStation 3 remote that was quite good, for a fairly reasonable price. With Sony’s…
The following is a review of the Cooler Master CK500 Gaming Mechanical Keyboard, received as part of the Amazon Vine program. Quite the Lightshow, Once You Get Used to It A few months ago I was starting to look around at replacing my Bloody’s B720 Light Strike Mechanical Gaming Keyboard , since while it was a very nice keyboard, the limited lighting options were bothering me. I took a look at a…
The following a review of the Amazon-exclusive Fisher-Price Rock-a-Stack & Baby’s First Blocks Bundle received as part of the Amazon Vine program. Nice Little Bundle Over the last couple of months our child has progressed to the point where he’ll take care of satisfying his play needs, and is working on really controlling his fingers and hands. So it was perfect timing to try out the…
The following is a review of the Summer Infant 3DPac Stroller, Lightweight and Compact Carseat Adaptible Design with Convenient One Hand Fold, and Reclining Seat and Extra-Large Canopy for Comfort, received as part of the Amazon Vine program. Just Wish it Were Easy to Unfold and Had More Storage Our son recently got too big for his infant-sized car seat/carrier, which meant that one of our…
The following is a review of the Sony SRS-XB31 Portable Wireless Bluetooth Speaker (SRSXB31/Ll) , received as part of the Amazon Vine program. Works Well For Parties, Not So Much For Audio Books We’ve tried a few speakers for when we work or entertain outside in our backyard, but haven’t found the perfect speaker quite yet. So when I showed my SO the Sony SRS-XB31 she was interested in…
The following is a review of the Under Armour Vacuum Insulated Stainless Steel 18 Ounce Tumbler , received as part of the Amazon Vine program. I’ve Spilt Almost as Much Water as I’ve Drank So that headline is a bit of an exaggeration, but using this I have spilt water: During two standing meetings. All over my significant other. Onto/into my bag. At least twice. All over the front of…
The following is a review of Kaiju Crush, received as part of the Amazon Vine program. Rock, Paper, Scissors, Destroy While Kaiju Crush isn’t a very deep game, we’ve enjoyed every play of it. The idea is simple: each player selects a kaiju/monster and tries to destroy as many tiles in the city as they can, keeping in mind what types of tiles they are, and which objectives for bonus…
The following is a review of Dr. Brown’s 4 Piece Options Wide Neck Bottle, 9 Ounce, received as part of the Amazon Vine program. Has Become Our Favorite Bottle Quite simply, Dr. Brown’s 9 ounce 4 Piece Options Wide Neck Bottles have become our favorite bottle for our now child. Before having our child we received a number of Tommee Tippee bottles, and some Avent bottles. While we…