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Lego is making a Nintendo Entertainment System Set! Check out a video and the details about it below. According to the Nintendo of America twitter, “Bring the pixels to life with the #LEGO Nintendo Entertainment System set! Assemble your own console and retro TV, then turn the crank to make 8-bit Mario move across the screen! Add your LEGO Mario figure for even more fun!” I think this set looks really cool! I wish I didn’t suck at putting Lego…

Much of the bingo action today takes place over the Internet, as online bingo rooms have pretty much won the battle with traditional game halls. Internet bingo owes its popularity to simplicity, convenience and the advancements made by technology in recent years. Bingo halls are fighting a losing battle, but they deserve the respect for making the game popular in the first place. Here we have a quick look at the history of traditional bingo and how it became popular…

The results are in! Online gaming can actually be beneficial to your child’s learning and development, meaning you don’t have to feel guilty about screen time. As a parent, it’s hard to feel good about letting your kids zone out to videogames, but as it turns out, they might just offer your kids some really great skills development, beyond providing mindless entertainment. Striking a good balance between screen time and generally play can often feel impossible, but websites like Prinxy…

Nintendo of America announced on twitter today that there will be a Treehouse Live tomorrow, July 10, 2020. We have all the details available below! Treehouse Live July 2020 will air tomorrow at 12:00pm central time. According to the Nintendo America twitter there will be gameplay of the upcoming Paper Mario: The Origami King. Also it’ll “feature a first reveal and gameplay for a title in a franchise new to developer WayForward!” I’m a huge Paper Mario fan, so seeing…

CrossCode is an action adventure game coming to the Nintendo Switch this week! I’ve been playing it a bunch and now I’m ready to share my opinion of this game. Is CrossCode worth checking out? Here is my review! CrossCode is set in a fictional MMO (Massive Multiplayer Online) world. Note: this game is not a real MMO but at times, you can be fooled. The main characters and the NPCs all make the world of CrossCode seem like a…

Mojang recently released their Jungle Awakens DLC pack for Minecraft Dungeons, the first of two planned packs offered as part of the $30 Hero Edition of the game (the packs can still be purchased individually). Even if you don’t buy the DLC, there’s a free level, Lower Temple, on the main map.  That map has also been updated to show other hidden levels you may have missed along your playthrough.  On top of that, you can join a game hosted…

Paper Mario: The Origami King will be coming out very soon (July 17th) and so I thought I’d take a look back at previous Paper Mario games. Here they are: the good, the bad, and the ugly… The newest Paper Mario game will be coming out soon. So its time to take a look back at the good, the bad, and the ugly of the series. Let’s start at the beginning… Paper Mario: Debuting on the Nintendo 64, this game…

There really isn't a point to sugar coating it. Prior to the introduction of Xbox Game Pass - a brilliant business decision that puts fans first - Microsoft was floundering with the Xbox One family in the console space. Big franchises seemed to die on the platform, most notably Fable, and the console just never picked up steam to compete with the PlayStation 4. And all of these critiques comes from a guy who played the majority of games this generation on the Xbox One X.

With so many people having more time than ever at the home, it is starting to become evident that we should all have a hobby or two to fall back on. While home repairs and cooking skills are very helpful and effective uses of our time, having some more relaxing home hobbies is imperative. Having a relaxing or comforting hobby at home, one that does not come with stresses, deadlines or oversight forms a pattern in our brain that signals the end of our work or stressful activity and sends the body into relaxation mode.

The summer update to Animal Crossing: New Horizons came at just the right time for myself. To date, without time traveling of course, I had collected all the fish, found all the bugs, and purchased a new piece of artwork from Redd every time he was at my island. I had played, replayed, and then played again the fishing and bug tournaments, all in hopes of getting 300 points and that gold trophy. I had breeded and obtained every flower in the game (outside that elusive Blue Rose), and I had a five star island. What's a man to do?