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Nintendo has announced that there will be a Pokemon related Direct tomorrow. Check out the picture below for details! Will you check out the Pokemon Direct tomorrow? What do you think will be shown? Please share your thoughts in the comments below.…

League of Legends has been fraught with drama ever since its inception, and even nearly 10 years after its release, controversy continues to rumble on. Late February saw big name teams Vega and ROX warned for breaching discrimination laws enshrined in the LoL rulebook. Fans around the world, but particularly on Reddit, found the warning grounds to be overly harsh and railed against the decision. This, in turn, led to accusations of sexism from other areas of the fandom. However,…

My daughter has a school geography bee that will be taking place in a couple of months and it’s all she’s been talking about recently. In order to commend her excitement for learning and help her prepare, I started looking for fun tools (like trivia games) we could use together to help her learn about geography both in the United States and around the world. The apps that I’ve included below are ones that we’ve been using non-stop over the…

I’m still amazed that Final Fantasy 7, 10/10-2, and 12 are coming to the Nintendo Switch. I loved playing Final Fantasy 9 on the system. I can’t wait to play  these other games. If you want to buy them, they are available now to pre-purchase! Final Fantasy 7, Final Fantasy 10/10-2, and Final Fantasy 12 are all listed in the Nintendo Switch’s Coming Soon section right now! They all can be pre-purchased too. Final Fantasy 7 is $15.99 and will…

Daggerhood is the latest game that Ratalaika Games are bringing to the Switch. Its an action/platformer and its pretty hard. I have been playing it for review and I have some thoughts on it. Daggerhood is an insanely hard game. In Daggerhood, you play a thief who is out to steal all of the king’s gold. He only has a dagger to get him through all of the insane traps and enemies that he’ll find on his journey. Fortunately, the…

The 3DS is dead, long live the…wait a second. What’s that? A 3DS game is coming out next month. You have to be kidding me! What game is coming to the 3DS?! Its Kirby’s Extra Epic Yarn! And Nintendo released a demo for the game today. I still play my 3DS every day and so I decided to download the demo. Here are my thoughts on it. Kirby’s Extra Epic Yarn for the 3DS is an enhanced port of a…

Have you had the chance to check out the LEGO Movie 2? If so, you might be familiar with the new character Rex, and all his fun gadgets and vehicles. It was a pleasure to receive Rex's Rex-treme Offroader, and after putting it together, my kids had an excellent time playing with the set, and recreating their favourite moments from the film! Let's dive in!

At the New York Toy Fair, The LEGO Group released details and images of their upcoming Toy Story 4 sets that will be launching a few months ahead of the official film release in June. Coming out in April of this year, LEGO will be dropping these 4 sets and likely more around and after the launch of the film. Based on what we are seeing, these sets are not to be missed!

While fans of the Pokemon Trading Card Game continue to clamour for new cards and expansions, The Pokemon Company International continues to invest in the franchise and creates new and unique ways to play the game. It began with EX and GX cards, and has blossomed from there; with the latest expansion, the PTCG is now implementing dual Pokemon cards, or more appropriately, Tag-Team cards. Let's dive in!

Thanks to our good friends at Google Canada, we had the opportunity to take the Google Pixel Slate for a spin over the holidays, and since my family has enjoyed Android gaming on the Google Pixelbook, we figured we'd give it a try on the Slate as well. And the experience is, well, relativley similar, with one major important caveat: the keyboard disconnects.