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LEGO 10715: Bricks on a Roll Review
To celebrate 60 years of LEGO, the LEGO Group has launched a number of LEGO brick starter sets, themed in a specific way, which includes a booklet of building ideas. The concept here is to bring LEGO back to its roots: a box of blocks and a kid - or adult - with an imagination and knack for building great things! The Bricks on a Roll set from LEGO boasts 442 pieces of rolling fun, themed around wheels. Despite not having the flashy franchise of LEGO City, LEGO Creator, or other themed sets, Bricks on a Roll stands alone very well, and adds a number of harder to find items to your LEGO collection, all for 29.99 USD.
Samsung Gear S3 Frontier: Battery
One of the reasons most people shy away from smart watches is the assumed battery life such a device could have. Some of the fancy, higher tech devices require a charge every day and a half - which ultimately means you are charging every night to avoid it dying mid day. Even watches that claim to track your sleep become unusable as most individuals are popping them on the chargers overnight, limiting some of the watches functionality that consumers paid for. So far, after about a month with the Samsung Gear S3 Frontier, I haven't run into a single battery issue, and getting the advertised 3 days on a single charge seems pretty close to legitimate. Lets break down my use, and how that in turn affects battery life.
Don’t Let the Demo Fool You: Dragon Quest Builders on Switch has Tons To Do!
If you haven't had the opportunity to check out Dragon Quest Builders via the demo available on the eShop, stop what you are doing, pick up your Switch, and download it now. Our own Daniel Fugate wrote about the demo on the website late last month, and we were both under the same opinion: this is a must own for Switch owners! You can read his thoughts here, or just below and see what my initial impressions are!
Radiant Historia 3DS Demo Available Today
Radiant Historia: Perfect Chronology is coming out this month for the 3DS. The game is a DS remake. Atlus and Sega will be bringing the game to the 3DS. Today, a demo was released for the game. Here are my first impressions of the Radiant Historia Perfect Chronology demo! Also check out the story trailer below for more info on the game. Radiant Historia: Perfect Chronology will come out for the 3DS this month. Today I got a first look…
BlackBerry Motion – How’s It Holding Up?
It's been roughly two months since I began reviewing the BlackBerry Motion, and about a month and a half since we posted our review. I thought I would look back on a number of the categories and topics I initially discussed to see if my opinons have changed? You can find our full review here, but for our current thoughts, continue reading below!
Nintendo Switch Sales Surpass Wii U
Although no one will be surprised that this has happened, many will be surprised it happen this quickly. As of Nintendo's latest financial release, the Nintendo Switch is sitting just shy of 15 million unit sold, which easily topples the lifetime sales of the Wii U, which currently sits at roughly 13.5 million. For Nintendo, this is fantastic news. For Nintendo fans, this is also fantastic news, as the company is likely to continue rolling out fantastic experiences for it's consumer base!
Railway Empire Performs Better on Xbox Than Expected
When I saw Railway Empire from Kalypso - the same company behind the Tropico series - I knew the game was going to be relatively good. That being said, I always have a few reservations about playing tycoon and simulation style titles on a console, using a controller. More than half the time, the controller just cannot replicate the feel of the mouse and keyboard, and many games in this style fall flat because of pure controls. After only a few hours with Railway Empire, however, and I can safely say that this title does not suffer from that in any way.
Press Release: Insurgency: Sandstorm Rolls Out Its Teaser Trailer
January 30, 2018 - Taking the original Insurgency formula and evolving it, the million-selling FPS comes enhanced and expanded. Insurgency: Sandstorm is built in UnrealEngine 4 with upgraded graphics and takes the series into a new era. Coming to PC and, for the first time, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One, Insurgency: Sandstorm brings extended gameplay possibilities, improved immersion, as well as new co-op and versus objective-based game modes―all while retaining the lethal tactical action that made Insurgency the worldwide phenomenon it is today. Today's brand new teaser trailer follows a wounded fighter as he stumbles through an assault while images of combat flash through his head.
Samsung Gear S3 Frontier – Design and Build Quality
Thanks to our good friends at Samsung Canada, I've been giving a great opportunity to review the Samsung Gear S3 Frontier as I work towards some personal fitness goals. With six months to use the device, there will be ample opportunity to review it, provide feedback, and follow up on the experiences I've had to see if they've remained the same, gotten better, or progressively worse. Today, we will look at the design and build quality of the S3 Frontier, and talk about it's aesthetical nature. Is this something you want to sport in your day-to-day activities? Let's dive in and see.
ID@Xbox Releases – January 22-26
Another week has passed us by, and another round of ID@Xbox titles have hit the Xbox Marketplace. Check them all out below, and let us know which ones you might get!