Buzz Bee Berserker Review (6/10)

Man portable dinosaur hunting weapon.

Back in the mid to late 2000's Buzz Bee was nowhere near as we know them today. They never made high powered Sentinels and whatnot like they do now. They tried cramming shell ejection into every possible blaster they could think of, which of course never ended well. They didn't discover the concept of ergonomics yet, and the grips on their blasters were best suited for someone missing two of their fingers. Oh and of course there was the Tommy 20, pretty self explanatory at it's best. But even in the sea of shit they were producing for years on end, there were a few rare gems. One of those is the Berserker, a hybrid blaster that takes a high capacity revolver and a rocket launcher and fuses them into one. But how good was it exactly?

Lanard Big Salvo Review (6/10)

We got the rockets.

Hey what do you know, more slightly obscure off brand foam weapons to review! I got several more on the way and this is just one of them, actually the first Lanard blaster I've reviewed on here. Let's face it, air power is fun. It can shoot either really fast or really far and it could leak like a sieve too! No batteries required, just a little muscle and some epoxy. The Big Salvo is one of the few remaining air powered blasters on the market and it aims to meld speed and power together in one package. But does it really? Let's find out.

BOOMco. Burstwave Review (5/10)

Range? What the hell is that?

Yeah I know, I've been reviewing dart blasters with less and less frequency lately but no I'm not dropping Nerf and whatnot any time soon. The new stuff just hasn't hit the shelf yet and I'm not seeing any vintages worth grabbing on eBay yet. So today I picked up one of Mattel's more oddball blasters. This is the Burstwave, one of few remaining air powered blasters on the market and unfortunately, it's a bit of that one word we like to call terrible.

The Beast Has Arrived: Alienware Area 51 R2

Not from this world.

Today was a sad day, I said goodbye to my faithful Acer Predator G3620 that has been the backbone of everything from this blog to just my personal usage. After a recent power supply failure and the massive influx of new games and peripherals that are a bit too much for the Predator's old GTX 660 and 3rd generation i7 to handle, I began to look elsewhere. I initially wanted to upgrade the Predator to a new 6th generation i7, max out the RAM at 16 GB, and chuck in a GTX 980 TI but because of the limitations of the custom motherboard designed specifically for the Predator, that was about the most I could do. However miracles do happen, and a deal came by that I couldn't pass up. That's how I wound up with this monster of a computer, an Alienware Area 51 R2.

Nintendo "New" 3DS XL Review

Weapons upgraded.

After I reviewed the Wii U I felt like Nintendo had built something that was far too different to be a worthwhile competitor to Microsoft and Sony. The console was too unorthodox and unsupported compared to the competition plus it's price point wasn't exactly great compared to the PS4 and Xbox One. So I decided to delve into an area of Nintendo that wasn't as subject to scorn as it's home console, their handhelds. This is the latest version of their 3DS console; the oh so creatively named "New" 3DS XL and I do have to say, it's pretty awesome.

Xbox One Elite Controller Review

MOM! Where's my energy drink!?

How many of you guys are willing to drop $150 on a gaming peripheral? Not a lot I take it and probably within good reason. I mean why the hell would you want to drop that kind of money on something when you can get an equally usable device for a lot less money? Actually I'll just shut up because that's exactly what I did; me being a hypocrite. This is the Xbox One Elite Controller, a premium controller for the most hardcore of the hardcore. Just don't spill your Mountain Dew on it.

Oculus Rift Inbound

The future has arrived... kind of.

This is a big deal, like no kidding. The Rift is probably one of 2016's most highly anticipated products and it's been in the works since 2012. In four years Oculus went from being a small crowdfunded startup company to being bought out by Facebook for $2 billion; that just shows how rapidly the company has been evolving it's VR technology and now you can finally get the long awaited Rift for yourself. Well, I'm lying actually. The Rift itself has been backordered until July and if you were like me who ended up pulling that rather heavy $599 dollar trigger(Which is actually more like $680 once you figure in tax and shipping, not to mention more if your PC is below spec) on the day it came out which was yesterday. In other words I won't be seeing this thing for another four months which sucks but that's life I guess. You can get the Rift for yourself if you happen to be one of the lucky souls who pre-ordered; those come first and they are already getting theirs or by paying a scalper but I strongly suggest that you please not feed those scumbags. In the meantime you can pick up a cheap Cardboard unit to get a taste of what VR is like. Anyways, this will be something to look forward to down the line and I'll be impatiently waiting for the doorbell to ring in July.