Nerf Mega Magnus Review (9/10)

When you just need that extra punch...

This Magnus turned up as another one of the blasters I received on Christmas and after hearing about countless sour experiences with the Centurion, I couldn't really help but expect the worst from this new heavy pistol that hit the stores only recently. Just to put it this way, it's nothing you would expect, at all.

SuperMAXX 5000 Inbound

Punching through soda cans since 1998.

I really could not help myself, I saw this SM5k in my recommended items on eBay today while browsing for film equipment for only $50 bucks and I snatched it up on the spot. This being one of the one of the rarest and most expensive blasters out there, I feel pretty lucky I got it this cheap. As you can tell, the barrel attachments are missing and the ammo holders on the top have long busted off but the guts of this blaster are fully functional and the seller said it feels like it still could packs a punch, so I really have no excuse not to modify this thing now. Either way, these totally suck in stock form anyways. I'm going to do a full tank relocation, toss a brass breech in front, and I might sell this one on later when I'm done if I don't fall in love with the results and decide to keep it. Oh and more good news, I also got the brass I need to finish the Hyperion's internals finally after a year of sitting in a box. This should be interesting.

Nerf Revonix360 Review (4)

You spin me right round.

Ok yeah, call me a hypocrite but this was totally uncalled for. So when I said a was dropping Nerf for some time I did actually mean it, so when I found a Magnus, a Stockade, and Revonix360 under the tree from my family members, I feel like some of them didn't get the message. Ah, what the hell, reviewing this stuff now that I have it only seems necessary(I'm not going to review the Stockade, you all know what it does) and plus, I don't see many Revonix360 reviews out there, let alone any that are in depth.

Gran Turismo 6 Standard Cars

This R390 is practically a total remodel.

All I can say is holy crap. When I first heard there were standard cars in GT6, I was a little pissed knowing that they were really just cars ripped straight from Gran Turismo 4 and as a result they looked like complete ass. But Polyphony Digital said that they were retooling the cars a bit for GT6 and wow, it looks like they did a little more than just a "bit" of work to make these cars HD spec. Although they still arn't as pretty as the Premium cars, they don't look alien next to one now. Round of applause.

Nerf Triple Strike Autopsy

Unfortunately I can't do a full stock review on this blaster because of a curious little problem I found internally. Well, ok, to put it this way this thing sucks at firing the new standard 9" arrows as this thing normally fires the 11" variant. And it only fires two tanks instead of three. Why?

Forza Motorsport 5: Quality Over Quantity?

This KTM X-Bow is just stunning to look at.

Being a huge car fanatic, I can't help but love racing games, Forza being one of my go to games. Forza 5 is really the main reason I went with the Xbox One over the PS4 and so far... eheh... it's not quite what I was expecting. Reading some of the reviews they sliced the car list in half, remember the good 500 cars(Which still sounds meager to Gran Turismo 6's 1200 cars) Well you can kiss that goodbye because it's now down to 200 and the track list is tiny as well. To me, this sounds like a fool proof recipe for a DLC fest, about 300+ unfinished cars and some amount of tracks just itching to be released. Turn 10 said that each car and track took a tediously long time to craft and that basically sums it up, just not enough time. Luckily they are still cranking cars out and I HOPE to see that good ol' Sauber C9 sitting in my garage again. But I'm at least glad they took more time into refining the game mechanics, which makes a better game than as many cars as you can cram into it will ever be. In the mean time, I'll just enjoy gawking at every inch of the cars I can only dream of affording in Forzavista. What fun.

The Dominator: The Beginning of a vicious Triple Strike Mod

I remember first seeing the Nerf Triple Strike on Nerf Mods & Reviews and my first though was this ugly ass blaster with semi auto/shotgun capability with pretty large air tanks to go along with it. After the Hopper Clip became more popular I realized the devastating potential this blaster suddenly had. I realized you could mount 3 PETG Hoppers on this thing with six rounds each for a total of 18 shots each and you can fire three without pumping again. With the size of the tanks in mind, I estimate this thing can pull off 90+ or maybe 100+ feet on each barrel. As for some ergonomic changes since the blaster's original grip looks really uncomfortable, I'm mounting a Longshot front gun grip and a stock to make this then easier to use. Plus I'm reinforcing the flimsy pump with coat hangers and topping it off with some paint. I haven't even built this thing yet and it's already shaping up to being VERY badass, and it looks the part too.

More Nerf Mega Magnus Info

Hey we got some new info on the Magnus! How exciting... he lied... Awesomely Nerf got one and to say the least, it's underwhelming. It only shoots about 50 to 60 feet(Much like the Centurion) and that's only because of the darts this time. Why only? Because the Magnus is direct plunger but it fails to use it effectively and no, there aren't any holes from what I can see in the tube. Price in the US is $14.99 dollars and in the UK it should translate to about 9.37 quid but I could be off by a bit. I'd stick to a Firestrike.

Call of Duty Ghosts Review

There are those who wear masks...

Well after placing fourth in a Black Ops II tournament and waiting in line for a midnight release, I finally bagged my copy of the latest Call of Duty game. The excitement leading up to it was great but is it really the game we were expecting?

Command & Conquer Generals 2 Cancelled

I saw this coming a long time ago. After EA bastardized C&C once more by making the latest installation of the Generals universe free to play, I was almost certain that this game was going to go down the gutter faster than it could dig itself back up. The sad thing is though, it didn't look like that bad of game either, I did'nt play the alpha test for myself but it actually looked pretty good. But not being there first hand probably means that I didn't see the countless flaws that the critics pointed out. So EA shuttered development after negative feedback and "promised" they will crank out a fresh C&C game soon. What a fucking shame.

Nerf Lock n' Load Review (5)

This is going to be legen.....dary!

After 5 years of auctions lost, prices too high, and too many blasters in bad condition, I finally bagged what is often regarded as one of the best Nerf pistols ever made, the legendary Lock n' Load. I feel so... humbled by it's presence in my collection now... I don't even know if it's that good anymore. Anyways here's a review and a video overview at your disposal. My hunt is over.

Nerf MEGA Magnus Leaked

Well its about time we got a new MEGA blaster, oh wait, doe's anyone even care about MEGA now after the disaster the Centurion was? The Magnus is a new bulky ass pistol with a three round built in clip like a Speedload 6. Honestly it's probably just a Centurion shrunk down and more than likely, its still going to have a reverse plunger and jamming problems. If you want a pistol that shoots 100 feet or over, build yourself a Snap or a Super Nite Finder and start shitting on this thing, especially if it totally blows anyways.

Nerf Super Nite Finder

One pistol you don't want to get shot by.

This is my second attempt at making Jerm's monster pistol. I attempted this back in 2009 and failed because of my inexperience with modding at the time. So I figured what the hell and I did it again and improved on Jerm's original design with padding, a smaller form factor, and a better priming handle. Here's a fun little video of the blaster screwing up on me during a test fire. Turns out it was the seal decaying but hey, it shot like a champion and has the throne for my most powerful pistol. I'm going to rebuild the plunger head and double up on the rubber washers for a better overall seal and hopefully I'll get an actual test fire uploaded.

Crosman Z357 Ztorm Review

I was at Academy just browsing around and I came across this. I hardly ever see airsoft revolvers, let alone any that are actually good in stores but I guess this is good time for the store since I saw some high quality guns on the shelves and for exactly $100 bucks, I picked this bad boy up because it looks badass and seemed to be high quality. Here's the review.

Tek Recon Havok Review (4)

Happy Labor Day folks! Here We have a video review for the Tek Recon Havok. I've heard some good things and some bad things about this blaster. It has it's ups and downs but overall its a pretty cool and unique blaster but if it's not what you're expecting, you won't like it.

Really Nintendo? Nintendo 2DS

I'm still out on the hunt for a affordable 3DS XL so I can get my hands on a flash card and enjoy some good ol' handheld gaming after I(Stupidly)sold my DSi. Ok so there's this... the 2DS is a budget version of the 3DS geared toward children, wait what? Isn't everything that the DS line basically is geared toward kids anyways? Hmm... pardon my logic but this thing drops the price down to $130 USD, drops the 3D, hence the price drop, and the fucking thing will not fold! Ok so it's a children geared 3DS but kids have more destructive power than a nuclear bomb and as for something that has it's screens exposed 24/7 and will not fit into pockets easily at all, the last thing you would expect is for the device to be able to survive that crap right? It's probably just more comfortable to hold, that's it.

New Internet and DirecTV

Yeah... shit.

Well I got rid of Time Warner Cable and switched to Grande for internet and DirecTV for TV(Well duh!) I would have to say it's a vast improvement over TWC and I'm getting much faster speeds and better Wi-Fi coverage with the N750 router I picked up. DirecTV was another story. I'm impressed with the new Genie DVR's and they perform fantastically, but there's not nothing like the installer going up into the attic, and then falling through my fucking ceiling like Santa went into cardiac arrest while flying over my house. Well... they're paying for it, it was funny as hell though.

StudioYale Forum Is Up

Well guys I finally did it this time. The StudioYale Forum is now up and running, so now you guys can talk Gaming, talk Nerf, and talk shit in Off Topic, whenever you want! It's still work in progress and I will be "hiring" moderators to help maintain things. In case your wondering, I don't intend for this to be like that ill minded place called NerfHaven, I plan on this to be very open to people but still, don't make an ass of yourself anywhere but Off Topic. As far as looks go, not quite there yet but it's a start. Enjoy.

StudioYale Fourms

Clip System Plunger Tube Comparison

This is rough since I did it all in Paint.

I decided out of curiosity to compare the CS plunger systems side by side and I think I came across something. Being reverse plungered the Centurion does move a fair amount of dead space as seen in red but notice how the mechanics are similar to the Longshot. The Longshot uses a buffer(I guess that's what its called) with an O-Ring around it that when the blaster is primed, pushes down on the plunger head until it locks it into the catch. The O-Ring prevents air loss when fired. The Centurion uses this same method but the gearbox complicates things more. The tube itself does move but the way it's set up, the bolt is always retracted. Priming it compresses the spring and moves the breech forward, chambering a dart. When the trigger is pulled the plunger tube slams forward firing the dart then the bolt and plunger tube as a whole retracts via an extension spring hence the "Ka-Chunk" sound when fired.

So just by looking at the simple workings of the Centurions reverse plunger, you can see that by eliminating the dead space and moving the buffer almost down by the air restrictor, then crafting a direct plunger head and relocating the spring to the right position, plus plugging the air release slits and guess what? You essentially have yourself a giant Longshot plunger tube! Tinkering around with and simplifying the rest of the guts of the Centurion(You also may have to make a new catch since I think the Centurion's catch is quite odd)could eventually earn you a direct plunged sniper rifle that could fire Megas easily 100 feet consistently. I don't know if I explained this clear enough but I hope this helps out people with modding this beast and I'm probably going to have to try it myself when I get a Centurion.

Humble Origin Bundle

Check this out guys, for about 5 bucks you get seven games, just make sure you got a good PC and plenty of hard drive space.

• Dead Space
• Burnout Paradise: Ultimate Box
• Crysis 2: Maximum Edition
• Mirror's Edge
• Dead Space 3
• Medal of Honor

These two are only available if you pay over the average.

• Sims 3 +Starter Pack
• Battlefield 3

Secret Shot II Inbound!

Castiel Angel(aka Thailyer14; his blog) is sending me whats revered as one of the best pistols Nerf put out, the 1999 Secret Shot II and it's often considered the hand cannon since it can hurl Mega Darts great distances providing that you don't have a leak. The scope isn't actually a scope, press the button above the trigger and it swings down, sealing over the main barrel and you get a holdout shot when you need it. I'm going to rebarrel this thing with some PETG he's sending with it so results should be nice.

UPDATE: The Craigslist deal didn't go through so I wont be getting this pistol. One of these days...

Nerf Blazin' Bow Review (5/10)

Bow knows.

If you were a 90's kids and somehow into Nerf at the time, the Bow n' Arrow was the coolest thing out there until the Arrowstorm showed up a few years down the line. Well guess what folks, if your a fan of the classic Nerf blaster or a fan of that ludicrously overrated novel I clearly forgot the name of, check out the Blazin' Bow, a review after the jump.

Buzz Bee Air Max 10 Review (10/10)

First time I've ever used a Buzz Bee blaster that actually deserves a 10 out of 10. This is one of the better looking and by far one of the better performing blasters they have out right now. See the verdict after the jump.

Over 5000 Views: Thank You

Never actually thought this blog would get that much views. But I just want to give a big thanks to you viewers out there.

Nerf Zombiestrike Hammershot Review (4.5)

You feelin' lucky punk?

Remember Buzzbee's Pirate's Flintlock? Neither do I, its probably the first blaster to use hammer action priming and it was trash. So here come's Nerf with the Hammershot, a hammer action 5 round revolver fit for the apocalypse. Heres the review.

Nerf Zombiestrike Sledgefire Review (8/10)

Shellin' out punishment.

I couldn't wait to get my hands on this, the Sledgefire is Nerf's FIRST actual shotgun that's spring powered(Everything else before it was Air and didn't remotely resemble a shotgun.)and it's the first blaster to use shells. Lets see how this bad boy holds up to the apocalypse.

MAJOR ZombieStrike Haul

A lucky find for me at Target. There were only two Hammershots left, bought those out, two packs of Z-bombz, bought those out too, and three Sledgefires, bought one and that rang up to around $80 bucks. They had the Machete and the Blazin Bow labeled as well. I would probably get the machete and probably not the bow because unless you still haven't recovered from your Hunger Games fantasies yet, I'd take a Big Bad Bow any day. I didn't notice if there was a Centurion marked on the shelves actually, and again I wouldn't have gotten that one either because lets face it, its a piece of shit anyways. Last thing I'm going to buy this Summer/Fall for Nerf is probably a Revonix360 and I just wait until I find the Centurion for $20 at Ross one day.

The Most Useless Gimmicks/Features on Smartphones

I get a good laugh at some of the crap companies put on smartphones to entice buyers, most of which don't work right or generally people find useless. If you do find any of these useful, you either have a really good reason why or you have a brain condition and you might want to get that checked out. Here's my list of non- useful or non-essential features on the market.

Nerf Rapidstrike CS-18 First Impressions & FAIL

I finally got a Rapidstrike and I have to admit, Nerf really did something special with this one. Mine in particular, to make a long story short they forgot the battery tray spring so the circuit was totally broken. This is my first unboxing video and luckily I caught the whole deal unfold on film.

Nerf Dart Tag Snapfire 8 Review (4)

Prepare for trouble. Make it double.

Have you even imagined firing off any of your blasters without priming it? The Snapfire 8 has got you covered. But can these be effective enough to compete with with standard blasters? Find out in this review!

Centurion Internals Leaked In Greater Detail

I just watched Containment Crew's two part video on the Centurion's internals and holy cow, that thing is way more complex than it needs to be. Nerf really didn't want us to turn the next generation of high powered sniper rifles into top flight dart slinging machines this time. First of all, there is a whole bloody gearbox and a bunch of rails that need to be removed just to get to the reverse plunger. Oh and the thing is solvent welded shut so good luck changing springs out or filling those damn air release slits without destroying the blaster. Even if you still manage to brass breech it and redesign the entire lower receiver, its more work than needed when you will probably get better results with a Longshot or Homemades with less hassle. I'm still getting one just for kicks but I see no modding potential at all.

Modified Pyragon

The Pyragon's system is very similar to the Vigilon and Praxis, all complex.

Lets just say, I know why everybody hates Vortex. I personally love the lineup but modding them is the biggest pain in the ass I ever experienced. I've gotten considerably better at it since I nearly killed my thumb modding a Praxis and then perfected a Vigilon. All these blasters are too complex to be any good for mods but the payoff is you get about 90 foot ranges with a torsion catapult reclocked to the highest setting. It was a major pain in the ass but it turned out to be pretty fun.

Praxis/Pyragon

This was for fun and I never competed it so that it actually operates. This was probably similar what a Pyragon looked like in prototyping.

Bankcroft.de gets a SledgeFire!

Those lucky fucking bastards. Anyways this escalated quickly and luckily this blaster looks pretty sweet. It appears to pack quite a bit of a punch(That sound in the hallway was brutal) and the shells do NOT eject at all. The blaster just pushes it upward so you can take it out a bit easier. It has definite mod potential since it is direct plunger but not three separate tubes like I thought. Definite buy and potential respray.

New Projects, Some Still On Hold

Ok I'm beginning to lose patience with my Hyperion rifle I started several months ago. I have still yet to order my new brass parts and the forgetfulness has gotten to me and I'm just getting bored of seeing the blaster sitting there unfinished. As a result, I'm putting that on hold again for some time until I decide I want to finish it, in the mean time I'm looking for two things, a Rapid Fire Shotgun which I already got under control and an Air Zone Punisher. The RSFG is going toward my first Doomsayer of course and the Punisher is going toward a cosmetic experiment. I'm going to have trouble locating one of these again since I stupidly exchanged mine a few years back for a Unity Power System and I think the new Dart Zone model looks pretty stupid. If anybody has one, I'll be interested in buying it but only if it has all it's components.

Satellite Reign: If You Like Syndicate Fund This Kickstarter

In case you don't know, Syndicate is a franchise that has been around since the 90's, and that was something I didn't know until I played the original Syndicate and Syndicate Wars by Bullfrog on a DOS Emulator. I'm a big RTS fan and the Syndicate reboot felt empty and linear even though it was a visually great looking and sounding game, as result I enjoyed the games that came out 20 years earlier more. In the 20 or so years since Wars, the lead developer or the game Mike Diskett came out of the shadows and announced Satellite Reign(A pun on Wars's Satellite Rain weapon) as a spiritual successor to Syndicate Wars, spiritual being that EA owns all aspects of the original franchise so sorry folks, no Church of the New Epoch or EuroCorp in this one. Gameplay will be like Wars but everything will be more vivid and realistic. Agents are now class restricted so now you can't have a four man walking tank with Miniguns like you used to. This is a leap forward since it actually promotes strategy instead of steamrolling which most RTS games have blatantly allowed. I'm not going to spoil everything about this game but it looks very cool and promising with it's different take on RTS with a setting that hasn't been seen in 20 years. Fund this now and lets get the true Syndicate we've all been waiting for.

Afterglow Prismatic Wireless Headset Review

A while back I bought Afterglow's AGU-1S Headset, a very good headset especially for the price. but my only grievances were the highly over sensitive microphone and the non/self adjusting headband which would ride up on my ears after long gaming sessions. The Prismatic is just what it looks like, a redesigned AGU but with a few more tricks up it's sleeve.

Air Blasters: Are They Dead?

With Nerf directing it's attention mostly to flywheel power and spring powered blasters, the disappearance of air powered blasters, once the backbone of Nerf's lineup is becoming apparent. There's just a lot of factors that cause the transition from air to electric and spring and despite air having strong advantages over spring and electric in some areas. So why are air blasters just collecting dust on shelves now?

NVidia SHIELD: The Handheld Nobody Asked For

This was one I forgot to toss in my Generation 8 Warfare Outlook post. SHIELD looks like an Xbox One had hard sex with a Gameboy Advance SP and the end product was this massive, Xbox controller like device with a flip up screen. SHIELD is Android based and apparently can run most high end PC games, Battlefield 3 and Hawken being some on that list. The problem with Android is that it tends to be quite temperamental compared to other mobile OS types, but its very open and it actually makes sense on a handheld compared to Ouya who tried the same thing but with your TV. I think that these releases will be dedicated to this so unlike high end handhelds, well there's only really one at the moment, the Razer Edge which can actually run any PC game with ease thanks to it running Windows 8(Which is only good on tablets anyways) It's a bit of a tricky decision, and playing these games on a handheld is really neat but it's also like telling your wallet to take a dive off a cliff. SHIELD is $300 USD while Edge is $1000-$1200 depending on if you get the Standard or the Pro. I don't think anybody is ready to shell out that kind of cash just to play console and PC titles on a handheld. Most people are fine off with their 3DS's and Vitas and those toolbags who still think Temple Run is a good game(Thats to you too Ouya!) I would give it more time before we begin pushing high end handhelds into the market, and I would leave it to Sony and Nintendo to figure that out for the moment. It's neat but nobody wants to pay that kind of money yet.

Super Soaker Lightningstorm Overview

I just picked this up at Marshalls for 16 bucks which is a pretty sweet deal since this thing is usually around 30. There really isn't much to talk about this thing since its just a Thunderstorm with a reverse paint job and an assload of attachments which are all pretty neat. The ammo capacity is nearly tripled with the round drum, and the shield will hook up on most blasters but I doubt it will do much in terms of protection from water or darts. But the stock is the main reason people buy this thing, its easily the best stock produced. For one its very sturdy and comfortable and it almost resembles an MP5 stock. If you want just the attachments or don't have the blaster itself, buy this if you can find it cheap.

Nerf Centurion Update, It's Kind Of A Joke

By joke, I mean its FUBAR. Ok I'm going to go all technical and just get straight to the point here, it's reverse plungered with all these slits cut into the tube(Power reduction?) And it uses this odd breech system where it almost looks like the bolts moves oppositely from the priming rod. I'm not sure if this is only for UK and Australia because it think they have some restrictions of some sorts in place and the US may be different, but it quite a letdown if that's the deal internationally. MyLastDart has a plethora of internal shots and a clip of the breech in action but I'm not going to link any just in case Hasbro has a shit fit over it. I'll still get one to see what its capable of but I'm a bit skeptical now.

Happy Le Mans 2013

The 24 Hours of Le Mans, one of the greatest racing events of the year. Anyways, from what I've watched its looking pretty heated, a strong rivalry between Audi's R18s and Toyota's TS030s and the hydrogen car; the Green GT LMP-H2 failed to show up. It sounds like a bunch of vaporware to me since the spent enough time promoting it but never showed up for any official events. But I want to give my condolences to the driver of the #95 Aston Martin Vantage GTE, Allan Simonson and his family, nobody deserves to lose their life in such a way. Enjoy the race folks.

The ShotBaton: A Failed Attempt

This is basically just a slightly altered GunDagger without the blade and a coupler system. It would have worked but for some reason, there seems to be a leak right below the trigger/pressure switch coming through the hole where you depress it into. I have no idea how this happened but this would have been a pretty fun blaster to toy around with. As of know it discharges very little air and I'm not sure if I can fix it.

Official PlayStation Used Game Instructional Video

This has had to have been the funniest shit I've seen today. Game over Microsoft.

Gran Turismo 6 is Coming!

I haven't posted a lot of blaster related stuff lately so sorry if your were looking for any updates on that, but with E3 and all this next-gen stuff going around, its tough not to notice. I grew up on Gran Turismo and it got me really into cars and racing, I was a bit disappointed with GT5 and stuck around with Forza 4 for awhile but this looks more promising considering it was probably in development under our noses for quite some time now. With Xbox One failing my expectations, I don't plan on getting Forza 5 unless Microsoft cuts the crap, which is a shame because it looks like a good game as well. Anyways, I'll be picking this up on release with a PS4. All I can really hope is that it comes out on time, the cars are all HD spec, and  Porsche and all those cool concept cars from the last couple games show up. Oh and not to mention the Red Bull X1's, those were a blast.

Generation 8 Warfare Outlook

Oh its on.

Ladies and gentlemen, the 8th Generation war has officially begun. Meaning that Microsoft and Sony have been duking it out for 2 generations so far, now going on 3  and its looking pretty destructive before the new systems even came out. Nintendo... well still behind as usual but lets take a look at the current mess of events prolonging release.

Kinect 2.0, more like GLaDOS

I thought the whole deal with the Xbox One's anti used game policy and its DRMish log on every 24 hours for verification thing was pretty bad. But its when its idle, and its got that damn Kinect nobody wants plugged into it. Microsoft says its mandatory, otherwise the console will not work. I know the 360 doesn't do anything unless it has a charger active, while its idle. The One however has the Kinect 2.0 always on, always watching. In particular you if you come in its line of sight. One apparently also features a Siri like AI that can be voice commanded to turn the system on or off and a whole plethora of other crap(Thats all we know for the moment, Microsoft says there's more to it). I only think of Skynet Terminators, Eagle Eye, and GLaDOS. When I hear that a machine is going to have its own AI and a fucking camera and microphone that can't be disabled that's scanning around my game room and then trains itself on me when I walk in, its not a very pleasing feeling knowing that. It also has the power to check my heartbeat and mood. And it apparently recognizes who you are and will sign you in and some other stuff...What?!

The rest I take with a grain of salt but its possible, some people said it would direct ads to the things its sees around you. I don't want to be sitting eating Lays and wearing Fruit of the Loom and the console starts blowing up my dashboard with ads for the same brands around me. It sounds like the One is adaptive, as is all the other AI's made up by us with fiction. The reality of it probably isn't too bad but with the things people have watch or played in the last decade and a half, gives you creeps thinking that the thing will start hacking into Cheyenne Mountain and start nuclear war overnight or something.

The worst part is that its legally patented so basically invading ones privacy is legal in some way. I'm not saying that Microsoft is watching you doing, well, things... But its just an unpleasant feeling knowing that you basically bugged your own house for the sake of entertainment. I'd just toss some electrical tape over the camera for the time being. Half of it is proven and half of it is still speculation(Wait until E3). Just by the amount of vents on the console, that's sure a fast way to dump neurotoxin into your house.

Super Soaker XP 310 Test Fire

I'm not going to review this old soaker actually, but its a lot of good fun and is much better than the triggerless shit(Arctic Shock was actually kind of fun)Nerf puts out under the great name nowadays.

Super Soaker XP 310 and 270

I just picked these vintage soakers up on eBay a few days ago, with a little conflict. The 310, I believe is the largest soaker in the XP lineup and the 270 being second most to that. Individually, soakers, and maybe even these can get ridiculous prices and that is absolutely not worth what they are. To put it this way, I got the duo for 99 cents. Yeah, you can see why he would get pissed off, but snooze you lose. After a short conflict, I turned down his cancellation and threatened to trash his feedback and have PayPal get on his ass if he refused to ship the items. He shipped them and all is well, unless he took a hammer to them to make sure I got my money's worth. I'll get reviews up for those when they come, and a potential mod for the 270 since its missing it tank cap(easily fixable). In the meantime, I need to find my old Max D 5000 I used many years ago in 2001.

Nerf Vortex Diatron Review (4.5)

I haven't bought a Vortex blaster in quite some time, my last one being the Pyragon. So I found this thing at Wal-Mart for $20 bucks and it was the last one on the shelf so I figured "What the hell." This is the Diatron, the newest Vortex blaster so far. And its a little strange and a little awesome.

Blaster Types that are Pretty Much Dead Now

I came to the realization that even though Nerf and the other brands out there have put out some pretty neat stuff recently, the golden age of innovation for these brands was long left behind after N-Strike took its foothold in 2003, leaving Larami(One of the most renowned manufacturers at the time)and OddZon down in a ditch while the long running tactical based blasters took the foot hold for the new generation's interests. People didn't want Ballzooka's, Mad Hornet's, or Crossbow's anymore, they wanted something that resembled their Barrett or M4A1 off Call of Duty instead. It's the things around us shape what we are, that's exactly what happened with Nerf. Here's some of the gear that the new generation missed out on.

Acer Predator G3 Upgraded

You can never get enough power. I got this Acer a year ago, and for my first actual gaming PC, it was a rocket ship until newer, more demanding games hit the shelves. I was able to run Bad Company 2 on medium with some minor lag, and BioShock Infinite on Low just barely. I was pushing my old NVidia GT630 to its limits, and it was not happy about it. So I did what all sensible people do and replace it.

Nerf Motorized Ballzooka MP150 Review (3.5)

Ball blasters, they're the last thing most modern Nerfers would purchase. Inacurrate, cumbersome, absolutely trash range, they're what we don't want dart blasters to even resemble, and as a result slowly tricked off the shelves as far as 2006. But I found this monster on eBay, two for 50 bucks and what the hell, they were vintage. Sold. This is the Ballzooka MP150, ball jokes are not intended... maybe.

Nerf Swarmfire Review (7/10)

Honestly the coolest blaster I've seen in recent years and now, I finally got one. Say hello to the Swarmfire, time to rain hell on unsuspecting foes.