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.