Tuesday, August 23, 2016

Oculus Rift Review

The future is here.
Ever since the beginning of the modern technological age we have dreamed of machines that could transport us to lands beyond our imagination; virtual reality. While the closest thing to VR at the time were giant simulators used purely for such things as pilot training, the concept began to pick up steam in the 80's and in the 90's, fully fledged VR gaming platforms began to emerge but their popularity was short lived. The technology was expensive, not many existing platforms supported it, and most of them just weren't very good. There was a lot of snake oil involved with marketing VR in the 90's and a lot of it contributed to the sheer amount of disappointment that revolved around heavily marketed VR systems. The Virtual Boy for example was heavily marketed and proved to be a colossal turd, selling only around 350 thousand units out of it's projected 3 million. Between bad hardware and ones that were solid but either too big for home use or too expensive for the average consumer, VR failed in the 90's and died with the coming of the new millennium. The idea was still there, but nobody really wanted to dive back into something that already failed. The 2010's however saw a resurgence in the interest of VR and with the great advances in technology over the past decade, VR began to make a whole lot of noise once again. After nearly five years of development, one of the companies that helped fuel a renewed interest in VR finally released it's product. This is the Oculus Rift, virtual reality for the new generation.

Monday, August 15, 2016

Nerf Elite Hyperfire Review (7/10)

Speed kills.
Flywheel blasters seem to be becoming the new norm among Jolts and bows. When Nerf isn't busy reshelling the Stryfe a million times, they actually come up with something interesting like the Khaos and of course this; the Hyperfire. Related to the Dart Tag revolver only in name, the new Hyperfire is marketed as the fastest motorized dart blaster on the shelves. So how well does it live up to that claim? Sort of.

Sunday, August 7, 2016

Nerf Doomlands 2169 Double Dealer Review (3/10)

Prepare for trouble and make it double.
Alright, back to business and we'll start off with a new Nerf blaster. We've had our fill of pump action blasters; they're everywhere yet they never seem to get stale. Probably because pump actions are so practical and usable that it's not too much of a complaint that the market gets saturated with them every now and then. Nerf decided to put a new twist on the concept; two barrels, two mags, Double Dealer. So that should mean double the fun right? No, not one bit.