Friday, February 12, 2016

New BOOMco. Halo Blasters Announced


UNSC MA5 Assault Rifle: Mattel couldn't possibly leave out one of Halo's arguably most iconic weapons so here it is. Essentially it's a rehash of the Rapid Madness and it appears it horizontally feeds as evidenced by the gray hinged piece on the side. I love the Rapid Madness and this just makes it even cooler, even at $50 bucks I might just have to get one.
Covenant Brute Spiker: The Spiker never got as much love as the Needler did but it's still very cool looking. Now you can get one in dart slinging form! I think this one might be based off the Dynamag as opposed to the AR hence the $20 dollar price tag and what looks to be the priming bar on the back near the top. I'll definitely pick one up along with a can of paint.

Wednesday, February 10, 2016

Buzz Bee Air Max Boss Review (10/10)

You would never expect me to be good. You will learn.
I tend to loathe Buzz Bee, at least on the dart blaster side of the spectrum because at least they make pretty good water guns that serve as good stand ins for the new, shitty push pull Super Soakers. Usually the trend with Buzz Bee dart blasters is that they feel and look cheap compared to Nerf blasters and they mostly perform pretty god awful. Granted they tend to be less expensive than Nerf but the letdowns tend to give you more of reason to spend a little extra to get something of good quality. Yeah there we're a few gems like the Big Blast and the Berserker but most of their blasters just plain sucked, but as time went on something seems to have changed. Today's Buzz Bee aims to be a bit more of a serious competitor to Nerf and their new blasters, although a few recycling some of their past ideas, they seem to look a bit more the part. The Air Max Boss is my first Buzz Bee blaster in years, and much to my surprise, it's an absolute beast.

Thursday, February 4, 2016

Nerf Modulus Recon MK-II Review (7/10)

Nobody asked for this.
Remember that time when asked for another Retaliator? Me neither, but apparently Nerf decided we should have one and it's not just a Retaliator reshell, it's the direct successor, the blockbuster part two of the old Nerf Recon. It's called the Recon MK-II but wait, isn't the Retaliator technically the Recon MK-II? Has Nerf lost the concept of continuity or are they now just shit at naming? Perhaps, but naming dispute aside, it won't tear your face off like the old Recon but it's not without it's issues either.

Saturday, January 23, 2016

Razer DeathStalker Ultimate Review

A keyboard to end all keyboards.
Lets just say I got really lucky, because there's no way in hell I would pay full price for this thing. This is Razer's flagship keyboard, the DeathStalker Ultimate. It shares much with the regular DeathStalker keyboard but has about a billion new tricks up it's sleeve. So what exactly is the reason for the ridiculous price tag on this thing? Better yet, is it worth the ridiculous price tag? Well, lets find out.

Thursday, January 21, 2016

New Nerf Blasters For Fall 2016! (UPDATED AGAIN)

Why the hell do you gotta do this to me Hasbro? I mean it's not like my wallet is reeling from the last couple massive purchases I made or anything. Now you tease four new Nerf blasters and all of them look and sound more badass than anything we've ever seen before? I can't, I just can't, but I will, I totally will go out and buy all of these beasts, with a few exceptions. Anyways, here's a look at some of Nerf's Fall 2016 blaster lineup, or sooner as things usually go.

UPDATE 2/13/16: A lot more stuff just got leaked or unveiled recently. Some of it I don't have info on as of yet but they are just Jolt and Triad re-shells from the looks of it so not really a big deal. It looks like we're getting a whole new lineup too, Alien Menace.

Tuesday, January 19, 2016

Microsoft Surface Pro 3 Review

The tablet that can replace your laptop. No joke.
I hate laptops, like I really do hate them. As far as the ones I've used go which granted isn't many, they seem to be too huge and heavy, or too small and lacking in features, and sometimes unreliable hunks of crap. As a result I've always leaned towards tablets for portable computing but they are definitely less versatile than a full fledged PC in most aspects. Microsoft however decided to try and bridge the gap between laptop and tablet and after several so-so attempts, I think they finally got it right. Say hello to the Surface Pro 3.

Wednesday, January 13, 2016

Fake Chinese Smartwatch Review

You just bought yourself a headache.
I love experiments. They educate the masses by either success or failure and in the end everyone wins, except you. Because you're sitting there holding a $30 hunk of crap, $30 short from buying the real deal that everyone else is now buying because you told them so, and it's all because you care for some reason. That's how I sort of felt until I sent it back the same day thanks to Amazon's return policy. So here I am, with a fake smartwatch from the land where copyright gets lost in translation and also the land that gave us orange chicken, begging you to not buy cheap electronics from unknown places because you'll probably end up with something like this.