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San Diego Comic-Con International 2014 exclusive merch~!

San Diego Comic-Con International 2014 exclusive merch~!

TastyWhale July 6, 2014 0

I used a tilde in the title. Anyways, in what is probably alphabetical order because that is how I’m looking through them here: http://www.comic-con.org/cci/2014/exclusives Now, before you get pissy, this is just the stuff

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Convention informational

Convention informational

TastyWhale June 24, 2014 1

Many people attend conventions, but have you ever thought about how the whole show is put together? Never actually been to one? I won’t go into all the specifics, but here is some basic

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Thoughts on Nintendo’s convention demo stations

Thoughts on Nintendo’s convention demo stations

TastyWhale June 15, 2014 0

At PAX Prime 2013 I discussed with a few friends our thoughts on the lines at the Nintendo booths. In short, we don’t like them. Now, note that it was very on topic as

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New Taco Bell Mountain Dew flavor Sangrita Blast isn’t the star I expected

New Taco Bell Mountain Dew flavor Sangrita Blast isn’t the star I expected

TastyWhale June 12, 2014 0

I’d recently heard of an upcoming flavor of Mountain Dew (I don’t want to abbreviate it MTNDEW because!) exclusive to Taco Bell. A sangria flavor, an obvious match for pseudo-Mexican food. Now, you don’t

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New Amazon product, 3D reactive phone?

New Amazon product, 3D reactive phone?

TastyWhale June 5, 2014 0

Rumors have circulated for a while about an Amazon phone. People being head-hunted, the explosion of successful alternate Amazon device (Kindle Fire, TV, their cables), and even their interest in using drones as an

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Graphic Novel version of “All You Need Is Kill” is terrible

Graphic Novel version of “All You Need Is Kill” is terrible

TastyWhale June 3, 2014 0

First: I highly recommend the book. I haven’t read the manga nor seen the Hollywood adaptation. Second: I don’t like tearing into and insulting someone’s art or product. But, the graphic novel by Nick

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Monster Monpiece: Good card game, fun enough story, why the inappropriate touching?

Monster Monpiece: Good card game, fun enough story, why the inappropriate touching?

TastyWhale June 3, 2014 0

So, Monster Monpiece was brought to my attention when I was looking for Vita games to get. Kotaku ran a couple of pieces on it. These articles highlighted the absurdity of the rub mechanic,

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Scram Kitty for Wii U, a quick taste

Scram Kitty for Wii U, a quick taste

TastyWhale May 22, 2014 0

“Scram Kitty and his Buddy on Rails” is an interesting mix of a magnetic/gravity physics based wall-hugger. See the video, understand what I mean by wall-hugger (they call it “rail-riding” which makes sense). Anyways,

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PAX Prime 2014 registration opens soon!

PAX Prime 2014 registration opens soon!

TastyWhale May 12, 2014 0

The banner and ticket page changed this AM, and an anonymous tipster said that the tickets would be going out soon. I’m hitting F5 like a mad man. http://prime.paxsite.com/ UPDATE: 12:45PM This was pointed

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LUFTRAUSERS is good.  PSVita version is an improved version of the Flash original.

LUFTRAUSERS is good. PSVita version is an improved version of the Flash original.

TastyWhale March 20, 2014 0

Vlambeer has just released LUFTRAUSERS for PSVita and PS3. Vlambeer is known for being a two-man indie game studio with a focus on quick arcade style games from the Netherlands. You might recognize them

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