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The goats are loose! Eat all the random items you can find and fill your belly before you’re wrangled back to the petting zoo. What Is Goats’ Day Out? Goats’ Day Out is a polyomino-placement game for 2 to 5 players, ages 8 and up, and takes about 30 minutes to play. It retails for […]

When Disney Villainous was originally released in 2018, players took on the roles of villains from Disney movies. Since the original six villains, fifteen more were added in expansions for a total of 21 villains. Most recently, in order to provide an entry into the series as well as celebrate the Disney 100 anniversary, Disney […]

1In the past, many building sets using bricks and pieces allowed builders to make cars, castles, ships, trains, and so forth. However, there has been a new trend to create realistic looking flora for display. JMBricklayer has an entire botanical collection of flowers and succulents, several of which I have on display on my desk […]

Halloween is upon us again and this year I’m checking out not one, but two new costumes from Fun.com, Premium Belle Costume and Beast Costume, both from Disney’s Beauty and the Beast and licensed by Disney. Let’s start with Premium Belle Belle Is The Beauty of The Ball Premium Belle (retail $150) is the ballroom […]

Running from early September through the end of October, Universal Studios Halloween Horror Nights is an autumnal tradition for many fright fans. With a rotating selection of haunted houses based on new and classic Universal properties (as well as a number of unique selections outside of existing IP), specialty Scare Zones throughout the park, and […]

Today, just about every tool and device can be smart. While some just add a remote control or connect to another smart device such as a phone, others are truly intelligent and offer many new features that improve the device making it easier to use or more useful. I have used soldering irons since before […]

2023 has been the year I rediscovered fantasy. I’ve read a number of books that reminded me just what I love about the genre. None more so than Talonsister by Jen Williams, a novel in firm contention for being my favorite book of the year.  What Is Talonsister by Jen Williams?  The shapes on the maps at […]

For the last few years, I’ve been reviewing the delightful sixth-scale working x Replicades from New Wave Toys, such as the Space Ace machine from this last May. If, like me, you have fond memories of time spent at arcades, you’ll recall that there weren’t just games to be found there, but vending machines. After […]

Following up from last week’s stack of creepy comics, here are some more spooky stories for the season! Prunella and the Cursed Skull Ring by Matthew Loux Prunella’s village is terrified of monsters. They already have a wall surrounding the village, but now there are proposals to build another wall on top of that wall. […]

A little over two years ago, I had the opportunity to review a new type of toy called Snap Ships. At the time, I was impressed with how easy and quick someone could build a ship and then customize it with the many decorative pieces that represented weapon, control, and propulsion systems. About a year […]

On October 14th, the United States will see its first annular solar eclipse since 2012. An annular solar eclipse happens when the Moon passes between the Sun and Earth while at its farthest point from Earth. The Moon is farther away from Earth, so it appears smaller than the Sun and only partially blocks the […]

I didn’t set out to write a 1600-ish word streaming guide for Halloween season 2023. Like many things in life, this post grew out of simple self-interest. I watch a lot of horror movies—like, a lot a lot—and not just in October. But I’ve also come to realize that, while most folks don’t generally subsist […]