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Most people do not look forward to going to the dentist, even for regular cleanings. Having dental work done is even less fun. Oral hygiene is not only important for your teeth and gums, but also for your overall health. For most of my life, I used a manual toothbrush. However, a few years ago […]

A few weeks ago, we told you about Overlords In Training, the fresh new game currently on Kickstarter by Catalyst Game Labs’ new Board Game Division. Thankfully, we were able to get our hands on a not-quite-final but very close copy of the game, and were able to play through a full session.  Here’s a […]

Last year National Geographic premiered a new television series, America’s National Parks, which took viewers into five of the country’s national parks: the Grand Canyon, Yosemite, Hawai’i Volcanoes, Big Bend, and Badlands. Now the series is returning for season two with five new parks featuring some great cinematography captured with high tech drones and cameras.  […]

Amid the announcement of the new pastel Joy-Cons and an unexpected sequel to gonzo multiplayer game 1-2 Switch, you may have missed an important third Nintendo news item this week; registration is now open for Nintendo Live 2023. Taking place at the Seattle Convention Center on September 1st-4th, this all-ages celebration of all things Nintendo […]

As everyone knows, the last few years have been kind of rough for the convention scene. The Covid pandemic forced events to go online in 2020, and although the last couple of years saw a return to in-person events, it’s really not until recently that we’ve been seeing a full-blown resurgence in cons. This year, […]

DC Pride #1 cover, via DC Comics. DC Pride 2023 #1 – Grant Morrison, Leah Williams, Nadia Shammas, AL Kaplan, Josh Trujillo, Jeremy Holt, Mildred Louis, Rex Ogle, Christopher Cantwell, Nicole Maines, Writers; Hayden Sherman, Paulina Ganucheau, Bruka Jones, AL Kaplan, Don Aguillo, Andrew Drilon, Mildred Louis, Stephen Sadowski, Skylar Partridge, Rye Hickman, Artists; Marissa […]

As an amateur videographer, one of the most consistent and recurrent challenges I have faced has been audio quality. The video quality was quite simple: Just record with my iPad’s back-facing camera. But the sound quality when recording this way is terrible. It is both overly sensitive, picking up noises far and near and excessively […]

The magical interplay between music files, the devices they are stored on, and the equipment they pass through to get into your ears is an arcane art that can confound many people. But the first time someone who has always listened to low-resolution audio on earbuds hears high-res music through good gear, it’s like watching […]

Those lovely people at Experiment Books are back with Helen Pilcher’s The Time Nature Keeps. It offers a visual journey through the cycles of time in nature. I love a good infographic, and The Time Nature Keeps delivers.  What Is The Time Nature Keeps? Time. It just sort of happens. It passes by and, as parents, we bemoan […]

Pac-Man originally hit arcades on May 22, 1980, and now Pac-Man fever is hitting again with the newest LEGO Icons set. Available to order starting June 4th on the LEGO website, this set is a collaboration between Bandai Namco and The Lego Group. Did you know that PAC-MAN’s yellow color was inspired by the LEGO […]

May is Mental Health Awareness Month, a time to bring attention to the importance of prioritizing and supporting mental health. I had a whole month of ideas to write on, but I ended up taking most of the month to prioritize my mental health. One of the ways I did that was by using the […]

Like many of you, I’ve spent the last couple of weeks finding my bearings in The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom. At once a textbook LoZ title and its own thing entirely, it’s a bit of a tough nut to crack—even if my early gameplay experience admittedly gave me a leg up on […]