Gift Idea: Steam Gift Card

Get a gift card to Steam

Steam is a platform that has many games that are available for download and you should be sure to get your loved one, (if that's you, then you!) one of these as a gift this Christmas.

You can download the Steam client for free and browse the store for your favourite games available for download in a digital copy.

The Super Nintendo Classic Edition

The Super Nintendo Classic Edition has been released. It's got the same look as the original but smaller. The SNES classic comes pre-loaded with over 20 of the classic games from the original console, including Super Mario World and Super Mario Kart.

Blade Runner: The Game

Blade Runner's Title Screen.

Blade Runner is a movie, based on Philip K. Dick's 1968 novel 'Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?', that came out in 1982 and starred Harrison Ford as the Blade Runner Detective Rick Deckard. Set in a dystopian Los Angeles in 2019, Deckard is assigned to find and kill 'Replicants' (Androids) that have escaped from off-world colonies and come to Earth. In the 1997 game, the plot runs parallel to the movie and has you in control of Detective Ray McCoy, who is hunting for suspected Replicants who shot up Runciter's animal shop.

Operation Flashpoint: Cold War Crisis

Operation Flashpoint: Cold War Crisis

Operation Flashpoint: Cold War Crisis (Also known as ARMA) is one of the few games that was revolutionary for Combat simulation gamers when it was released in 2001.

The game relied on a wonderfully realistic combat simulations engine that allowed you to take control of virtually any moving vehicle and fire any weapon known to the army.

Xbox One X - Pre-order While They're Still Available!

The new Xbox One X 1TB gaming console doesn't officially come out until November 7, 2017, but you can pre-order yours from Amazon now, while they're still available.  The limited Xbox One X Project Scorpio edition was previously released for pre-order, but is currently no longer available on the site.

Softball Pitching and Fielding Machine - Fun for the Family!

Recently, we were at my niece's softball All Stars tournament, and in between games, we saw the coach of one of the older girls' teams using this machine to pull the softball back and then catapult it into the distance to help the girls practice their fielding.  Now, you could just bat the ball out toward the girls, of course, but this machine seemed to make so much better use of your practice time, as you could load one ball right after another at whatever pace you wanted.  Needless to say, all the dads of the girls on my niece's team thought this machine was the be-all and end-all of fielding practice, and if I'm being perfectly honest, I thought it was pretty cool too.  I mean, you could really give your dog a work out in the park with this machine!  Or even, work off dinner running yourself silly chasing after balls.

20 Inexpensive Ways to Keep Kids Busy This Summer

Public Swimming Pool @ Annecy, France by Nicola, 2015.

It's Summertime and the kids are already boooooored?  Here's a list of cheap ideas for keeping the kiddies occupied over Summer vacation.

Ticket To Buy Today: Cards Against Humanity

 

Cards Against Humanity is one of the best selling games on the market today. Note, it is a game for adults though and definitely not for kids! Pick one up today!

Ticket To Buy Today: Beatles Fidget Spinner

Pick up this wonderful hot new Beatles fidget spinner. Fidget with the Fab Four all day long. Why are Fidget Spinner's a thing? They just are, okay. They. Just. Are.

Broken Sword: The Smoking Mirror

The title to the Broken Sword II

Broken Sword's sequel 'The Smoking Mirror' was eagerly anticipated by fans of the first outing. Released in 1997, The Smoking Mirror is set six months after 'Shadow of the Templars' and begins with our heroes George and Nico heading to a Professor Oubier's house to discuss a Mayan stone that Nico discovered while researching a story for her newspaper. When they get to Oubier's house, they are ambushed by two Central Americans who tie George up and kidnap Nico, setting fire to the house and leaving you, the player, to help George get out of this bind.

The Secret of Monkey Island

The Game's original graphics.

The Secret of Monkey Island is a point and click adventure game published in 1990 by LucasArts and follows the adventures of Guybrush Threepwood who wants desperately to become a pirate. He appears on Melee Island and undertakes tasks set by the three pirate leaders to prove himself worthy. Along the way he meets many friends and enemies, eventually meeting the beautiful governor of the Tri-island area, Elaine Marley.

Broken Sword: The Shadow Of The Templars

George meets Nicole Collard at the start of the game.

The Broken Sword series is Europe's most successful adventure game series. Released by Revolution in 1996 for the PC, the first game 'The Shadow of the Templars' became a huge hit for its engaging story and characters. The character you play mostly is George Stobbart, an American tourist on holiday in Paris when the cafe he is frequenting is blown up by a bomb, killing an old man. Wanting to get to the bottom of this, Stobbart (wonderfully voiced by Rolf Saxon) begins his own investigation and uncovers much more than a random terrorist attack which plunges him deep into the mythos of the Knights Templar.