July 29th, 2011
My secret love affair with shoes
I have a confession to make. I love shoes. You probably know me for my thoughts on video games, Hot Wheels, cartoons and other forms of entertainment, but I also long to have a collection of really awesome shoes. However, fortunately for me (and you) shoes are pretty expensive and thus prohibitive for me to [...]
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May 6th, 2011
Three years, three Xboxes
I still have my original Nintendo and it still works. It’s more than 20 years at this point and has only required a single $10 repair. That’s about 50 cents a year in maintenance and that’s impressive. Unfortunately, I can’t say the same for my Xbox 360, of which soon I will be owning my [...]
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January 15th, 2010
Never take me to Hong Kong
Philip who runs a favorite toy blog of mine, Battlegrip, is currently on a trip in Hong Kong for some sort of toy convention. He’s writing about it as he goes and more so he’s posting photos. All I can say is never take me to Hong Kong.
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December 8th, 2009
Placing value on video games
I’m a value gamer. Despite the fact that hype works on me in most cases, I’m very mindful (too mindful) about which video games I spend my money on. I’m always in a value debate with myself. What’s more important, the replay or one-time experience?
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November 13th, 2009
Help us buy a new TV
Despite us saying we’re not big TV people, we tend to watch a lot of TV throughout the week. But it’s scattered. One show on this night, another on that night. We’re not glued to the TVĀ every night gagging on Dancing with the Stars. We also don’t have a DVR so we have to [...]
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October 23rd, 2009
Use your blog to get free stuff
I’ve been writing on the web, most call it blogging, for probably over 10 years now. And if you ask one friend I came damn well close to inventing blogging…although I won’t quite claim that title (but wish I could!). I’ve always enjoyed writing about the things I enjoy, and if you’re truly passionate about [...]
