Update of my nerdy purchases

Things have got busy in my life but my buying of all things nerdy has increased.

Kagami Taiga by Megahouse - Review

Even though I like to stay fit I've never really been into sports. AS a teen the only sport that really caught my attention was basketball, I watched Michael Jordan on TV back in his prime and ever since have enjoyed the sport to some degree.

Now that I'm older I enjoy a few more sports and like to watch and play them in various medium. For instance I enjoy watching sports anime, which judging from the title of this review will be obvious to some.

Kagami Taiga is from the manga and anime Kuroko no Basket. This is an anime which I have thoroughly enjoyed and would recommend to any one who likes basketball or action animes. Kagami is the Michael Jordan/LeBron James of the show and as such a popular character.

Zombie 15' Review

The horde is coming will you survive.

I have backed a few Kickstarter projects in the last year and finally they're starting to be delivered. This week I was fortunate enough to get my copy of Zombie 15', a co-op, zombie, survival board game.

This is the first Zombie board game I have played (I'm not counting Zombie Dice). I have also been playing more and more cooperative games lately as MMO's or other multi-player video games don't provide that human element that a bunch of friends in the same room does.

Collecting is an Addiction

I love to collect; in fact I probably have slight OCD sometimes when I get into something. This could be anything from Yu-Gi-Oh cards to cake decorating tools (I have cutters for about 6 different flowers all in various sizes and several butterfly cutters, to name a few).

Once I get into something I will focus on it and obsess over it, before the next new thing catches my eye. I call it OCDADD. It's a problem but it also means I always have some cool new stuff to open, use or display.

Replacing your archaic board game collection

Boardgames are growing in popularity, with Wil Wheton's TableTop show and TableTop Day getting the word out to a different audience that boardgames aren't just for Sunday afternoons with your parents.

I like video games, in particular ones that I can play with friends in the same room. Unfortunately less and less companies are making these type of games so I now turn to board games. They provide many games for both competitive and cooperative play so that my friends and I can sit down and enjoy a game together.

The games that most people own are probably ones that you either don't enjoy playing any more or are so simple that they lack any competitive enjoyment. I hope to enlighten you with some alternative options to refresh your dusty old pile of games and to get you back into doing something that is both enjoyable and sociable.

Since when did micro mean big

So I've put quite a bit of spare time into Marvel: Avengers Alliance on Facebook, but I have now hit a point where it takes days to make any progress. I send my heroes off on missions for a day so they net me a bit of cash, but it's only enough to do some very minor thing. I have a load of training and research to do and cool stuff to buy, but it takes a few days now to do even one thing.

Cabin Full of Spandex

So Joss Whedon is riding the success train once again, after a few derailments that were in no way his fault (damn you FOX I still want more Firefly).

The first of these successes was in partnership with Drew Goddard, making his directorial début, with the horror/comedy The Cabin in the Woods. Drew and Joss co-wrote this movie which almost succumbed to the minor curse that has followed Joss since the end of Buffy. For more info on this check here but don't scroll up unless you want spoilers.

Luckily for us Lionsgate got a hold of this movie for general release and now we can all enjoy it.