Tag Archives: Adventure

Netflix Stream Team, Television

Don’t Miss the Stretch Armstrong Interactive Episode on Netflix March 13

Stretch Armstrong and the Flex Fighters

On Tuesday the fun series, Stretch Armstrong and the Flex Fighters is releasing an interactive episode called – Stretch Armstrong: The Breakout! These interactive episodes are a lot of fun. You, the viewer become more than that. You become a part of the action making decisions that will affect the outcome of the show. Take a look at the trailer.

Here is a brief synopsis of the episode in question:

Villains are rampaging through Charter City and the Flex Fighters – Jake, Ricardo and Nathan – need your help to halt the chaos. Help these heroes decide who to trust, when to fight, and how to save the city. They’ve got the powers and you’ve got the control! Now streaming on Netflix.

Video Game

Introducing Nintendo Labo

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Nintendo LABO Variety Kit

The Nintendo Switch is such an amazing innovation in video gaming. However, it is not often that a video game platform has real world applications. The Nintendo Switch is no ordinary gaming platform. Below is a press release about the new Nintendo LABO which is a special DIY kit that you can build physical games that work with the joycons and the screen. One of the kits even transforms you into a robot and as you move the robot on the screen does too. It is a cool way to use the technology of the Nintendo Switch in such a great way.

Nintendo has put together a preview video to show people these new toys or toycons that you can make and then use with the Nintendo Switch. You can watch that below and then read the full press release below that and if you want to purchase these toys I have links to where you can pre-order them.

Continue reading Introducing Nintendo Labo →

Netflix Stream Team, Toys

Stretch Armstrong and the Flex Fighters Toys – First Look – #StreamTeam

Stretch ArmStrong Mobile HQ Boxed

A new show has recently premiered on Netflix called ‘Stretch Armstrong and the Flex Fighters’. The show has the th voice talents of people like Steven Yeun, Scott Menville, Ogie Banks, Wil Wheaton, Felicia Day, and Walter Koenig. The story is about teenager Jake Armstrong and his two best friends, Nathan Park and Ricardo Perez, after they are accidentally exposed to an experimental chemical that forever changes their seemingly normal lives and transforms them into unlikely heroes who embark on a series of adventures!

I have watched a couple of episodes and the other day I received an email alerting me to toys that are coming for the show. The show is pretty good and the toys look great. So you can check them out for yourself right after you see the trailer for the show.

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Netflix Stream Team, Toys

Stretch Armstrong and the Flex Fighters is Coming to Netflix November 17th #StreamTeam

Stretch Armstrong and the Flex Fighters

The full trailer for ‘Stretch Armstrong and the Flex Fighters’ is now out. The show is being released on November 17th on Netflix and it looks like it will be a lot of fun. There is a seriously good voice cast attached to this cartoon as well. Many people from other cartoons and TV shows that I really like, too. Take a look at the trailer.

More information about the show is below.

Continue reading Stretch Armstrong and the Flex Fighters is Coming to Netflix November 17th #StreamTeam →

Review, Video Game

Review: Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle

Mario Rabbids

I received a copy of the new game from Ubisoft called Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle for the Nintendo Switch. I got it for free to play with and review. I can legitimately say, I’m loving this game!

I totally love puzzles and complex games. I enjoy trying to figure out problems and the best way to solve them. I also enjoy things that are funny. The game is easy to start playing. You start out with Mario, Rabbid Peach and Rabbid Luigi. These Rabbids characters have crossed into the Mushroom Kingdom and they are causing all sorts of crazy havoc. The Rabbids have discovered an Augmented reality helmet, the SupaMerge. With it they can combine two things and make something new. They can combine a lamp and a flower to make a flower lamp. The Rabbids take the device to the Mushroom World. There the device malfunctions and the kingdom gets torn apart. Your quest it to put things right again. You are also aided by an artificial intelligence named Beep-O.

The Game is filled with all the humor that you would expect from the mischievous Rabbids. Where Mario and his friends are kind to everyone, the Rabbids do their own thing. There is one hilarious moment where Rabbid Peach knocks over a large pile of blocks that a Rabbid Donkey Kong is atop of. As he falls she snaps selfies of him in the background. Rabbid Donkey Kong is a fun boss to take on.

A Donkey Kong Rabbid

I’ve gone through 9 of the worlds so far and each gets a little harder than the next. Along the way you can upgrade your characters skills, weapons and secondary weapons. My copy of the game came with some DLC content of additional pixel based weapons. Some weapons bounce the baddies off the screen others cover them in sticky honey to prevent them from getting away. The game has already won a ton of awards, too. Take a look at this video. Continue reading Review: Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle →

Photo-A-Day, Review, Toys, Video Game, Vlog

Review: The LEGO Ninjago Movie Video Game – Nintendo Switch

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Ninjago Movie Video Game
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Today I received the LEGO Ninjago Movie video game for the Nintendo Switch for free from Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment. I received it so that I could review it, make some videos with it and play it like crazy. I’ve been looking forward to this game because I love the LEGO games and also because the Ninjago Movie game has some interesting game dynamics. It also looks really cool. You not only fight as the different Ninjago characters but then you can also play as them in their Mechs. You can see in my livestream video from this afternoon that I was shocked that I went from training in the Dojo to flying a Mech but it was really intuitive to do so and it looked so cool flying around in these Mechs while switching between different characters and their Mechs. I was going to go and see the movie today but ran out of time. To be honest I don’t know all of the character’s names and I was also sent masks for each of the Ninja. But I can only really identify the Green Ninja. I will get better at this in the future. I also plan to do some more Livestreams of the game like the one below.

My first impressions of the game were that it was funny and fun to play. I got to play as a couple of different ninjas and played through chapters 1 and 2. I like how more new characters can be found and new abilities unlocked. The game is visually awesome. I do not know how to swim under the water yet to get more studs but I will figure it out. If you liked the movie then it is very likely that you will like this game. The game was released today on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One and Steam.

Brian over at Built from Bricks got the game as well ad we may do a Ninjago themed livestream next Thursday.

More about the game launch below. Continue reading Review: The LEGO Ninjago Movie Video Game – Nintendo Switch →

Netflix Stream Team, Television, Toys

Get Your Flex On with Stretch Armstrong and the Flex Fighters on Netflix #StreamTeam

Stretch Armstrong and the Flex Fighters

If you are old enough then you may remember the toy Stretch Armstrong. This was a toy that you could stretch out over and over and he would snap back into shape. He looked like a bodybuilder, like an old time one. Well, the times have changed and Stretch is back, younger, stretchier and a superhero now with a team called The Flex Fighters. Soon, this team will be all over Netflix. I’m sure there are new toys on the way as this is a show produced by Hasbro Studios. I had heard that it was going to be a movie and I am very glad that it is going to be a cartoon. The voice cast is phenomenal and I am looking forward to checking out this series once it arrives. I may even get to see it sooner because of the Netflix #StreamTeam. Check out this very short teaser trailer.

And here is the full press release on the show. Continue reading Get Your Flex On with Stretch Armstrong and the Flex Fighters on Netflix #StreamTeam →

Video Game

Legend of Zelda Breath of the Wild Secrets Revealed

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Sunrise in Hyrule

It is no secret that I absolutely love The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild. I’ve been playing it every day and running all over Hyrule. There are many great parts to the game. One thing that I have been having fun discovering has been the sunrises and sunsets all around Hyrule. I capture many of them with the screen capture button on the Switch itself. The world is so expansive and beautiful. I enjoy just walking around. But, what went into making this game and how long did it take. There are so many questions to answer and these three videos do a really nice job talking about the game and its creation. There may be some minor spoilers but nothing too major, it is mostly about what was done to make this epic game that so many have discovered and loved.

How does the world of Hyrule in The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild relate to Kyoto? Where did the game’s musical inspiration come from? How were the sound effects for Link’s footsteps created? Which time period in Japanese history inspired the Sheikah Slate? All of these intriguing questions will be answered in this developer video series.

You can view them all here:

Episode #1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=30jGWna4-Ns
Episode #2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vLMGrmf4xaY
Episode #3: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T3CsGbtifZI&t

Enjoy! And after you are done watching, get back to playing The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild. You have a world to save!

Press Release, Video Game

A Free Preview of Splatoon 2 on the Nintendo Switch – YES PLEASE!!

Splatoon 2

I think that Splatoon was one of the only games that my son could pick up immediately and play on the Nintendo Wii U. He took to the game so naturally and I hardly had to guide him in anything. Well, I took my meager work bonus and set aside money to pre-order a Nintendo Switch. I’m not sure about affording many games yet but one we will definitely be getting will be Splatoon 2. I’m excited for the Free Preview weekend that is coming so that we can play the game before we buy it. You can read all about it below. But first check out the preview of the game from the Switch presentation. It looks awesome!

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Skylanders, Toys, Video Game

3D Print Your Own Skylanders Imaginators with the Skylanders Creator™ App

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Skylanders Creator App Opening Screen

The biggest news ever in the world of Skylanders has been released today. With the new Skylanders™ Creator App players can create their very own fully playable 3D printed figures! In addition they can use the app to create full color, fully playable cards of their creations and full color t-shirts with their character printed on them. The cost may be a bit high ($49.99 for figure, $14.99 for card and $24.99 for t-shirt) so it is unlikely that you’ll 3D print all of your awesome creations. However, when you create something so utterly incredible in the Skylander Creator™ App you’re going to want to print at least one. The 3D printed figures say that they are limited quantities and I’m not sure exactly what that means. does it mean that at a certain point no one else can make 3D printed figures or is it that you can only make a certain number of the same figure, so that you aren’t out there trying to sell your creation. I don’t know but I do know that it is pretty cool and I definitely want to try it.

In addition to the information about the Skylanders Creator™ app there is news about another contest. There will be a Skylanders 3D Printed Contest. Starting Oct. 24, Portal Masters can win the opportunity to receive their custom 3D-printed Imaginator figure via a global Skylanders 3D-printed Imaginator contest. To participate, fans are encouraged to create an Imaginator in Skylanders Imaginators or using the Skylanders Creator app. Shared creations on social media channels using the dedicated #CreatorContest will be automatically entered to win. that is really cool and I’ll be participating for sure!

There is even more news below in the full press release plus some screen shots of the Skylanders Creator™ app and also a 3D printed figure and also a printed game card. Continue reading 3D Print Your Own Skylanders Imaginators with the Skylanders Creator™ App →