WIN! ProjeX™ Projecting Gaming Arcade

June 5, 2020 by 2 Comments

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When it’s lights off, it’s game on with the ProjeX™ Projecting Gaming Arcade from New York City-based NSI International, Inc. Projex lets you blast targets, ducks or UFOs that are projected right onto your wall – each with its own unique sound effects.

ProjeX turns any room in your house into an incredible gaming arcade. The Projex system projects the targets onto almost any wall.  There’s no need for a TV, computer, smart phone or other equipment. The size of your wall is essentially the limit to the size of your play area. Projex works best in a dark room, when you project on a light-colored wall with no artwork, wallpaper or painted patterns. 

The portable, battery-operated projector includes two blasters, which are stored right on the unit, a built-in LED scoreboard, and a place to keep image slides.

ProjeX is battery-powered so it can go wherever you go – inside or out. Play on any blank wall, your garage door – even the side of your house.  It really is a very unique gaming experience.

While recommended for children 6+, ProjeX™ is great for any age child, as well as adults.  Retailing for $49.99, the game can be purchased at Target, Walmart and www.ProjeXGame.com.

There are 5 different built-in games test your speed and skill, as well as 3 skill levels – beginner, advanced and expert (The “beginner” setting accommodates even the youngest players in the room.) It comes with 3 interchangeable image slides. You can blast ducks, targets or UFOs – each with its own unique sound effects. You change slides to change your level of difficulty:

    • Blue (targets) = easy
    • Red (UFOs) = medium
    • White (ducks) = difficult

You can play solo, head to head, or “co op”, where 2 players team up to combine scores. There are also tournaments. If you are playing alone, you can still work on your own score. You can play outside at night as well, on your house or even your garage door.

Set up is easy!

SET UP
  1. Install three BRAND NEW, FRESH “AA” alkaline batteries.
  1. Set ProjeX on a low table, with the projector aimed at the wall. The projector should be 5 feet from the wall.
  1. Slide an image slide into the image slot, rounded side up (if it doesn’t fit, it’s backwards).  Blue = easy, red = medium, white = difficult
  1. Plug in both blasters.  Then, if you’re playing solo, unplug one.
  1. Press the red power button. You have 45 seconds to adjust the focus.
  1. Press the red button again to select game 1-5.
  1. Press the blue button to select your level – beginner, advanced or expert.
  1. To start playing solo or head-to-head, load your blaster by sliding the button on the top. Each reload gives you 6 shots. You can reload at any time.
  1. To start a Co-Op game, where you combine your scores, both players must hold the trigger while they reload.

ADDITIONAL INFO

  • LED scoring display
  • Target Pointers on both blasters help your aim.
  • $49.99 – At Target and Walmart (U.S.) and $69.99 – Toys R Us (Canada)
  • Game requires 3 “AA” batteries (not included)

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Rise of Tribes

November 27, 2019 by Leave a Comment

As a board game, Rise of Tribes is one of the most enjoyable games with fair conflict resolution systems. The game gives you the capability to handle conflict resolution and explore the world of civilization through the gathering of resources in the most strategic manner. While it’s fast and straightforward, the game allows you to plan for the outcome by making the right moves.

How to Play

The Rise of Tribes game is a modular board game design aimed at growing, moving, gathering, and leading various tribe members in prehistoric times. The game board comprises of hexes whereby each hex consists of a particular population limit. When playing the Rise of Tribes, you need to select a specific number of people to manage to trigger or avoid conflict.

A player resolves each of the four actions, namely GROW, MOVE, GATHER and LEAD, by rolling a dice. In each turn, an active player achieves victory by building villages or completing goal cards. This is how a player achieves civilization for his/her tribal faction in the final steps of the game board’s turns.

Setup

An active player should shuffle, arrange, and determine the number of game tiles he/she needs to create a playing area. After defining the spatial tile arrangement, each player should then shuffle the Event tiles deck and place them face down into an area above the game board. Each action should be placed with a configuration of three dices, namely sun, moon, and blank.

Next, each player should choose a faction and select the appropriate colors for playing the pieces. The victory point (VP) of each of the players is set to 0, and all Goal cards placed near their tribe members beneath the players’ playing areas. All the other village tiles and resource chits are put to the side.

To start playing, a start player is selected to place his tribe members. Subsequent players will also be prompted to place a higher number of tribe members than what previous players placed.

Dice Placement

Each player is supposed to tactically roll two dice in turn order and assign each die to a specific action. Each of the four actions a player assigns has three spaces that can accommodate three dices.  The die faces that show when you select an action is what determines the efficiency of any action you choose. So, this is the phase for setting up your turns and those of your opponents.

Taking Action

The game provides you with four actions:

  • Grow: Is for adding tribe members to your playing area.
  • Move: Is for moving your members across your playing area to form presence on various tiles.
  • Gather: This is for gaining resources from the tiles where you have formed a presence.
  • Lead: Is for drawing Goal cards from the deck and placing them onto the “In Progress Goals” area.

The success of your actions largely depends on the dice that was present when you took the action. For example, you can only add two tribe members to your playing area when two moons are present, but the number increases to four members if two suns are present.

This is purely a race game that triggers a lot of tension as you try to figure out whether you should constrain your opponents or score points. Focusing on your own game and forgetting to pay attention to limiting your opponents gives the other player an added advantage. So, being able to strike a balance between the two is what makes the game an exciting, enjoyable challenge.

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What Is the Possible Future Of Gaming?

October 24, 2019 by Leave a Comment

The Following is a Guest Post. All opinions and the writing is that of the author. 

It is sometimes impossible to believe the pace at which technology evolves and advances. An example of this can be seen in the video gaming sector, where the most complicated and immersive games are being rendered at frame rates that would have been just about impossible a few short years ago.

Given advancements recorded so far, most industry watchers are prepared to swear that nothing is impossible where the future is concerned. That well might be so.

Read on for details of the tech that will have a leading role to play in the gaming industry of the future.

The game, Set And Match!

The following tech is by popular consensus pivotal to future gaming trends:

  • Living The VR Life– VR is actually decades old, rather than the newfangled invention that most think it to be. However, it failed to catch on due to cost and some technical complications. It is, however, experiencing the second coming of sorts, with technology enabling the launch of VR devices that are smaller, easier to use and much more capable than their forebears. These devices help make games much more immersive than they would otherwise be and make possible a user experience that is so thrilling it should be illegal! As technology advances, we could see the launch of VR gaming devices that puts the player right in the game they are playing as nothing else has ever done. That would be all shades of magnificent.

 

  •  That Sweet Handsy Feeling!- After falling out of favor over the last decade, handheld consoles appear to be making a comeback. The primary example of this is the Nintendo Switch, which apart from reviving the flagging fortunes of Nintendo proved beyond doubt that there still exists a largely unexplored market for handheld gaming devices other than tablets and mobile phones. Handheld gaming consoles have a decided appeal in that they make it easy to play games without being distracted by calls and texts, as is applicable to smartphone gaming. These consoles are also good for a solid dose of nostalgia, as they tend to recreate the good times of yore for a section of the gaming populace.

 

  • Nothing Secondary At All!- Makers of gaming devices, smartphones and related peripherals are always willing to introduce products that will shake up the market. This can be done by introducing a new feature, or by crafting a gaming app that is miles ahead of the competition. Well, one trend that is gaining increasing cachet is the provision of secondary screens to laptops, smartphones, gaming computers and gaming devices. These secondary screens apart from looking really cool serve an array of purposes. In gaming, they give access to free bonus with no deposit which can easily enhance the overall gaming experience. Expect to see more of this in future.

 

  • A Cloudy Day For A Good Deed! – Should cloud gaming live up to even half of the bombast of its proponents, it could easily change the world as we know it. Cloud gaming is currently achievable due to the increasing speed and reliability of mobile connections and will make it possible for folks to play the most graphically demanding games on middling hardware. With cloud gaming, downloading games and updates would become a thing of the past and games are bound to be far cheaper and more accessible. This will have a profound impact on the future of gaming.

 

  •  Get Open To The Source! – Open-source gaming is yet another developing trend that could easily be pivotal to the future of gaming. It makes it possible for just about anyone to cheaply develop games and release them. These games can, in turn, be improved or otherwise modified by others. This can in the future lead to a gaming environment that is not dominated by big-name gaming studios and is for the good.

 

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The Future of Online Games and the Recent Trends

September 14, 2019 by Leave a Comment

Online games have progressed, thanks to the technological advances the world today is seeing. Nowadays, more people across the globe are choosing online games as their favorite pastimes. Apart from tech-savvy youngsters, baby boomers to have taken up online games as their favorite pastime after retirement.  For example, the future of online games in New Zealand has become an extremely profitable business. Nowadays, all the games that you play come with advanced features so that you get a wonderful gaming experience. So how does the future of online gaming look in the gambling space?

The gambling industry has increased manifold after online gaming

Like all other countries across the globe, online games in New Zealand reached a new height after the inception of the internet. With the popularity of online casinos, the gambling industry across the world has enjoyed a tenfold increase in profits compared to the 1980s and 1990s. If you browse an online gaming site, you will come across different varieties of games listed under various categories. The games have excellent features, such as facial and voice recognition, superb high definition displays and so on.

One of the main advantages of online games is that they can be played 24/7, even without having to go to a gambling center. And it has become even easier with the inception of mobile casino. Even if you are going somewhere, you can play your favorite games on your mobile. All games are compatible with the latest mobile platforms. Mobile platforms have also led to the growth of social gambling where players can collaborate or compete in the virtual space. Most casino sites dealing with online games have their Facebook, Twitter or Instagram pages for better promotion. You can also join live casino events in social gambling platforms.

Online games have evolved to a great degree

Like all other forms of entertainment, online games are also evolving. To cater to the audience, developers are coming up with superb themes and innovations. The graphics are simple awesome and come with the latest APIs and software. Advanced element, such as artificial intelligence, facial and voice recognition and similar features are being introduced in the games. The objective is to provide a real-life experience to the players. Cloud gaming is the new trend nowadays. It is now possible to play games on the virtual cloud space without even having to download them.

Virtual reality is playing a huge role in online gaming. The main objective is to offer a real-life gaming feeling to the customers. So, you can get games with advanced features that are also user-friendly. By use of virtual reality-based technology, games have better audio, designs, gaming options and interface elements. For example, virtual reality has added a new dimension to modern slots like Pokémon Go.

Since its inception, online gambling has taken the sports-loving audience by storm. People irrespective of age or gender are increasingly participating in online games. The prize money has increased subsequently, and so have the standard of the games. Most of the online casino host live casino contests where players can compete against each other for whopping reward. Overall, the scenario looks bright and the gambling industry is slated to prosper.

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Types of Casino games

April 15, 2019 by Leave a Comment

Online casino games are now a huge part of the online gambling community, with thousands of titles of offer from a range of very talented designers and developers. Follow this link to learn more about online casino and how you can get involved.

 

Pushing the boat out seems to be the main trend when it comes to online slots, with so many different themes, symbols and new ways to play the old fashioned fruit machine. Knowing this is the case, or more so quickly realising it when you find yourself bombarded with an array of different slot machines, can lead to feeling a bit overwhelmed.

 

Which casino games are the best? Which ones pay the most? And what types of slot games are there?

 

Well, we are going to attempt to at least answer the latter question, as we explain to use the types of online slot games that you will find out there in the big, exciting and always expanding world of online gambling.

3 reel slots

Something of a rare sight these days in the complex landscape of online slot games and fruit machines, the 3 reel slot is the classic layout.

 

Consisting of just 3 reels on your game screen, you simply have to match symbols on one of the lines to create a win. It is as simple as that and often these games will have a retro feel, playing to the charm of the slot games that still flash and flicker in the corner of your local public house.

5 reel Casino slots

Arguably the most common slot you will find out there, will be a 5 reel slot.

 

Quite simply, this means that the slot game has 5 reels. You may find a lot of these are 5 reels by 3 rows, making for fifteen symbols on the reels at any time. Creating winning combos therefore, is possible from left to right and often, up and down. Getting a combination of 5 symbols in a row is usually the most rewarding, depending on whether that is made of low paying or high paying icons.

Progressive Slot

Progressive slots are called as such because their prizes keep growing and growing as you play. More concerned with the pay system here, rather than the layout, the more often you win, the more you win is the simple formula for success here.

 

Prizes can be tallied up, maybe resulting in bonuses and mini games, for a slot game with a real (or should that be reel?) narrative.

Mobile Casino Games

There are a number of casino games out there that have been specifically created for your smartphone.

 

Running perfectly well on a smaller screen, often in a portrait mode, these are games that are just supremely tailored for your smart phone. Usually available as an app or at least playable in your smartphone internet browser of choice, these are perfect games for playing on the go.

 

There are plenty more kinds of casino games out there, but the best thing to do to learn about them is to get out there and play… so what are you waiting for?

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Gambling Innovations We’ll See Before 2020

March 14, 2019 by Leave a Comment

The Following is a Guest Post. All opinions and the writing is that of the author. 

The gambling industry has been moving at the same rate as technology has. Therefore, as the year progresses, new inventions will become evident in the gaming industry. Below are some of the most thrilling gaming inventions that will be a reality come the year 2020.

Virtual Reality

During the last few years, virtual reality has grown from small to huge business. Modern inventions of VR headsets like Samsung Gas, PlayStation, and Oculus Rift VR are results of new technology. This has led to much talk about VR and its potential growth of the gambling sector in the near future. Further, virtual reality casinos such as the SlotsMillion and Casino VR are some of the advancements in the gambling industry. This is a product that has great potential despite challenges such as peer-to-peer communication flawed graphics facing VR casinos.   

Other developments in the pipeline worth watching are the release of virtual reality slots from NetEnt developers, with others are expected to follow.

Players will have a chance to enjoy the experiences of their land-based casinos from the comfort of their homes and in a more sensible way than deal with live dealer casinos, thanks to this technology.

Advanced Mobile Platforms

During the year 2016, mobile gaming revenues had exceeded computer console and PC gaming revenues according to reports. This revenue growth was attributed to mobile gambling games. Players also have a desire for gaming and it trickles to mobile gaming. Other platforms include the online casinos, mobile eSports gaming and mobile virtual reality casinos which are an indicator that mobile is the future of gambling let alone being the past and present

Widespread eSports Betting

Reports from researchers estimate that revenue from the eSports industry could rise to 1.5billion dollars by the year 2020. This is a confirmation that the eSports industry is growing really fast and will soon become the talk of the gambling industry in the near future. This growth is already evidenced by the global eSports tournaments cropping up year after year.

A good example to illustrate the above is the LoL Championship, a maiden competition which had a prize of $100,000, 1.6 million viewers in the year 2011. After just five years, this tournament had 43 million viewers and the prize stood at 6.7 million dollars. Other games with significant prize growth are Dota 2 and bingo slot games.

Cryptocurrencies

This is a technology that has been in the industry for the last ten years and most people are aware of it. Bitcoin happens to be the most common cryptocurrency which was created in 2009 by Satoshi Nakamoto and is largely regarded as the first digital currency. Primecoin, Ethereum, and Dogecoin cryptocurrencies have then emerged after Bitcoin.

The value of Bitcoin has also grown since it was introduced and its exchange rate is almost equivalent to 4,300 dollars at the moment. The number of people using Bitcoin as a method of payment has grown over the years to almost 6 million despite facing heavy criticism. The gambling industry has also adopted Bitcoin as a mode of payment. Further, specific Bitcoin casinos have even established to deal with the demand for funding gambling accounts using this mode of payment that is continuously on the rise.

Reformed Legal Regulations

The legal setting of gambling has for long encountered much unrest with introductions of laws prohibiting gambling every so often. However, the negative attitude and punitive laws are slowly coming to an end especially with online gambling which has been legalized in some US states, and countries like Morocco and Japan. Considering the economic benefits of this lucrative industry, legalization can only spread further by 2020.   

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Disney Villainous: The Worst Takes It All from Ravensburger Wins “Toy of the Year” Award at Toy Fair 2019

February 19, 2019 by Leave a Comment

Toy Fair Booth 2019 – Ravensburger, the German toy company loved worldwide for its high-quality puzzles, toys and games and celebrating its 135th anniversary, wins “Toy of the Year” award for Disney Villainous: The Worst Takes It All. On the heels of this breakout success, Ravensburger today revealed the next in the Disney Villainous franchise, Wicked to the Core. The new game features three new villains – Hades from Hercules, Dr. Facilier from The Princess & the Frog, and the original fairest of them all, Evil Queen from the iconic Snow White.

“The positive response from Disney fans and strategy board game enthusiasts for the growing Disney Villainous franchise has been overwhelming. In the last quarter of 2018, Ravensburger sold more than a quarter of a million copies globally of Disney Villainous: The Worst Takes It All, and it rose to Top 5 of Amazon’s Most Wished for Board Games,” said Filip Francke, CEO of Ravensburger North America.  “Even before it hit shelves last summer, we knew we had a winner and had already begun working on the next in the franchise, Wicked to the Core.”

In the Disney Villainous series, players take on the persona of classic Disney’s most wicked characters. In the award-winning The Worst Takes It All edition, players compete as their favorite Disney Villain – Maleficent, Ursula, Jafar, Prince John, Queen of Hearts, or Captain Hook. Each Disney Villain has their own storyline based on the events of their films– Sleeping Beauty, The Little Mermaid, Aladdin, Robin Hood, Alice in Wonderland, and Peter Pan. While each player remains in their story realm, villains can foil their fellow outlaws by playing Hero cards, while inching ever closer to victory.

“To engage the fans in the process, we encouraged people to “Vote” for the Disney Villain they’d like to play. We were thrilled to see that our next trio of bad guys (and gal) – Hades, Dr. Facilier and Evil Queen – made the top 10 list of Disney Villains as voted by our fans,” added Francke.
Wicked to the Core incorporates new strategies, plot twists, and play dynamics and can be played either with two or three players as a stand-alone game or can expand up to a six-player game when paired with the original Disney Villainous game. Wicked to the Core will be available March 3 at Target for $24.99 and is suited for ages 10 and older.

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WIN Must Have Kids Game – Baby Beluga

October 29, 2018 by 4 Comments

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I love to spend time playing games, but love it even more when my kids get to play the games along with us. I must say that The Baby Beluga Game was a perfect addition to our family game nights.

About Cooperative Games:

Cooperative Games is a little shop in Nevada City, California. Their mission is to provide products that foster cooperative play. It is also their goal to promote understanding and circulate information about why and how parents, educators, and everyone else can benefit by engaging in playful collaboration.

Every product in their store has been carefully handselected as an item that works to bring out the cooperative spirit. They work with manufacturers who practice environmental sustainability and fair trade practices through the use of recycled and sustainably produced materials. As much as possible, the items in their store are made in the U.S.

 

About The Baby Beluga Game:

The Baby Beluga Game is a brand new cooperative board game for children ages 3-10. It was created by Suzanne Lyons at Cooperative Games in cooperation with Raffi. There are three levels of play for children of all ages, – both readers and non-readers.

The illustrations and details are sure to engage your children.

This great game is made in the USA.

Included – Guidebook with simple game instructions, Ocean Science Pages, directions for more active cooperative games and a free download of Raffi singing “Baby Beluga”.

My Thoughts:

My girls and I really enjoyed playing this game. They are 6 and 8, and we had a great time. I think that it will be a great addition to any family or classroom.

Purchase:

If you are interested in purchasing this game or any of the other great games that are offered from Cooperative Games, head on over to their website. Also our lucky readers will get an extra 10% off now through November 30th as long as you use code Blog10.

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