Amazon Music Prime available now to Prime Family
I got an email from Amazon today, stating that as a Prime Member through the Family plan, I now have access to Amazon Music Prime.
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Weekend Gamer: Fallout Season One Steelbook
I swore, when I was in the middle of moving to Jacksonville, that I need...
Weekend Gamer: Fallout Statues
With Fallout Season 2 set for December 2025, and Season 1 available on Bluray on...
Amazon Prime Day 2025
Amazon Prime Day (July 8-11, 2025) Amazon Prime Day is here. The event will run...
Prime Time: Housewarming
With Amazon Prime Day coming up on July 8 to 11, I want to remind people to not get anything on those dates. It’s from firsthand experience, but due to the influx of orders, Amazon will often screw something up on your orders or deliveries. I’ve had wrong items or mis-delivered items… and they only happen around Prime Day.
Weekend Gamer: Fallout Pip-Boy
As a diehard Fallout fan, I have been collecting official Fallout merchandises for years and years. When the Amazon television series was announced in 2024, it was the best thing that could have happened for Fallout collectors. It meant that, for the first time in a long time, we got a ton of official Fallout merchandises, thanks to Amazon’s strong licensing department.
Weekend Gamer: Update (May 2025)
As for the gaming, I finally got around to putting together my Galaga Arcade1Up. I’ve had this thing in the original box for more than a year, because I knew eventually, I had to move to Jacksonville, and it was just easier to leave things in its compact state. When I put it together, I soon realized I did not bring my Pac-Man and Street Fighter II console controllers… so instead of putting the Galaga side art, I prefer the bright yellowness of the Pac-Man side.
Spectra 6
The next generation of e-ink is here, and it is called Spectra 6.
The original Spectra had only three pigments (red, black, white), but over the years, they evolved to Spectra 6, featuring six colors: red, yellow, blue, white, black, and green… and through those combinations can produce about 60,000 colors.
Crime Time: Harry Bosch, Renee Ballard, and Levon Cade
Crime Time: Harry Bosch, Renee Ballard, and Levon Cade - Bosch Legacy: The Final Season
and A Working Man
Crime Time: Born Again and Persuader
Crime Time: Born Again and Persuader - Daredevil: Born Again and Reacher: Season 3
Justice is Blind
Do you ever wonder why there are so many Zatoichi films (26 in total)? That’s because it was really meant to be a serial for television, but back in the early sixties, televisions weren’t as common. By the mid-seventies, almost every home in Japan had a television, so Zatoichi continues his adventures in a television show. Between 1974 and 1979, a total of 100 episodes of Zatoichi were produced.
Vizio 65″ 4K Smart TV
We recently upgraded to a new Vizio 65” 4K Smart TV, as part of leftovers from a Black Friday campaign from Walmart.
I’m very happy with the display for the price (less than $400).
Black Birds of a Feather
There are a couple of spy thrillers with similar names out right now: Black Doves and Canary Black
Black Friday Week
If you’ve been paying attention, Black Friday (and Cyber Monday it goes without saying), have been happening earlier and earlier every year. Last year, I said deals were happening as early as November 1, 2023.
Weekend Gamer: Lenovo Legion Go
Lenovo Legion Go Lenovo Legion Go Specs Processor: AMD Ryzen Z1 Extreme with RDNA Graphics...
Weekend Gamer: Legion Go, ROG Ally, and MSI Claw at Target and Castlevania Anniversary Collection
I was surprised to see that all three Windows devices, the MSI Claw, the Lenovo Legion Go, and the Asus ROG Ally were all in stock (two each) at my semi-local Target Super Store. To be perfectly honest, this is the first time I have seen the Legion Go or the Claw in a retail store, and I was really excited. Not crazy about the prices, both the Legion Go and Claw are $700 and the ROG Ally is $500 (but keep in mind this is last year’s “Non-Extreme” version).
Minneapolis: November 29 to November 30, 2024
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Ten Reasons to avoid the Kindle Colorsoft
The reviews for the Kindle Colorsoft are in, and it’s not good. As you know, I was considering buying it before it was released, but now reading all the negative reviews, I’m definitely avoiding it.
It’s funny how none of the reviews that got free review units points out or were critical of the Colorsoft’s flaws. Can you really trust all those YouTubers or review websites? It takes getting the units in the hands of regular consumers will you see a true review of the product.
Weekend Gamer: Scorn
If you have Amazon Prime, they’ve been giving away a ton of GOG (and some Epic Games) titles about three months ago. If you haven’t gone there recently head over to gaming.amazon.com and pick up about 50 free video games!
Ten Reasons to get the Kindle Colorsoft
As you may have heard, Amazon is releasing its first color Kindle called the Kindle Colorsoft on October 30, 2024.
The device is a 7-inch tablet that use Kaleido 3 does not appear to be competing with Remarkable Paper Pro, but rather Kobo, who makes a color 7” called the Kobo Libra Colour. The Kobo Colour out in April 2024 and have been slowly converting Kindle readers to Kobo readers.
Further proof, the Kindle Scribe was Amazon’s as an answer to Kobo’s Kobo Elipsa, which is a 10” device for notetaking (but also the ability to read Kobo books).
reMarkable Paper Pro Review
When I first saw the Remarkable Paper Pro online in early September 2024, I dismissed this because of how expensive it was. It’s about $600, and part of that price includes the required pen. Plus, I was massively disappointed in Boox Note Air 3 C due to the poor color representation of Kaleido 3.
After watching some comic book pages on the RPP, I was definitely interested buying this as my digital comic book reader! Unfortunately, as an e-reader, it absolutely sucks. The Remarkable only supports PDF and ePub, with no support for Kindle Books or CBR (the popular comic book archive format).
How to read your Kindle books on the Remarkable Paper Pro
If you want to read your digital Amazon books on the Remarkable Paper Pro, you are going to have to jump through some hoops, due to the Amazon’s DRM (Digital Rights Management).
reMarkable Paper Pro
Longtime readers will remember that I’m on an impossible search for the perfect color e-Ink reader, mostly for reading comic books and magazines. So what I’m looking for is a large (larger than 12 inches) device to display color e-Ink.
As noted in my review of Boox Note Air 3c (10 inches), I was not impressed with the muted/faded colors. That’s because the color technology, called Kaleido 3, is limited to 4,000 colors and sits on top of the black and white layer. The result is a much darker image. You don’t get true black and white or do you get true colors, it just looks awful, in my opinion.
Half Price Books: The Big Sale (31 Aug to 02 Sep 2024)
Half Price Books’ “The Big Sale” event is back and will run through September 2,...
Fallout Classic Collection
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Prime Time
Once again, it’s Amazon’s Prime Day. Today is the last day of the two-day shopping...
Xbox Toaster
I don’t know why, but I just love those stupid Xbox home appliances, like Xbox...
ROG Ally X
With the one-year anniversary of the ROG Ally coming up in June 2024, Asus will be announcing a new version of the ROG Ally, named ROG Ally X. It is not a full upgrade, but a mid-cycle refresh.
Amazon Kindle Scribe
I’ve been looking for the perfect e-Ink tablet for a while, I thought my prayers were answered with the Boox Note Air 3, but I was disappointed in the muted/muddy colors. It’s not a good Black & White e-reader either because due to the nature of Kaleido 3, it cannot achieve true white. Their version of white is really grey.
Fallout: TV Series
Amazon decided to launch their Fallout television early, the series debut on April 10 at...