Game Jesters Podcast - Some Playstation Updates

Shawn Shamrock was recently on the Game Jesters podcast. Discussing the latest on Life Is Strange 2, The Amazing Adventures of Captain Spirit, Friday the 13th, and Star Wars.

GamerJesters Podcast Nintendo Update June 24th 2018

Shawn Shamrock joins the GamerJesters podcast to deliver a Nintendo Update. Watch the video below to hear the latest updates on

Arena of Valor
Crash Bandicoot
Captain Toad
Octopath Traveler

and a selection of Indie titles that are coming to the console in the next month

Tophatter - The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly

Tophatter may be your new addiction.... or not.

One of the rewards apps I was using had an advertisement for tophatter and I thought the premise seemed interesting. It vaguely remind me of some of those deal site auctions where you can pick up items for a low price buy paying for a group of bids. Luckily in this case you don't have to purchase a bid package in order to start bidding. That is one of the few pluses of tophatter. You don't pay anything until you win an auction. Bidding as of this writing is currently free!

THE REAL FUN IS IN THE LIVE AUCTIONS
There are two main parts of the tophatter site. The live auctions and the browse section which includes the items at their regular price and hourly flash deals. The browse  section and flash deals aren't as exciting to me. The flash deals change every hour but for me the real fun is in the live auctions. The auctions start with bidding as low as $1. However very few items will ever sell for that price. I generally stick to the FREE SHIPPING section and I will explain why in just a second. It is very easy to get caught up in a bidding war. Often times that can be a little problematic because a lot of the items on this site you can find on sites like Wish

THIS IS WHERE YOU NEED TO BE CAREFUL
Since the items are similar to those you may find on some of those low cost marketplaces. It is best to compare what you are bidding on and comparing the prices. For example the item that I bid on and finally won was selling on Wish between $20-$32 total with the price of shipping. Since I was using the free shipping category on TOPHATTER, my goal was to try to win it for under $20. Otherwise I would just buy it on Wish. I came to tophatter to get a deal. Let me tell you that was not an easy task. The item came up for bid quite a few times because the seller had several listed. There's a little timer bar that reduces. Each time someone bids the bar refreshes but gets slightly shorter. Overall they are trying to keep the auctions under 90 seconds. There was several times that the item I wanted to purchase would go over my $20 limit. Sometimes it would end up going as high as $38. I kept on it and after a few hours.... Yes I do mean hours. I managed to finally win the item I was seeking for $12 with free shipping. The reason I personally stick to the free shipping is because if the auction sells for higher than you wanted to pay, you have to add on an additional few dollars for shipping. At that point you may have had the chance to get a better deal elsewhere.

This is a site you will need to be patient. 
If you are trying to snag a good deal then patience is going to be something you will need a lot of. You may not win the first few auctions and the prices may go higher than what you are willing to spend. Plus you also have to consider that shipping can take anywhere from 2-4 weeks on most of the items. I was lucky to reveice my item in right under 2 weeks. It took 12 days total from the time I paid for my order till it arrived at my door.

Late Night Owls may have the best luck.
While people are on this site at all hours of the day you may have the best chance of snagging a good deal late at night during those off peak times. I have no way of knowing this for sure and it is just pure speculation on my part. It would make sense because there are less people bidding and not as many active users on the site during the non peak times. That also means that times when people are just getting off of work or before they go to work for the day are generally terrible times for trying to win an auction with the lowest price possible.

I personally find Tophatter to be fun
It may not be my go to shopping destination, but it is fun to see what items are currently being auctioned. It is thrilling to get a good deal. That is where the excitment with tophatter is. The deals are there on the site but they may not be as easy to acquire. When you do finally win an auction, you'll be as giddy and overjoyed as the bad acting in the advertisements!

500 Games in 1 Console Review

I'm sure a lot of you have heard of the super popular NES CLASSIC.
Were you aware that there are several NES CLASSIC CLONES!!

In today's blog post I am going to be sharing a video review that you can watch below.

Screenshots

500 in 1 games Menu

Super Mario Bros 3

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

Friday the 13th

PaperBoy

WATCH REVIEW BELOW

The NES Classic was a huge hit for Nintendo back in 2016. Since then the market has been saturated with clones and knock offs of this hugely succesful console. One such clone is the 500 in 1 games console. It is exactly what it sounds like! 500 games on 1 mini console.

The 500 in 1 games console differs from the NES Classic by offering regular red and yellow AV CABLES. This does not use an HDMI cable and may not work properly on some newer tvs that have replaced audio/video jacks. 

The console only came with 1 controller and I am not sure how you get a replacement controller or additional ones if you choose to.  The controller pad offers 4 buttons and a directional pad instead of the 2 of the nes classic. The  controller cord is also nearly 3 times as long.

Unlike the NES classic there is no save features so you can't stop and pick up your games later. As far as the games themselves they are mostly emulated roms, knock offs, or re-skins. It's not uncommon to see Mario in other games he otherwise wouldn't be in like Tiny toons, Ninja or Jurrasic Park style games. 

Some games are really bad both graphically and to control. Some  examples here would be poor jumping mechanics, input lag.

Not all the games are like this. There actually quite a few that are replicated well enough and can almost be passable for the authentic game. The only thing they are missing is that final polish and Nintendo Seal of quality that gave some of the old NES ERA games their distinct art style and quality for that era given the NES's much more limited capabilities by today's standards.

Some games have random titles or really make no sense. There are a few duplicates when it comes to some of the games being reskinned. For example there are nearly 10 games featuring mario with dinosaurs. There are probably over 20 reskins of the 1st Mario Brothers game for NES. 

If you go into this expecting some high quality gaming you will be disapointed. If you however go with more realistic expectations and take it for what it is. A cheap knock off that for around $20 will give you mindless and nearly endless entertainment at a low cost, then you will enjoy this console.

It isn't perfect but on a scale of 1-10 I would give this a solid 5. It isn't complete trash as there are some good hidden gems, but that mixed with some of poor quality and lack of HDMI and save capabilities makes me give it a rating of right in the middle. 

5 out of 10 Stars

★★★★★☆☆☆☆☆

KY Warming Liquid Review

Please note that I recently got to try this product out for free and this is an honest review based on my experience.

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KY WARMING LIQUID CAN ADD SOME FIRE TO YOUR LOVE LIFE! FEEL THE INTENSE WARMING SENSATION WITHOUT THE BURN!

I wasn't sure how I was going to feel when I got to try the KY warming liquid. My experience with other warming liquids has always been a mixed experience. There are some store brands that don't offer the same quality that KY does. A lot of times that may be fine for normal lubricants, but for specialty lubes it creates some issues. The common issue I've come across with other lubricants is that overly greasy and downright nasty sticky feeling that both feels gross for hours, smells, and nearly impossible to wash off. 

THE GOOD NEWS IS!!!!

This product is different. That disgusting greasy feeling that I mentioned is absent with this lubricant. That is the very first plus to this product. The other is that warming sensation. Don't expect this warming sensation to last for hours on end. From what I can tell and I don't know the science behind it but this is supposed to last for a few minutes. I am not sure if the friction is supposed to intensify the feeling but for a few minutes I believe that is what is happening. The only downside is that it is a few minutes. I think with the way this product is intended to be used, I do not think it was meant for feeling hours of long warming sensation. I am sure that would lead to an unpleasant feeling after a while. I'll end this on a high note here. The other major plus to this product is that the warming sensation has a slight tingle to it but it doesn't burn. You won't feel like you are on fire as if you accidentally put icy hot on.. PLEASE DO NOT DO THAT! That will burn and not feel good at all! You get a fun warming sensation that lasts for a few minutes and spices up what otherwise may have been a dull activity without it. 

I'd give it a 3.5 out of 5 stars

★★★✬☆