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Skylanders, Toys, Video Game

Donkey Kong and Bowser to Guest Star in Skylanders SuperChargers

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I open up my e-mail while at lunch and get this press release below. I am blown away! I can’t believe that Skylanders will have Nintendo characters Donkey Kong and Bowser as playable figures in Skylanders SuperChargers. But on top of that the figures themselves can also work as amiibo figures. That is an innovative way to incorporate two types of technologies into one game. I’m only speculating here but I wonder if that opens things up to there being some Skylanders characters making their way into some Nintendo games like Super Smash Brothers or Mario Kart. It makes you think.

While the press release will detail the announcement I went through a bunch of photos and posted them over to Instagram along with two very short gameplay videos. It looks amazing! Check out more of my Instagram images below. Continue reading Donkey Kong and Bowser to Guest Star in Skylanders SuperChargers →

Photo-A-Day, Toys

Samus Blasting at You


Photo-A-Day #3614

It snowed once again today. I am getting incredibly beaten down by snow, snow and more snow. So, tonight when I went to work I went to a different building to work. I have never been to this building before and I took a walk around to see what people had on their desks for fun games and toys. I saw a few desks that had Loot Crate items on them. Then I found a desk with this Samus Aran model on it. I’d never seen one before and it looked really cool to me. I had to take a shot. Focusing on the barrel of her blaster gives this image a tight focus.