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Review – Lego Star Wars: The Force Awakens (XBox One)
I’ll be honest. Prior to watching Star Wars: The Force Awakens, I have never seen a Star Wars movie. I also have never played a Lego game either, at least not in its entirety. So as a newcomer, I was in awe to see how the two franchises came together to weave a well structured game, not only in story, but in game design.
Lego Star Wars: The Force Awakens is a beautiful game. From the moment you are thrown into the Battle of Endor, you encounter beautiful, lush environments and vivid colors that surround the area. It’s hard to believe that you’re looking at Lego blocks when the texture quality keeps you focused on the characters and your surroundings. The LEGO designs of famous Star Wars machines also look amazing. Whether you are riding on the X Wing or AT-ST, it looked nice to see them designed as LEGO’s. The cinematics are stunning, and the smaller details made me anticipate for the cut scenes in between gameplay.
Explosions look great in LEGO form. The game keeps true to the story line of Star Wars Episode VI/VII, adding on light-hearted humor to appeal to its younger audiences while still having bits of adult humor. The game doesn’t take itself too serious, but has a good balance between its quirky and serious moments. I had a few good laughs throughout the main story and I often walked around just to hear the small character dialogues. The scene where Kylo Ren makes his appearance and has trouble using his lightsaber will be one of my favorite moments in the game.
Its ok, you’re still one of my favorite villains in the series. When it comes to character controls, they are pretty straight forward. As the story progresses, you start to have the option to juggle between characters, each with their own quirks. Whats great about each character is that they feel different but play similarly. For example, Poe and Han Solo attack differently with their combination attacks, but they each have a grappling hook.
The characters themselves are important to advance the story and help unlock different areas and can help with various puzzles throughout the game. I had a bit of difficulty adjusting myself to swapping between the various characters, but it got easier once I found a flow to it. The overall difficulty of the game varies in terms of puzzles, but there are unlimited lives and immediate respawns. There’s no real penalty for death, so you can die as often as you’d like during a boss battle and not have to worry about starting from the beginning.
What stood out to me were the shoot outs. They were fast paced and the graphics also gave them another layer of intensity. Lego Star Wars: The Force Awakens brought the scenario to life, while I was scrambling to duck and cover and find the right button to press through out these fights. However, the game auto locks to your target, so it becomes easier and doesn’t take a lot of effort on your end. Regardless, it kept the game fresh at crucial times.
The flight combat was also nice to play, even though it felt a bit too fast paced at times. However, you experience close quarters flying as well as open range. Its tougher to dodge in close quarters but it feels like a high flying pursuit chase against the enemies, and the game is essentially piloting the ship for you. Open range feels very much like any other space shooter, with easier controls, such as flying backwards/dodging with one button. It still looks visually pleasing, and the objectives are simple enough. Once again, the cost of death isn’t too high, and you’ll respawn close to where you last left off.
The puzzles were anywhere between simple and difficult, but they were never frustrating. A lot of the puzzles involve swapping between characters and their special abilities (Poe and his grappling hook, or BB-8 and his hacking skills). You also know what characters you will need, just by hovering over the puzzle itself. You’ll start to feel the monotony of certain character puzzles, but the combat and exploring takes care of that on its own.
While you can advance through the game rather easily, there is an incentive to go back to worlds that you’ve traveled before and get more unlockables that you couldn’t get with other characters. There is an endless amount of replayability in this game that adds in a few extra hours, without feeling like a chore.
Closing Thoughts
While the game itself is targeted towards younger audiences, I would highly recommend it to anyone who is a fan of either Star Wars or loves playing LEGO games. The puzzles are fun, the fighting feels smooth and there is an endless amount of fun for multiplayer co-op. This is a great addition for any gamer in your household for the Holidays.Rating: 8.5/10
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How To Achieve Gorgeous Holiday Looks
‘Tis the season to treat your loved ones, but why shouldn’t you indulge your own needs and look and feel as gorgeous as ever this holiday season?! Now you can, thanks to the latest innovation from the brand that revolutionized the cosmetics application industry/process: BRUSHCRAFT by Artis!
This new addition to high-end, cult-favorite, Artis Brush, BrushCraft offers modern makeup brushes to those who consider make up an artistry and are looking to achieve a fast, flawless finish. Continuing to transform the beauty industry with his unique and forward-looking perspective, Matthew Waitesmith, Artis Founder, and creative visionary, created BrushCraft to address the challenges of makeup “self-application”. He wanted to deliver superior cosmetic performance with a line that combines ergonomics with design, function, and performance.
With a twist on the traditional makeup brush to make it more maneuverable and easy-to-use, Artis has rewritten the story. He created accessible makeup brushes that offer a fun, yet efficient makeup application process. By turning the fibers at a right angle, using trademarked, man-made and engineered NuFibre, and including many more fibers in each bundle than in conventional animal hair brushes, BrushCraft improves performance and provides better makeup results every time you use these brushes.
The BrushCraft Makeup Brush – The Components:
· BrushCraft Linear 1 – This brush is designed to help make a line of color easier. The Linear 1 has a thin row of fibers aligned perfectly so that you can pick eyeshadow or liner and by gently pulling the brush across the skin, you can create a thin line of makeup. Great for lining eyes, or filling in and perfecting brows.
· BrushCraft Circle 1R – This brush contains a fiber bundle that is a cylinder shape, but with a rounded domed top at the fiber tips. The shape and size make it great for applying eyeshadow and blending, spot concealing, focused contouring, and lip color.
· BrushCraft Oval 3 – The Oval 3 is the perfect size and shape for applying eyeshadow products to the lid area. You can do an all-over application of color, or use it to emphasize the outside corners of the lid or along the upper and lower lash lines. Also good for applying concealer to areas under the eyes.
· BrushCraft Oval 6 – This is the perfect size and shape brush for applying foundation, contour, and blush. Pick up a small amount of product and gently sweep it across the area of the face you want to cover. This brush has over 60,000 individual fibers in the bundle, which is the main reason it applies and blends product beautifully.
Most makeup artists—and the same is true for most makeup wearers—only use a few brushes to achieve the majority of results. However, the industry tells consumers to have a brush for every single part of the face and every single product. BrushCraft by Artis believes it’s better to have a few great brushes, each doing many different applications. which can work with many different formulas.
The BrushCraft Makeup Brush retails for $18.50 – $24.50.
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Cami’s Favorite Things December Edition
Cami just turned 6 months old! Having a new puppy after having Jacob for 11 years, is a whole new experience. In the last 11 years, lots of new pet products have come out and I am excited to check these out with Cami. Cami is a very good eater and she is open to trying new things. She is on a raw diet, having meaty bones, organs, veggies and supplements so looking for healthy treats for her has been of utmost priority. She snacks of dried fruits, veggies and fresh fruits too. Since going on DogVacay, she has tried all kinds of treats and biscuits so she does get it occasionally at home now!
Here are her favorite winter treats in no particular order.
Noah’s Bark at www.buynoahsbark.com – Noah’s Bark is a new line of all natural dog biscuits that are made from healthy lean proteins such as chicken, beef, and peanut protein blends and are most notably different for the ingredients you won’t find in the products: potentially harmful fillers like wheat, corn, soy, added sugars, and animal by-products. Another major differentiator of Noah’s Bark dog biscuits is that the products focus on freshness, using liquid by-products of the ingredients used, instead of water during the production process. This allows the product to retain more nutrients from its ingredients.
Cami loves: Peanutty Perfection – perfectly crunchy, a great midday snack when she goes inside her crate for a nap!
Made from Oat Flour, Peanut Butter, Ground Apples, Cane Molasses, Flaxseed, Oat Hulls, Natural Yeast Flavor, Mixed Tocopherols (Preservatives), and Rosemary Extract
The Stretch Fleece will make your pup the most stylish one on the block. These super-soft accessories, featuring a 4-way stretch will ensure your pup is warm and comfortable this season. All Gold Paw Series products are proudly sewn in the USA. www.GoldPawSeries.comCami loves: The Robin Egg in 24 inches. She is still growing so the 4 -way stretch is perfect for her puppy body and keep warm. The color is gorgeous and it is non-pilling, ultra soft and comfy!
Walking Cami is one of my favorite things to do! I love the freedom of being unplugged. Often I don’t even bring my phone! But recently, I dropped my phone on the sidewalk while walking Cami, it slipped out of my pocket! And then there was the time when she did a cute somersault and I didn’t have my phone with me to capture it. Then I forgot my keys once too! So having this Wristlet from A Pet with Paws has been a huge saver for making our walks even more perfect!
Kaleb’s Treats from Vermont are baked with 100% USDA CERTIFIED ORGANIC INGREDIENTS! They are also NON GMO PROJECT VERIFIED. They are made in small batches and is a healthy alternative to ‘Milkbones’. THE VERY BEST: HEALTHY, DELICIOUS, KALEB’S ORGANICS.
Cami loves: Peanut Butter Crunch and no upset tummy even with 2 extra treats during training!
Anticipating the great fireworks for NYE here in Vegas! Cami tried out the AKC Calming Coat in Pink XL.
- Provides anxiety relief from thunderstorms, traveling, crating, fireworks, loud noises, hyperactivity, vet visits, and separation
- Easy to Wear & Adjustable
- Easy, safe, drug free way to keep dogs calming during stressful times
Cami loves: hugs! This feels like a constant hug. Also no zippers! It is so easy to wear with big velcro panels and gives a swaddling effect for dogs with anxiety, fear, travel or hyperactivity
Twigo Pet Tag is so cute! This is a silent, silicone tag that you don’t need to engrave. All you have to do is write it and then boil it and it becomes permanent. It is not only adorable but also great for safety. It is perfect for the dog park and when we go hiking! Twigo LOVE tag makes Cami look so cute too. I can’t wait to let her wear this to DogVacay and go swimming too!
Pet Tech has these cool little boots. No snow yet but I’d love to use these on the hot pavements come summer time here in Vegas!
Cami’s review to come 🙂
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Get in the Sweet Holiday Spirit with Sugartooth Tours!
The holidays are right around the corner and your tastebuds want in on the festivities! There’s no better way to celebrate the season than indulging your sweet tooth on Sugartooth Tours’ revamped Sugartooth Holiday Market Dessert Tour. This heavenly tour will take your taste buds on a holiday journey, enjoying the best seasonal sweets and treats New York City has to offer.
The tour, an annual favorite, starts in Herald Square near Macy’s, whose holiday window displays are iconic symbols of the holiday season in the city! Guests will learn about the history behind the store’s famous holiday window displays while sampling some of the area’s most delectable desserts. Between the delicious sweets and iconic scenery, this enchanting tour will have everyone embracing the holiday spirit.
Stopping at some of the lesser-known hidden gem bakeries in the NYC area, guests will experience the culinary traditions of a wide variety of countries, including France, Germany, and Belgium, as they taste hot chocolate, gingerbread cookies, and so much more! The tour concludes at the Union Square Holiday Market, the area’s most exciting holiday market for shopping and other holiday treats. An added bonus of taking the tour; guests get to skip the long lines at the culinary booths!
From the sweets to the imagery, this tour captures the magical essence of New York during the holiday season, making it the perfect festive activity for visitors and locals alike. “The holidays are all about spending time with the people most important to us. Our annual Sugartooth Holiday Market Dessert Tour provides a unique opportunity for friends and families to come together to enjoy the city’s sweetest festive treats and get into the holiday spirit,” said Sugartooth Tours co-owner Sarah Rolleston.
For those unable to make the tour, Sugartooth Tours’ gift certificates make a delectable stocking stuffer idea. Give a one of a kind culinary experience as a gift to your favorite foodie or sweet-tooth, by purchasing a gift certificate on the company’s website. Gift certificates are good for any tour and can be used year round.
Tickets are $50 and include all tastings. Gift certificates and tickets may be purchased on the company’s website www.sugartoothtours.com. This year’s holiday tour will be offered on Sundays at 2:00 pm from Thanksgiving to Christmas, and by request for groups of three or more on weekend afternoons from Thanksgiving to December 23rd. Please check the company’s website calendar for an updated schedule.
Heydoyou joined Sugartooth Tours at mid-December, the first day when New York City snowed! It was a great experience, and I loved all the candies and snacks we tasted. The tour guide was nice, kind and humorous. We brought a happy mood all the way from Herald Square down to Union Square!
ABOUT SUGARTOOTH TOURS
Sugartooth Tours specializes in dessert tasting food tours in New York City—a perfect excursion for all ages, and for locals and visitors to the Big Apple alike! The company’s tours are small in size, with no more than sixteen people per group for an intimate experience. Sugartooth Tours is dedicated to serving the sweet tooth in everyone, providing the best customer experience through high quality tastings, superior customer service, and friendly and informed licensed tour guides.
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HAVE YOU HEARD OF ASMR PHENOMENON? Holiday Gift Ideas~
Adamandeve.com Quiz Unlocks Autonomous Sensory Meridian Response Triggers
Relaxation. Euphoria. Tingling. These are the words used to describe the result of an Autonomous Sensory Meridian Response, or ASMR, trigger. This newly acknowledged phenomenon, which leaves some devotees with what they call a “brain orgasm,” is the subject of adult e-tailer giant Adam & Eve’s (http://www.adamandeve.com) latest research effort – an informative quiz that can be found here: http://www.adameve.com/t-what-is-your-asmr-trigger.aspx.
Take the survey to find if you have any ASMR triggers. ASMR stimuli include auditory, visual and tactile experiences. While decidedly non-sexual, ASMR triggers can be anything that gives a person that tingling sensation that starts in the scalp and moves throughout the body. It creates a blissful calm that many utilize for insomnia, stress or meditation.
“Common ASMR triggers are the sight and sound of pages turning in a book, rain on a tin roof or a tickling whisper in your ear,” explains Adam & Eve resident sexologist Dr. Kat Van Kirk. “Others — seeing someone fold laundry, fingernails tapping on a table or watching and listening to painter Bob Ross — are more obscure, but still have a following.”
A recent “Are You ASMR Prone” Hot Jar poll from adamandeve.com asked over 2,000 visitors if they have ever experienced this unique tingling sensation, what caused it and if they have or would be willing to engage in
any of these triggers intimately. Fifty-seven percent said they had experienced an ASMR sensation resulting from whispering, light blowing or hand movements. Another 82% of adults polled said they intentionally engage in activities to produce this tingling sensation.“The scientific community has only recently delved into the ASMR movement,” explains Dr. Kat. “While many people have positive reactions to ASMR triggers, many others aren’t affected at all. And some have negative reactions to the stimuli. However, we believe there is an opportunity to take ASMR experiences to the next level, and explore how reaction to certain stimuli could be translated to the bedroom and enhance arousal and orgasm for many couples.”
Adam & Eve’s AMSR quiz is designed to help individuals assess whether they have ASMR triggers and how they can put them to good use. For more information on ASMR, please go here: http://www.adameve.com/sex-guides/blog/what-is-asmr.aspx.
Numerous YouTube videos have brought ASMR to light for millions of people.
There are some holiday gift products I recommend for your and your love.
Eve’s Bad Bad Bunny with Massaging Beads
$129.95 at Adam & Eve. Triple stimulators tease all your hot spots simultaneously!
Have triple the fun with this ultra-naughty triple stimulating rabbit! As 7 functions of vibration buzz through both clitoral and anal stimulators, the smooth silicone shaft massages your inner walls with internal beads. The beads flow up and down like stroking fingers, with 7 settings that give you so many ways to play!
- Triple stimulation silicone rabbit
- Large 5.5” x 1.35” insertable shaft with internal beads
- Multiple beads flow up and down for an incredible inner massage
- Flexible bunny in front for clitoral stimulation
- Ultra-bendy anal tickler lets you tease outer areas or insert
- 7 function vibration in clitoral and anal stimulators
- 7 function massaging beads
- Use massage solo, clitoral and anal vibration solo, or feel it all at once
- Fully rechargeable via included USB cable
- Charges in approx. 2 ½ hours
- 60-80 minutes of play time on a single charge
- Waterproof and fully submersible
Eve’s Lucky Bunny$29.95 at Adam & Eve.
Many women prefer the cute bunny ears on popular rabbit style vibes over other features.
If this sounds like you, then grab this Lucky Bunny now!
Eve’s Lucky Bunny sports a pair of tender, flexible bunny ears designed for the clitoral hot spot. Each ear is a-buzzin’ with 7 different functions of vibration, pulsation and escalation.
This 6.5″ tall, 1″ wide silicone vibe is easy to handle. Not only are the ears suitable for surface stimulation, it will rock your world anywhere you put them!
• Eve’s Lucky Bunny
• Personal vibrator designed primarily for women
• Soft silicone ears on a firm, shaft shaped body
• 6.5” x 1”, 4.5” insertable
• Ears are 1.5” long
• Uses 1 AAA battery (sold separately)
A&E G-Bunny Slim$44.95 at Adam & Eve.
Here’s a powerful, updated version of the traditional rabbit vibe designed for easier use and enjoyment.
• A&E G-Bunny Slim
• Angled, flexible, bulbous G-spot massager tip
• Rabbit-shaped clit stimulator
• 2 separate motors, one for G-spot, the other for the clitoris work simultaneously
• Slender 1.3″ wide shaft is narrower than most similar vibrators
• 8.75″ long, insertable up to 4.75″
• 10 speeds and functions of vibration, escalation and pulsation
• Crafted from high-end silicone
• Best with water-based lube or gel
• Uses 2 AA batteries, sold separately
• WaterproofThere is one more idea to make your Christmas night more shining.
It’s officially the holiday season and time for lots of shopping! So don’t hesitate to put all your wants into the shopping cart.
Cute bras, sleepwear and lingerie from Adore Me.
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Ready for Holidays? Welch’s Christmas Fruit Snacks
Christmas is coming, and I know you are preparing some snacks and candies for your family and guests. What I prepared is perfect and simple. Go to the store and buy this tasty and holiday-looking snacks. Most importantly, it tastes as cute as it looks.
As the season of gift giving is nearly upon us, Welch’s Christmas Fruit Snacks also can be a great holiday gift for your friends. Who doesn’t a sweet cute Christmas gift? The Welch’s Christmas Fruit Snacks is the perfect stocking stuffers as it comes in specially designed 4-count boxes. The snacks are the perfect additional to any gift, with the fun holiday themed boxes.
KEY PRODUCT FEATURES:
- Made with REAL Fruit
- Fruit is the First Ingredient
- 100% DV Vitamin C
- 25% DV Vitamins A & E
- Fat-Free
- Gluten-Free
- No Preservatives
- 4ct box with 0.9oz. pouches / $1.00
