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Plex Pass Review: iTunes on Steroids

Joe Warner Plex is a popular multi-platform media player that works with Windows, Mac, Android, iOS, Windows Phone, set-top boxes like Roku, Apple TV 4 and Amazon Fire TV, smart TVs from Vizio and...

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Keurig KOLD Drinkmaker Review: For the Love of Soda

Brian Hoss For as long as I have been alive, there has been a battle over consumers’ choice of drinks. No, I’m not referring directly to the Pepsi Challenge, but what I am getting to is that where...

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Kwikset 909 SmartCode Electronic Deadbolt Review

Mike Flacy Moving into the age of the smart home is inevitable at this point. New technology is sprouting up every month, tech that makes things easier around our homes. The Kwikset 909 electronic...

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Brick Loot Subscription Box Review

Kristin Cook I’m not sure who was more excited to find the little blue box from Brick Loot on the doorstep last week: me or my 4 year old son. We were only more excited when we opened it up to find...

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Rogue One Review: Prestige Fan Fiction

Joe Warner This is a Spoiler-Free Review: i.e. no major plot points, no plot recap. If you’ve seen the trailers and put the pieces together, then you’re safe. Rogue One: A Star Wars Story is the first...

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Julep Maven Subscription Box Review

Elizabeth Henges I love the idea of subscription boxes, but I’m always a little wary of them.  I do know that they are almost always a good deal, but are the items things I actually want, or is it...

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Is it Purrfect? Our ‘Cat Lady Box’ Subscription Review

Elizabeth Henges There are a fair amount of pet related subscription boxes out there on the market.  These boxes tend to focus on treats and toys for your cat or dog, and it’s a nice monthly surprise...

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Patched or Not, Mass Effect: Andromeda is a Flawed Yet Exhilarating Journey

Thomas Spurlin Development of Mass Effect: Andromeda — at least, the creative thoughts behind it — likely began shortly after the release of Mass Effect 3 and the divisive reception that its ending...

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90s Nostalgia: The Nick Box Review

Elizabeth Henges If you’re a 90’s kid, you’ve surely watched a ton of Nickelodeon back in the day.  Plenty of shows and cartoons from Nick are pretty big staples to those that grew up in that...

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Doki Doki Box Review

Elizabeth Henges There are subscription boxes for practically everything you want these days.  It can be fun to get a bunch of new stuff every month, but considering the nature of these boxes you may...

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Umai Crate Subscription Review

Elizabeth Henges Another month, another subscription box review!  This month we have another box from Japan Crate… the Umai Crate, a pack full of ramen and noodles to enjoy, straight from Japan.  But...

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ThinkGeek Capsule Subscription Box Review

Elizabeth Henges ThinkGeek is jumping on the subscription box train with the ThinkGeek Capsule, a box chock full of nerdy goods from one of the top companies for nerd swag. It’s seems like a no brainer...

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Star Wars The Last Jedi Review: Still Some Magic in These Bones

Joe Warner Spoiler alert: Only if you’ve never seen the trailers or TV spots. OK, a *tiny* spoiler in the second to last paragraph. A day after the Disney Empire (First Order?) took over the movie...

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The Xbox One X, Microsoft’s ‘Project’, Is a Robust Console Enhancement

Thomas Spurlin Typically, the experience of buying a launch console falls into two categories. Under most circumstances, this momentous occasion involves a from-scratch videogame system with an...

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Solo Review: Han Shoots First (But Don’t Get Your Hopes Up)

Joe Warner This is a Spoiler-Free Review: i.e. no major plot points, no plot recap. If you’ve seen the trailers and put the pieces together, then you’re safe. Solo: A Star Wars Story, like 2016’s Rogue...

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Amazon Echo Dot (3rd Generation) Review

Joe Warner Amazon’s new Echo Dot 3rd Generation Smart Speaker will be one of the hottest tech goodies of the 2018 holiday shopping season, especially during the Thanksgiving and Black Friday sales....

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Amazon Fire TV Cube Review: Well, It Can Turn On Your TV

Joe Warner The Amazon Fire TV Cube, you might have heard, has had issues. Introduced in the summer, the Fire TV Cube—a hybrid of Amazon’s phenomenally successful Echo and its Fire TV streaming...

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Echo Wall Clock Review: Great for Timers, Boring Design

Mike Flacy The barrage of Amazon products announced at the Fall Amazon Echo event recently was pretty overwhelming. Beyond the next generation of Echo smart speakers, Amazon expanded into the Home...

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Facebook Portal+ Review: Amazing Video Calls, Limited App Store

Mike Flacy It’s been a little over half a year since Facebook’s Portal devices hit the smart home device market. The initial launch must have been a success for the company since it’s planning to...

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Amazon Echo Buds Review: Alexa In Your Ear & Everywhere

Joe Warner The Amazon Echo Buds ($130) are Amazon’s first foray into “true wireless” headphones, a burgeoning product category that evokes the in-ear devices that the Cybermen use to control people in...

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