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Where Did Ninja Go?

The last year has been a roller coaster of ups and downs for gamers watching the phenomenon of Ninja (Tyler Blevins). From small time streamer, to top Twitch personality in a record amount of time. As a Mom who runs many businesses, I watched things from a professional and personal stance transpire that made me shake my head with disbelief.

I watched this charismatic kid with a great outlook on life turn his love of gaming into an empire of money. His ability to learn any new game was something that all of us as gamers (myself included) would love to achieve. The release of Fortnite was his stepping stone to internet notoriety. He adapted to the game so quickly that he could not be beaten. His interaction with the chat with the boy next door attitude made him rise to the top of the Twitch almost over night.

Spoiler alert! He gets DEAD!

All you have to do is beat the Storm King by January 1, 2019 at 11:59 PM Eastern Time. No problem, right?  GrrrtyGirl and myself got a late start because we didn’t actually believe the reward was a real thing, but it is.  You can read more here.

It’s a 19 page quest.  Some of the quests are find “X” on “X” Map and no matter which map you chose there were only “X” of “X” on “X” map.  You get what I’m saying.  But I had a superior strategy of jumping between Canny Valley and Twine Peaks and search for the fastest maps to complete.  Mostly Encampment and Save the Survivor maps.  Well, we finished the questline with time to spare.  Now for this 45 minutes of Frostnite nubfarm.  Stay tuned!

Here are picks for the hottest title revealed at the 2018 Game Awards hosted by Geoff Keighley.

Game Awards 2018 Reveals

Ultimate Alliance 3.  While watching this trailer I was trying to remember a dope Marvel beat-em-up-like-brawler and I just couldn’t remember.  Then they showed the title and I then it hit me… Ultimate Alliance! Yes! Those games were hella fun back in the day.  Let’s go again!

Hades.  From the studio that brought you Bastion!  I wrote a review for that game: Bastion Review.

The Outer Worlds.  From the original creators of Fallout and the developers of Fallout: New Vegas.  This game looks just like Fallout, but in space.  #2 hype train of the night!

Fortnite Holiday Gift Giving Guide

Todd McFarlane is known for making amazing looking replica toys for the last 20 years. McFarlane Toys and Epic Games have joined forces to bring us some extraordinary Fortnite replicas that will make any fan proud to own. They are due to release in December 2018 just in time for the holiday gift giving season.

Take a look at these amazing items and let me know your favorite.

One of my personal favorites is the Fortnite Rainbow Smash Pickaxe. It measures a whopping 39” and is a definite must have for my collection. It will look great hanging on the wall or to just impress your friends. It is sold for $49.99 and you can pre-order it now.

Lego Overwatch coming in 2019

Lego and Blizzard have teamed up to create an exciting new batch of Lego sets based off of the hugely popular game Overwatch. The sets look super cool and I cannot wait to get my hands on them.

The Lego Overwatch sets are to be released sometime in 2019 and have been a well kept secret up until now. Unfortunately for Lego and Blizzard the news was prematurely leaked on the Target website much to early. Pictures of the sets were immediately taken from the site to be announced to the world much to Lego and Blizzard’s dismay. Since then Target has taken down the images and all links to the original post are deleted.

The only set I found available is sold on Amazon and up for pre-order. It is set to release on January 1, 2019 but this date may only be a placeholder to be filled in when the release date is official. The set is Lego Overwatch Hanzo and Genji #75971 priced at $19.99.