Month: April 2016

Disney Magical Dice Game Impressions

Wow!  Disney’s turn around on these mobile games lately has been fantastic.  Within weeks of first inviting players to sign up for Disney Magical Dice, the game is already released.  Magical Dice is, plain and simple, a board game.  In fact, it’s not just any board game.  It […]

N.I.Y.T. #2 – Survive: Escape From Atlantis

Designer: Julian Courtland-Smith Players: 2-4 (5-6 with Expansions) Average Play Time: 60 Minutes Welcome back to N.I.Y.T. and a happy birthday to you…if, of course, it is your birthday. If not, I hope it’s at least a pleasant day. Many board games on the market are considered cooperative. […]

Vault Pixar #2 – A Bug’s Life

Directed By: John Lasseter Starring: Dave Foley, Kevin Spacey, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Hayden Panettiere, Phyllis Diller, Richard Kind and David Hyde Pierce Screenplay By: Andrew Stanton, Donald McEnery and Bob Shaw Original Release: November 25, 1998 If you were a computer animator in the 1990’s you might look at […]

[Watch] Projection Show at Animal Kingdom

Today I was very excited to see that Insidethemagic.com had posted a full video of the new projection show at Animal Kingdom.  You guys might know that Celebrate the Magic, the projection show at Magic Kingdom, is one of my all time favorite things in the parks and […]

N.I.Y.T. #1 – Splendor

Hello and welcome to our very first installment of Now It’s Your Turn, or N.I.Y.T. as we’ll be calling it. Today we’ll be talking about our very first board game, and as we go, I’ll also be explaining how this series will work. Consider this the ‘how to’ […]

The Jungle Book and Why I Loved It

By now you’ve done one of two things. You’ve either seen the reviews for The Jungle Book and know it’s amazing. Or, you actually went and saw The Jungle Book and know it’s amazing. I wouldn’t think of this post as a review, but rather my impressions of […]

Vault Pixar #1 – Toy Story

Directed By: John Lasseter Starring:  Tom Hanks, Tim Allen, Laurie Metcalf, Annie Pots, John Ratzenberger, Don Rickles, Wallace Shawn and Jim Varney Screenplay By:  Joss Whedon, Andrew Stanton, Joel Cohen and Alec Sokolow Original Release:  November 22, 1995 21 years ago, a little movie about what toys think […]