shepmcallister
Shep McAllister
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I bought this and have been using it since 2013. Zero issues with it. I would buy it again.
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I bought this and have been using it since 2013. Zero issues with it. I would buy it again.

Just had mine delivered yesterday. It is quite heavy. Haven’t unboxed it yet. Read more

Just had mine delivered yesterday. It is quite heavy. Haven’t unboxed it yet.

Castle Panic is usually well received. The concept is simple: your castle is in the middle of the board surrounded by rings representing distance, with the forest at the outer ring. Randomly drawn bad guys approach from the forest moving in to the castle and you deploy your limited resources like archers (can hit Read more

Castle Panic is usually well received. The concept is simple: your castle is in the middle of the board surrounded

I personally loved Forbidden Desert/Island. Both games were a good little co-op board game. Very easy to learn, and don’t take too long Read more

I personally loved Forbidden Desert/Island. Both games were a good little co-op board game. Very easy to learn, and

I recommend Lords of Vegas. Its like an advanced version of Monopoly
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I recommend Lords of Vegas. Its like an advanced version of Monopoly

There is some great stuff in here including Lanterns, Star Trek: Five Year Mission, Potion Explosion, 7 Wonders, Terraforming Mars. I just dropped ~$100 and picked up 7 Wonders: Duel, Photosynthesis, one of the Sherlock Holmes: Consulting Detective packages, and two of the Exit escape room games... Read more

There is some great stuff in here including Lanterns, Star Trek: Five Year Mission, Potion Explosion, 7 Wonders,

Damn you. Just dropped almost $350 on board games. Just gotta keep telling myself they would have cost me $450 at the normal Amazon price. Read more

Damn you. Just dropped almost $350 on board games. Just gotta keep telling myself they would have cost me $450 at

Been playing and coaching badminton on a more advanced level for years now, and I have never seen that rant before and I am laughing so hard. Totally bought the led feather birdies btw. Been wanting to do indoors glow in the dark badminton for a long time now, just don’t have the birdies for it. Don’t use these things Read more

Been playing and coaching badminton on a more advanced level for years now, and I have never seen that rant before

Shep, +1 for the Mary Carillo commentary. I am only wondering whether NBC was laughing or crying at that piece.
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Shep, +1 for the Mary Carillo commentary. I am only wondering whether NBC was laughing or crying at that piece.

All the stars for the clip of Mary Read more

All the stars for the clip of Mary

One of these days, I’m going to not come here on payday. Criminy. Read more

One of these days, I’m going to not come here on payday. Criminy.

I do a lot of smart home-related stuff (it’s part of my job), and TP-Link is my preferred choice for smart plugs. It’s a good balance between cost and build-quality, and the Kasa app (used for setup and management) is probably the most polished of the smart plug apps (I do love Belkin and Anker, but the Wemo and Eufy Read more

I do a lot of smart home-related stuff (it’s part of my job), and TP-Link is my preferred choice for smart plugs.

I just bought one of these last weekend and it works fantastically. Connected a PS4 controller easily to both my Switch and PC. Just be sure to connect it to your PC first and download the latest firmware, only takes a minute. Read more

I just bought one of these last weekend and it works fantastically. Connected a PS4 controller easily to both my

Interested if I can hook it up to a chiller and get ‘er down to sub zero temps. Read more

Interested if I can hook it up to a chiller and get ‘er down to sub zero temps.

As someone who owns a few pairs of these, GO BUY SOME!!! THEY’RE FUCKING AMAZING Read more

As someone who owns a few pairs of these, GO BUY SOME!!! THEY’RE FUCKING AMAZING

$40 for all of Horizon Zero Dawn is so utterly worth it. Honestly, one of the best games I’ve played in ages, and almost worth getting a PS4 by itself. Also that $14 Qi charger is damned handy at my work desk, I just wish it had a stand mount so I could angle my phone without all sorts of shenanigans to prop things up Read more

$40 for all of Horizon Zero Dawn is so utterly worth it. Honestly, one of the best games I’ve played in ages, and

This is possibly the greatest idea ever. I’m not even kidding. Read more

This is possibly the greatest idea ever. I’m not even kidding.

I bought this last time it was on sale; pretty decent for the price and a hell of a lot less intrusive than my on-desk stand. Read more

I bought this last time it was on sale; pretty decent for the price and a hell of a lot less intrusive than my