Author Archives: Shawn Scott Smith

One cool thing 9-8-2020 Xbox Series X

Long rumored, Xbox officially announced the Xbox series x today, a lighter discless version of their new Xbox slated for this fall. This system is less powerful then the new xbox but can do more than the current systems. At $299 its a steal for next gen gaming, but if you have the means I think the more modern option X is the way to go. Still its nice to have an option for entry level gaming in the next gen, and if you just stream your games its not a bad option. It releases November 10th.

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One cool thing 9-3-2020 Dragoncon goes virtual.

Every Labor day, myself and 85k geeks descend onto downtown Atlanta and revel for five days across five hotels, a convention center and even the entire streets during a Saturday parade, Sadly covid claims another victim this year but the fine folks at Dragoncon have set up three full rooms of virtual programming, a virtual dealer room , a discord and more.

You can find the entire list of events at Dragoncon

One Cool Thing 9-2-2020 Avengers Infinity Quest Pinball

Announced today, Stern Pinball is releasing their next game and its a comic based Avengers game. Designed by Keith Elwin (Iron Maiden, Jurassic Park) it is sure to shoot well. It has some neat ramp features I haven’t seen in a while and the lifting spinner is straight out of Cirqus Voltaire. I’ll need to flip it first but I may be after this game in my home collection if it feels good.

All the details can be found at Stern Pinball and check out the trailer below.