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By Aimee, December 17, 2011

Geek confession time. We absolutely love Portal 2. The first Portal game was great as well, but being able to play the co-opt part of Portal 2 has really added to the fun. And yes, each of us played the first person game all the way through, together, while the other one watched. It was just that fun. From time to time, you might even hear us referencing quotes from the game, not that you would know what we were talking about unless of course you too played the game.

"Preparing to dispense product."

Finally, our own turret! Oh, so maybe it’s a turret flashlight that talks and says turrety things, but it’s about as close as we will ever get to having the real deal! And that is of course the only way we would want it (unless the turret was special of course, and didn’t actually want to kill us). There is a Wheatly LED flashlight as well. Also? The turret comes in packaging just like the one in the Aperture Investment Opportunity #3 video. Very cool, very cool indeed!

And while we all know that the cake was a lie, these cookies are totally real! Portal Cookie Cutters! Once again, our decorating skills need a bit more skill, but we had so much fun trying to create Companion Cubes, turrets, and even portals! Sadly, our cookies expanded a lot, and some things look a bit “puffy”, but you get the gist. By the way, awesome cookie bakers reading this… how do you get your cookies to look so perfectly shaped?

Cookies in progress!

Here is my attempt at decorating a turret cookie. It’s not the worst, but let’s be honest, it’s not exactly great for someone who used to work in a cookie shop!

And one more Portal item before you think me truly obsessed. An Aperture Laboratories scarf! Or rather, an Aperture Thermal Neck Wrap, you know, if you want to get scientific about it. See in the photo, that’s SNOW  behind me, a scarf is a must have, and this one is super cool. Warm.

Yes friends, now you know the truth. We love Portal. If you love the game too, and want fun Portal items be sure to visit the links. If you haven’t played the game yet, what are you waiting for?

Big thanks to ThinkGeek for encouraging my Portal obsession and providing the items for review in this post. As always, my opinions are my own.

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By Aimee, December 2, 2011

Do you enjoy watching documentaries? We love them because we always learn such interesting things. Recently we got the chance to watch Toyland. As the name suggests, it’s a documentary about toys and of course, toy makers.

The movie follows one toy maker’s journey (Tim Walsh) to create his toy, you get to see him create prototypes and pitch the product to big game producers. In between his story, we also get to look back at the people who brought us Slinky, Play-Doh, Radio Flyer wagons, Twister, Nerf, Ant Farm, Kerplunk, Rock ‘Em Sock ‘Em Robots, Mouse Trap, Operation and more!

It’s really so interesting how some of the toys we love came about, and what happened to the people who made them. There were a lot of things we didn’t know, for example that there is actually a toy design college! And you really have to hear what happened to the inventor of the Slinky!

Big thanks to Tim Walsh for sending the DVD for our review. Here is a bit of what you will see if you choose to watch Toyland.

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By Aimee, November 30, 2011

Yes, I am a little excited because tomorrow is December first, which means that we will get to open the first door on our Star Wars Advent calendar. When I was little, and even to this day, I have always loved advent calendars. It was one of my favorite holiday traditions, so I am excited to embrace our inner geeks as we open each day.

Sadly it looks like they are all sold out on ThinkGeek where we ours came from. However, they do still have these cute plush Yodas and Darth Vaders if you are into Star Wars for the holidays! In fact, they have tons of funny Star Wars stuff for Christmas.

I’ll have to post a photo of all the fun items in our advent when we have it all opened. What about in your home? Do you like advent calendars too?

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By Aimee, November 22, 2011

We just got the last installment of the Harry Potter series on Blu-Ray. I am hoping that soon we will have Harry Potter marathon and watch them all again. Until then, I can write my thoughts in Tom Riddle’s diary, also known as Lord Voldomort’s horcrux.

My only hope is that I won’t need a basilisk fang in the future.

The journal is actually quiet nice, and really does look like the one in the movie (aside from the name plate on the back). You may remember it from Harry Potter and The Chamber of Secrets, but hopefully we won’t be as foolish as young Ginny when writing in the journal. Actually, I don’t think we will ever write in it at all, it’s such a nice replica it would be a shame to ruin it with our messy penmanship. Plus, what if it was magic? Then what would we muggles do?

Are you a Harry Potter fan too?

*Tom Riddle’s diary provided by ThinkGeek.com. You can get your own here if you dare.*