Merry Geekmas!

'Tis that time of the year again... And though we're not the biggest fans of mainstream Christmas decorations, we could not resist giving our home some Christmas cheer. It started off with a pair of antlers for Agent 47 (above), and then we just had to buy a few smaller hats and gifts for the children (aka our figurines).

Enjoy the pictures - we certainly enjoyed spicing up the Geek Cave with some subtle holiday themes!

Destiny 2 Collector's Edition

We won something!

So with the release of Destiny 2, Mweb Gamezone and Megarom Interactive had a competition where you could win the Collector's Edition of the game if you submitted a video about what Destiny means to you.

We jumped at the chance to have fun and possibly win something, and you can check out our video here. Bear in mind that we shot this video with a pretty basic cellphone, and Marius edited it on PowerPoint! We used the track 'Undefeated' from the new Skillet album as our soundtrack - it's an epic song/album, and also worth checking out.

Just when we had given up hope that we might have had a chance of winning, Mweb contacted us to say that we had, in fact, won the collector's edition. It's a truly stunning set of Destiny-related items, and we wanted to share it with you.

One of the biggest collector's edition boxes we'd ever seen!

This is what the box looks like once the sleeve is removed.

The first layer inside the box.

The second layer contains the really detailed frontier bag, styled after Hawthorne's bag in the game.

A metallic canister bearing the symbols of the three hero classes in Destiny 2.

Inside the canister, three survival compartments are linked together into one.

The compartments can be separated. This entire canister can also be fitted onto the frontier bag.

These two compartments contain a paracord and a solar blanket, respectively.

The final compartment is actually a solar USB charger with adjustable panels.

The Cabal-themed collector's box, filled with interesting goodies.

Some of the contents of the Cabal box.

Cabal military pawns.

More neat stuff.

A postcard from outer space.

More content from the Cabal box.

Frontier bag, Cabal box, Steelbook game case, and the survival canister.

The bag was way bigger than we expected, and really beautiful.

Look at the details!

Some more frontier bag details.

The back of the box, detailing the contents.

Let's go!

Last weekend, we decided to don our orange supporter gear and go watch the Cheetahs play rugby against the Lions (the stadium is a 10-minute drive away, and we hadn't been in a while). The weather is getting warmer again, rugby tickets are not too expensive, and we are still feeding off the high of our team winning the Currie Cup last year.

Besides, we do love an excuse to dress up, and there's nothing quite like watching a live game.

Since the stadium was relatively empty, since we had front-row seats and since we were among the few who had gone to such dressing-up extremes, we ended up being featured on TV multiple times. We kept getting messages from family all over the country about them seeing us on their TV screens at home. We even made it onto the 5-minute YouTube highlights video, where you can see us in action at the very start and at the very end (parental guidance advised for the celebratory kiss at the end!).

Marius created a poster specifically for the occasion (pictured above), and it looked really nice, if we do say so ourselves. We also made sure to wear a touch of pink in honour of breast cancer awareness (the Cheetahs played in pink socks that day to highlight this worthy cause).

Here are a few photos of the Nells in their natural habitat:

This is a family-submitted photo of Marius going insane on TV (his voice was half-gone for 3 days from repeatedly shouting 'let's go')

Victory kiss on camera! The Cheetahs won the game with a desperately-needed try in the last minute of the game.

Annalene was easy to spot in her Cheetah supporter's outfit

Cheetahs warming up in their pink socks

Waiting to see the players after the game

Marius got to pose with the Cheetah captain

Happy after a narrowly-won victory

Fantasy Medieval Birthday Party

Welcome, one and all, to ye olde 30th birthday partie!

Theme: medieval/fantasy

We will let the pictures speak for themselves. Enjoy!

Everyone received scrolls as invitations

A Jolly Dragon Tavern sign welcomed gypsies, monks, messengers, elves and barbarians to the festivities

Entrance to the House of Nell / Jolly Dragon Tavern

Party set-up: bunting, candles, and shields everywhere

Some details on the main table

Chocolate coins for ambience and dessert

A useful bin to store your weapons while you feast

Entrance to the rest of the house

The interior of the Jolly Dragon Tavern

Various fantasy-themed shields

What is a tavern without a fireplace?

A glorious feast awaits weary travellers at the Jolly Dragon Tavern

Some more food. The pancakes were based on an actual medieval recipe.

Marius tapping into his inner barbarian

Action shot of the vicious barbarian

Annalene as the elven ranger showing off her throwing dagger

Elven huntress ready for action

Some details on Annalene's costume

The elven quiver

Elvish makeup

A happy monk showed up at the Tavern

An emissary from afar stopped by the Tavern on his travels

Playing around in costume

The barbarian clashes with some other tavern-goers

The Elf tries to teach the barbarian a lesson

Having fun as an elven maiden and a barbarian

The Tavern patrons seem to be getting along

Marius shaved his head for the party. It is the barbarian way.

Intimidating the knight at the entrance

Robin Hood showed up with his Gypsy lady 

A well-travelled and dangerous Assassin also stopped by

Christoffius the Brave brought his war hammer

A messenger from a faraway kingdom brought a message for the Elf

The gentlemen work up an appetite outside the Tavern

Group photo

The fantasy band of merrymakers pose for a magical picture

Action shot - two groups facing off

Looking epic

And finally... the feast!