We're expecting... A PS5!

In these uncertain times

In this 'new normal'

So, it's 2020, and as massive PlayStation fans, we are super excited for the PS5. We watched everything Sony posted throughout the year, and when they finally revealed the release date and price, we gathered our savings and scoured local websites for pre-orders. Luckily, we were able to secure a PS5 each before all the pre-orders in South Africa were grabbed by other excited players. 

Since we are a married couple in our 30s, people expect certain ... things ... from us, so we decided to have a little fun and lightly troll our families and Facebook friends by having an 'expecting parents' photo shoot and gender reveal video for our expected 'twins'. Our friendly neighbourhood videographer and friend was more than eager to help us out with this project, and the results were amazing.

Our photographer created a lovely ultrasound scan of the 'twins'. 

It was pretty clear that these were no ordinary babies, but a few people still assumed that we were actually pregnant...

We had so much fun recreating a pregnancy shoot. All photos credit to Wynand van der Linde.

Even Kratos and Atreus from God of War were invited to the photo shoot, to bring some father-son vibes.

We had some fun with figurines we had been collecting, and we could not resist an 'Uncharted' pun... Apologies to Nathan Drake.

Agent 47 also seems excited for the new arrivals.

The older siblings lined up waiting for the next generation.

We could not resist creating a few catchy captions for some of the photos.

Looking forward to the new additions.

And finally, the gender reveal video (turn sound on!):

We had so much fun doing this (and we might have gotten congratulatory messages from people who did not properly read our posts), but we honestly cannot wait to experience the new consoles together.

 Bruh.

rAge 2018 Loot Haul

rAge Expo 2018 was an absolute blast. We saved up for a long time beforehand so that we could buy some really geektastic merchandise, and it was so worth it!

In addition to purchasing items on our respective wishlists, we also won quite a few items at the Table Realms stand, so we ended up leaving with way more figurines than planned (not that we are complaining).

Have a look at all the wonderful figurines, games, shirts, and other items that we got. But be warned: you may suffer from an acute case of loot fever after reading this.

Marius models his new Tracer shirt (Overwatch) from BT Games

Back view of the Overwatch T-shirt

S.P.E.C.I.A.L. pins! We got these at the Fallout 76 stand.

A pink llama fridge magnet that came with purchasing Vicious Attack Llama Apocalypse

Epson printed out pictures for free, to show off their printing technology

Personalised disc covers from the Castle Lite tent. We love these!

We also purchased some actual games, not just gaming-related merch.

Another of our favourite purchases were the rAge 2018 T-shirts

Legend of Zelda shirt! We haven't played Legend of Zelda yet, but this shirt was too cool to resist.

Annalene tests out the new Link shirt.

The Witcher hoodie will come in handy next winter

Annalene went a bit wild purchasing Witcher merchandise... T-shirt, hoodie, and a Geralt figurine

A shirt we won at the Table Realms stall. It features two unicorns from the Dash Pop game.

Skyrim keychain

Yes, this is real.

Marius holds our second major board game purchase. It's Viking-themed!

We also got hold of some Ticket to Ride expansions. We've played the base game so many times, that it was time for an upgrade.

This should come in handy with the next cosplay. Check them out at Frogz Eggz.

So this was actually a prize Marius won at Table Realms. They had major giveaways.

The figurine is really expensive if you want to buy it, so thank you Table Realms for the prize!

This is Ganondorf from The Legend of Zelda. 

Amazing detail, and a really big figurine!

Ganondorf from the back.

Catwoman was also a reward from Table Realms.

We both love Lord of the Rings, but we do not own a lot of LOTR merchandise, so we added Gandalf to our collection.

This was free loot from Table Realms. We're not big My Little Pony fans, but she looked kind of emo, so we took her home.

Geralt of Rivia from The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt

Back view of the Geralt figure

Atreus from God of War. Another prize we won by playing at Table Realms.

We also kept the beer glasses from the Castle Lite tent. It's not often that you get a beer tent that's gaming-themed!

Here's a pic of us playing Drift Frenzy at Table Realms. Look out for a blog post on the whole rAge experience!

Yakuza 6 Collector's Edition

Yakuza 6: The Song of Life - what an excellent game, like the rest of the games in the Yakuza series. This collector's edition is a bit different in that it does not contain a figurine or other object for display, but rather something more practical - a set of glasses, ice stones, and coasters, all beautifully crafted to fit in with the aesthetic of the game.

The beautifull outer cover of the collector's edition box

The inner box

Some of the contents and packaging

The glasses, art book, coasters, ice stones and game

A close-up look at the glasses

A look inside the art book

Another view of the art book

This is a very classy collector's edition - beautiful black and silver aesthetic