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

Marvel vs Capcom: Heroes and Infinity Stones

 We recently got our hands on the Marvel vs Capcom Infinite collector's edition. The game itself is rather mediocre, but the collector's edition has some truly stunning figurines, and as a bonus, it contains the infinity stones that Thanos has been trying so hard to get hold of.

The box was huge

Captain Marvel (Marius for scale)

A closer look at the Captain Marvel figurine

Mega Man

Chun-Li ready for action

All four figurines together

Captain Marvel and Iron Man team up

The full collector's edition

Holiday Season Fun

The holidays are over, and people are settling into the routine of a new year. But before we get into 2018, let's take a look at the highlights from the festive season.

Marius dressed as Kylo Ren, ready for Star Wars: The Last Jedi

Annalene as Rey, excited to watch Star Wars

We watched Star Wars on the day it came out, and had a lightsaber fight at the cinema

Annalene's brother explaining how Tyrants of the Underdark works

Tyrants of the Underdark

We played LOADS of board games (and we still want more!)

Marius enjoys being at the beach in Stilbaai

The weather was mostly cool and windy, but we still loved being at the beach

Beach selfie

Coffee and chocolate tasting at Lilliput cafe in Stilbaai

Trying out the outdoor gym next to the Goukou river mouth in Stilbaai

Marius works off some holiday weight

Cool beans! (We just had to buy these)

Enjoying the view at Stilbaai harbour

Another beautiful view

Christmas Eve - everyone brought random gifts and we played a game to see who got what

Dressed up and ready for Christmas Day

Starter: pears in red wine with a blue cheese sauce and salad

Marius created this Masterchef-worthy salad for the Christmas table

Yumminess

Some of our Christmas gifts 

Annalene wears her new Portal earrings

Marius tries a Savanna Blackbeard for the first time

We picked up a Princess Leia plushie at a toy store sale

New Years braai in Virginia

Marius eats ice cream while watching an exercise programme on TV

Snoek braai for Marius' birthday - he is not impressed with being on camera!

Marius builds his birthday gift - a puzzle of our wedding picture

The puzzle is done! 1000 pieces.

A tiny Minecraft skeleton and spider. We couldn't resist picking this up at CNA.

Minecraft Diamond Armor keychain, also from CNA.