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CockCam – Go Pro for your D

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The CockCam is “the world’s first cock ring with a camera” created by UK-based sex toy company Julz. It’s basically a GoPro style camera strapped to a cock ring. It is described as a “a revolutionary sex toy that allows you to record all of your erotic moments at never seen before angles, store and view videos on your mobile device through the Secure Mobile App, taking your sexy home videos to the next level,”

It costs $159.95 and can even record in infared night vision, HD video up to 90mins at 1080p and 15 frames per second.

The CockCam promises that both the device and it’s accompanying app are secure. The website states that all the footage is stored on your mobile device and not on the app. The app is used to operate the camera and view the footage only.

Only question is, is this thing safe to use?

Therefore we had to find out! While we didn’t use one ourselves, the CockCam FAQ page does note that the camera can get warm during periods of prolonged use. (Will many guys even get that far? Boom Boom)

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Dans Le Noir

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We recently attended a very unique restaurant dining experience in London, it’s called Dans Le Noir?. This restaurant has been ranked among the Top 10 most original restaurants in the world! As it’s a unique sensory and human experience!

The Dans Le Noir Restaurant

What separates Dans Le Noir? from other restaurants is that they offer the opportunity to taste gourmet, creative and seasonal cuisine in complete darkness. Accompanied and served by unexpected guides. You are guided and served by blind or partially sighted person. The dining experience is designed to be a moment of positive empathy. It’s intended to break our preconceived ideas of disability. The reversal of roles allows us to perceive the richness of diversity from within our society

Eating in the dark will have many different surprises for diners. There are surprise menus on offer from their chef, Gabriel Manole. So, you don’t know what you’re getting! Don’t worry, there is options for vegans and vegetarians! The menu is cooked with quality ingredients which are 80% organic in the case of fruits and vegetables. You even get surprise wines!

Furthermore, what you eat is chosen for you. So you get to the restaurant and tell the servers what you like to eat and what you can’t eat. Then they adapt the meny to you. Allowing you to rediscover the flavours of your favourite foods!

So, by taking away just 1 of our senses it allows the flavours, aromas, textures and temperatures to be experienced differently! As all of your uncertain senses are fully awakened! You are able to focus your attention on taste, smelling, touching and tasting, a range of sensations that will stimulate your emotions!

Other diners

What’s even more amazing that while we were seated we couldn’t even see who was sat next to us. You’re freed from the weight of other people’s gazes and social conventions. Communication with others becomes simpler and more authentic and spontaneous! You’re able to resasses your relationship with others and the world around you. No more distractions from your phone! The person next to you can become a curiosity to explore. Therefore, bonds are forged through discussions which intermingle. The Dans Le Noir? dining experience really is an opportunity to meet and reflect on how we consume or have relationships with others!

After eating the Dans Le Noir? team will use photos to show you what you ate and drunk during your time there. As we were caught by surprise from what we were eating. We thought it was chicken when it wasn’t!

The Dans le Noir? Sensory Lounge

To go further, Dans le Noir ? also has a Sensory Lounge where they offer a range of convivial workshops:

THE SPIRIT OF WINE

Dans Le Noir? also offer blind wine tasting in complete darkness by their sommelier Fabio Sutera. So, rediscover wine via a multi-sensory approach combining both taste and smell!

KIDS TASTING

This experience is only available by reservation, available for children aged between 6-12. So they can dine and arouse their curiosity, an excellent idea for a birthday maybe?

TEAM BUILDING

Also, there’s team building exercises! Want a unique team building experience at Dans Le Noir? You will be forced to step outside their comfort zone and co-operate to find solutions. They offer a convivial experience that breaks with the conventions and hierarchies, to dive into darkness and discover those around you, all without preconceptions.

ESCAPE GAMES

The Dans Le Noir? restaurant will soon showcase a Sensory Escape Game! From March 2020 there will be a unique sensory and human experience on offer. While it’s a little way off, we cannot wait to try that out!

 

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Super Nintendo World

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All Nintendo fans rejoice! There is going to be a Super Nintendo World Park this summer ahead of the Olympic Games! It’s all thanks to Universal Studios Japan. They recently released a teaser which features a song from Galantis and Charlie XCX

It’s just a teaser, with mostly CGI, so you won’t get an idea of what the rides or areas look like. But nonetheless we’re still very very excited to see what’s in store!

However, there was a site that launched and this detailed some rather interesting things. Such as a real life Mario Kart experience and being able to travel around the park on Yoshi’s back. How cool would that be! We’re intrigued as to how we can throw shells and banana peels at people. As who wouldn’t want to try Mario Kart for real!? Just don’t make us super small!

Also available are “power up Bands” this looks like a wearable park pass, or may be even a fast pass? We’ll know more once the park opens in the summer. There’s also going to be Mario-Style blocks in real life, not too sure if you can start climbing them though!

Furthermore Bloomberg reported that the wearable band and the accompanying smartphone app will allow visitors to the park to battle bosses and collect coins! So as the video says, you’ll get to “play in real world this summer”

Don’t want to go all the way to Japan (although this may be the BEST place to experience it!) Future parks will also come to Hollywood, Japan and Singapore!

(Engadget)

(Pictures below are from Bloomberg Reporter Kurumi Mori’s Twitter feed)

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THE OUT – Luxury Car Hire

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THE OUT

We've recently been on a fantastic road trip, in a beast of a car, the Land Rover Range Rover Sport PHEV! This was all thanks to an app called THE OUT!

Posted by How To Kill an Hour on Sunday, 26 January 2020

We’ve recently been on a fantastic road trip, in a beast of a car, the Range Rover Phev! This was all thanks to an app called THE OUT!

Firstly we drove to Denham just outside of London with Gadgets Boy and Gadgets John for a little road trip, before heading to a helicopter tour around London. It was such a beautiful experience! The car was fantastic and the whole experience from booking to pick-up was incredibly easy. Plus the price wasn’t too bad either. Who wouldn’t like going on a roadtrip in a GORGEOUS car?!

You are able to access a luxury vehicle with THE OUT. You’re able to book your required car (list of cars available below) within minutes. Select your date and time and you’re done! Your chosen car will be delivered to your doorstep, you go on your amazing road trip and then they’ll collect it from you afterwards! No need to hassle and go anywhere to drop off and pick up. It’s all done right from your home.

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They’ll deliver to anywhere within London Zones 1-5 plus Heathrow and Gatwick airports. Their operational hours are 7am – 9pm Monday to Sunday.

Now, the road trip itself. There’s no worries on your end other than where to go! You get all these good things included, such as unlimited mileage, additional drivers, fully comprehensive insurance and no hidden costs!

Available Cars

*Prices below are based on a 3 Day Rental:*

  • Range Rover Sport: £228 Per Day Incl VAT
  • The Range Rover VELAR: £215 Per Day Incl VAT
  • Range Rover EVOQUE: £157 Per Day Incl VAT
  • Land Rover Discovery Sport: £148 Per Day Incl VAT
  • Jaguar I-Pace: £228 Per Day Incl VAT

 

Range Rover PHEV Review

We recently sent @Marcus Bronzy on a road trip with THE OUT driving the Land Rover Range Rover PHEV, here's a breakdown!

Posted by How To Kill an Hour on Tuesday, 28 January 2020

 

 

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Duolingo

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Lately Dev’s been learning Spanish and he’s been using an app called Duolingo!

You may have heard of it as it’s a famous language learning app that’s been around for some time now. It gets a lot of good reviews and for good reasoning too! Dev’s been praising it as it teaches you in a very good manner. Such as using short phrases and teaching you as if you were a child learning your language for the first time. Furthermore pairing up words to pictures too helps him and the user remember phrases and words!

You can learn Spanish, Latin, French, Japanese even Klingon! There’s loads of languages you can learn on Duolingo! Duolingo is an app which makes learning a language, fun, quick and very enjoyable!

Plus even better the app is free! (It is supported by ads, though you can pay for a premium version. As this will give you unlimited lives. If you get a question wrong you lose a life. Lose 5 lives and you have to wait 4 hrs to get a new set of lives or retake old lessons to gain yourself a life at a time. Furthermore it’ll take away those ads!)

How to learn

As stated earlier, Duolingo makes learning fun by pairing up words to the translated word or pictures to words. You could build up your vocabulary with one lesson a day! 34 hours of lessons is the equivalent to a semester of study at University level. Therefore if you stuck at it for sometime you could learn Spanish and cover enough words to go on holiday and speak Spanish in just a few weeks! The lessons aren’t that long either, lasting 5mins at a time, so you can learn for as long or as short as you like!

Other languages that are available are Chinese, Japanese, Arabic, Latin, Russian and many many more!

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StoryTerrace

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Nostalgia. We all love it. But why? Well, Biography writing service StoryTerrace reveals the health benefits of nostalgia. Furthermore it describes why nostalgia plays a big part in us wanting to document our stories. It’s a unique blend, as it’s a unique combination of thoughts which are wrapped up in emotion. Sure you can be happy and that’s cool, but when you’re nostalgic, it involves the cognitive process of remembering. Which also has emotions attached to it. Which could, have some positive influence on our health!

The stories of our lives are made up of memories and the empotions that come with them. StoryTerrace is encouraging everyone to tap into nostalgia, Rutger Bruining, an authority on nostalgia, shares his views on why we should indulge in nostalgia a lot more:

Nostalgia makes us feel happy.

Studies have discovered that writing down a nostalgic event tends to result in positive emotions. While this can be enhanced by focusing on all the things we’ve gained in the past. Whilst turning a blind eye to the sad things we’ve gone through.

Nostalgia brings us together.

Researchers have referred nostlagia as a psychological resource. Since it can make us feel safe and loved, yet, when you start to remember past relationships and lost loved ones. A feeling of bittersweet can accompany nostalgia.  Therefore when we feel such strong emotions like nostalgia, we often seek comfort in those close to us.

Nostalgia warms our hearts AND our bodies.

In 2012, scientific studies discovered that listening to nostalgic music caused participants ambient temperature to rise. Therefore the nostalgia made them feel warmer. Which as a result made them more tolerant to the cold, when they asked to dip their hand in ice water. The study’s volunteers also felt more nostalgic on cold days. Since it helped their bodies regulate temperature.

Looking at the past gives us hope for the future.

Nostalgia can help us remind ourselves that there’s good in the world. As it helps us look to the future. As the volunteers were introduced to nostalgic words, in response to this they reported that they felt a bright future ahead.

Reminiscing supplies our lives with meaning.

Taking into account the above, according to a study published in the Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, nostalgia can help with people deal with the fear of mortality. By making individuals feel as though their lives are meaningful, nostalgia can help to overcome hardships and give our lives purpose.

StoryTerrace

“Emotionally connecting with your younger self helps you maintain a sense of continuity over time. Without memory, we would have no identity. The experiences you’ve had throughout your life help define who you are at any given moment. Here at StoryTerrace, we understand entirely that a sense of connectivity to our pasts is vital for our mental health and wellbeing—and preserving and reminiscing on our own life stories is so important to our happiness. Documenting memories and the emotions attached to them allow us to share and reminisce on our personal tales – and everyone has a story worth sharing.” CEO and Founder of StoryTerrace, Rutger Bruining

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Polaroid Mint Instant – Print your Selfies!

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#WhatsInTheBox – Polaroid Mint Instant

The Polaroid Mint Instant is a traditional camera which has been turned on its head! With this fantastic little device, which has been vertically designed, especially for Polaroid pictures. You can print your selfies. Instantly! All in 60 seconds!

Posted by How To Kill an Hour on Thursday, 16 January 2020

 

This little device is incredible, listen up all you selfie lovers, this piece of tech is just for you! The Polaroid Mint Instant is a traditional camera which has been turned on its head! With this fantastic little device, which has been vertically designed, especially for Polaroid pictures. You can print your selfies. Instantly! All in 60 seconds!

Not only that but the paper that you print your selfies on instantly become a sticker! This device will become your go to holiday snaps camera. Take a picture and print them in less than a minute. In a world that’s fast becoming digital, it’s refreshing to see a piece of tech that’s bringing back tangible photos.

The Camera

The photos that this camera takes are on a 16 megapixel lens too, so the photos that you’re going to be taken are going to be of a very high quality. The printer has no toner in it either. The zinc cartridges that it takes combine the paper and the ink. Plus you can buy the paper in packs of 20,30 or 50 sheets.

Furthermore the vertical orientation design of the Polaroid Mint Instant whilst mimicking the classic polaroid photo, they are taken upright, just like a smartphone. There’s a bunch of different modes too. Such as vibrant color, black and white or vintage.

You can also use the Polaroid Mint app for iOS and Android to add things like borders and filters!

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Polaroid Mint app: iOS / Android

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Zombie Army 4: Dead War – 101 Trailer

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Rebellion have launched a brand new trailer for Zombie Army 4. It’s called the 101 trailer and it is hell raising! As it has over 6mins of brand new footage from the upcoming co-op shooters! If you know us by know you know we LOVE a co-op game! The 101 trailer features loads of new reveals, such as never before seen enemies and special abilities. Furthermore weapons, levels, locations and more of Horde Mode is shown! Also new details is given about the story campaign for 1-4 players, taking them to 1946 Italy and beyond. We also get a look at the game’s vast array of enemies, the player progression (which looks DEEP!) and customisation systems.

Zombie Army 4: Dead War

Hitler’s hoards are back and they want to cause just as much havoc! Take on the Zombie hoard with some pretty epic weapons (flamethrower anyone?) whilst taking on a brand new harrowing and spin chilling campaign in 1940’s Europe. As you fight to save humankind from the undead Armageddon!

Zombie Hitler may have been defeated and cast to the depths of hell. However he has risen once again and this time he’s hungrier! You can continue the alternate history of the Zombie Army Trilogy in huge new levels. Uncover Zombie Hitler’s sinister plan which takes players across Italy and beyond! The fight takes place in corpse riddled canals, Zombie Zoos and other inexplicable places!

The Horde Mode has been expanded and made bigger and better. How I hear you ask? Well the longer you surive the bigger the map gets!

The famous X-Ray Kill Camera returns! Watch in gory slow motion as the bullets and bombs destroy bones in X-Ray!

Characters

Build up your character that suits how you play. For example you can become a guardian angel. This character will take damage for your teammates! You can even harness the power of fire, lightning and upgrade your guns at workbenches. As you can create some pretty out of this world guns. A pistol with a flaming bayonet or an assault rifle that shoots lightning!

Zombie Army 4: Dead War has some gnarly enemies, shadow demons, explosive suicide generals, hulking armoured elites and much more!

Zombie Army 4: Dead War looks very scary, crazy and a lot of lot of fun! We cannot wait to get our hands on the full game!

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Zombie Army 4 launches on PS4, Xbox One and PC on February 4th.

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Legendary Guy’s Night Ideas You Need

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A night with the guys. It’s a night for fun, laughing, banter, and drinks, and it has to be one that everyone can remember. It doesn’t have to be a bachelor’s night out for single guys in your circle. You can invite all the guys and have a night to remember – no limits!

 

Men need a way to blow off some steam. So, whether one of you buys one of the many used Aston Martin cars for sale from Dick Lovett and pulls up ready for a road trip, or you simply need a day out at the golf to unwind and bond, we’ve got some legendary ideas that should make the cut. You need to go and have fun every now and then. Let’s take a look at some of the best guys’ night out ideas around.

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At The Grill

You do not have to jaunt up and down the country to get a good night in with your friends. The summer looms ahead, so why not coordinate when everyone is free and book a date in the calendar so that you can come together and grill? A few steaks, cold beers, and damn tasty side dishes already make for a great night. Throw in a darts board, and you have a competition going!

Poker Night

We’ve picked poker specifically based on the fact that the game isn’t hard to learn, and you can play for dares or bets if you don’t want to play for cash. Put a ceiling on your buy-in, and you can all have a good time without going bankrupt. It’s a great way to test each other and challenge one another to win, and you also get the chance to win some cash! You can swap houses for hosting, and then when you get good at the game, hit up a casino and enjoy what they have to offer with much a bigger prize.

Movie Night – With A Twist!

Instead of heading to the movie theater and not talking to each other, why not put your own cinematic experience in the backyard? You can add a large white sheet and get a movie projector to project the latest and greatest action movies. Bring snacks and drinks, and get comfortable. There are so many options for movie night that you are spoilt for choice.

Sports Games

Are you basketball fans? Is there enough of you to be able to play football? Get a team together and add sports games to grill night. You can run up a little healthy competition and get together to trash talk the action one on one.

Road Trip

The ultimate guys’ night idea is the beginning of a road trip. Pick a night you can all leave and throw a dart at a map to hit the city you want to get to. This type of trip can be life-changing for you and your friends, and if you’ve already got the Aston Martin, you can travel in style!

 

Life Is Strange 2

Life Is Strange 2 interview with Gonzalo Martin

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Gonzalo Martin Interview Life Is Strange 2

Recently MC Fixer interviewed Gonzalo Martin from Life Is Strange 2 for us and discussed all things Life is Strange 2 and what it's like being a voice actor in a video game!

Posted by How To Kill an Hour on Thursday, 16 January 2020

 

Life Is Strange 2 is an award winning episodic video game from Square Enix and is a continuation of the incredibly popular and successful video game series Life Is Strange!

The game is a long awaited sequel from game developers DONTNOD Entertainment. It features the lives of two brothers Sean and Daniel Diaz. They are forced to run away from their home in Seattle. Following the consequences fo a tragic incident. Furthermore they head to Mexico, to get away from it all. While hiding a sudden, yet, mysterious supernatural power.

Sean becomes responsible for his much younger brother. Life on the road is tough for him, as he begins to realise, his decisions will impact the lives of whom he comes in contact with forever.

(Life Is Strange)

Play Through

Life Is Strange 2 is not an all out action game that will have you constantly on the move. It is a movie like game that requires you to make decisions throughout the game via a multi-choice screen. The choices you make will alter the path you take along the way. However, even the small, seemingly mundane choices have huge consequences later on down the line. It is a lot like a movie, a movie that you can control. We certainly had a lot of fun playing it and we’re sure that you will to!

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