From Borneo, Malaysia. I’ve only played HvZ once, but had a great time. I should do a recap post for that game sometime.

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Pretty sure this ain’t a Deploy haha. But does it remind anyone of the Deploy? Screen caps from this music video. Also please note that the music video is of the Hip-Hop genre and contains a decent amount of bad language, but if you don’t mind those things go ahead and check it out.

Berkut99 from the Adult Fans of Nerf Forum posted his thoughts on the Rayven CS-18.

My local Target not only did an unexpected and welcome restock and remodel of their Nerf shelf (with the whole fancy Nerf-branded exterior paneling and all), but unexpectedly had the Rayven in stock. I of course immediately picked one up. I’ve been looking forward to this for a while, and I figured I’d throw some first impressions out there.

I’ll be honest, I’m really not sure what Nerf has left in it; they raise the bar with each new release either in capability or innovation. I almost want to say that in many ways the Rayven is the ultimate Nerf blaster package. Now I say “package” because what the Rayven brings to the table is something that Nerf should have considered the minute the Longshot proved a success, but, interestingly, it probably required modern technology to catch up, or at least get cheaper: the Firefly Tech clip. I say catch up because of the LED’s that it utilizes as well as the very interesting and innovative glow-in-the-dark darts. Blue LED’s really took off when they became cheap to produce in the early 2000′s. But the ones in the clip are freakin’ tiny. I really question whether or not these actually would have existed in significant and cheap enough numbers to utilize in 2007 when the Longshot hit shelves. Figure, the Firefly REV-8 was still using a camera flash with stickers around the darts. This essentially solves all of Nerf’s dilemma’s with Nerf’s glow-in-the-dark feature.

The Rayven consists of two real parts, the blaster itself and the clip. This is the package. Because of the nature of the clip, it really constitutes review as a separate product.

You can read the rest here, or check below for the rest of it. Your choice really.

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Oh whats this? It was light, and not heavy.

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And surprise surprise, they sent me a Rayven!

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So when I get the time to battle test it, you know I’ll have an in-depth review. I’ll have an unboxing post coming full of photos, and a first impression post as well. I haven’t been this excited for a Nerf blaster since the Swarmfire.

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I got around to opening and playing with some of my Christmas gifts, and lemme tell you. A fully loaded and operational Magstrike is something to be feared, and the Proton is extremely user friendly.

The Rayven CS-18

The Lumitron (Vortex Blaster)

Their both coming out March 3,2012. The Rayven is said to retail at $30, and I haven’t found any prices for the Lumitron. The Rayven is a fly wheel blaster though.

Happy New Year’s from Basic Nerf

Posted: January 2, 2012 in 2012


Calvin and Hobbes, get familiar if your not.

I hope all your readers have a good 2012. You don’t believe in 12/21/12, do you?

Some video footage from the Brisbane Nerf Group, accompanied by Linkin Park music.

Made by Society of Meth of Youtube.

Following Clarkson’s first-ever game of Humans v. Zombies, I put a ‘trailer’ together for the potential re-match in 2012. This was submitted as my final project for a video production class.

The entire video from concept to completion was done in five days. The production involved over a dozen people, but was conceived, shot, edited, color-corrected, and finished by myself.

The audio track is “In the House, In a Heartbeat” composed by John Murphy. It is utilized under ‘fair use’ for learning/ education.

Special thanks to Zach for the use of his equipment, and Jimmy for the tips and advice.

Another one of those videos, but I applaud the effort they put into it, even without the good video quality.