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Tuesday morning at The Barbecue Hut usually involves the glamorous job of loading up a week’s worth of cardboard and glassware recycling and heading off to the local refuse centre. The upside? There’s a little shop there packed with all manner of discarded treasures. As I was unloading the cardboard …

In the latest Vlog, We catch up with Wind Therapy to where the build is at, and some of the crew head to Chrome Showcase to check out the builds there and catch up with friends! Make sure you’re following on the socials! View this post on Instagram A post …

It’s rare that a movie comes out that has the ability to tare down an idea to its core and poke such a middle finger at the establishment, This contains mild spoilers Digger introduces us to Digger Rockwell (Cruise) an Oil Tycoon who is written to portray so many ideas …

The Lenovo Yoga Pro 7i Aura Edition Gen 10 is a powerful, versatile premium laptop for creators, business users and casual gamers. Its OLED display, touchscreen and performance are genuine strengths, though its glossy panel, fast battery drain at 120 Hz and loud fans under load are compromises worth considering. …

Whilst recently planning out content for NZBlokes, it dawned on me just how jam-packed barbecue is with jargon. A lot of the terminology comes from the home of modern barbecue culture, the good ol’ US of A, you’ll also notice temperatures are often given in Fahrenheit for the same reason, …

I’ve been very interested in Peptides since they got the hype, but my Bullshit detector was going off the charts because of how they were being marketed. Given so many are circumventing the process of talking to their doctor about it and instead seeing fitness influencers promoting them and blindly …

You’re in an old farmhouse. You’re not sure what’s happening, but it doesn’t feel right. Looking at the Beretta M9 in your hand, you think to yourself: “I’m going to need something a little bigger”. Your vision pans across the room, hoping for something to alleviate the ‘fight or flight’ …

Hey team! Our friends over at Sony Pictures NZ have hooked you guys up with the chance to win 1 of 3 incredible prize packs for their upcoming film, RESIDENT EVIL, in cinemas September 17th!   From the mind of visionary filmmaker Zach Cregger (Weapons, Barbarian) comes a thrilling — …

Light spoiler warning: I’ve kept the bigger story points out of this review, but there are a few references to scenes, character relationships and callbacks to the original film. I was very late to the Practical Magic party. I only watched the original for the first time last year, after …

You guys will know from our past posts that we like setting vibes at our house, lighting is a great way to do that. LED and other such lights have made a big advancement in home automation these days, it’s not just a lightbulb set to a colour anymore, there …

Depending on your corner of the internet, gamers are eagerly awaiting Insomniac’s next Marvel game — or you’re in an echo chamber where everyone projects meaning onto whatever confirms their existing belief. And then you’re me. A person who got to play Marvel’s Wolverine two weeks early, and you have …

Samsung sent over their latest bit of kit for a longer in depth review, So I’ve been daily driving it. Lets start with the specs of the phone and pricing: The units range from a 256gb storage to 1TB and 12-16GB of ram depending which trim level you decide to …

It’s been 10 years since Tom Holland stepped into the role of Spider-Man. And it’s been almost 5 years since his third feature film, No Way Home. It’s fitting then, they’re the first Marvel character to get 4 films within the MCU (I’m not including Cap as the role changed). …

Hey team! Our friends over at Sony Pictures NZ have hooked you guys up with the chance to win 1 of 3 incredible prize packs for their upcoming film, Spider-Man: Brand New Day, in cinemas July 31st!   It’s a BRAND NEW DAY for Peter Parker. Fighting crime full-time as Spider-Man in a world …

Motorola Edge 70 Review The Motorola Edge 70 is a pretty slick bit of kit. It’s a genuinely thin, comfortable phone that’s great for everyday use, but it’s not quite the all-round killer some of the marketing would have you believe. It’s well executed and interesting, but a few drawbacks …