Balloonicorn Trots

As one can never be sure as they tend to roll out new pages and sources the day of these events, I am in the midst of culminating all of the links for this years e3 live streams, for us unlucky folks who are unable to join the event in person and collect all the cool collectables available to the attendees. The Conference Times Are as Follows Sunday June 10 EA 11AM  -- PT -- 2PM ET -- 7PM  -- BST -- 4AM AEST (6/10) EA's homepage  : https://www.ea.com / EA's Youtube  : https://www.youtube.com/EA Monday, June 11 Microsoft 1PM PT -- 4PM ET -- 9PM BST -- 6AM AEST (6/11) Xbox's Twitch Channel  : https://www.twitch.tv/xbox Xbox's Youtube  : https://www.youtube.com/user/xbox Bethesda 6:30PM PT -- 9:30PM ET -- 2:30 AM BST (6/11) -- 11:30 AM AEST (6/11) Bethesda Homepage  : https://bethesda.net/ Bethesda Twitch Channel  : https://www.twitch.tv/bethesda Bethesda Youtube  : Bethesda Youtube Tuesday, Jun

The Pokemon Company just released a bunch of info on the integration between Pokemon Go and the upcoming Let's Go Eevee/ Pikachu titles on the Nintendo Switch news boards and on YouTube today. The great footage which was released gave some clearer idea of the game mechanics, as well as confirmed the titles which had been rumored and leaked in the past few weeks. If you haven't had the chance to check out the video please take a moment to have a look if you hold any interest in Pokemon Go or the new franchise for the Switch, or .....in both, which this Balloonicorn falls right in the center of <3. Announcement Video Here  posted Apparently 20 hrs ago as of writing (pre-edits) Now as a semi-avid (quiet Azzy) Pokemon Go player I keep up on all the latest raids and event Pokemon that come out to my region and online.  Within the trailer there is footage showing the interaction of transferring a Pokemon from Go to your Switch and then playing with it, but what benefits

As I always start out these posts, It's difficult to know where to start out with all of this information, So lets start with some shameless self promotion.  Join me on our weekly streams on wednesday's at  Helium Gaming  on Twitch. My Mobile streaming rig, sans laptop So It all started with me and Azztaroth sitting around playing our nintendo switches and being our normal friendly/sarcastic banter, and thought it might be fun to do this online and make a show out of it as we already do this with our friends, just no camera.  So why the hell not. Went out and picked up a Elgato hd60 unit ( Description/ Specs there of ) With the capabilities of recording 60fps 1080p, it is more than enough to capture the 720p / 30 fps most multiplayer online games use on the nintendo switch, that and because i don't have the highest spec computer atm, so going to have to work with what i have. That and with the program obs ( Open Broadcast Studio ) was able to get the interf

Welcome to another edition of I broke something, SO LETS FIX IT. While on my daily adventures I had the misfortune of my headphones falling from my head and hitting the ground, the result of thus is the controller board for the headphones became loose due to a small piece of plastic breaking free, which technically meant that the controls didn't work and charging wasn't functioning. So like any good tinkerer would do......it sat on my workbench for 3 months and then i eventually got to it during coffee time one morning this week. So the teardown was actually fairly simple, the first step was to gently pull at the edge of the earcuff where it is glued to the headphones, when you see the ring of adhesive take a flat head screw driver being careful not to tear it, and pulling up the whole ring revealing the initial 3 screw holes. ( as shown in the below picture. Screw holes are revealed after the earcuff is gently removed from headphones. First take out the three

It has once again come to that time......No not the one where i repeat again that i need to post more in this blog, which is happening as have been working on more directed posts up here, BUT, not what i'm here to talk about at this point in time. SPLATFEST TIME It’s a sporty #Splatoon2 #Splatfest ! Will you swing for the fences with #TeamBaseball or go for the goal with #TeamSoccer ? First pitch (or kickoff?) is 4/6 at 9pm PT! pic.twitter.com/xNaQqzdw8W — Nintendo Versus (@NintendoVS) March 31, 2018 #TeamSoccer vs #TeamBaseball  So while this is a quick post just a reminder to choose your team ( TEAM FOOTBALL ) and block out some time to get some matches between April 6 9pm till April 7th at 9pm Also don't forget to check out the new map we got today Piranha Pit Piranha Pit will be added to #Splatoon2 tomorrow. pic.twitter.com/qxOEb8r8tM — Splatoon 2 (@InkopolisNews) March 29, 2018 Splat hard guys and play hard Signing off Balloonicorn

For those of you on this blog that are not aware I am a huge fan of nintendos thirdperson shooter, SPLATOON2 (and splatoon 1 but right now I don't own a wiiu, stuck with #2) Mentioned earlier this week, there will be holding another monthly splatfest tournament going on. This months topic of debate is "Which came first,  the chicken or the egg?"  With players able to choose which side of the argument they're on, and fight for  their appropriate side.  The Splatfest will take place: 3/9 (Fri) 8:00 p.m. PT – 3/10 (Sat) 8:00 p.m. PT  For those who have never taken part in a splatfest, it is a turf war style battle, with the normal two battle fields rotating plus the mysterious shifty station map. Overall rankings are done via most single join battles joined, most team battles (pre arranged team battles, not to be confused with normal match making)  and the popularity vote of which team got choose the most. Different ranks are earned depending on how