Sunday 31 December 2017

E14 Toybox #62 - Hypersonic Greed! (DC Heroclix "Harley Quinn and the Gotham Girls") Unboxing!

In a rare treat, it's been possible for Rob to get his hands on a new set *and* record and publish a video when it's still new!

Today's unboxing comes from the DC Heroclix "Harley Quinn and the Gotham Girls" booster set, and sees a couple of choice pulls!

Apologies that the video quality isn't up to much, hopefully it doesn't detract from the fun!



The E14 Toybox is a video show hosted by Rob Wade, dedicated to the pursuit and unveiling of Wizkids Heroclix figures. Whether Marvel or DC, booster or gravity feed, alone or with a buddy, Rob takes the unknown and reveals the mystery within for your enjoyment!




Saturday 30 December 2017

E14 Toybox #61 - Hypersonic Greed! (DC Heroclix "Harley Quinn and the Gotham Girls") Unboxing!

In a rare treat, it's been possible for Rob to get his hands on a new set *and* record and publish a video when it's still new!

Today's unboxing comes from the DC Heroclix "Harley Quinn and the Gotham Girls" booster set, and sees a couple of choice pulls!

Apologies that the video quality isn't up to much, hopefully it doesn't detract from the fun!



The E14 Toybox is a video show hosted by Rob Wade, dedicated to the pursuit and unveiling of Wizkids Heroclix figures. Whether Marvel or DC, booster or gravity feed, alone or with a buddy, Rob takes the unknown and reveals the mystery within for your enjoyment!




Friday 29 December 2017

The E14 Gamecast - Episode 33: "Defenestrating Judi Dench!"

On this episode of The E14 Gamecast, Rob is joined by Blake Harmer and Brad Harmer-Barnes! Understandably, as a result there's a bit of video game gaming, and a bit of tabletop game gaming.

Get Your Game On!

If you want to give us your thoughts on the games we talk about, ask us questions or even suggest topics for us to talk about, you can contact us by email using podcast@emotionally14.com, tweet @emotionally14 or find us on the Emotionally14 Facebook page! For our gaming videos, check out the E14 Plays Playlist on YouTube!

Rob is on Twitter @RobWadeVision, Brad is at @realbradhb and you can find Blake @FuckSakeBlake! You can find out more about the guys below!

Note: Yes, there is a sudden jump from one discussion to the show round-up. This is because the discussion that happened, while awesome, deserves to be its own episode!

The E14 Gamecast theme is courtesy of Deon Van Heerden, and you can find out all about him at DeonVanHeerden.com!


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Thursday 28 December 2017

Aaron’s Cracking Christmas Classic Corner!

Alliteration inbound!

What that word means, nobody fucking knows, but we’re rolling with it anyway for the sake of this stupidly long title.

Screw Flanders.

That’s right, boys and girls, it’s Christmas time. A time for giving, receiving, and spreading joy! But enough of the sexy talk, let’s crack on!

The Film – Gremlins

Yep, you probably saw that coming a mile off, but I’ll be damned if I have another favourite Christmas movie!

The classic tale that tells us the story of hamster boy and his scaly lizard folk! Of course, we know him as Gizmo the Mogwai (Cracking band) and the titular gremlins!

This film is so much fun and every time I watch it and think I’m going to get tired of it I just end up loving it all the more! The soundtrack, the critters and their capers, the fucking bar scene, ladies and gentlemen, and all the different ways those little buggers terrorise the town! I just love it!

The Album – Death Metal Christmas: Hellish Renditions of Christmas Classics by JJ Hrubovcak

The title speaks for itself, really, and though this isn’t an album (it’s an EP) and I ordinarily hate Christmas songs, I needed something for this Christmas edition of my classic corner that you have all come to love so much!

So I choose this Hate Eternal styled, ferocious banger for when you want to make your Christmas just that little extra brutal.

The Game – I don’t really know any Christmas games, so fuck it. Die Hard Trilogy

Remember that? It was on PS1. It was great fun.

So there you have it, folks! A little bit of Aaron in your stockings (phwoar!) so have a lovely Christmas from everybody at E14, eat plenty of food, have lovely presents and play charades!

I will see you in the new year, have a good one!



Aaron James Waters is a best-selling Pulp Fiction writer who has written more books than he's actually read.

He's also the rotten apple of the group who thinks this whole Star Wars thing needs to hurry up and die already.

You can find Aaron's debut novel on Amazon!





Wednesday 27 December 2017

Cloud Zombie’s (Festive) Land of Post-Apocalypse and Dystopia

Welcome to Cloud Zombie’s Land of Post Apocalypse and Dystopia!

This little segment is not really for reviews but instead it has me talking about some of my favourite dystopia/post-apocalyptic fiction (Films, Tv, Books and Games).

They are not always necessarily good or bad, some of them are bloody atrocious but sometimes that can make it more fun. You get to choose if you want to give them a try if you haven’t already seen them.

So we’ve hit December and what better way to help celebrate this time of year with some holiday dystopia and post-apocalyptic festivities.

***MILD SPOILERS AHEAD***

TV Series
UK Soap Operas(AKA EastEnders, Coronation Street, Hollyoaks, Emmerdale)

UK Soap operas have become a bit of a joke to me when it comes to Christmas episodes. Nobody ever has a happy Christmas and someone will most certainly die, die hard and die hard with a vengeance…

Every family fights and sometimes they are worse over the festive period because we are all trying to live the festive dream that we can never make perfect as hard as we try. In the soaps however they take this to a whole new low.

Someone accidentally invites their mistress to their family Christmas party, someone explodes in a car in a field while trying to get home for Christmas (Casualty and Holby City are the rulers of this theme), the guy you thought was the friendly café owner turns out to be the worst human being *ever* and someone tries to one-up the usual burning of the Christmas dinner, not only burning down their house but the whole street. Terrace houses can be a tricky thing when it comes to fire, believe me I've seen it happen.

I feel I or Rob should put in a disclaimer now…

If you want a relatively normal Christmas, don’t live in a Soap Opera. Their Dystopia hasn’t a chance of even getting better eventually. Hope is what gives dystopia its draw, if there is none life wouldn't be worth the fight.

Book/Audiobook
After Days (After Days Trilogy #1) By Scott Medbury (EBook)

Goodreads Link

Nothing says "Dystopian Christmas" like all  adults dying over the festive period and leaving all the children alone to fend for themselves.

Ok, how about an evil army from another country deciding to invade and annex the country because there’s nobody left to fight except teens and children? That’s pretty bad, right?

Ok then…how about that country who has invaded admitting to creating the virus that has wiped out all the adults apart from them because they have been immunised? That’s a pretty shitty Christmas right there.

Oh and it just happens to be during Winter. If that isn't a frozen dick to the face I don't know what is.

So the children are alone in a freezing powerless country, with those who fight back shot on sight and those who surrender taken to work camps to work under the rule of their new country leaders.

Some have joined and are working for the enemy, turning in their fellow children for food and warmth. Of course you share the hope of those children that have banded together to look after each other and find a sanctuary to call their own.

Game
Bioshock

Moving to a little later into the festive season (well, to be precise, exactly out the other side and beyond), Rapture is an underwater city created by a guy and some acquaintances.

These people want to be themselves, working on things without rules getting in the way and to be able to keep the money they have earned. It’s quite an achievement and anyone should be proud to be the creators of an underwater city, especially one built to become a utopia of science, creation and to live free.

Unfortunately the bigwig at the top of the ladder got a little big for his boots and what supposedly started as a utopia soon crumpled into a nightmare of a dystopia. Some of the things created within Rapture caused a lot of its occupants to go mad, turn on each other and become something completely different than how they entered Rapture.

Everything has already started to go to shit and by the time New Year kicks in it’s a bloody shit-storm for the inhabitants of the aquatic city.

I love the story of Bioshock. It's very dark and claustrophobic. You are one fractured piece of glass away from being drowned in the dark icy ocean and having that held over your head is never enjoyable but thrilling nonetheless.

Thank you for reading!

Kat (aka Cloud Zombie) is a daydreaming enthusiast and self-professed Minecraft/Sims junkie from Kent, England.

She blogs about her passions over at cloudzombie, covering everything from video games, movies and TV all the way to baking.




Sunday 24 December 2017

E14 Toybox #60 - HyperSonic Greed! (DC Joker's Wild Double Booster Unboxing)

In this edition of The E14 Toybox, Rob has been fortunate enough to get some DC Joker's Wild Heroclix on the cheap, so here are the second pair of boosters from the spoils presented for your viewing pleasure! Please excuse the increasing annoyance being exhibited by Rob, the camera setup has been particularly stubborn and crappy recently!



The E14 Toybox is a video show hosted by Rob Wade, dedicated to the pursuit and unveiling of Wizkids Heroclix figures. Whether Marvel or DC, booster or gravity feed, alone or with a buddy, Rob takes the unknown and reveals the mystery within for your enjoyment!




Saturday 23 December 2017

E14 Toybox #59 - HyperSonic Greed! (DC Joker's Wild Double Booster Unboxing)

In this edition of The E14 Toybox, Rob has been fortunate enough to get some DC Joker's Wild Heroclix on the cheap, so here are a pair of boosters from the spoils presented for your viewing pleasure! Please excuse the increasing annoyance being exhibited by Rob, the camera setup has been particularly stubborn and crappy recently!



The E14 Toybox is a video show hosted by Rob Wade, dedicated to the pursuit and unveiling of Wizkids Heroclix figures. Whether Marvel or DC, booster or gravity feed, alone or with a buddy, Rob takes the unknown and reveals the mystery within for your enjoyment!




Friday 22 December 2017

The Crazy Train Podcast - Episode 58: "Stupid Prime!"

On this Christmas-themed(ish) episode of The Crazy Train, Rob is joined by Blake Harmer and Brad Harmer-Barnes!

Discussion topics include what we think kids will and won't miss about our generation, songs we want played at our funerals, Robot Boris Johnson and technology we wish existed (apart from Robot Boris Johnson)!

Rob is on Twitter @RobWadeVision, Brad is at @realbradhb and you can find Blake @FuckSakeBlake! You can find out more about the guys below!

If you want to give us your thoughts on the subjects we talk about, ask us questions or even suggest topics for us to talk about, you can contact us by email using podcast@emotionally14.com, tweet @emotionally14 or find us on the Emotionally14 Facebook page!

Intro music: "Outlaw", by Deon Van Heerden. Find out more about Deon's music at Deonvanheerden.com!

We are part of the Brit Pod Scene podcast collective, a group of British podcasts working together to help each other improve and grow. Check it out on Twitter by searching #BritPodScene!


About The Crazy Train

Welcome aboard The Crazy Train - Emotionally14's flagship podcast dedicated to one theme: there are no rails. Ever.

Encompassing a wide range of subjects, from movies to TV to gaming, we'll give you a piece of our minds even if there's nothing in them, and you'll bloody love it.

Where will the Crazy Train go?

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Thursday 14 December 2017

Aaron's Spoiler-Free Review of "The Punisher"

It’s not often that I review a series. In fact, I’m wondering if I even have up until now.

I dunno, ask Rob, he seems to keep all of my reviews in a pile on the mantelpiece under some black candles and a picture of my in a heart-shaped frame, along with a copy of “Carbon Based Lifeforms” as some sort of shrine to me, so he’d be the guy to ask.

I however don’t remember doing so, so let’s crack on regardless!

I knew this series was coming for quite some time (as I’m sure you did too, they were hardly quiet about it), but it was only recently that I realised Frank Castle was going to be portrayed by Jon Bernthal, of whom I’m quite a fan.

Plus, as a man who’s not a fan of Marvel at all, making me somewhat of a pariah here at E14, especially when you couple that with my disdain for Star Wars in recent years, but The Punisher has always been a big hit with me, and this Netflix series adaptation only cements that further.

We all know the story of Frank Castle: his family gets murdered, he’s somewhat miffed about it, and he goes on a killing spree of vengeance. And that’s pretty much how that sevens turn of the story plays out in this series, in fact I think it may have taken longer to type that sentence than it does for the revenge killings and conclusions take to play out in the first episode!

"So what now?" I hear the masses chant. Well, now we go deeper, into what got this whole mess of balls rolling, and why.

Now, as previously mentioned, I’m not a fan of Marvel, so I’m sure there are plenty of in-jokes and references throughout the series that went completely over my head, but in no way did this make me enjoy the show less. In fact, I thought it was fucking awesome!

There were guns, blood, explosions, mumbling, knives, lacerations, cool executions and loud grunts a-plenty! The story was well driven and you often felt yourself on Frank’s side, often finding yourself caught off-guard at critical moments of the plot that just weren’t seen coming by the likes of us non-comic book nerds.

My only critique was that it felt a bit propaganda-y at times. Admittedly, not too much of it was surplus to the story, but if I wanna see something that shoves “one two three four, I love the marine corps!” down my throat, I’ll just watch American Sniper again, thank you very much!

Aaron's Spoiler-Free Verdict: Other than that, this was a great show and I cannot wait to see what comes of it! 8.5/10


Aaron James Waters is a best-selling Pulp Fiction writer who has written more books than he's actually read.

He's also the rotten apple of the group who thinks this whole Star Wars thing needs to hurry up and die already.

You can find all of Aaron's works on Amazon!






Wednesday 13 December 2017

E14 Toybox 58 - Top 3 Support Pieces (As Requested by The Tabletop Teacher)

In this edition of the E14 Toybox, I take a rare step into the meta. I was tagged in a video by the awesome Tabletop Teacher, and it seemed only fair to respond in kind!

Here, then, are my 3 favourite Heroclix support pieces, for a variety of reasons detailed within the video!

My support piece criteria:

  1. Under 75 points
  2. Must possess one or more of the following powers:
    • Outwit
    • Perplex
    • Probability Control

What do you think? Do you agree with the choices? Let me know in the comments below!

Check out The Tabletop Teacher's videos here: The Tabletop Teacher

You can also check out my Clix-related things on Twitter and Instagram @RobWadeVision!



The E14 Toybox is a video show hosted by Rob Wade, dedicated to the pursuit and unveiling of Wizkids Heroclix figures. Whether Marvel or DC, booster or gravity feed, alone or with a buddy, Rob takes the unknown and reveals the mystery within for your enjoyment!




Tuesday 12 December 2017

Aaron's (Belated) Classic Corner - November 2017

So here it is! Another late one from yours truly! Personally, I blame Blake, but no one’s perfect! So here’s three more from me before I slam you all with my Christmas special later this month!

The Film – Avatar

This film seems to have been given a lot of negative finger-banging over the years and I guess I can see why, seeing as it’s the same premise as The Smurfs and Ferngully, but I couldn’t help but fall in love with it.

The creatures and landscapes are utterly breathtaking, the battle scenes are exciting as fook, the story is pretty cool and – though I don’t typically like CGI and prefer practical effects, as you know – I think I’ve yet to see a film that boasts better CGI than this monster.

I love the cast, I love the idea, and most of all, I just straight up this fantasy Sci-Fi epic!


The Album – Transylvanian Hunger by Darkthrone

Black metal is a weird one for me, as I both love it and hate it at the same time. Of course, to explain why this is I would have to go deep into the controversy behind the history of Black Metal and seeing as we like to try and keep things lighthearted around here, I’m just not going to do that right now, but I also hate how some bands of this particular genre go overboard with their gimmicks and whatnot.

Now, don’t get me wrong, Darkthrone aren’t innocent of this crime themselves, but for me, this album is as raw as it gets. It sounds like it was recorded on a single mic in a shed (mainly because that’s not too far from the truth), there are plenty of mistakes throughout the album as though it were a live recording of a new band’s practice session, it pretty much had the same drumbeat throughout, yet it’s still as evil (if not more so) as it intended to be. For me, this album IS Black Metal and is the benchmark from which all other bands of that ilk should branch.

The Game – Second Sight

Strategy stealth games come by the masses these days, which is never a bad thing! Just look at Dishonored, Thief, the Metal Gear franchise and it's happy days! Second Sight, however, seems to be one of those games that often gets overlooked and I just can’t understand why.

There are great combat elements to it, puzzles and psychic abilities that your amnesia-struck protagonist gets to fling out left, right and centre whilst trying to figure out why he even has them in the first place. The story was also one that had many twists and turns which just helped to further shape this already great game.

It’s just a shame it never got the recognition it deserved.



Aaron James Waters is a best-selling Pulp Fiction writer who has written more books than he's actually read.

He's also the rotten apple of the group who thinks this whole Star Wars thing needs to hurry up and die already.

You can find all of Aaron's works on Amazon!






Monday 11 December 2017

Just For Fun: Photos From Our Most Recent Podcast Recording Session!

Just for a bit of fun today, we thought we'd share some photos from last Tuesday's podcast recording session (the last session of 2017 in fact!)

What's also nice is that it allows us to confirm the lineup for Crazy Train 58 and Gamecast 33! It's a pleasure to be able to announce the cast for these two episodes:

Rob Wade

Blake Harmer

Brad Harmer-Barnes

Enjoy the photos and look forward to the episodes, coming during the month of December!


About The Crazy Train

Welcome aboard The Crazy Train - Emotionally14's flagship podcast dedicated to one theme: there are no rails. Ever. Encompassing a wide range of subjects, from movies to TV to gaming, we'll give you a piece of our minds even if there's nothing in them, and you'll bloody love it. Where will the Crazy Train go?


About The E14 Gamecast

A place to find the gaming content for Emotionally14. We'll talk reviews, excitement, upcoming releases - Hell, we'll even play a few! If gaining perspective on Team E14's gaming habits is your bag, this is the place you can get that fix!

The E14 Gamecast is a show all about games. Initially recorded as a short chat about the Titanfall beta, the crew has talked about all sorts of subjects ranging from Eurogamer Expo, the previous console generations and general comments about what they're playing at the time.


Friday 8 December 2017

The E14 Gamecast - Episode 32: No Clipping (We Wish!)

On this episode of The E14 Gamecast, we get going on our recent plays via a conversation about Battlefront 2 and EA's PR nightmare! Then we talk about Pokémon Go, Cuphead, Assassin's Creed Origins, Mafia 3, reminisce about Nintendo 64, all sorts!

Then we go *deep* on Tabletop! Spike is back into 40k (or 41k as he goes on to explain) and he's got many thoughts on this! We also talk a bit of Heroclix, and more!

If you want to give us your thoughts on the games we talk about, ask us questions or even suggest topics for us to talk about, you can contact us by email using podcast@emotionally14.com, tweet @emotionally14 or find us on the Emotionally14 Facebook page! For our gaming videos, check out the E14 Plays Playlist on YouTube!

Rob is on Twitter @RobWadeVision, Blake is at FuckSakeBlake and you can find Spike at BigBeat1985!

The E14 Gamecast theme is courtesy of Deon Van Heerden, and you can find out all about him at DeonVanHeerden.com!

Editor's Note: Apologies that there are a lot of audio clipping issues, we're working on fixing some acoustic issues on an ongoing basis and one of the side-effects is that the odd syllable gets clipped. Really annoying to listen to? Try editing it. Apologies, we're constantly trying to improve it as we go along, but it means some of the chats jump around a fair bit!


About The E14 Gamecast

A place to find the gaming content for Emotionally14. We'll talk reviews, excitement, upcoming releases - Hell, we'll even play a few! If gaining perspective on Team E14's gaming habits is your bag, this is the place you can get that fix!

The E14 Gamecast is a show all about games. Initially recorded as a short chat about the Titanfall beta, the crew has talked about all sorts of subjects ranging from Eurogamer Expo, the previous console generations and general comments about what they're playing at the time.