Author: Trevor Ruben

    Though I contribute to many online publications on a regular basis, including The Checkout, the crux of my writing lies in video games. When not writing, I'm often streaming a variety of games on Twitch.


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  • Game of Thrones Season 5 Poster HBO Go Now
    Game of Thrones Leads April’s TV Lineup to Boost HBO’s Hugely Important Month

    You might have heard. You might have rejoiced. HBO will be the first cable channel to provide a (sort-of) completely standalone streaming service, granting access to it’s incredible history of TV shows and films, in addition to...

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  • Rayman Legends Games with Gold March Xbox Live One
    Here are the Free Games for PS Plus and Xbox Live Gold Members in March

    It took an extra day or two for Sony to get the news out, but now we have the full list of free games available to members of both Playstation Plus and Xbox Live Gold. As always,...

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    Lately on ThinkGeek: Rocket Racoon, Pillows and Yoga Pants

    The internet’s intersection of geekery and shopping addiction, ThinkGeek.com, is always spurring out some new licensed goodies for the masses. We’d like to take a moment and highlight some of their best new products from over the...

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  • Aston Martin Vulcan Profile
    Today’s Unaffordable Insanity: The Aston Martin Vulcan

    Set for a full reveal March 3 at this year’s Geneva International Motor Show, Aston’s Martin’s latest beast, the Vulcan, looks a bit like the thing Doc Brown might show up in if he was from 2050....

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  • House of Cards Season 3 Frank Underwood
    House of Cards Season 3 is Here, Are You Ready?

    Internet video streaming has yet to accomplish its Super Bowl, but if anything hints at a potential future in the “event” release online, a new season of House of Cards is it. Sometime, in the dead of this Feb....

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  • Neil Blomkamp Alien Movie Queen
    How to Properly React to the Confirmed Neil Blomkamp Alien Movie

    Wednesday, Neil Blomkamp, director three of the famed District 9, the sophomore slump Elysium and the upcoming, “I really can do it again” attempt, Chappie, seems to have courted 20th Century Fox into handing him the reigns on a future Alien movie. He confirmed as...

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  • Ebay Super Shovel
    Ebay’s Presidents Day Sale is About Tools and Cooking

    Ebay is highlighting a number of discounted items through tomorrow (Feb. 17) as part of its Presidents Day event. While the items on the list run the gamut of top products throughout the site, there seems to...

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  • Crimson Peak Guillermo Del Toro
    Trailer: Del Toro Returns to Small-Scale Fantasy in Crimson Peak

    While it’s a bit of a stretch to call Pacific Rim a true departure from Guillermo Del Toro’s aesthetic style, that movie, which came out in 2013, was the largest, riskiest endeavor of his entire career. He made...

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  • Majora's Mask New Nintendo 3DS XL
    The New Nintendo 3DS vs. The Internet: Reviews and Deals

    Say what you will about the smart phone makers of the world, iterative hardware upgrades is what makes the tech world turn these days. This month, it’s Nintendo’s turn to once again improve upon its portable gaming...

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  • Daredevil Netflix March 2016
    The Next Three Months of Netflix Shows Are Packed

    So far, Netflix has engaged in a slow burn of self-accreditation, leap-frogging brand new, well-received television shows and a mishmash of movies, comedy specials and returning properties the likes of The Killing and Arrested Development. The strategy isn’t changing, but...

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  • Kotobukiya Marvel's Avengers: Age of Ultron Figure Hulk vs. Hulkbuster Iron Man
    The Avengers: Age of Ultron Figures are Beginning to Roll In

    The film itself might not hit theaters until May 1, 2015, but that doesn’t mean the Marvel’s Avengers: Age of Ultron merchandising train can’t fill in its coal and get those pistons pumping. Indeed, we featured the LEGO Avenger’s Helicarrier...

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  • Everything You Need for the Return of The Walking Dead

    The Walking Dead returns to AMC this very Sunday, Feb. 8, which means it’s time for all the fans and the haters to ceremoniously unite under the non-metaphorical version of American culture’s television mistletoe, because, for some reason,...

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