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Every inventor is one pitch session away from changing the world with their imagination, and every investor is one pitch session away from changing their tax bracket with their savvy. In the new party game What the What?! (now live on Kickstarter and funded in the first 8 hours, looking for their next stretch goal) players get to make their most serious, sassy, or hilarious product pitches, based on actual patents, to an investor.
From rocking-chair bathtubs to bungie-belts, people have patented some pretty crazy (and amazing) things over the years, most of which never actually made it to market, let along made their inventors famous. What the What?! takes examples of those inventions and turns them into a classic rotating judge party game for 3-10 players. Each turn, the illustration of a crazy invention is turned up for the Inventors to see and pitch based either on pitch cards they hold in their hands or their own inspiration, with one player taking the role of Investor to listen to and pass judgement on. The Investor picks the best pitch (based on whatever criteria they want), reads the truth about the invention, and points are awards (including special points for anyone who actually figures out what the invention is). The Investor role rotates until one player has reached a points goal to win the game. You can see the full game instructions, plus alternate variantgames you can play with the cards, here.
The campaign has six levels. You can get the base game, which includes 55 invention cards and 275 pitch prompt cards, for just $30. You can also get the special NSFW decks with 15 additional risqué invention cards and 80 adults-only pitch prompt cards at $45. There are add-ons for a digital booklet, and a special high-quality box (with embossed gold foil!). And at the highest level, you can get your own image turned into an invention card you can add to your deck.
The core game of What the What?! is a fun family-friendly party game for people who are into science, technology, history, and inventions. Every invention was researched by historians and archivists from The Smithsonian and White House Historical Association and the pitch prompt cards were co-created with professional comedy writers from Chicago’s esteemed Second City.
The What the What?!campaign is now live on Kickstarter. Knowing that we’re almost back to being able to do in person game nights again, now’s the time to start building out your library with new games!
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Sea monster Luca, encouraged by his friend Alberto, decides to explore the nearby human town despite being warned not to. Determined to fit in with the humans, they attempt to absorb all they can only to find themselves getting in more trouble than they hoped for.
Luca is Enrico Casarosa’s feature film debut. He previously has worked on Pixar’s films Up!, Incredibles 2, and La Luna amongst others. This animated film also shares the distinction of being the first Pixar movie created with everyone working from home. Pixar was in the midst of working on the movie when the pandemic shut them down.
From a Den of Geek article written by Don Kaye, Casarosa explains that they had to work through the technology to make it work, but in the end it was doable. He gives an example:
We really had to learn how to record people from their homes. We thought that would be a problem. We thought that would be a huge loss in quality, but actually there’s enough technology that can clean it up. So that did not turn out to be a huge problem. But there were amusing things, like spending an hour with Maya Rudolph trying to figure out her iPad and not acting, but actually doing our own IT remotely.
Casarosa wrote and directed the Pixar short film, La Luna which followed a young Italian boy learning his family’s trade from his father and grandfather. He and the Pixar team bring that same warmth to Luca. Watching the trailer makes you feel you are right on the Italian Rivera with them, on one hand understanding how humans live, but also feeling like the “fish out of the water.” Can’t wait for June 18th!
From Pixar.com:
Set in a beautiful seaside town on the Italian Riviera, Disney and Pixar’s original feature film “Luca” is a coming-of-age story about one young boy experiencing an unforgettable summer filled with gelato, pasta and endless scooter rides. Luca shares these adventures with his newfound best friend, but all the fun is threatened by a deeply-held secret: they are sea monsters from another world just below the water’s surface.
Luca will be released on Disney Plus on June 18, 2021.
See the official trailer:
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New to Netflix, The Mitchells vs. The Machines is the next animated movie you and your family are craving.
That Lord and Miller feeling hits home: Produced by Phil Lord and Christopher Miller of Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse and The Lego Movie. Need I say more? Well, I will, in that it’s obvious that they had an influence on making sure that the movie focused on the relationships as much as the action, just like their previous work.
Intense, exciting action (with a caveat): Although full of laughs, action, and heart, some parts of the movie may be too intense for younger kids. The machines are attacking and coming after people to kidnap them, which could cause anxiety.
Who will enjoy this: Tweens on up will really get something out of this movie as they may be able to relate to the growing-up problems the Mitchell kids are facing.
You will love Monchi the ‘pug:’ Is he a dog or a pig? That is the important question (perhaps for the salvation of our planet). Either way, he is lovable, quirky, and very quickly steals the movie.
The voice cast is great: The cast is led by Abbi Jacobson as Katie, an aspiring filmmaker who has to find independence, but still connect with her parents. Katie’s parents are voiced by Danny McBride and Maya Rudolph. Rounding out the voices, there is Eric André, Olivia Colman, Fred Armisen and many more.
The whole Tron aesthetic is awesome. The machines, led by Pal, voiced by Olivia Colman, create their own world highly reminiscent of Tron. In fact, the whole premise of the machines rebelling brings back the vibe of Master Control Program.
Solid animation style: The movie is very self-aware and you can see that through its use of multiple animation styles. Often the movie pulls in side-animations to illustrate a feeling or action, much like Katie would create in her own movies. It uses a similar technique that you see in the film version of Scott Pilgrim vs. The World (which we ended up revisiting after finishing The Mitchells).
Use of montages: This film has a couple of key moments that feature montages of Katie’s younger life through watching old home videos. Like Up!, you immediately feel for the characters and are able to emotionally connect.
Mom kicking butt: The machines learn quickly that you do not threaten Linda Mitchell’s kids. Her transformation from mild, just-trying-to-keep-the-peace mom to warrior bent on rescuing her kids can’t be missed.
When’s a good time for a restroom break: It’s a pretty tight movie, so one would be hard-pressed to find a moment. However, since this is streaming on Netflix you can always pause, right?
Note: Robin Musetti-Denmead helped with this post.
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If putting in true surround sound for your home theater has been problematic because running speaker wire is a pain, the CineHome II wireless system makes for an easy, no-muss no-fuss solution.
What Is Enclave’s CineHome II?
When I was in college I had the bright idea of hooking up my TV to my stereo amplifier and speakers. This was in the early days of actual stereo television broadcasts (back in the analog days, baby!), and the first time I heard the USS Enterprise NCC-1701a swoosh past with the sound actually traveling from left to right in my little apartment, I was hooked on the idea of always having a home theater setup wherever I lived.
These days, that’s a lot easier. Of course, as a proper geek and movie fanatic, I’ve always tried to have as good a system as I could afford (no, I’m not THX certified at this point), but one of the significant pains has always been the sheer number of cables and wires required to hook up all the components. Not to mention our living room has doors or openings on three sides, so speaker wires had to be routed either under stair nosings, or over the top of french door, leading to a lot of visual clutter and the occasional trip on a loose wire.
More recently, I had hacked together my version of a hybrid wireless system for the rear speakers using some funny off-brand radio receivers I found online to feed the rear channel signals to powered speakers. They worked, but again, it was a messy hack that required extra wires hanging round the bookshelves. It wasn’t aesthetically pleasing.
Well, the folks at Enclave have turned what I hacked together into a cohesive system that solves so many problems. My old system had an amp/tuner with speaker wire run to the center, front, and subwoofer speakers, and then to two radio transmitters which then fed two radio receivers in the back of the room connected by speaker wire to two powered rear speakers. The new setup is one small hub that simply sends radio signals to six powered speakers (center, front left and right, subwoofer, and rear left and right). While each of the speakers has to be plugged into power, because my old system required two radio transmitters and two receivers, I’ve actually got one less piece of equipment plugged into an outlet now, and I’ve lost about eight lengths of speaker wire as well. So much less cable clutter!
Contents of the box, clearly labeled.
What’s in the Box?
Enclave’s CineHome II Includes the following parts/pieces:
1 x Subwoofer (8” Down-firing)
1 x Center Speaker (2 x 3” Drivers + 1 x 1” Tweeter)
2 x Left and Right (3” Drivers + 1 x 1” Tweeter in each Speaker)
2 x Bi-pole Surround Speakers (2” Drivers in each Speaker)
6 x Power Cords
1 x CineHub Wireless Transmitter
1 x HDMI Cable
1 x Power Supply Cord
QuickStart Guide, Owners Manual, Legal/Warranty Information
How to Use Enclave’s CineHome II
The system is really simple to install – indeed, far easier to install than a wired surround system.
Setup
Place the appropriate speaker in the appropriate location (each one has a sticker on it telling you its position), and plug them in to power. They each have an LED that will start blinking, very similar to Bluetooth pairing.
You plug the hub in to the audio return channel (arc) on your television via HDMI. If you don’t know about arc, its the HDMI port on most modern televisions that will feed audio that comes in through other ports on the TV back out to your surround system. So if you have, say, your satellite tuner and XBOX plugged into HDMI I and 2, and your TV shows that the HDMI 5 port is the arc port, you plug the hub in there. Then the TV volume becomes the overall volume control, and the sound from whichever device is live on the TV is sent back out to the hub.
Then you power up the hub. It’ll blink a couple times, pair with all the speakers, and poof! You have a live 5.1 surround system. There is a remote that will let you bring up a menu on the TV to customize your setup, and there’s also an app you can download to your phone to do the same.
As long as the power is on, the system is on (you might consider using smart plugs for each of the speakers to help reduce the power use when you’re not actually watching anything). Because the TV controls the volume, you really don’t have to do anything else.
Output
What you get out of Enclave’s CineHome II is excellent 5.1 channel surround sound for most home theater setups. Because each speaker has it’s own power, rather than relying on central amplifier, they’re all nicely balanced. I also assume that helps prevent the possibilities of accidental blow-outs (which I’ve suffered in the past when kids cranked the volume knob).
Why You Should Get Enclave’s CineHome II
I am delighted by this system. It delivers crystal clear 5.1 surround on par with my old setup, but I’ve been able to recover significant shelf space all around my living room, and escaped the wire and cable clutter that used to make some corners of the place just plain messy. While I appreciate the power than a dedicated amplifier can deliver, sometimes it feels like you have to be an electrical engineer to get them set up and configured correctly. The CineHome II is so much easier to install and maintain than a wired system that I hope I never have to go back.
Enclave’s Cinehome II wireless surround sound system is available for $999 from the Enclave website, and at (affiliate link) Amazon.
Disclosure: GeekDad received a sample of this item for review purposes.
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