Thu
17
Feb

Mission: Impossible 6-Movie Collection Giveaway

M:I 6-Movie Collection

Enter to win this six-movie collection of the Mission: Impossible franchise, starring Tom Cruise as Ethan Hunt. This Blu-ray and Digital collection includes M:I, M:I - 2, M:I - 3, M:I-Ghost Protocol, M:I - Rogue Nation, and M:I - Fallout.

To be eligible to win this action-packed collection, use the Rafflecopter-powered form below.

Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to choose one or all of the options presented to maximize your potential to win this set. Be sure to go over our Rules and Regulations before entering.

Thu
17
Feb

6 Benefits of Playing at an Online Casino

Online Casino artwork

When it comes to gambling, there are a number of different ways to do it. You can go to a casino, bet on sports, or play the lottery. But did you know that you can also gamble online? In fact, online casinos have become increasingly popular over the past few years.

There are a number of benefits to playing at an online casino, from convenience and privacy, to bonuses and VIP programs. If you want to find out what these benefits are, here are just a few reasons why you should consider playing at an online casino.

Tue
15
Feb

The Best NHL Bets Today for Quick Money

Betting NHL Canada

The NHL is one of the most popular sports among fans in North America. It is in this league that you can meet the strongest athletes from all over the world who delight the audience with their performance. NHL bets can quickly improve the financial situation of players, as bookmakers offer high odds for each match. It is enough for betters to familiarize themselves with the rules of the tournament so as not to make a mistake when choosing the outcome. The best NHL bets today, which allows players to easily identify the most interesting game events and place a bet in the form of a single, express, or system.

Mon
14
Feb

Is Thailand the Next Hotspot for Gaming Content?

Is Thailand the Next Hotspot for Gaming Content?

Over the past decade, it would be fair to say that we have seen something of a democratization of the gaming and online content industries around the globe. Once dominated almost exclusively by the US and Japan, blossoming industries in countries such as China, the Czech Republic, and the Nordics have helped to balance the scales somewhat.

If you're trying to figure out where the winds are blowing within the global gaming and content industries, one place worth looking at is Thailand. Let's take a closer look at why this country of 70 million people is on track to be a future hotspot for gaming of all stripes. 

Thu
10
Feb

Stargirl Second Season Now on Blu-ray

Stargirl Season 2 on Blu-ray

Keeping with the 13 episode format of the previous season, I'm still left wanting more Stargirl. But perhaps the leaner season prevents any of those unnecessary padding episodes; there are almost no lulls when you have a half-season to deal with the big bad.

The new JSA -- Courtney / Stargirl (Brec Bassinger), Beth / Doctor Mid-Nite (Anjelika Washington), Yolanda / Wildcat (Yvette Monreal) and Rick / Hourman (Cameron Gellman) find themselves taking classes in summer school together since their grades slipped due to the time spent saving Blue Valley and the rest of the country from the threat of the Injustice Society -- a battle that left emotional scars on some of the team members.

Thu
10
Feb

Anime Characters Who Can Teach You How to Win at Online Casinos

Anime Characters Who Can Teach You How to Win at Online Casinos

Gambling has been part of our society since time immemorial. So, it is no surprise that it features in various aspects of our lives. People bet on almost anything from horse races to election results and there are even movies about gambling.

If you are an online punter that also enjoys watching anime, you should be pleased to know that several betting-themed anime are available today. Some of them have become popular for perfectly depicting the atmosphere in the top casinos in Vegas. In this article, we will be looking at some anime characters that can teach you how to win at online casinos.

Wed
09
Feb

Pow! Best Comics Artist of 2021 Scores with Perfect 10

Pow Rodrix Best Comics Artist 2021

Critical Blast wraps up it's Best of 2021 awards announcements with the Best Comics Artist of 2021. (But we're not completely done -- we still have our Bombshell of the Year to announce later!)

Among the notable nominees this year, David Hahn brought in 4.35% of the vote for his work on Impossible 2 with Karl Kesel. Marco Maccagni stepped up with 7.25% of the vote for Monster M.D. while Clint Hilinski took 8.70% percent with Pirate Queen, and Tim Lim garnered 11.59% for Kamen America.

Which brings us to the top three artists among this year's awards. In third place, we have Brian Balondo with 14.49% of the tally for his work on Bad Bug Media's Pocus Hocus. Just ahead of him, it's Alexia Veldhuisen in second place with 18.84% of the vote for her work on anthropomorphic samurai squirrel epic, 47 Furious Tails.

Tue
08
Feb

Entrepreneurs Dominate Best Comics Writer Category, Led by Perfect 10's Dave Brink

Perfect 10's Dave Brink

The 21st century indie comics renaissance has introduced readers to a plethora of writers and artists that, were it not for the self-publishing opportunities afforded by the technologies of digital printing and online crowdfunding, might have otherwise gone unnoticed. The response to this year's Best Comics Writer poll -- and indeed all the comic book related categories this year -- speaks to a hunger in the market for new material by fresh voices.

Tonic Mole, with his Ghostworld-like comic, Saving the World, is the first to break onto the chart with 4.35% of all ballots cast. Ahead of him is comics veteran Karl Kesel, for his work on Impossible 2, the team-up book between his characters Impossible Jones and Holly Daze.

Monster M.D.'s Von Klaus tied with Pirate Queen's Mandy Summers, with each garnering 8.70% of all votes cast.

Sun
06
Feb

Crowdfunders Squeeze Out Mainstream Comics in Best of 2021 Competition

Perfect 10

The nominees for Best Comic of 2021 was a lengthy list, and picking through it to pick the best of the best was a lot like being asked to name your favorite child. But in the end, there were winners and losers and, for the first time in the history of Critical Blast, DC Comics had no position in the rankings.

Indeed, Marvel Comics only had one title bubble toward the top with King in Black, which tied with the Dave Sim crowdfunded hardcover, The Strange Death of Alex Raymond at 5.41% of all votes cast. From that point forward, the indie comics led the charge, with How to Die and Monster M.D. taking 6.76% each. 

The much acclaimed fan-favorite, Kamen America from Iconic Comics, took third place in the polls with a respectable 10.81% of the ballot, while there was a tie for second between 47 Furious Tales from Sinopa and Pocus Hocus from Bad Bug Media, each having a strong 17.57% of the vote.

Sat
05
Feb

Bad Boys Win Big: Loki's Tom Hiddleston is Best Series Actor of 2021

Tom Hiddleston Best Series Actor 2021

It's the year of the villain for the Critical Blast Best of 2021 Awards. After tabulating the votes that awarded Willem Dafoe our award for Best Film Actor, we turned toward the category of Best Series Actor -- those men and women who bring our episodic fantasies and adventures to life.

Not only did superhero actors dominate the category, but the Disney + coterie of streaming shows nearly swamped the nominations. While Luke Wilson took 8.7% of the vote for his work on Stargirl (tying with Ted Lasso's Jason Sudeikis), from that point forward every vote was for an actor on a Disney + MCU series.

Hailee Stanfeld claimed 10.14% of the vote for her work on Hawkeye, and Elizabeth Olson took a sizeable portion of the ballots to earn the second top spot for WandaVision.

Sat
05
Feb

Everyone Loves a Villain: Willem Dafoe Takes Best Film Actor of 2021

Willem Dafoe

Critical Blast's Best of the Year awards have had strong winners before, but it's rare to have such an overwhelming blowout as seen in this year's Best Film Actor of 2021.

With nods going to McKenna Grace for Ghostbusters: Afterlife, Bob Odenkirk for Nobody and Chris Pratt for The Tomorrow War, the presence of Spider-Man: No Way Home starts to loom large in the voting.

Andrew Garfield has Spider-fans talking again after his performance, and it shows with the 9.86% of the votes he pulled in this year's polling. However, with two movies giving him momentum, Ryan Reynolds pulled ahead with 15.49% of teh vote.

Thu
03
Feb

Squid Game Squeezes Out Competition as Long-Form Storytelling Dominates Best Series Awards

Squid Game - Best Series of 2021

When Critical Blast began our "Best of Year" awards in our first year, the category was "Best Television Series." It didn't take long before the advent of streaming services turned the entire paradigm of home-delivered episodic storytelling on its head. Netflix, Hulu, Disney +, Amazon, and a host of others have all become de facto television networks, each putting out exclusive content that drives viewer counts. It's become such a go-to choice 

for so many that this year we only had one traditional television network make the cut with enough votes to earn a spot in the rankings: CW's Stargirl, which took 4.41% of all votes cast, tying with Netflix's Lupin, IMDb's Alex Rider, and Apple TV's Ted Lasso.

Thu
03
Feb

Underworld Ultimate Collection on Blu-ray

Underworld Ultimate Collection on Blu-ray

Sexy vampires! Sexy werewolves! Forbidden loves! If that's your supernatural jam, then the Underworld franchise was made for you! 

Follow Kate Beckinsale as the sensual Selene as she shoots and slashes her way through this five-film fright-fest. The winner of this set will get Underworld, Underworld: Evolution, Underworld: Rise of the Lycans, Underworld: Awakening, and Underworld: Blood Wars! Be sure to check out our Rules and Regulations page before continuing.

Contestants can enter this giveaway by using any or all of the options below.

Thu
03
Feb

Ghostbusters: Afterlife Carries Spirit of the Franchise

Ghostbusters: Afterlife Bluray

It's the sequel fans waited three decades to see, but in the end Ghostbusters: Afterlife is the torch-passing movie that holds up to the expectations set by Ghostbusters and Ghostbusters 2. 

While everything about Ghostbusters: Afterlife has the flavor of the originals, there are some story elements that make this ride less-than-smooth. Don't worry, we'll get to those, soon enough.

Wed
02
Feb

Spider-Man: No Way Home Webs Up Best Film of 2021 Award

Spider-Man: No Way Home

The votes are in for this year's Critical Blast Best Film award, and it was a fairly close race -- for everyone except the winner, which took the prize by a substantial margin.

Among the top vote getters were Ghostbusters Afterlife, whch garnered nearly 10% of all votes cast, and Dune, with 15%.

But it was Sony who claimed the top prize, taking more than double the votes of the runner up film. Spider-Man: No Way Home turned out to be a real audience pleaser, with a story that appealed to fans of all eras of the franchise. Tom Holland is joined by Toby Maguire and Andrew Garfield, each reprising their role as Peter Parker, the Amazing Spider-Man in a plot that turns the Marvel Cinematic Universe into the Marvel Cinematic Multiverse. It's all the Spider-Men vs. all the villains in a free-for-all that brought moviegoers in for repeated viewings.

Wed
02
Feb

Top 10 Gambling TV Shows of All Time

Top 10 Gambling TV Shows

It’s always interesting whenever two worlds collide. Gambling has always been one of mankind’s favorite hobbies and recreational activities. However, as the 20th century rolled along, people started indulging more in content consumption in the wake of the release of a certain device called the television. These days, gambling movies and TV shows make up a huge part of pop culture and mainstream media. So many people are reliant on television to keep them engaged and entertained on a daily basis. One of the most beautiful aspects of television production is that there’s practically a show for any kind of person. And in this article, we’re going to tackle some of the most prominent gambling-related TV shows of all time. 

Wed
02
Feb

Top 5 Casino Animes of All Times You Should Watch

Top 5 Casino Anime

Are you a passionate gambler interested in Japanese culture? If yes, you will love the fact that TV shows also come in the form of casino-related anime. The sub-genre has become pretty popular over the past years and we're lucky to have several great titles in our playlist.

We know you love the best Aussie online casino, but this time we go up north to discuss Japan's unique casino offers. This amazing country keeps surprising us with hard-to-believe entertainment forms, with casino anime being one of the most interesting.

Today, we will present you with a list of the top five casino anime, so get your Coke and popcorn ready!

Wed
02
Feb

Everybody was Kung Fu Fighting over Arrow Video’s ShawScope Limited Edition Box Set

Shaw Scope

The 1960s to early 70s were a golden age of Kung Fu films. From the classic films of Bruce Lee to the comedy of Jackie Chan, no other studio has a deeper understanding of the genre then the Shaw Brothers. Producing hundreds of films in that era, they revolutionized the genre by putting the best talents they could find in front of and behind the camera, and gave us some of the most iconic martial art films ever to grace the silver screen.

This first ever definitive series by Arrow Video karate-kicks off volume one and karate-chops the competition, putting to shame every other release of these films.

Each film in the set is given the royal treatment: all twelve movies are painstakingly remastered and, in some cases, completely retooled to incorporate footage long thought lost to the home video gods of yesterday.

Sat
29
Jan

Gravitas Ventures An Exquisite Meal starves an audience ravenous for more

In the days since motion pictures were first developed, it’s been proven time and again there are certainly as many types of films as there are people; there are the flashy Michael Bay-produced bombastic blockbusters that draw your attention with a full-scale assault of computerized special-effects, outrageous frat-boy comedies, tear-jerking romances and introverted, brooding art-house films. There are the anti-authoritarian shock-horror rebels spitting in the face of polite society, muscular superhero action flicks that offer an overabundance of adolescent wish fulfillment fantasies, prescient, meditative science fiction that shows us where we’re heading and question if it’s a good place to ultimately be. Then there are the movies that, just as with people, could best be labeled eccentrics, whose very unconventionality and outright resistance to categorization place them in a proud, defiant league all their own.

Thu
27
Jan

How to Use Mic and Headphones with One Jack PC

Two Plugs One Jack

It certainly is a difficult task to use two devices that require an audio jack and only one jack is present on your PC. Around two decades ago when PCs and laptops were starting to become a norm in the world, systems back then came with two ports. One for the headphone jack and one for the microphone jack.

In today’s day there is usually a single port given for users where they need to use their headphones along with their microphone. Hence, the question becomes, how can a user use both devices using a single port. There are two major ways you can make use of both jacks: with and without a splitter.

Apart from these two sections, we shall also be discussing as to why users make use of single jack headsets when used without the splitter. Don’t skip anything in between or you might miss out on the few good tips we have to give to you.

Without Splitter

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