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Hearthstone: Ragequit – Lord of the Gimmicks

Posted April 22, 2015 by

TotalBiscuit brings you another unique deck.
Decklist on Hearthpwn – http://www.hearthpwn.com/decks/234433-ragequit

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► WTF Is… – Bloodsports TV ?

Posted April 21, 2015 by

TotalBiscuit takes a look at a recently released PvE hero defense from Fatshark and Toadman Interactive.

Get it on Steam – http://bit.ly/1Eo4RSG

QC#69 – Electric Ignition

Posted April 20, 2015 by

Paper matches are converted, so they work on battery power. Now they ignite with a press of a button!

Full tutorial: http://bit.ly/RocketIgniters

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Project Inspired By: My friend Ritchie Kinmont, who said that as a kid, he used to make igniters for his rockets with very thin wire and paper match heads. He’s a really smart guy. Check out some of his projects here: http://www.sonicdad.com

WARNING: This project should not be attempted without adult supervision. These igniters are intended for igniting rockets, and safety precautions should be in place to mitigate any fire hazards. Misuse, or careless use when testing indoors, may result in fires and/or property damage. Be safe and have fun, but always remember that any project you try is at your own risk.

Project History & More Info:

Last month while launching rockets with my friend Ritchie Kinmont with http://SonicDad.com , he mentioned that as a kid, he used to make his own improvised igniters by wrapping very thin wire around paper matches, so that when you’d touch the leads to a battery, it would ignite.

Until recently, I’ve been lighting smoke flares and home made rockets with the use of a fuse. While the fuses have proved very reliable, they do pose a few hazards. Firstly, they occasionally fall out, and could easily catch surrounding items on fire. And secondly, you can’t control exactly when the rocket will launch because the timing is always random. So if the wind were to pick up and blow your launchpad over, you wouldn’t be able to put out the fuse. That would be a dangerous situation!

So in an effort to gain more precise control over rocket launches, I played around with some ways to make homemade ignitors, also known as “electric matches” to launch my rockets with the press of a button.

In this video I demonstrated that they will ignite pyrotechnics on command as well, which could be useful for 4th of July fireworks as well! 🙂

I spent countless hours in my workshop playing and prototyping with different kinds of cords, matches and batteries, to finally develop and confirm a system that does, in-fact, ignite matches 10/10 times.

Although these igniters are one time use only, I’m extremely excited about this idea because they are made from things you probably have around the house right now .. meaning anyone can make them for cheap, or free.

Ritchie and I did a lot of field testing with these ignitors with our home made “Randomizer Rocket”, and proved they work exactly as hoped. Look for that video coming soon 😀

You’ll see step-by-step how to make these ignitors in the next project video, so keep an eye out for it, and I’ll also have tutorials on building the Randomizer Rocket, as well as the Launch Pad, and Rocket Launch Controller in upcoming videos.

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► WTF Is… – Hero Generations ?

Posted April 20, 2015 by

TotalBiscuit takes a look at a recently released top-down roguelite strategy from Heart Shaped Games LLC.

Get it on Steam – http://bit.ly/1O7KUny

2016 Acura MDX – Redline: Review

Posted April 18, 2015 by

As the best-selling three-row luxury crossover on the market, Acura makes a few subtle updates for 2016, those of which include an all-new 9-speed transmission.

The WAN Show – 4K Smartphones & AMD Lost $180M – April 17, 2015

Posted April 18, 2015 by

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00:01:37 Topic callouts
00:02:37 Intro
00:04:30 China to install 3D printers in all its 400,000-plus primary schools
00:10:45 Sharp 5.5in 4K display
00:17:45 AMD $180 Million net loss, exits dense microserver business
00:23:50 Dual Xeon E5-2699 v3 server
00:32:08 NVIDIA vs AMD market share quarter by quarter, Q3 2003 to Q4 2014
00:44:48 ASUS unveils VivoWatch with 10-day battery life
00:50:23 Super special live unboxing, 24x 960GB SSDs & 3x RAID controllers
00:59:26 Google gives response to EU antitrust investigation into Android
01:03:54 Tesla Home Battery Details Emerge
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01:15:18 IKEA launches wireless charging furniture range
01:17:43 Apple Watch already wiping the floor with “the entire smartwatch market”
01:21:56 New Zealand VPN providers set to be sued by TV networks
01:24:20 Supermicro X10SDV-TLN4F Embedded motherboard
01:31:43 Outro

The Co-Optional Podcast Ep. 76 ft. Greg Miller [strong language] – Apr 16, 2015

Posted April 16, 2015 by

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Download the audio version of the podcast: https://soundcloud.com/totalbiscuit/the-co-optional-podcast-ep-76-ft-greg-miller-strong-language-apr-14-2015

TotalBiscuit, Dodger and Jesse Cox sit down with Greg Miller on this episode of the Co-Optional Podcast! Enjoy!

Original air date: April 14th, 2015

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GTA V – Port Report

Posted April 16, 2015 by

TotalBiscuit brings you the rundown of features and options for the PC port of GTA 5.
List of fixes for potential problems – http://pcgamingwiki.com/wiki/Grand_Theft_Auto_V

Mortal Kombat X’s microtransaction system – Apr. 15th, 2015

Posted April 15, 2015 by

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Content Patch Episode 194 – April 15th, 2015

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