January 13th, 2022With the upcoming 2022 Royal Rumble just around the corner, there was a lot of shock when the announcement was made that former WWE Women's Champion, Mickie James, was announced as a participant in the Women's Royal Rumble Match. It's not a strange concept, by any means, for a past WWE Superstar to make a return for the Rumble. However,...
January 4th, 2022Today is National Trivia Day! Everyone knows a fun tidbit of trivia about something. Movies, TV, Games, etc... all have little easter eggs, things that may have gone unnoticed, or something that seems to fit right in, but in reality, it was completely improv! Today, in honor of National Trivia Day, we're going to take a look at some...
December 15th, 20212021 almost felt like the year of the Indie Game. So many amazing titles released this year, and many of them Indie titles. Valheim took the world by storm, and titles like Curse of the Dead Gods and Loop Hero captivated many! There were also some AMAZING indie titles that got some recognition, but not enough. Here are The 5 Best Indie...
December 9th, 2021As the cold weather continues to get colder, what better comfort food than some stew? Nikujaga is a beef and potato stew that's sure to warm you up in these cold days and colder nights.
Ingredients:
1 large potato, peeled
8 oz. shiritaki noodles, drained
1 cup beef stock (or Dashi Stock)
2 tbsp. soy sauce
2 tbsp....
December 3rd, 2021Every year the holiday season rolls around. Then, every year the question of, "What's your favorite Christmas movie?" follows. Well, mine personally is Die Hard. Yes, I'm one of those people, BUT I do love me some Home Alone. Today, I'm going to tell you about a few ways this movie has instilled itself as a Christmas Classic by leaving...
December 1st, 2021This month's Core Loot Crate theme is "Bite-Sized" and one of our features in this crate is The Goonies! In honor of the ragtag group of friends on the hunt for One-Eyed Willy's treasure, we wanted to bring to you "5 Facts You May Not Have Known About The Goonies."
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According to Sean Astin, he was allowed to keep the treasure map...
November 17th, 2021Today we are highlighting one of our very active Loot Crate Community Members, NvMe! NvMe is an avid anime fan and musician, who is always active on socials and amazing to chat with!
LC: Two things that always stand out to us here at Loot Crate is your music and your love for anime! Tell us a little bit about your music and...
November 10th, 2021It's no secret that Netflix has been announcing a slew of new live action anime adaptations in their recent anime announcements. These include Yu Yu Hakusho, One Piece, and Gundam! Now, the Gundam announcement was actually made 3 years ago, but with the lack of updates and news has caused it to fall under the hype of other Netflix hype...
November 4th, 2021Now that we're out of Spooky Season, I wanted to dive into more anime centric food and decided to try my hand at Omurice! Omurice is a fried rice omelet and has been featured in a variety of different anime at various points. Anime like The Garden of Words, Mob Psycho 100, and Blue Exorcist: The Movie have all featured this delicious...
October 21st, 2021Today is National Pumpkin Cheesecake Day! I'm going to take today to make something Pumpkin Cheesecake adjacent. Keep in mind, it's still spooky season so we're going to be festive with it, but we're making Pumpkin Cupcakes w/ Cream Cheese Frosting. That, however, is a long name for a desert so we're going with Spooky...
October 18th, 2021It's STILL Spooky Season! This means I'm taking a look at another horror themed medium! Today we're taking a look at a couple of albums that are entirely horror themed. The albums I'll be looking at today are The Silver Scream and Welcome To Horrorwood: The Silver Scream 2 from band Ice Nine Kills.
Who is Ice Nine Kills?
Ice Nine...
October 11th, 2021Hello there Looters! Steven here, and today I get to take the first leg of the Top 5s for each Universal Monster! Since our Core Loot Crate is featuring the big three in classic monster films this month, the Community Team wanted to about our top 5s! I drew Frankenstein's Monster. It may be because I am the big lumbering oaf of the team,...
October 9th, 2021Last week we looked at some of the studios and styles of the first two episodes of Star Wars: Visions. This week, shocker, we're doing something similar! We're going to take a look at episodes 3 and 4, titled THE TWINS and The Village Bride respectively.
Episode 3: THE TWINS
THE TWINS follows a pair of twins, Am and Karre, born from...
October 6th, 2021It's spooky season! We're so excited for the Halloween season here at Loot Crate and we're featuring Silent Hill in this month's Loot Gaming crate! That means I get to tell you my top 5 reasons that you should play the Silent Hill games! Stay tuned to the end of the blog for a sneak peak as to what's in the crate!
1: Silent Hill's...
September 30th, 2021Hello Looters! I'm going to do a once a week breakdown on episodes of Star Wars: Visions. We'll be discussing studios, plot points, animation style, etc... This week we're doing Episode 1, titled The Duel and Episode 2. titled Tatooine Rhapsody!
Episode 1: The Duel
The Duel follows a wandering samurai-esque character. The Wanderer...
September 29th, 2021Today, we're celebrating the release of the opening theme for the Netflix adaptation of Cowboy Bebop! To get into the spirit I cracked open my anime food cookbook and made Jet's specialty, Bell Peppers and Beef! This is a simple yet delicious recipe that anyone can make. I doubled the beef the original recipe called for, because I felt...
September 23rd, 2021Recently, I wrote about my picks for the top 5 indie games everyone should play. Today, I'm going to write about my personal top 5 underrated indie games of all time! Well, as of this writing anyway. It could change!
Everhood
Everhood is a rhythm based RPG that is almost guaranteed to resonate with both Undertale fans and...
September 16th, 2021For today's Loot Recipe we're celebrating National Guacamole Day. I, Steven, am also slightly lazy so we're doing it a little differently! The Lazy Guac Burger is in essence a deconstructed guacamole that takes some of its inspiration from the Sweet Home Avocado Burger from the Bob's Burgers Cookbook. Let's get...
September 13th, 2021Loot Crate recently launched our Gundam Capsule Collection that holds a special place in our hearts for a very special reason that I'm going to talk about today. I'll also be giving you some info on each of the featured Mobile Suits! First thing's first though...
What is a Capsule Collection?
A Capsule Collection is an opportunity to...