December 13th, 2017Whether they beep or speak, many of our favorite characters are artificial lifeforms. (That’s totally normal, ok?)
To celebrate some of our favorite pop culture androids and automatons, we assembled September’s ROBOTIC Loot Crate with items from Blade Runner 2049, Aliens, Star Trek: The Next Generation Mirror Universe and Star...
December 13th, 2017He was no David Hasselhoff, but to me (and Peter Quill) he was way cooler than that; Mary Poppins cool, to be exact. So for this DIY project I thought we should pay tribute to one of my favorite freakin' Guardians of the Galaxy, Yondu Udonta!
I was surfing through Pinterest one day and came across a Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 movie...
December 12th, 2017As many of you may know, I'm a big-time fan of video games. I pretty much get down on any genre, any style, and any console. Heck, I started learning to read playing The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past, and it was a beautiful friendship between me and gaming from there. What some of you may not know, though, is I'm also a big...
December 12th, 2017We're rocking a pretty great Metal Gear Solid EXCLUSIVE in this December's Loot Gaming and you're going to go insane for it. It got me thinking, do people know as much about Metal Gear Solid as I do? Well, you're about to know even more.
1. Yoji Shinkawa is the reason Hal Emmerich has his lithe figure because originally Director and...
December 11th, 2017One of my all-time favorite channels on YouTube is Good Mythical Morning and the hosts, Rhett and Link, had this incredibly quirky little song about being the FIRST comment on YouTube. What makes it even better is that those folks, with all that quickly timed power, generally only use it to type 'FIRST!' instead of something else about...
December 11th, 2017The holidays are here in full force, and along with it come some of my favorite traditions of the year! You have some of the best movie releases, Peppermint Mochas at Starbucks, gift-giving, and so much more. And something else that I've always looked forward to are the holiday episodes from my favorite shows!
There's just something...
December 8th, 2017Into every generation, a recipe is created – one dessert in all the world. The chosen one. Foodstirs and Loot Crate are proud to present “Mr. Pointy's Chocolate Chip Cookies.” Seize the moment, because tomorrow you might be dead... or out of cookies!!!
Prep: 30 min
Bake: 12 min
Yields: 8-10...
December 8th, 2017The expansion of the Marvel filmed universe into television began slowly but steadily, and as of 2017 it's a complex and rich (maybe even richer) palette of super-stories than even the movies of the MCU...
This year alone, Marvel's small-screen offerings across numerous platforms and networks included a long-awaited Netflix team-up (the...
December 7th, 2017DC Comics has been taking Japan by storm lately. Last week we got the official trailer for Batman Ninja and the manga Batman and the Justice started running in Japan in June this year.
Batman Ninja has risen from some of the most esteemed creators in Japan including; Jumpei Mizusaki (JoJo's Bizarre Adventure) and Takashi Okazaki (Afro...
December 7th, 2017If you’re anything like me, you’ve watched the movie Elf for the fifth time in two weeks, you’ve already wrapped 75% of your holiday gifts, AND you had all of your decorations up the day after Thanksgiving.
Some call it obsessive, I call it a way of life.
I don’t know exactly what it is about this time of year that...
December 6th, 2017What do the heroes who fight back against MYTHICAL monsters have in common? Iconic outfits of course.
October’s Loot Wear explored the place where our world meets the one beyond, the place where legends and monsters meet reality. Our MYTHICAL Loot Wear collection featured clothing and accessories inspired by characters from...
December 6th, 2017For over twenty years, Guillermo del Toro has been at the forefront of filmmakers crafting artistic and intelligent science fiction and fantasy stories. His latest is a first in his celebrated body of work: A uniquely adult, unabashed love story.
The Shape of Water tells the story of what happens when a top-secret project in the Cold...
December 5th, 2017As Cayde explains in the Destiny 2 launch trailer, there's someone proudly pushing into the fray of our universe. He goes by Gary.. or Gil, or Glen? Something with a G. However, playing through Destiny 2 got me thinking a lot about the game's intricacies to Ghaul, the villain from the title who you defeat should you finish the campaign....
December 5th, 2017There is no denying how much we love Deadpool and now that we're stoked on a sequel, we just had to jump back in and talk about our favorite Merc with a Mouth. Check out this trivia and see just how much you know about Marvel's infamous antihero!
1. Ryan Reynolds was heavily involved in the writing for Deadpool once revisions came...
December 4th, 2017Now, we talk about Destiny quite a bit here because all of us love it, but what about the raid? For those that want to figure out how to get into Destiny 2's impressively complex raid, KackisHD has a helpful walkthrough with special tips for those of us still perplexed. Check it out!
Destiny 2 fans are going to be...
December 4th, 2017It’s that time of the year: the Holidays. Some people started putting up Christmas decorations in October (don’t be that person, please) while others were counting days until they could pull out their collection of ugly sweaters, one for each holiday party invite received.
A staple part of the holiday season is also the music. You...
December 1st, 2017We've got Metal Gear Solid in December's STEALTH Loot Gaming Crate and I, a huge fan of the series, could not be more excited. It got me thinking about my two favorites and one that I'd love to throw into the sea forever and that's when I thought we'd talk Metal Gear Solid games!
Now, granted, I've played every Metal Gear game that has...
December 1st, 2017The superb storytelling of the Star Trek canon has presented us with many fun questions to ponder for over 50 years. One of the weirdest might be: Can you mix egg nog with Romulan Ale, or is that just not done?
Okay, you got me – this is a question that has never been addressed remotely during any Trek series. Still, every so often...
November 30th, 2017Welcome to our latest chat with the folks behind the scenes that help make the magic happen here at Loot Crate!
So, our Community Team is kind of a big deal. Anybody that's been around Loot Crate for even a hot second knows that this team is incredible, and is so good at taking care of our Looters each and every day – and many of...