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Beyond The Backyard: Team Deathmatch
Here is the corrected version of your paragraphs. I fixed the punctuation, spelling, and run-on sentences while keeping your exact tone and voice: "A game with blasters is always fun, but when you gather your group of friends together, having a list of game modes to play is always good. To this point, I want to talk about one of the most popular game types: Team Deathmatch (TDM). It doesn't matter if you're running a casual meetup in the park or a high-powered 200+ FPS tourna
Matthew Foss
Jul 153 min read


Behind the Scenes: X-Shot Longshot
The nearly finished Longshot was renamed by the owner of the gun "Failsafe" Foam blasting to me is more than just getting out there and playing the game. I love all aspects of the hobby, as do many LARPers who use foam blasters as well. Today we are going to look at the very first blaster I ever painted: the X-Shot Longshot. This was painstakingly made for a client who is deeply in love with the hobby and wanted a blaster that had more of a shotgun-style foregrip, including h
Matthew Foss
Jul 143 min read


Blaster Review: Outlaw
When it comes to blasters, there are two major categories: primaries and sidearms. Today's review was built to be a sidearm; however, I have found it makes an amazing primary as well. Let's talk about my current favorite blaster, the Dart Zone Outlaw. It's a six-shot, hammer-primed revolver pistol built with a high fun factor and fantastic engineering. So, if you, like me, love the cowboy look and want to be a blaster slinger, this may be the blaster for you. Here is my revie
Matthew Foss
Jul 112 min read


Beyond the Backyard: An Overview
While most people know Nerf, they don't realize that the hobby of Foam Blasters has grown well past its roots. No longer just a tool to torment your sibling, now with larger and more powerful blasters, true strategic games are taking over backyards everywhere. Battlefields with set barriers, teamwork tactical fights, zombie invasions, and even games that resemble soccer. This blog's goal is to explore the many types of games that can be played, as well as game types we offer
Matthew Foss
Jul 83 min read


Blaster Review: Dart Zone Stryker 2.0
Stryker 2.0 from Out of Darts is sold exclusively at Target, with all items included outside of darts. For my first review here, I want to review the first half-length blaster I ever got, as I got into the hobby later than many. I picked up two of these blasters brand new from Target's clearance page on eBay for half price, which is quite the deal. I got one for my son and one for myself, quickly finding out I had to lower the spring for my son so he could even prime it. This
Matthew Foss
Jun 274 min read


Behind the Scenes Repainting my Outlaws
Foam blasting is such an incredible hobby, with so many different niches that most people outside the community never even think of. Sure, performance mods like removing air restrictors or upgrading springs are fairly common knowledge. However, my passion has always been on the artistic side—bringing a whole new life to the blasters I love through custom painting. I’ve always been obsessed with post-apocalyptic settings, and the Dart Zone Max Outlaw just screamed "post-apocal
Matthew Foss
Jun 154 min read
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