Always check your shipping charges
I spent $333.82 for shipping and handling, as printed on the Amazon shipping invoice. I had the shock of my life when I saw it.
There are 7 items on that invoice. Each item should cost only US$6 for shipping, and then there's the box charge. So total shipping should be under $50 to my country.
What happened was, I bought a lot of stuff. Many are still on pre-order. Amazon would sometimes ship part of the order for those items in stock.
While part of the orders are being prepared to be shipped, I decided to cancel the other part as I found new stuff I wanted to add to the order. You can't add new items to the order that was already placed since there's no Update button. The only way was to cancel and place another order. I did just that and somehow all the shipping charges from those canceled items got moved to the preparing-to-ship items.
I didn't notice the discrepancy until I stared at the physical invoice inside the box.
What are your favourite video games for 2011?
Of the 2011 game titles, I only remember playing Portal 2, Super Street Fighter IV, Killzone 3 and
Results for Art Book Review Contest #21
Winner
The lucky winner for November 2011 is KurtisFindlay who reviewed Walt Disney's Fantasia. He has also reviewed other animation art books that are worth checking out.
Here are all other art book reviewed in November 2011 by readers:
Reviews for Wacom Inkling are in
Reviews are in for the Wacom Inkling on Amazon.
They are mixed, with some pretty bad. There's one with a video comparing a scan with the Inkling's rendition and it doesn't make the Inkling look good.
Skottie Young bought it, tried it and will be returning it.
Below's a video review that shows the positive side of Inkling. Looks like it's not bad for sketching. You can check out the guy's review and pictures on his blog.