If social distancing is keeping you from eating out at your favorite restaurants, then allow us to help you out by introducing you to some of our favorite nerdy food cooking YouTube channels. We know that being creative in the kitchen is quite challenging, so we thought it would be nice to give you some options to make yourself a meal worthy of a true gamer. The channels bellow have created all nerdy foods, snacks, desserts, and cocktails you could imagine. There is something

So, let’s say hypothetically you are under a stay-at-home order, are quarantined, practicing social distancing, or your gym is just closed. What is a gaming warrior like yourself to do to stay in shape? More importantly, how do you stay active inside, and not hate the act of doing so? Well, fear not, we’ve got you covered with some VR suggestions, Ring Fit (if you can FIND it), and some good ole between match mini-workouts you can do to keep the old dad (or ma) bod at bay. Be

Who does our Supply Crate program support? Read our updates to learn about some of the Veterans and Active Military we send crates to!

Operation Lifeboat aims to raise funds and awareness for 24/7 crisis intervention and peer-to-peer mental health support Austin, TX, March 3, 2020 — Wargaming, the developer of World of Warships, is ready to stack up to raise money and awareness for military veterans in need of mental health support. Wargaming will introduce a special bundle within its highly popular World of Warships online game over a nine-week period, with 100% of the proceeds from the sale of the bundle t

PTSD, Hearing, and Gaming by: Ali PTSD is a common condition among veterans, with statistics showing that around 12 out of every 100 Gulf War Veterans, in particular, have PTSD during a given year. PTSD poses a big challenge for those battling it, with symptoms including intrusive thoughts, increased arousal, and sensory sensitivity. A 2019 study has found that this condition has a major effect on noise and light sensitivity in particular. The findings indicate the extent to

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1035120/Lust_from_Beyond/ Reviewer: Daniel “Nightmare-ACTUAL” Patterson Case #000-017 Codename: Cerberus Now, I don’t know where the hell to start with this one. This is only the beginning of this as the game has not come out, yet. It is a game in its early development stages, checking out the steam page there is no release date posted, yet.  The build I could play through Keymailer is their Kickstarter demo. Let’s talk about their Kickstar

This past PAX South 2019 was, as always, a fabulous extravaganza of video gaming fun! We here at Stack-Up had the great honor of spending it in the company of some remarkable individuals, our PAX South 2019 Air Assaults. We sat down to chat with these three about their experience in San Antonio at PAX South and now we would like to share that with you. Sit back and hit play as we experience the magic of PAX through the eyes of these amazing veterans! We are thrilled that our

Marvel’s The Punisher Reviewer: Daniel “Nightmare-ACTUAL” Patterson Case # 000-010 Codename: Cerberus Who is Frank Castle? Francis “Frank” Castle (Born Francis Castiglione) is a fictional American character. Created by writer Gerry Conway, drawn by John Romita Sr; Ross Andru and published by Stan Lee. Stan was the person who greenlit the name; “The Punisher.” When I was younger, I remember the first time I came into contact with Punisher. It was around 1990 I had gotten NES

With PAX South 2019 rapidly approaching we wanted to take a moment to introduce you to the incredible Veterans who will be joining us on what will be the first of many Air Assault missions in 2019! Our Air Assault program is where we hand-pick deserving veterans and bring them, all expenses paid, to attend life-changing video game and geek culture events, whether it be a Comic-Con, an Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3), a Penny Arcade Expo (PAX) or even a game developer studi

Black Mirror: Bandersnatch Case # 000-009 Codename: Bandersnatch Years ago I used to live in Monahans, Texas. I can’t remember much of the school name and the specific town. My late father worked as a writer for a local newspaper. At a young age going to the local school. I did not spend much time at the library but I did pick up books daily. In that time I read many books. Most of them highly regarded in the literature community, and among those books were these “Choose Your

We’re checking in with another amazing Supply Crate shipment. This one was sent out Tyrell, who is currently serving in the Navy. Keep on reading to hear his story. The quality of life is disappointing, sometimes we have internet and most of the time we don’t, sometimes our bathrooms (heads) are fully functional, and most of the time they are not. Our resources on this ship are very limited and we can’t afford to fix the quality of life because we continue to spend money to f

The Stacks – New Zealand Stacks Up in Singapore! by: Aston Talbot Arriving at the SunTec convention center, and VIP pass in hand (style continuing?.. Tick) it was time to skip the queues. Game Start Asia is Southeast Asia’s Premier Game Convention and it was back for its 5th edition on 13 & 14 October 2018. It is your typical gaming convention in terms of format but was an awesome opportunity to check out the local flavor. The city-state of Singapore is a country where East s

We have another great Supply Crate deployment to check in on. This one comes to us from John who is in the Army. Keep reading to check out the full request! This is the classic reason of why Stack Up exists, to help the troops with gaming during their downtime overseas. From the stories of our own CEO, we know all too well how gaming can help make deployment just a little bit easier with a small taste of home. We were only too happy to answer John’s request and went to work p

Holloman AFB Stacks Up with a Game Night by: Daniel McArdle The Holloman AFB chapter of The Stacks, located in sunny Alamogordo, New Mexico held its first community event this weekend (Nov 17th) at Pizza Mill. Not only does this establishment have some of the best pizza in town it is also the home of one of the only arcades you will find for about 100 miles. The management here were super friendly and even helped us out a bit with promoting this event. We hope to continue to

Once again PAX West was a whirlwind of gaming excitement that all seemed to go by so quickly! One of the best things for us here at Stack-Up is seeing a convention like this through the eyes of our Air Assaults! For this PAX West, we were joined by four amazing Veterans as part of our Air Assault program where we hand-pick deserving veterans and pays for them to attend life-changing video game and geek culture events, like PAX. If you haven’t yet, you can learn more about the

The Stacks – Boston Stacks Up at the VA by: Tanner Hastings This past Friday, the Boston Stack and the Jamaica Plain VA banded together to hold their second monthly gaming event for local veterans. Attendees had a chance to enjoy refreshments, play games on one of the Stack’s four Xbox Ones, and learn more about Stack-Up and the services provided at the VA! This month, the Boston Stack added a new game to its repertoire: Halo’s Master Chief Collection. The Stacks’ VA contact

Shreveport Chapter of The Stacks Gets out for Gears Of War Action! By: Brandon Buckalew Stack events come in many different forms and ESports events are no exception. Members of the Louisiana chapter of The Stacks, John Perez, David Coston and Andrea Labor along with their Stack Lead Brandon Buckalew attended the New Orleans Gears of War Pro Circuit recently. A few of the attendees took the opportunity to play some games with representatives from the Microsoft Store. The week

Air Assault program. If you haven’t had the chance take the time and click HERE to learn a bit about the veterans who joined us for some fun in the sun, and of course all of the video games. To those who know E3 is the “Big Show” when it comes to gaming, and this year did not disappoint. There were so many amazing titles on display and some truly awesome people in the industry to meet and the Air Assaults certainly enjoyed every minute of it. Take a moment and give a watch to

In the United States, the word Otaky has come to mean people fairly obsessed and in love with anime. This E3, Namco Bandai announced a game that is Shonen Jump fanfic come to life: Jump Force. A 3v3 fighter, Jump Force is bringing together your favorite franchises and tugging at your otaku hearts. Every character is pulled from Weekly Shonen Jump, a manga anthology that has been popular in Japan for decades. For Western audiences and particularly those living the united state

DreamHack by Kate from ButWhyTho DreamHack was founded in 1994 in Europe and made its debut in the United States with DreamHack Austin in 2016. DreamHack is best described as a gaming lifestyle convention. It houses tabletop tournaments, a large 24-hour LAN area, an expo floor with developers and vendors (from artists to gaming accessory companies like HyperX), a concert, and eSports tournaments with more than $400,000 in winnings this year. When it comes to gaming, Dreamhack