With the advent of May and glorious sunshine on the horizon, there are a thousand things we know you would rather be doing than sitting indoors. Reading a good book is probably the last thing on your list, but reading doesn’t mean you are resigned to skulking around the house with a glass of wine, ignoring a beautiful day. Pick up that glass of ice cool white wine, get up off your backside, throw open the patio doors and head outside into hot sun and soft wind. All you really need to do is set up a nice sun lounger or deck chair (it can be in the shade if you burn easily!), slip off your sandals, slide on your sunglasses and make yourself comfortable on a favourite cushion.

You might just want to sunbathe, but either way, slap on plenty of sun tan lotion before spending long hours outside. While you’re out there, lounging about doing nothing, you might as well expand your horizons and learn a thing or two at the same time. There are plenty of fiction books to tickle your tastes, not to mention children’s books to keep the kids entertained if they run out of outdoor toys. Comics, magazines and educational books are also on offer at excellent prices, so you needn’t limit yourself to one genre. Now there’s no excuse for sitting inside, is there?

Every once in a while, at some point during our lives, we start collecting things. As children, most of us will have collected stickers or trading cards or if you really want to stretch your memory back, things like bottle caps and old-fashioned freebie toys. It’s not such a geeky thing to be a collector, least of all when the price of rare items goes up and up and up over the decades, but there is a bit of a stigma attached to the collectables industry and anyone who holds their hand up to being a collector might get some suspicious glances and derogatory sniggers.

Well, this has to change! It’s the 21st Century afterall and there is nothing wrong with having an avid interest in something, be it collectable WWII memorabilia, collectable ornaments or collectable toys. Amongst some of the most collectable items are comic books. You can probably imagine just how many comics there are out there from the well-known mainstream sort like the Superman, Spiderman and Batman comics to webcomics or independently published comics.

Of course, coins are possibly amongst the most sought-after collectables due to their long and interesting history. There is such a variety of coins to collect that they make every collectors dream – or nightmare. They will no doubt never have a completed coin collection, whatever they might specialise in, but that’s a big part of the fun!

These are but a few things to consider in the collectables universe. Take a look at what adflyer has on offer! Disneyana always proves popular, not to mention science fiction collectables and decorative collectables. So hurry and take a look before someone else snaps up a bargain!

The gaming industry is big business. It seems like a new console makes the adventure to store shelves every few months and new games for the vast variety of systems arrive every week. The end of April saw the release of Capcom’s Monster Hunter Tri on Nintendo Wii, a game originally created for Playstation 3 before Nintendo bought exclusive rights. Though the game has taken a dive in graphics to slice its way onto the world’s most popular games console, the majority of features and functions remain and the core gaming experience is exactly the same. Unfortunately, the esteemed motion sensor wii-mote provides no playability enhancement, compared with games that heavily rely on the capabilities of the wii-mote like Mario Kart, Red Steel and Trauma Centre.

Any gamer will tell you Microsoft, Sony and Nintendo are always in competition with one another and unfortunately, they’re not always forthcoming with game sharing. For the time being, anyone desperate to play Monster Hunter Tri will have to invest in a Wii, as it won’t be fighting its way onto any of the other consoles any time soon. Game companies heavily guard their popular franchises. You probably can’t imagine Mario making an appearance on any Playstation console anymore than you can imagine Cloud Strife appearing on any Nintendo console.

These unfortunate facts make being a gamer an expensive lifestyle. Most of us have one, maybe two major consoles at most (though you probably own either a DS/DSi or PSP), making it frustrating when you catch a trailer for a new game that positively makes you salivate. Foaming at the mouth or not however, paying the bills comes before indulging, which is why shopping online for competitive prices on games, consoles and accessories is an idea of only the wisest! Not only can you usually find something cheaper than you would in most high street stores, but you can compare the list of prices online or you could even search for something second hand with online marketplaces just like this one!