Digital Dabblings

Last Call for Survey Responses I’m going to put out a last call for responses to the current “Who’s Elite” survey I’m running. So far we have just over 50 responses, I’d love that number […]

The App is Dying? News to me! Remember what I said last month about the app being in the doldrums and losing players? Well, turns out that was the nadir of the movement. The app […]

Topps WWE Slam continues to chug along with new cards added to the platform each day. January was a fairly big month for the app because not only did we get a ‘tent-pole’ PPV box […]

In Memoriam: “Mean” Gene Okerlund As I’m starting this column, the news that “Mean” Gene Okerlund has passed away at age 76 has just hit. My earliest memories of watching wrestling all involve Mean Gene, […]

Some time ago I put out the call for story ideas, not something I do often since the calling-card of a good journalist is one who can create their own stories.  Sometimes though you need […]

Before we get into the nitty-gritty of this months’ article, I want to go over some of the responses from my current “Elite” performers survey, which of course was the third iteration I’ve done of […]

Way back last year I took a look at what I thought, at the time, were the “elite” cards in the game, you can find that article here: https://www.pwtorch.com/site/2017/08/20/digital-dabblings-15-elitism-live-sigs-summerslam/. This time let’s take a look […]

The middle of July will mark the second anniversary of Topps WWE Slam, and we’ve seen a lot of changes since the beginning of the app.  We’re now on our third base set of cards, […]

I think by now most people understand the concept of a paywall in mobile apps.  Basically it’s the point where in a game you can’t really get much farther without paying something to the developers […]

I know it’s been a little while since my last article, my apologies for the delay.  I figured I needed to revamp the column a bit. While I enjoyed doing the monthly reviews I fell […]

Wow, what a month in the Topps Slam app it was.  Not only did we get a “Big 4” release in Royal Rumble, but a brand new base set, the third of the game, showed […]

2017 was the first full calendar year for Topps WWE Slam, and each month brought something fresh to the app.  With over 13,000 individual cards released, it is really too much for any single collector […]

Just a reminder, this column is now a monthly and will take a look back at the previous month’s worth of releases with commentary and pricing speculation added.  I will also have a very special […]

November was yet another huge month in Topps Slam, maybe the biggest number of new cards issued thus far.  It including two full waves of the huge digital exclusive set “Excellence”, a tent-pole PPV set […]

Yet another huge month in Topps WWE, including not one but two new PPV sets. Here’s the breakdown: New Sets: Boom Comics Wave 4 Infinite (2 series) Hell in a Cell (HIAC) PPV Off the […]

I thought that I might take a look at the top cards of the top stars in the WWE today, and since we’re just a few days away from the Raw exclusive TLC, let’s take […]

September was a fairly large month in terms of in-game content, here’s the breakdown: New Sets: Victory Wave 4 Rob Schamberger Art Series 2 Boom Comics Wave 2 Primal Superstar Logos Series 2 Boom Comics […]

First up, I’d like to say a few things about the passing of Bobby “The Brain” Heenan.  Many younger viewers of WWE might not truly understand the legend that was the Weasel, but for those […]

I’m going to change up the format of my Digital Dabblings Posts.  From now on I’ll only do a What’s New once a month to cover the previous month’s worth of releases, and I’ll post […]

Happy Anniversary, Topps Slam!   July 14 is the one year anniversary of the game, and to celebrate they released an anniversary set that is just full of all sorts of goodies that sold out […]

Extreme Rules?  No really. Last Sunday WWE presented another Extreme Rules PPV in the PG era and it was the typical cluster—- that it has been since they outlawed blood and head shots.  I’m not […]