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Tic Tac Toe Reinvented, Gets Mirror Upgrade
Posted by Gizmodo US Edition at 7:54 PM on July 3, 2008
It doesn't take long for kids to learn that when it comes to Tic Tac Toe "the only winning move is not to play." But there's something iconic about the game that means it keeps coming back. And designer Shahar Peleg has crafted such an unusual version I'd be tempted to pop it on my desk: it's mirrored, so the pieces are halved until you place them on the grid. Not as high-tech as cloaked chess, but simple, and surprisingly eye-catching. [Peleg Design via Yanko design, DVICE]
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bbfreak
Posted 8:54 PM 3/7/08
I hate tic tac toe.
bbfreak
OMG! Ponies!
Posted 8:06 PM 3/7/08
I'll take Bruce Vilanche to block, Chuck.
OMG! Ponies!
Darascon
Posted 9:04 PM 3/7/08
@OMG! Ponies!: I'll take whoopi FTW!
Darascon
OMG! Ponies!
Posted 9:35 PM 3/7/08
Has anyone else wondered what would happen if GLaDOS and WOPR hooked up? I mean, beyond us all dying a horrible, horrible nuclear death.
OMG! Ponies!
strider_mt2k
Posted 9:31 PM 3/7/08
How about a game of chess instead?
strider_mt2k
scarbrtj
Posted 10:14 PM 3/7/08
@strider_mt2k:
NO. Let's play Global Thermonuclear War instead.
scarbrtj
Geisrud
Posted 10:55 PM 3/7/08
@Curves: Gotta play quick. A coke high is awesome, but wears off quick...or so I'm told.
Geisrud
P3nnst8r
Posted 10:53 PM 3/7/08
that is flippin awesome.
P3nnst8r
CubFan81
Posted 10:43 PM 3/7/08
The "O" player sucks.
CubFan81
Curves
Posted 10:40 PM 3/7/08
Great, now you can snort your coke off the mirror then use the hours of mindless buzz afterward to play tic tac toe.
Curves
TBM-Fan
Posted 11:05 PM 3/7/08
@CubFan81: depends on which photo you are looking at
cause one of those pictures the player O actually won
TBM-Fan
OMG! Ponies!
Posted 12:05 AM 4/7/08
@qbrad: BWA-HA-HA-HA-ha!
OMG! Ponies!
qbrad
Posted 11:59 PM 3/7/08
@OMG! Ponies!: Damnit!!
qbrad
qbrad
Posted 11:59 PM 3/7/08
Joshua foresaw this - The half images, the finger smudges... The only smart move is not to play.
qbrad
OMG! Ponies!
Posted 11:59 PM 3/7/08
@Gann: The only way to win is not to play.
OMG! Ponies!
Gann
Posted 11:43 PM 3/7/08
I guess it'd be boring if all the pics showed them ending in a tie.
Gann
qbrad
Posted 12:16 AM 4/7/08
@92BuickLeSabre: Pardon ME for not RTFP. hehe I guess all our great minds think alike? yes? no?
qbrad
92BuickLeSabre
Posted 12:09 AM 4/7/08
@qbrad and OMG! Ponies!: Seriously, both of you, it's the first sentence of the post. *rolls eyes*
92BuickLeSabre
ps61318
Posted 1:10 AM 4/7/08
@OMG! Ponies!: Ah, yes, come to the Giz for some serious woolery-gathering.
ps61318
ps61318
Posted 1:09 AM 4/7/08
Ok, so we have mirrored Tic Tac Toe. How long before someone starts selling us RAID 5 Tic Tac Toe?
Slogan: "Never lose again!"
ps61318
OMG! Ponies!
Posted 1:52 AM 4/7/08
@closethipster: Actually, it's a Hannukiah. A Menorah has seven branches. And I'm tempted to buy it.
OMG! Ponies!
closethipster
Posted 1:32 AM 4/7/08
Some other good stuff on that site, too. Hotman... Magnetic Vases... but I paused longest at the Hanukkia mirrored menorah.
closethipster
ps61318
Posted 2:53 AM 4/7/08
@OMG! Ponies!: Mah zeh? Didn't he say that? Oh, spelling. Still...
Anyway...
ps61318
loutang82
Posted 2:36 AM 4/7/08
why would anyone pay for tic-tac-toe..it's free
loutang82
closethipster
Posted 2:26 AM 4/7/08
@OMG! Ponies!: Cool, thanks for the clarification.
closethipster
Jordan Lund
Posted 3:29 AM 4/7/08
Ok... ok... I'll go first...
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Jordan Lund
ps61318
Posted 2:59 AM 4/7/08
@OMG! Ponies!: I think the tic tac toe board, while kind of cool, might give those who don't visit the site the wrong impression. This guy is very imaginative, well beyond a simple child's game.
I agree the Hannukiah is beautiful; that would look awesome on the eighth night. And the shadow candelsticks are totally charming and clever.
I also like the website - very neat, and different than the run-of-the-mill.
ps61318
The Monarch
Posted 3:46 AM 4/7/08
@ps61318: "Ok, so we have mirrored Tic Tac Toe. How long before someone starts selling us RAID 5 Tic Tac Toe?"
You totally beat me on the raid comment!
Yey for RAID 1 TTT!
The Monarch
ibelli
Posted 2:10 PM 4/7/08
Cocaine.
ibelli
Tamar Weinberg
Posted 9:51 AM 5/7/08
That's actually a sweet-looking Tic-Tac-Toe set.
Tamar Weinberg