Nerf

Science

Bummer — Sitting Down Gives You Cancer

8:30AM November 4, 2011 | Kristen Philipkoski

If like many of us you sit on your backside all day, your chances of cancer are higher than if you peppered your workday with, say, a Nerf war or a few push-ups. More »


Geek Out

Nerf Vortex Review: Shoots Hard, Shoots Far, Shoots Painfully

6:30AM September 23, 2011 | Sam Biddle

When you think Nerf, you think darts — the name and the ammo are synonymous. But the toy arms dealer’s newest arsenal shoots tiny discs. Tiny, stinging, accurate, incredibly fun discs. They’ve terrorised our office. You’ll love ‘em. We do. More »


Geek Out

Not Only Does This Nerf Lancer Fire Darts, It’s Fully Automatic

2:20AM August 7, 2011 | Owen Good

Sure, Nerf Lancers have been done before, but that doesn’t mean they can’t be done better. This one, from reader Nick G, is also for sale on eBay. More »


Geek Out

Paintballing And Nerf Combined To Make This Water Gun

10:00AM June 6, 2011 | Kwame Opam

Playing with xploderz looks like shooting paintballs only without the paint. Or the pain, even after flying at your target from 26 metres away. Check them out for anywhere from 15 to 70 US bucks. [Amazon via The Awesomer]


Gadgets

The Geekiest Way To Perfect Your Football Spiral

7:40AM April 1, 2011 | Sam Biddle

So you’re at the park, and you want to impress the sunbathing supermodels lying there, watching with gaping mouths as you prepare to launch your football into the air. But your spiral – it sucks. A geekier football might help. More »


Gadgets

The Best Toys Of The Year

8:00AM January 3, 2011 | Gizmodo Staff

A Heat-Seeking, Automated Nerf Sentry Gun

6:00AM September 3, 2010 | Kyle VanHemert

Nerf guns these days are very scary. They have reloadable magazines, fire automatically and look like they could provide a suitable defence during an alien invasion. But how to render one even scarier? Make it heat-seeking. Video, please: More »


Who Needs An Indoor Ball? YOU Do, Apparently

2:40AM August 26, 2010 | Kyle VanHemert

Today’s NERF guns are exceedingly complex, with automatic firing and reloadable dart magazines. But Nerf’s eureka moment arose from a decidedly more primitive scene: some cavemen chucking some boulders around an office. More »


So This Is What Nerf Guns Are Like Now, Huh?

2:00AM July 17, 2010 | Kyle VanHemert

After discovering video games, I didn’t really keep up with my old friend Nerf. But last night, I got to shoot (and get shot by) the Stampede, a new, fully automatic Nerf rifle with a tripod and replaceable magazines. What!? More »


Win One Of Eight NERF Blasters

Flag
9:35AM June 23, 2009 | Kym Weathersten

We watched our US counterparts weep with joy as the NERF Vulcan EBF-25 and Recon CS-6 were released Stateside. We lamented for many long NERF-less months when we couldn’t buy either blaster here. And now, finally, it’s your chance to score the ultimate in foam and dart weapon technology. To win your very own awesome NERF Vulcan or Recon, simply click through to our sister site Kotaku, and test your trigger finger on the NERF shooter game. There are 8 blasters up for grabs and just five weeks to win one of them. [NERF on Kotaku]