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Monster Slides Make Playgrounds Better Than Amusement Parks In Japan

8:00AM December 6, 2011 | Andrew Liszewski

If this monstrous snaking course is what slides are like at Japanese playgrounds, my mind probably won’t even be able to begin to comprehend the magnitude of their swingsets. I imagine they must tower over skyscrapers. More »

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This Is The Most Fun House Possible

1:20AM February 24, 2011 | Sam Biddle

Slides! Everything is better with a slide. Playgrounds. Universities. Probably prisons. But especially this mind-bogglingly entertaining-looking house in Japan, which has a slide built in all the way through. More »

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Giant Slides Should Be Mandatory In Every School Building

1:20AM December 23, 2010 | Jesus Diaz

This is the Technische Universitat in Munich, Germany. Those giant tubes are slides to go from the top floor to the ground level patio. Why? It doesn’t matter. This is an example to be followed all around the world. [Thanks Karl!]

Every Home Should Come With A Built-In Slide

12:20PM September 29, 2010 | Rosa Golijan

When we analysed the plans for Steve Jobs’s future home, we found one very important upgrade to be missing: a slide. Hopefully, he’ll think of making that addition later on, but in the meantime, here’s a collection of our favourite houses with built-in slides. More »

Slide Into Home

8:00AM September 20, 2010 | Jack Loftus

The Indonesian “Play House,” designed by architects at Aboday, boasts clean lines, high ceilings and something that’s especially awesome for the lucky little 5-year-old punk who uses it: a two-story polished concrete slide that goes from bedroom to kitchen. More »

Video: Riding This Slide Will Freeze Your Pretty Bum Bum

11:20AM December 25, 2009 | Jesus Diaz

If you are near National Harbour in Fort Washington, Maryland, don’t miss their 4500sqm Gaylord National’s ICE! exhibit, a winter wonderland made with 900,000kg of ice. And let your pretty butt freeze, swooshing down their 6m slide. More »

Staircase Slide Combo Built By The Coolest Parents Ever

1:20AM April 14, 2009 | Sean Fallon

At the request of his children, London architect Alex Michaelis installed a slide next to the staircase in their new eco-friendly dream home.

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Is This the Longest Slide In The World?

12:20PM March 6, 2009 | Jesus Diaz

I don’t know if this it the longest slide in the world, but it sure looks like it. Where the hell is this because we want to ride it.

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Gadgets

This Giant Slip ‘N Slide Looks Way More Fun Than Work

5:20AM July 22, 2008 | Mark Wilson

We love our jobs here at Gizmodo. But every once in a while even we find something more interesting than the latest breakthroughs in USB-powered humping animals. Impossible, you say? Not when it comes to a gigantic homemade Slip ‘N Slide. It’s tough to scale the slides’ exact size, but it looks to drop a solid two stories before depositing its riders in the lake. And boy oh boy does this video make us jealous.

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How to Mod your Parents’ House into a 60-Foot Slip ‘n’ Slide

2:15AM August 25, 2007 | Addy Dugdale

newVideoPlayer("superslide_gawker.flv", 475, 376); First up, you have to wait for them to go on holiday. The rest is easy. It’s not quite as long as this one, but it looks a lot scarier. [YouTube via Spluch] More »