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11:20AM Sean Fallon | It’s no miracle, the G-Bound remote-control car can drive over water thanks to a waterproof chassis and inflatable tyres. More »
The G-Bound RC Car Drives On Water
11:20AM Sean Fallon | It’s no miracle, the G-Bound remote-control car can drive over water thanks to a waterproof chassis and inflatable tyres. More »
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9 Classic Analogue Games Defiled By Digital
8:20AM Sean Fallon | So, I’m doing the Mindflex game review, and I start thinking about the evolution of classic board games. Personally, I like the fact that many of them got a 21st-century makeover. These 10 games may have purists thinking otherwise. More »
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High-Def Digital Pinball Machine Doesn’t Really “Get” Pinball
7:00PM Dan Nosowitz | Hammacher Schlemmer’s digital pinball machine crams a 720p, 32-inch display into a full-sized cabinet, and offers by way of emulation 17 classic boards. But I’m not sure pinball freaks are that interested in digitised flippers. More »
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The Perfect Lego NES Only Plays Bricked Tetris
8:40AM Jesus Diaz | This full scale Lego NES reproduction is exactly like the original, complete with video and audio connectors, gamepads with flexible cables made out of solid pieces, pushable buttons, and a working front-loading mechanism to insert the included Tetris cartridge. More »
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8:40AM Sean Fallon | Mind-control games like Mindflex are poised to be a big seller come Christmas time, but is it really worth spending $US80 on? It gives me a headache just thinking about it. More »
The Mindflex Brainwave Game Gives Me A Headache
8:40AM Sean Fallon | Mind-control games like Mindflex are poised to be a big seller come Christmas time, but is it really worth spending $US80 on? It gives me a headache just thinking about it. More »
Peripherals
1:26PM Nick Broughall | I saw the word “USB”. I saw the word “Yoda”. I reached for my wallet. And then this pesky voice spoke up in my brain and asked, “But what does it do?” And you know what? I can’t answer that question. Can you? More »
Can Someone Tell Me What This USB Yoda Actually Does?
1:26PM Nick Broughall | I saw the word “USB”. I saw the word “Yoda”. I reached for my wallet. And then this pesky voice spoke up in my brain and asked, “But what does it do?” And you know what? I can’t answer that question. Can you? More »
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Super Spit Balls
8:40AM Mark Wilson | You’re still using paper? Pfft, how 20th century of you. We recommend only Spit Balls-branded spit balls, tiny polymer beads that grow up to 200 times (and grossly stick) in your mouth. $US4.95. [Scientifics via OhGizmo! via Nerd Approved]
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Matchboxes And Beans Make A Noughts-And-Crosses Opponent
2:20PM Rosa Golijan | It’s tough to find a partner who’s always ready and willing to play, so James Bridle attempted to build one. Several bags of beans and 304 matchboxes later he had MENACE, a noughts-and-crosses playing machine capable of learning and improving. More »
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Mind Control Games Make A Comeback
9:00AM Jack Loftus | As mind control toys, games and electronics position themselves to become the big ticket items of the holiday season, we children of the 80s can just sit back and smile, content with the knowledge that we’ve seen it all before. More »
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