2012-02-15 21:14
Bicycle is integrating playing cards with QR tech to create some neat twists on War, Hearts, and Solitaire- Posted using BlogPress from my iPhone Read More
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A blog about all forms of board, table, logic, card, portable, video, and computer games. New App O' The Morning posted Monday through Friday, 5am (EST).
2012-02-15 16:11
When I get home tonight, I will be proclaimed "Best daddy in the world."Toy Fair 2012 exclusive Skylanders metallic Cynder figure. I've seen it posed on eBay for as high as $500, and actuall… Read More
2012-02-15 16:05
Plush Team Fortress figures? Life size portal guns? Assassin's Creed big-heads? We got ya covered.The Team Fortress 2 maquette below isn't from NECA, but I don't remember who's making it.- P… Read More
2012-02-15 16:04
A neat logic puzzle from ThinkFun. It uses rotating obstacles for a Rush Hour style logic puzzle.Here's a supershort video I shot of the game in action. You need to get the figures into thei… Read More
2012-02-15 15:51
Qwirkle Cubes and Travel Size Qwirkle versions of the Spiel des Jahres winner.- Posted using BlogPress from my iPhone Read More
2012-02-15 15:48
They're Skylanders ... only bigger. The new game is due this fall, and it looks great.- Posted using BlogPress from my iPhone Read More
2012-02-15 15:47
A neat new puzzler from ThinkFun: these hexagons are all attached by hinges: blue on one side, white on the other. You have to flip and fold them to match a patter.- Posted using BlogPress f… Read More
2012-02-15 15:44
... That IS a Fembot doll from The Six Million Dollar Man. How did I ever live without one?... and Bigfoot (6MM version) as well.Posted using BlogPress from my iPhone Read More
2012-02-15 15:44
Hockey, baseball, kids, and travel themes, with a possibility of a Halloween theme in October.- Posted using BlogPress from my iPhone Read More
2012-02-15 15:44
Very tiny remote controlled battling Mario Karts. Everybody should have one.- Posted using BlogPress from my iPhone Read More
2012-02-15 15:43
I'll be walking the floor for most of the day, posting anything that might be of interest, as long as the signal and charge hold out.- Posted using BlogPress from my iPhoneLocation:11th Ave… Read More
2012-02-15 15:43
I'm travelling into New York today for the Toy Fair, where I plan to see all the usual suspects. I'm going to attempt to post from the show throughout the day, but that depends upon my conne… Read More
2012-02-11 17:20
I run hot and cold on Wikipedia, but I stumbled upon this animated GIF of a Knight's Tour, and thought it was worth sharing. The Knight's Tour is a mathematical puzzle that requires a k… Read More
2012-02-02 00:28
Ladies and gentlemen, I give you ... 6waves. Remember that name, and don't ever buy anything from them again. Ever.Here's why:This is Triple Town, by Spry Fox:And this is Yeti Town, by the a… Read More
2012-02-01 20:02
Naw, Mark Pincus really didn't say that. He said this:We don’t need to be first to market. We need to be the best in market. There are genres that we’re going to enter because we… Read More
2012-01-30 13:25
From the Department of Redundancy Department. Lego is producing an official Minescape Lego product, which will be completely different from regular Lego because it will say "Minecr… Read More
2012-01-27 21:06
It's called Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning, and it looks amazing Read More
2012-01-26 20:01
The Gibraltar Chess Festival has become one of the premiere events on the chess calender, drawing some of the top talent to the Rock for 10 days, from 24th January to 2nd February, 2012. For… Read More
2012-01-26 17:33
This is about to go very viral, very fast. Star Wars Uncut divided the entire original movie into 15-second intervals. Fans from around the world claimed each of those intervals and made the… Read More
2012-01-13 20:09
Minecraft has become the latest site pledging to go dark for 24 hours on January 18th in protest against the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) & Protect IP Act (PIPA) currently making their… Read More
2012-01-12 14:44
It doesn't seem like the most effective way to keep your job, but the subtleties of Chinese labor negotiations are lost on my Western Imperialist mind.Dozens of workers assembling… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
Two and a half years ago, I began blogging here in order to create a space where I could write about all kinds of games, any time I want, however I want. Since then, I've built a small but l… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
Sorry for the radio silence this last week, but we had back-to-back medical crises, and I'm still getting caught up.In the meantime, there's news from the world of Games Magazine. We've gone… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
I do everything I can on these pages to prevent just this kind of thing. I feel like I've failed you all. I'm so sorry.Here's the whole story (after the jump), told in in PRSpeak, which is l… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
Just because.- Posted using BlogPress from my iPhone Read More
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