Tag Archives: Electronic Geek
Review: Voltron iPhone App — Megathrusters GO!
Here’s a quick test to see if you’d enjoy the Voltron iPhone game: Do the phrases “Activate interlock!” and “Form feet and legs!” invoke feelings of nostalgia, and can you recite the next lines? If so, I can virtually guarantee this game is for you; if not, you’ll probably still enjoy it.
I loved the Voltron […] Continue reading
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Tagged Armchair Geek, Electronic Geek, iPhone, IPod Touch, Video game, Voltron
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Model Rocketry’s Big Idea Guy Is Back At Work
So, what do you do after you set a world record by building and launching a nearly-four-story model rocket?
If you’re Steve Eves, you set your sights even higher: The Northeast Ohio guy who crafted a 1/10th scale Saturn V and sent it soaring in April is working on a second, more complex rocket designed to […] Continue reading
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Tagged Electronic Geek, Models, Rockets, Toys and Technology
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Whimsy Animals for the iPhone Has Puzzles for Your Little Ones
My three-year-old daughter loves puzzles, particularly the chunky wooden puzzles with pieces shaped like parts of the picture (as opposed to jigsaw pieces, which she has more difficulty with). So it’s no surprise that one of her favorite iPhone games is a puzzle game. Whimsy Animals has sixty simple puzzles which then reveal photographs of […] Continue reading
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Tagged Animals, Electronic Geek, Games, iPhone App, preschool, puzzles, Toys and Technology
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Touch Pets Dogs for the iPhone: No Mess, No Fuss
My daughters (and my wife) really want a dog, despite the fact that my six-year-old is allergic and breaks out in a rash whenever a dog licks her face. But I’m not really a dog person, and I know that as the stay-at-home parent I’d end up doing most of the chores myself. But then […] Continue reading
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Toy Story 3 is Coming
For many of us, Toy Story is the movie that started our love affair with Pixar and a new era of CG movies. With the current success of Avatar bringing the potential of modern 3D into full fury, the idea of a Toy Story sequel in 3D is at least interesting, if not extraordinarily exciting. […] Continue reading
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Tagged 3D, Disney, Electronic Geek, Movies, Pixar, Toy Story 3
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All I Wanted For Christmas Was An AppleTV
In my experience, when it comes to home media centers, there are two main camps and an outlier. In the main camps are the uber-geeks who want to build everything from the ground up and those who go with a gaming console or one of a myriad of inexpensive devices that plugs in to a […] Continue reading
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Tagged Apple, Apple TV, Armchair Geek, Blu-ray Disc, DivX, Electronic Geek, ITunes, ITunes Store, Steve Jobs, Television
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Care for Your Own Virtual Toddler with My Baby: First Steps
When I first received this unsolicited but free review copy of My Baby: First Steps, I thought, oh great, it’s going to be another cutesy game that even the kids wouldn’t like. I was wrong, for a variety of reasons. This game is pretty authentic. Right down to the dirty diapers, bath time, monotonous feeding […] Continue reading
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Tagged children, Electronic Geek, Nintendo DS, Toys and Technology, Video game, wii, Wii Remote
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Arkanoid – More Retrogaming for Your iPhone
One of my favourite old school games from the Commadore 64 era has found a new home in my pocket, courtesy of Tatio’s latest remake – Arkanoid for the iPhone and iPod Touch, available now from the US iTunes App Store for $4.99 and for £2.99 in the UK.
For those that haven’t played it before, […] Continue reading
Orbital: All You Need Is One Thumb
I’m a sucker for “casual games,” the sort of thing that runs in your browser or on your iPhone. Of course, the reason I play these instead of my old Xbox is because, theoretically, I can play for just a few minutes rather than investing several hours. In practice, however, I sometimes end up playing […] Continue reading
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Tagged arcade, Electronic Geek, Games, iPhone App, physics-based, Toys and Technology, Videogames
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There’s Even A Sherlock Ninja!
One of the earliest signs that I was a true geek was in seventh grade and I picked up The Hound of the Baskervilles.
I promptly fell in love with Arthur Conan Doyle’s stories.
In short order, I graduated from the paperback editions in the school library to what is still one of my most prized possessions: […] Continue reading
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