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Lego Imperial Flagship Crushes All Enemies
Oh, hecks yes! I thought last year’s Brickbeard’s Bounty was awesome but this beast ups the ante — bigger and even more detailed — though less piratical.
All hands on deck! This amazingly detailed and realistic historical ship has three removable sections. The main hull contains 4 firing cannons, ammunition crates, muskets, torches, cannonballs, a prison […] Continue reading
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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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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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Is The World Ready For A LEGO Movie?
Back in August when LEGO first announced their intentions I was skeptical. New information released this month gives me a little hope, but just a little.
LEGO: The Adventures of Clutch Powers will be a direct to DVD release. The premise of the movie sets the LEGO Organization as a sort of benevolent group that […] Continue reading
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Halfbrick Studios Releases Blast Off Game Soundtrack (For Free!)
One of my favorite discoveries of 2009 was Australian independent game developer Halfbrick. With a unique blend of stylized visuals and intuitive gameplay mechanics, Halfbrick has emerged as the true champion of the mini-game market. Though their titles have taken me from deep space to futuristic raceways and into an abstract world of wandering spirits, […] Continue reading
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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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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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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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A Christmas Card from a GeekSon
This was created by my five year-old son using his toys and Smilebox.
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Ninja Versus OMG! Pirates! on the iPhone
“Ha! Foolish Ninja! Behold the power of rum-powered technology!”
So says one of the pirate bosses in Mika Mobile’s newest game for the iPhone (and iPod touch). OMG! Pirates! is a heaping serving of awesome. Unless, of course, you side with the pirates, in which case you are a fool. In this game, you take the […] Continue reading
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