Tag Archives: Toys and Technology
Quick! Get Yourself the Indie Love Bundle
I’m a big fan of “casual games,” the sort of thing that’s often played in a web browser; point-and-click puzzles, side-scrollers with some sort of twist, beautiful abstractions with lovely sounds. I stumbled across the Indie Love Bundle, a collection of six fantastic independent games (all of which have won some sort of award or […] Continue reading
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Tagged And Yet It Moves, Auditorium, Aztaka, computer games, Electronic Geek, Eufloria, independent games, Machinarium, Osmos, Toys and Technology
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Cogs Will Spin Your Gears
I’ve always loved sliding tile puzzles, from the simple number kind to distant relatives such as the Rush Hour Traffic Jam puzzles. There’s just something appealing about putting things back in order with only the one open square to work with. Cogs adds a new dimension to the idea.
Created by Lazy 8 Studios, Cogs was […] Continue reading
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Tagged Electronic Geek, iPhone Apps, review, sliding puzzles, Steampunk, Toys and Technology, Videogames
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LEGO Rings: The Most Romantic Geeky Valentine’s Gift Ever?
So, there are only two days left until Valentine’s Day, and you’re stuck for something really romantic to get for your significant other. Or maybe you have some ideas, but find yourself frustrated with the difficulty of finding something that meets your (and your significant other’s) geeky sensibilities as well as your romantic ones.
Well, you […] Continue reading
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Tagged Hacking the Holidays, Jewelry, Lego, rings, Toys and Technology, Valentine's Day
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Lego Ben 10 Models Harness the Best of Bionicle
The other day my four-year-old son and I put together one of the Ben 10 Alien Force models from Lego, a Big Chill the company sent me to review.
The first thing I noticed was how few pieces came in the box — 20, which is pretty low for a Lego model. This is because the […] Continue reading
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Slugging It Out: Slug Wars for iPhone
Down in the garden there is a war being fought … slowly. Two armies of slugs face each other across the battlefield, each determined to break into the opponent’s base. Armed with acorn guns and salt shakers, they race—er, trudge—into the fray.
Slug Wars is a new real-time strategy game for the iPhone and iPod touch, […] Continue reading
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Have a Super Game Day With Kai-Lan for the Wii
Kai-lan and friends are featured in a new game for the Nintendo Wii, Super Game Day. Like the TV show, the game is geared toward younger kids, and features the same voice actors as well. The characters and settings carry over pretty well from Ni Hao, Kai-lan and my kids really enjoyed playing it.
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Does Your Child Love the Turntables? There’s an App for That
DJ Baby is a simple iPhone/iPod Touch app that lets even small children rock the turntables. It’s dead simple to use: Each of the four “records” has a vocal sample, and the button with the musical note starts and stops the backbeat. Clicking on the needle varies the vocal sample a little. You can try […] Continue reading
Toy Fair 2010 is Coming – And GeekDad Will Be There
I’m excited to go to the NYC Toy Fair again this year and an thankful that I have more time to plan for it. Rumor is that one or two other GeekDad contributors will be there so a meet-up is hopeful.
The fair is growing this year with over 1200 exhibitors and a reported 7000 never […] Continue reading
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Trossen Announces RoboticsToys.com
Trossen Robotics has launched a sister site, RoboticsToys. Much like the main Trossen site, Robotics Toys is definitely fired up about robots.
Roboticstoys.com aims to be the number one place to find all your robotics kits, toys, and decor for that budding roboticist in your family. Robotics is a great way to spark an early interest […] Continue reading
