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  • Wii Maracas perfect for Maraca-based games

    Wii Maracas perfect for Maraca-based games

    The product description says it all. “With the Maracas for Wii you can enjoy those Maraca based video games as if you were actually celebrating a big fiesta!” Ah yes, all those Maraca based video games.

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  • Product Photo Awards: Arcade Putting Pro

    Product Photo Awards: Arcade Putting Pro

    Product photography is an art form. It must appeal to the senses, tickle one’s fancy, instill a sense of urgency – I NEED IT! Take this Arcade Putting Pro game, available at JCPenney.com on clearance for $30.

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  • Nerd Alert: Calculator shaped like a gamepad

    Nerd Alert: Calculator shaped like a gamepad

    Awww, schweeeeeet! This calculator says, “Hey, I need a calculator but I want people to know that I’m down with video games. Please don’t step, mess, or front. I got eight digits to work with, B.”

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  • Thursday Giveaway: A Nooka Accessory Selection

    Thursday Giveaway: A Nooka Accessory Selection

    Good afternoon, chaps. Do you feel underdressed, under-accessorized, and smelly? Nooka has something nice for you. Our buddies over there are giving out a new Nooka Watch (your choice), a Nooka Belt (shown above), and the new Nooka fragrance. That’s right: you can smell like a Nooka. So you’ve got the scent, which smells like the [...]

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  • Review: Shutter Buddy

    Review: Shutter Buddy

    So we got a Shutter Buddy a few days ago and we gave it a try. What’s a Shutter Buddy, you ask? Well, it’s kind of a satellite dish looking thing that you attach to a point and shoot. It fits over a DSLR, but not quite as well as you’d expect. You waggle the camera [...]

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  • Disappointing Gifts, 1986 Edition: The Etch A Sketch Animator

    Disappointing Gifts, 1986 Edition: The Etch A Sketch Animator

    Gather ‘round, kids. Gather ‘round. I’m going to tell you the story of a disappointing Christmas gift from back before many of you were born. With every blog on the internet doing year-end and best-of lists, I thought I might try to shake things up a bit by telling you about an overhyped and underwhelming [...]

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  • Reviews: Crazy Japanese Kit Kats

    Reviews: Crazy Japanese Kit Kats

    For some reason JList sent me a box of Kit Kats. These aren’t just any Kit Kats. They’re Japanese Kit Kats. If the Japanese are good at anything, it’s making the familiar inexplicably strange. So I decided to open up all of these Kit Kats and try them for you. I came away somewhat disappointed – [...]

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  • Giftable: Star Wars Republic Squadron motion flight game

    Giftable: Star Wars Republic Squadron motion flight game

    If you have a kid that likes Star Wars – especially the Clone Wars cartoons – then here’s one of the only gifts you’ll need to buy. Of course, that’s totally false because if you have kids you need to buy thousands of gifts around the holidays, right? Well with this one you’ll have a [...]

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  • Board Game Night: Halo Risk, Donkey Kong Jenga, or Nintendo Monopoly?

    Board Game Night: Halo Risk, Donkey Kong Jenga, or Nintendo Monopoly?

    By now you've already heard about Nintendo Monopoly, but let's add two more video game-themed board games to the list: Halo Risk ($40) and Donkey Kong Jenga ($25).

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  • Finally, a professional alpine racing sled

    Finally, a professional alpine racing sled

    Are you a professional alpine sled racer? Bet you’ve been waiting a long time for something like this $900 Alpine Racing Sled to come along. Even if you're just an amateur alpine sled racer looking to take your qualifying times to the next level and you've set aside a little over $1000 in your “Ultimate Sled Fund” (shipping adds $115 to the price of the sled) then it might be about time to put the wheels in motion.

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  • Friday Giveaway: Some EZ Grills

    Friday Giveaway: Some EZ Grills

    Yeah, I don't like the looks of this guy either. Anyone that fit and happy and still not in the possession of a proper grill is a suspect. However, if you want an EZ Grill for your own, read on. This contest is to whet your appetite for some BOMBASTIC giveaways this weekend.

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  • Animated musical Star Trek lamp

    Animated musical Star Trek lamp

    Ah, perfect. Use your Star Trek cologne to woo the ladies and then wow the ones you bring home with this $100 Star Trek bedside lamp from Hammacher Schlemmer.

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  • Tuesday Giveaway: MittenBerry

    Tuesday Giveaway: MittenBerry

    What's that you say? You want your hands to be warm and cosy while texting this winter? Don't want to buy sniper gloves with the removable trigger finger? Why do I know about sniper gloves? Anyway, we've got three pairs of MittenBerry gloves for your texting pleasure. To win, read on.

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  • Electric skateboard features 600-watt motor, top speed of 19 miles per hour

    Electric skateboard features 600-watt motor, top speed of 19 miles per hour

    Finally an answer to the age-old question of what can be done to improve skateboards and/or make them more dangerous. Hammacher Schlemmer’s doozy, “The 19 MPH Skateboard” is the answer.

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  • Friday Giveaway: Nixon Newton Watch

    Friday Giveaway: Nixon Newton Watch

    Our buddies at Watchismo are offering a Nixon Newton Watch to one lucky commenter. You have your pick of the litter and you'll be the most stylish fellow on your cellblock when you pull this watch out of wherever you hid it from the screws!

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