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Play over 100,000 classic games with this discounted all-in-one gaming console

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NEWS – TL;DR: Feel all the nostalgia with this Super Console X King Retro Game Console with 117,000 Pre-Loaded Games, on sale for just $328.99 (Reg. $599). Those of us who grew up playing classic video games on consoles like Nintendo 64 and Sega Saturn, and the original PlayStation feel a deep nostalgia for them. […]

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Starset: the Great Dimming – A Grimdark Tabletop RPG System

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CROWDFUNDING NEWS – In high school and college I spent a lot of my free time playing Traveller, a science fiction role-playing game (RPG).  As it turns out, Traveller is one of the inspirations for Starset, a new RPG written by Josiah Mork that is currently being crowdfunded on Kickstarter.  The setting style is known

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GiiKER Super Slider puzzle game review – What’s old is new again!

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REVIEW – Sometimes the best way to relax is to kick back and solve a puzzle. No, I don’t mean figuring out the meaning of life… I mean a puzzle like the GiiKER Super Slider. Let’s take a look. What is it? The GiiKER Super Slider is a modern version of the classic sliding tile

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TowerBall Bundle review – a casual yet highly flexible lawn game

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REVIEW – Summer is here!  That means it’s time for picnics in the park and barbeques on the beach!  When gathered together outdoors with family and friends for food and fun, it’s a great time to put your phone away and pull out a lawn game or two for some friendly competition.  In this review,

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This iPhone case turns your phone into a Game Boy with physical controls!

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NEWS – Check out this gloriously retro case that puts a Game Boy on the back of your iPhone. Wait, before you click away, this case doesn’t just LOOK like a Game Boy, it IS a real handheld gaming console right down to the color display, 4-way D-pad, and A and B physical controls. This

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Liven up your family game night with the Arcade1Up Infinity Game Tables!

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NEWS – We love family game nights in our house and so when I saw the Arcade1Up Infinity Game Table on Gizmodo, I was curious about it. It is a WiFi-connected table with a touchscreen (you can detach the legs to lay the screen on a flat surface) that comes with digital version of over

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Hook your kids on arcade games with the Arcade1Up Jr.

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NEWS – I remember feeding quarters into arcade games like Centipede, Gauntlet, and Astroids. Those were fun times! There aren’t many arcades around these days and that’s just sad. Make things happy for your kids with Tastemaker’s Arcade1Up Jr. line of 36-inch tall arcade game consoles designed especially for kids ages 4-8 years old. There’s

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Because rolling dice is just too hard, these dice do all the work for you

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NEWS – Many games require the player to roll dice to advance a turn. If you find the action of dice rolling to be difficult for you either because you have dexterity issues, or you just don’t want to do it yourself, these dice will do it for you. Boogie Dice look like a standard

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Thinkfun’s Rush Hour Traffic Jam Logic Game is an awesomely addictive game

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NEWS – Need a clever logic game for your kids? You might want to try the Rush Hour Traffic Jam Logic Game from Thinkfun (for ages 8 and over). The game comes with different colored cars and trucks and 40 cards that range from beginner to expert. You simply set up the cars and trucks

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Cardkits are models of paper that challenge your model making fingers and mind

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NEWS – I don’t know about the rest of you, but when I was a kid, my parents didn’t have a lot of money which meant that we didn’t have a lot of toys. At least not the toys I really wanted, like LEGO. So my sister and I made our own models and miniatures

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Calling all adventurers! Customize your character miniatures at Hero Forge… and now you can add color!

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NEWS – This one is for my fellow role playing game aficionados out there (I’m a Dungeons and Dragons guy myself). You may already know about how you can use Hero Forge to create completely custom miniatures that they’ll print for you in a variety of materials. But they recently upgraded their service, and now

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RK Console RK2020 retro handheld gaming device review

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REVIEW – I have fond memories of playing Atari 2600 games, Game Boy games, Atari Lynx, and even the original PSP gaming device. Although our smartphones have much better displays and horsepower than those gaming systems from decades ago, I still feel like those old games were a lot more fun. If you have similar

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Chess meets Russian nesting dolls with the Crownes chess set

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CROWDFUNDING NEWS – If you’re a traveler and a chess player, playing while you travel can be difficult as travel chess sets are usually tiny and sometimes unwieldy. A new crowdfunding campaign from Crownes Chess wants to bring Russian nesting doll tech to the chess set for good looks and portability.   Each piece is

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