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Brick Joystick – Another gadget that claims to improve your mobile gaming experience

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Last week I posted a review of the Invisible Gamepad Kickstarter project, which are easy to use stick-on gamepads for smartphones and tablets. I found that the Invisible Gamepad worked better than other stick-on joysticks that I’ve tried in the past (see related reviews at the bottom of this post), but it still lacked a […]

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PureGear Retro Game Cases provide battery free gaming to your Samsung Galaxy S4

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The Retro Game Cases from PureGear add battery free fun to the Samsung Galaxy S4 smartphone, while also providing added protection. You have a choice between 3 styles/games: Groovy – concentric maze in blue and green. Amazing – labyrinth style maze in turquoise and red. Undecided – combination of pinball and the Magic 8 Ball

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Immerse yourself in gaming and exercise with the Omni

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If you are someone who loves to play games and who has a hard time getting off the couch, perhaps you should look into the Omni Kickstarter project by Virtuix. It may look odd from the outside, but its specialized shoe sole alongside of the tracking software allows you to walk, jump, crouch, strafe, or

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EFO iPazzPort Mini – A wireless gamepad, keyboard, mouse, touchpad for your computer or Android device

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The EFO iPazzPort Mini Wireless GameBoard, Keyboard, Mouse, Touchpad is a 2.4GHz wireless controller which connects to your PC (Windows, Mac or Linux) or Android device using an RF USB dongle. It’s designed for your entertainment system. Just hook it up, sit on your couch and surf or play games on your large screen TV.

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Delta Six game controller adds firepower to your shooting games

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Looking to take that FPS (First Person Shooter) experience to the next level? Are you tired of dropping the enemy like every other gamer out there? Do you want to have the baddest @ssed looking game controller in cyberspace? The the Delta Six game controller may be what you need to add to your gaming

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Get style and gaming functionality with the Apex gaming keyboard

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Style is not something that I think of when thinking of a keyboard. However, when I noticed the SteelSeries APEX gaming keyboard while browsing the web recently, that is exactly what I thought – stylish. There are five illumination zones that can each be customized from 16.8 million colors, and the layout of the keyboard

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City Prints maps fantasy worlds and tech landscapes

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City Prints is a map company that produces artful maps of a variety of venues – home towns, states, college campuses, stadiums, and more.  They expanded their line to include the Pop Culture series (maps of video game, comics, and TV and movie locations) and Computer schematics diagram prints.  The image shows maps for Resident

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Start playing your PC games on a tablet with the Razer Edge

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Razer has been known for years for their gaming peripherals. However, at CES 2013, Razer debuted something completely different: the Razer Edge gaming system. Designed specifically for PC gamers, the Razer Edge is a tablet that is capable of playing the latest PC games. It runs Windows 8, which means you get a fully-functioning 10-inch

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New Potato Technologies Foosball table for iPad review

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I enjoy playing games on my iPad, but when it comes to action style games, I miss not having physical controls. Virtual controls are adequate for some games, but for others, they just don’t cut it. That’s why I was excited to accept an offer to review the New Potato Technologies Foosball table. This device turns

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Play pinball at home with the Duo Pinball controller

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Pinball may be a game that is known to kids young and old, but it is a game that doesn’t port over to a touch screen very easily. Duo Games now has a controller that can be used with Gameprom’s free Pinball HD Collection app to bring life-like pinball to the iPad. Connecting via Bluetooth,

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Valve has released Steam for Linux

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Hooray!  Valve has finally released the popular gaming platform, Steam, for Linux users. Right now it’s only supported under Ubuntu 12.04 or 12.10, using the Unity, Gnome or KDE desktop environments.  Steams says that more Linux distributions will be fully supported if/when time permits.  Perhaps they will include other popular distributions such as LinuxMint (a fork of

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Classic Match Foosball is a multiplayer foosball table for your iPad

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Although I’ve only played foosball once or twice so far in my life, I want this Classic Match Foosball iPad accessory from New Potato Tech because it looks like it would be a lot of fun. Up to 4 people can play at once using eight functional 2-axis control bars and real scoring markers at each end.

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GameStick puts Android games on your TV

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There’s a plethora of plugin Android devices for televisions these days, but GameStick has concentrated on taking on the gaming consoles market with their GameStick Kickstarter project.  Rather than just another Android-OS-on-a-stick experience, the GameStick is all about playing your Android games on the big screen. The plugin stick integrates into the supplied Bluetooth controller

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Bluetooth Game Controller for Smartphones

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This Bluetooth Game Controller from Allputer works with iPhones and even iPads.  (Allputer says it has a known problem with Android devices running Android 4.0, but it should be compatible with devices running some other versions of Android.)  The controller has a telescoping holder at the top to hold your phone in place, or you

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Bring a colorful new dimension to gaming with the ROCCAT Isku FX keyboard

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The Isku FX multicolor gaming keyboard from ROCCAT is designed for the ultimate gaming experience.  The backlit keyboard has multicolor lighting with 16.8 million possible colors and six lighting levels.  The keyboard is packed with programmable macro keys and three Thumbster macro keys near the space bar.  There’s even an Easy-Shift key that not only

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