Gadgets
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The Han Solo Sneakers Of Your Dreams Are Finally Here
Did you ever put on your Han Solo pants and think, “I wish this Corellian Bloodstripe went all the way down to the floor?” Well, now it can.
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My Family Died Of Dysentery In The Palm Of My Hands – And I Loved Every Minute Of It
Before kids hunted for Carmen Sandiego, in a time when computers could barely muster a few on-screen colours, a game called The Oregon Trail taught students about the hardships of pioneer life. The graphics were terrible, the sound effects were awful, and more often than not, all your characters died. But it was the first…
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This Cheap, Playable Smartphone Case Is Triggering My Eternal Love For The Game Boy
As an avid portable gamer, you might assume smartphones, and their app stores filled with million of titles, would be my ideal device. But part of me still yearns for physical buttons to mash, like my beloved Game Boy had. That’s probably why I find this case that puts a bunch of basic video games…
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This Playable Pod Racing Game Is The Phantom Menace LEGO Set We Deserved Years Ago
You can complain about The Phantom Menace all you want, but the podrace scene remains one of the best visual spectacles in all the Star Wars movies. It spawned some wonderful toys too, but nothing that comes close to Alexis Dos Santos’ LEGO Mindstorms-powered tabletop pod racing game.