Mobile gaming apps have come a long way in the last few years, and that’s probably a bit of an understatement. The rise of Apple Arcade has meant that folks are actively choosing to pay…

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We’ve all fallen for it at some point. You’re walking around the boardwalk, poundin’ down some vinegar fries, and suddenly, you see it. Like a beacon in the night, a bright booth, lit by a…

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If you’ve spent any time on Kickstarter perusing successful projects, you may have realized we are in a sort of board game renaissance. Forget the classics, there’s a suite of complex, art-driven, engaging board games…

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The game of chess is a timeless classic, challenging players from 6th century India all the way up to today. We can’t tell you how much it’s changed in those 1500 years, but we can…

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Your average puzzle this is not. The Infinite Galaxy Puzzle will change the way they think about fitting pieces together. That’s because the Infinite Galaxy Puzzle has no beginning or end. Forget hunting for corner…

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Spice up your weekly game night with something traditionally reserved for the outdoors because this coffee table is also a cornhole board. Designed by Poppin in NYC, the Take Aim Coffee Table is a creation…

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You probably know more brand logos than you imagine. If you need proof, sit down for a game of Scrabble and break out the Scrabble Corporate Edition. Designed by artist Emmanuel Laflamme, the Scrabble Corporate…

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Sean Woolsey Studio is converting your home and office into a mid century modern metropolis one piece of furniture at a time. And now the studio is expanding their reach from your office into your…

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Who loves The Wire? Everyone. Who loves Where’s Waldo? Everyone. Where’s Wallace is a new web game that combines the two in an epic quest to fix one of D’angelo Barksdale’s many issues. “Where’s Wallace?…

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Makerball is a DIY pinball machine kit that will finally allow you to realize your wildest game design fantasies without dropping at least a couple thousand dollars on a full machine. Here’s how it works:…

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Poker has always been a game of chance and skill that has managed to entice people from all walks of life—everyone from wealthy businessmen to back-alley hustlers—to its tables. Endless American folk tales discuss cowboys…

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Nervous System—a generative design studio founded by MIT grads—works at the intersection of science, art and technology… which is why it should come as no surprise that if anyone was going to design an infinite…

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We aren’t the kind of people to say that being an adult is a bummer. If you’re doing it right, growing up actually kind of kicks ass. You get to eat whatever you want, have…

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To put it simply, the Table Pong Project combines the original Pong with a table… but it’s so much more than that. What started as a hardware and software hack to pay homage to Atari…

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With summer in full swing and the pungent aroma of BBQ and campfire in the air, everyone is looking for ways to have fun outside. We won’t turn our noses up at a good old-fashioned…

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If you want to take your mobile gaming experience to a whole new level and you happen to own one of the iPhone 6 series phones, the Gamevice Controller will add everything your mobile gaming…

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