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8 Old School Board Games Turned Electronic (list/video)

8 Old School Board Games Turned Electronic (list/video)

Thanks to new technology, classic board games we’ve come to love as children have evolved to include electronic elements to their game play to fit modern times. These digital makeovers add some cool electronic features that [...]

Angry Birds Board Game Now Available

Angry Birds Board Game Now Available

We were kind of left wondering how the Angry Birds board game would play out.  But now, thanks to ThinkGeek, we’ve got all the answers we need.  First off it costs $23.99, before shipping costs that [...]

Star Wars Operation

Star Wars Operation

Operation, the board game from a few decades past, has to be one of our all time favorites.  So there’s no way that the original surgical game that requires a cunning amount of concentration could be [...]

TRON Legacy Board Game (video)

TRON Legacy Board Game (video)

Check out this awesome homemade Tron board game.  Unfortunately, the pieces aren’t motorized, but no matter, because it’s replete with Light Cycles, movable light trails and is finished in a reflective blacklight paint.  While the TRON [...]

Mattel’s Radica Mindflex Duel Game Forces You To Concentrate On Choking Your Opponent (video)

Mattel’s Radica Mindflex Duel Game Forces You To Concentrate On Choking Your Opponent (video)

Mattel’s Mindflex game was received with both cheers and jeers when it launched a few years ago. The original game called for the player to wear a headset that read brain activity.  An increase in brain [...]

Monopoly Live Board Game Kills Dice And Money, Institutes God Like Tower Computer

Monopoly Live Board Game Kills Dice And Money, Institutes God Like Tower Computer

Ask anyone and they’ll probably agree with you that Monopoly is one of the most iconic board games of the last 20 years.  And during that time it has largely remained unchanged, that is until now. [...]

A Chess Table Connected To The Internet (video)

A Chess Table Connected To The Internet (video)

Internet chess has been around well before the turn of the century, but a physical Internet chess table, now we’re talking.  The DIY project incorporates a low cost projector and webcam.  The webcam recognizes your moves [...]

Tetris Done Jenga Style

Tetris Done Jenga Style

Now this looks like a lot of fun.  Actually going by the name “The Toppling Tetracube Game” it seems like a natural extension of the fabled Jenga game.  Adding a few more elements into the mix, [...]

Mattel Mindflex Game Now Available For Preorder (video) (update)

Mattel Mindflex Game Now Available For Preorder (video) (update)

Update: Mattel has announced the Radica Mindflex Dual game. At CES 2009 we had the opportunity to stop by the Mattel booth and checkout the hyped Mindflex game.  Jeff gave it a whirl while I grabbed [...]