Category: Gadgets & Games
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My oh my, you’ve submitted some great gaming stories from the 80’s and 90’s for my competition last week! Clearly, we all remember the uncertainty of whether a game would load successfully or not. Blowing into the NES cartridge hoping…
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As an early birthday present to myself, I bought a Livescribe Pulse Smartpen earlier this week. It arrived yesterday and I’ve just been blown away by it so far. The pen improves on regular pens in two key ways: It…
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In April, That Canadian Girl celebrated 5 years of bloggy goodness and, yet again, I nearly missed its birthday. Oops! In reality I’ve been blogging for nearly 10 years – a friend kindly hosted my first diary-style site back in…
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Recently, I’ve been falling in love with inanimate objects. I self-diagnosed I had a problem when I found myself talking to said objects while home alone. Either it’s cabin-fever from having spent the past few days in the house or…
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Subliminal messages in this video: Bunnies are sentient beings (and they’re evil, just look at the Raving Rabidds for example!) Donate to Comic Relief, even Keira the bunny contributed by buying a big red nose… ear… thing… Giving the bunny’s…
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Since Christmas, we’ve had little time to play Wii, but one game we’ve had for about a week has definitely got Andrew excited again. Wario Ware: Smooth Moves is even nuttier and more unbelievably fast-paced than Rayman was. Those who…
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No, don’t worry, I’m not announcing we’re having a baby! We’re having a bunny! That’s right, Keira, my Nabaztag/tag has been with us since before Christmas, but only recently has it become usable. First there were all the server issues…
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Knitting: I don’t know why, I just want to knit something painfully kitsch. I think it’s a mix of watching Ugly Betty, coming across an old blog entry by Katie mentioning crocheting, and just wanting one of those really soft…
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I’ve been playing Rayman: Raving Rabbids, and I’m loving its complete insanity. However, one minigame, “Bunnies have natural rhythm”, is a bit rubbish. You’re meant to kick four coloured stereos to turn them on, then get rid of the bunnies…
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Cabel‘s been playing Saints Row, and has produced what is possibly the most entertaining bug review in history – a Musical review. “For starters, it was literally, down to almost every detail, an exact clone of Grand Theft Auto. (I…
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