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Handmade Baby Yoda

On Etsy, of course. There's an official BY drought, as the filmmakers didn't want to spoiler the character by having toy plans leak, so it's only fast-turnaround toys like Funko that are currently available. It's going to be a bloodbath... Continue reading

Posted Dec 4, 2019 at Wonderland

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Escape Room in a Box

Love the look of this... Twenny bux on Amazon. Continue reading

Posted Mar 6, 2019 at Wonderland

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DIY Pip-Boy kit

Emerging just to post this... It's under one fifty, and it's... vegan... and we're all going to need one eventually. Continue reading

Posted Nov 20, 2018 at Wonderland

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Powerglove Oven Mitt

About once every six months I see something that makes me want to actually blog it instead of just-tweeting, because it's that marvellous. Behold: the Powerglove Oven Mitt. Or maybe ... THE POWERGLOVEN. I'm getting two, KAPOWA! Continue reading

Posted Aug 9, 2016 at Wonderland

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Fragments: a game for Hololens where your living space is the crime scene

A pal told me about this yesterday, and it looks like something straight out of a sci-fi movie. In Fragments, your AR headset will first map your play space - likely your living room. Then the game overlays the play... Continue reading

Posted May 5, 2016 at Wonderland

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Losswords - a mobile game where you play with real clever book extracts

Here's how to get smarter, quicker: (back and) play Losswords. It's made by game industry legends Eric Zimmerman (<-- Diner Dash!) & Colleen Macklin and John S. As a player, you get to make & break codes created from public... Continue reading

Posted May 4, 2016 at Wonderland

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VR hype & heroics

I wrote up some thoughts - SO FAR - on VR over at BoingBoing. I'm finding it fascinating to watch the VR story unfurl: it feels like the hypey-hype peaks are higher than ever, and the sceptic-meh lows too. Everything... Continue reading

Posted Apr 20, 2016 at Wonderland

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Isn't that grim, SK? I've killed Delicious because of that, and moved to Pinboard. But sadly, Feedburner doesn't pull from Pinboard, so now I have to figure out what to do with the RSS... Getting there tho :) I miss the habit of blogging.

Commented Mar 29, 2016 on Mattel's $300 3D printer for Kids at Wonderland

Mattel's $300 3D printer for Kids

Remember that Autodesk-Mattel announcement of nearly a year ago? The fruit has ripened, rather beautifully. Here's Mattel's ThingMaker, a $300 toymaking desktop factory. The first kid-centric 3D printer to properly make it to market. Though it's named Mattel's ThingMaker, the... Continue reading

Posted Feb 15, 2016 at Wonderland

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Knights & Bikes

OK. Some background on this one. If you don't know Rex, he's a genius game-designing artist, He Who Created Tearaway, and was instrumental to the creation of (or maybe created it, I dunno, but teams are good) Little Big Planet.... Continue reading

Posted Feb 2, 2016 at Wonderland

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Fabulous Beasts

It is the week for amazing games on Kickstarter, at least from my POV because friends are displaying their ridiculous talent this week ;-D First up: Fabulous Beasts. Many have watched this project come to life, as Alex and the... Continue reading

Posted Feb 2, 2016 at Wonderland

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PlayStation backpack

Pretty swoofy. Looks laptop-ready. Would wear. 32 quid. Not bad! Reversible Nintendo backpack also pretty nifty. Continue reading

Posted Dec 11, 2015 at Wonderland

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3D printed retro computers

Adorbs, or what? I can tell you, most of 'em won't come off the printer looking like that: there will be screen stickering going on, but still. Cayoot. Continue reading

Posted Nov 19, 2015 at Wonderland

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Unusual Zelda merch at Human

Cute mug. Cute ... blankie?! REALLY cute PILLOW. I may have to have this one. Take a moment to appreciate how merch has changed in the last 10 years. Continue reading

Posted Aug 6, 2015 at Wonderland

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Star Wars Battlefront, so darn real

Imminent life-priorities issue looming: The realness is nuts. It cheers me that in my lifetime - just in time for retirement, probably - the realism + worldbuilding + VR and that gubbins means a whole ton of fun where the... Continue reading

Posted Jun 17, 2015 at Wonderland

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Famicom portable charger

Bloody expensive. But handsome! Like my husband. $111 at JapanTrendShop. Continue reading

Posted Feb 11, 2015 at Wonderland

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The DIY Kit for budding Game Designers

Look at this lovely thing. It's a recipe for making your own Game Designer's Toolkit, using everyday household items, the total cost of which should be under 20 quid/bux. By Rick Marazzani, game industry vet and clever DIY'er! Continue reading

Posted Dec 18, 2014 at Wonderland

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Where the fuck is Princess Leia, asks Glynnis MacNicol. Good question. To the Etsy!

Seriously. Where the Fuck is Princess Leia? Until someone has a go at licensing Leia for all sorts of goods, we have Etsy. I present to you: The custom Leia lunchbox. Kick-ass poster 01. And 02 Earrings. Rubber undies (and... Continue reading

Posted Nov 20, 2014 at Wonderland

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Legend of Zelda Monopoly

Getting ridiculous. But look at the tokens! THE TOKENS!! At thinkgeek for fifty bux. Continue reading

Posted Nov 7, 2014 at Wonderland

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Haunted Mansion dinnerware

Uhoh. I know a husband who is going to a) freak out and b) insist we replace all our plates immediately. Foolish mortal. Disney's Haunted Mansion tableware. Continue reading

Posted Nov 6, 2014 at Wonderland

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Fight Like A Girl

One of the many funny tees over at HUMAN... <3 Continue reading

Posted Sep 11, 2014 at Wonderland

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Hyrulian Shield backpack

As modelled by RellyAB! Oh gods it's amazing, and it's £29.99 and it's on Nintendo UK. Continue reading

Posted Sep 9, 2014 at Wonderland

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Lucky Seven caps

My pal Jay (from primary school!) and his lovely wife make these brilliant Lucky Seven customisable caps, have you seen 'em yet? They do patches from cult classic movies, like Alien, Star Wars, Back to the Future, and this beauty:... Continue reading

Posted Aug 14, 2014 at Wonderland

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Makies FabLab is live...

After many months of development alongside (and you know how difficult that is) Makies going into Selfridges, and ramping up for Xmas delivery, and various in-store apps, and STUFF, we are aliiiiiiive! And it's just the beginning. We decided a... Continue reading

Posted Jun 24, 2014 at Wonderland

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Ian Bogost's future-dweller's retrospective, #GDC14

Every year at GDC there's a Game Developers Rant! session (sometimes it's publishers, and sometimes another slant, but mostly developers), and every year it's amazing. This year was a vintage year, and here's one of the rants, from academic/gamedev/genius Ian... Continue reading

Posted Mar 24, 2014 at Wonderland

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