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Transform Your iPad Into An Arcade System With Ion Audio's iCade

by GameGuru

Now we've all seen how the iPhone or iPod Touch can be turned into mini pinball machine. This time, it's the iPad's time to shine with the iCade, which can turn your tablet into a full-fledged mini arcade.

Super Sized For A Super Console, Part One: The Giant NES Controller Coffee Table

A Super Controller For A Super Console: The Giant NES Coffee Table

by GameGuru

Remembering the days when you'd hook up your NES and start playing Balloon Fight or Super Mario World for hours on end? Well, I do. And maybe you will too, once you see this larger than life NES controller slash coffee table that you can actually hook up to your gaming console!

New Video Game Releases: Week 15, 2011

by GameGuru

Relive some of the King of Pop's greatest hits in Michael Jackson: The Experience. Immerse yourself in an age-old revolution as a knight in Divinity II: The Dragon Knight Experience or play an RPG game with a little bit more magic in Magicka: Vietnam. Play games based on some of your favorite shows or movies in Rio and SpongeBob SquigglePants or relive a classic love story with a twist in Chronicles of Shakespeare: Romeo and Juliet.

In Perspective - 3D Without The Glasses

Head-Coupled Perspective (HCP) on mobile devices

by Jamie Reygle

French researchers have developed a way to experience 3D on your mobile device - without the glasses!

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"Look, Ma! The Bear Ate My Nintendo 3DS!"

by GameGuru

Those are probably words that you'd never want to hear your child ever say to you, especially if you're touring a national park or a zoo. Fortunately, we're not talking about a real bear. What we're talking about is this adorable and amazingly fluffy case for your Nintendo 3DS.

Crazy About Angry Birds? Well, So Are They!

by GameGuru

Are you addicted and completely obsessed with the Angry Birds franchise? If you are, then join the legions of other fans who have gone out of their way to show their love for the popular video game.

Send Pigs A Tumbling Down In The Pig Shot iPod Video Game

Fire Off Pigs From Slingshots In The Pig Shot iPod Video Game

by GameGuru

What do you get if you put a slingshot and a pig together? Pig Shot, that's what. It's an entertaining game for the iPhone and iPod Touch that doesn't require a whole of thinking but a whole lot of pig shooting. All that tumbling makes for one unfortunate and constantly dizzy pig. How far can you go before you bump into a rock or collide with a sheep that won't go easy on you once you do?

Snakes And Ladders Lawn Game Puts Kids Right In The Action

by Kim Patterson

Pretty much everyone played snakes and ladders as a kid. Kids today continue to enjoy this very old game, but can now put themselves right in the action. The Snakes and Ladders Lawn Game is the same basic game on a giant scale.

Geared: The iPod Puzzle Game With A Mechanical Twist

by GameGuru

So what do a couple of gears and a hamster add up to? The sequel to the best-selling puzzle game for the iPhone and iPod Touch, that's what! I was able to download the game for my iPod Touch when it was still being offered for free at the iTunes App Store but didn't get around to playing it until early this afternoon. It's been two hours, I barely got any work done, but I'm still hooked.

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Doodle Duvet Gives Kids A Chance To Draw On The Bed

by Kim Patterson

Do you have kids who are constantly drawing on things they aren’t supposed to draw on? Are you getting sick of telling them over and over not to do that? Instead of fighting it you can now go with it and get them a Doodle Duvet.