Best New Toys and Games

The generation of the new online game players has motivated consumer brands, websites and charities to use gaming devices to attract attention to their products and services. "Funware" is the application of game-like qualities to non-games. Researchers say that when we play online games, we enter a "flow state" that makes us receptive to the images and information we encounter. While traditional commercials interrupt that state, funware allows for these messages to seep through.

We can wish all we want that when we leave the house for the day, our cats find something to do other than sleep.  If they did, perhaps we would get better sleep at night, while they are dancing around finding absolutely everything engaging, especially our bed covers.

Soft polyurethane Cao Maru resin balls in the shape of expressionistic faces stretch and squeeze to relieve your stress. They also look a lot like baby heads - which adds that extra touch of creepy.

Israeli plastic surgeon and burns specialist Dr. Joseph Haik has begun prescribing the Sony Playstation EyeToy as a treatment for burn trauma victims.

I think solar powered gadgets are amazing, so I have put together a list of solar powered gift ideas for Father's Day.  If you still need to buy a gift for your dad or your baby's daddy take a look at the list below. You might just find what you are looking for or think of something better along the way. Either way, I hope it helps.

Project Natal could be one of the coolest innovations in gaming to ever hit market. While there's still a ton of question marks, Microsoft will be making a push to take interactive, body-motion gaming to a thrilling new level.

The Superheadz Holga K202 Cat Camera would rank high among the many ridiculous gadgets featured at this site if it weren't for one saving grace - it actually seems to work! Now if only it would work quietly, without all the silly cat noises... oops, that's the point.

This little guy, from PlanToys, is just too cute! Besides being good looking, the Lacing Sheep is a learning tool too. Kids will learn colors and sequences with the little lambs help.

I'd venture to say that almost every kid (at least here in the U.S.) had Silly Putty, or something akin to it, when they were growing up.  Well, it may now face serious competition from a "bionic" rival from the U.K.  And this stuff looks pretty cool...

Online gaming is becoming quite a competitive business.  In a genre built of "kill the monster, get the treasure," developers are having to branch into unknown territory to create a new experience for increasingly jaded players.  BioWare, along with LucasArts, are taking the MMO to another level with Star Wars: The Old Republic.