State of Play--The Gaming Blog
Wednesday, March 7, 2012

God and the Machine

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Two and a half years ago, I began blogging here in order to create a space where I could write about all kinds of games, any time I want, ho...
Tuesday, February 28, 2012

Games Magazine Goes Digital

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Sorry for the radio silence this last week, but we had back-to-back medical crises, and I'm still getting caught up. In the meantime, ...
Wednesday, February 15, 2012

So, Yeah, This Is Happening ...

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I do everything I can on these pages to prevent just this kind of thing. I feel like I've failed you all. I'm so sorry. Here...
Monday, February 13, 2012

TOY FAIR 2012: Life Size Lego Hulk

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Just because. - Posted using BlogPress from my iPhone

TOY FAIR 2012: Why, yes ...

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... That IS a Fembot doll from The Six Million Dollar Man. How did I ever live without one? ... and Bigfoot (6MM version) as well. ...

TOY FAIR 2012: New SpotIt!

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Hockey, baseball, kids, and travel themes, with a possibility of a Halloween theme in October. - Posted using BlogPress from my iPhone

TOY FAIR 2012: Mario Kart: Micro RC

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Very tiny remote controlled battling Mario Karts. Everybody should have one. - Posted using BlogPress from my iPhone

TOY FAIR 2012: Turnstiles (ThinkFun)

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A neat logic puzzle from ThinkFun. It uses rotating obstacles for a Rush Hour style logic puzzle. Here's a supershort video I sho...

TOY FAIR 2012: UnHinged (ThinkFun)

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A neat new puzzler from ThinkFun: these hexagons are all attached by hinges: blue on one side, white on the other. You have to flip and fold...

TOY FAIR 2012: Show-exclusive Skylander: Cynder Metallic (Activision)

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When I get home tonight, I will be proclaimed "Best daddy in the world." Toy Fair 2012 exclusive Skylanders metallic Cynder figu...

TOY FAIR 2012: Skylanders Giants (Activision)

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They're Skylanders ... only bigger. The new game is due this fall, and it looks great. - Posted using BlogPress from my iPhone

Toy Fair 2012: Bicycle Jacked Up!

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Bicycle is integrating playing cards with QR tech to create some neat twists on War, Hearts, and Solitaire - Posted using BlogPress fr...

TOY FAIR 2012: New Qwirkle (MindWare)

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Qwirkle Cubes and Travel Size Qwirkle versions of the Spiel des Jahres winner. - Posted using BlogPress from my iPhone

TOY FAIR 2012: NECA Game Tie-In Toys

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Plush Team Fortress figures? Life size portal guns? Assassin's Creed big-heads? We got ya covered. The Team Fortress 2 maquette...

Welcome to Toy Fair 2012

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I'll be walking the floor for most of the day, posting anything that might be of interest, as long as the signal and charge hold out....

Toy Fair Today

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I'm travelling into New York today for the Toy Fair , where I plan to see all the usual suspects. I'm going to attempt to post from ...
Saturday, February 11, 2012

Knight's Tour: Animated GIF

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I run hot and cold on Wikipedia, but I stumbled upon this animated GIF of a Knight's Tour , and thought it was worth sharing. The Knight...
Wednesday, February 1, 2012

Speaking of Plagiarizing Slimeballs...

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Ladies and gentlemen, I give you ... 6waves . Remember that name, and don't ever buy anything from them again. Ever. Here's why: ...

Zynga Chief: Stealing Is Okay Cause Everybody Does It

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Naw, Mark Pincus really didn't say that. He said this : We don’t need to be first to market. We need to be the best in market. There ar...
Monday, January 30, 2012

Minecraft Legos

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From the Department of Redundancy Department. Lego is producing an official Minescape Lego product , which will be completely different from...
Friday, January 27, 2012

Do We Already Have a Skyrim Killer?

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It's called Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning , and it looks amazing.
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Thursday, January 26, 2012

Gibraltar Chess Festival Gets a Stamp

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The Gibraltar Chess Festival has become one of the premiere events on the chess calender, drawing some of the top talent to the Rock for 10...

Star Wars: The Exquisite Corpse Version

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This is about to go very viral, very fast. Star Wars Uncut divided the entire original movie into 15-second intervals. Fans from around the...
Friday, January 13, 2012

January 18th: Stop SOPA Day

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Minecraft has become the latest site pledging to go dark for 24 hours on January 18th in protest against the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) ...
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