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• The guys behind the Esurance animated commercials have a new video game coming out

  Published: October 3, 2007, 8:21 am

  Tags: 1 Other Neat Things, Cartoon Amp 038 Comic, Toy Amp 038 Games

  collection of minigames, based on the Looney Tunes cartoon “Duck Amuck” (which you can watch above (in Italian?)). Those “guys” are Ghostbot, the game is cleverly called Looney Tunes: Duck Amuck, and it sounds great: Now, you’re probably wondering exactly what the game is about, aside from the

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• Challenge The Qwizard

  Published: October 3, 2007, 4:04 pm

  Tags: Magic, Toy Amp 038 Games, Puzzle

  Here is a cool puzzle challenge that will get your mind moving. Can you follow the clues and get to the top of the mountain to take on the wizard? The game uses the net in a pretty novel way, you can search and ask for clues. Good luck, you’ll need them. Challenge The Qwizard Here

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• Needle Felted Mario

  Published: October 8, 2007, 2:55 am

  Tags: Crafts Amp 038 Diy, Toy Amp 038 Games

  Etsy seller poorlulu has a neat item for sale: a needle felted Mario and his ladder, as well as Donkey Kong and his barrel! Link - via GeekAlerts See also: Neatorama’s 10 Mario Fun Facts

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• Rubik’s Cube Championships

  Published: October 8, 2007, 11:44 pm

  Tags: Feats Amp Amp Records, Toy Amp 038 Games

  World Rubik's Cube Champioinship was held this past weekend in Budapest, the puzzle's birthplace. Yu Nakajima of Japan won by solving his cube in 12.46 seconds! However, the world record is still held by Frenchman Thibaut Jacquinot who solved one in 9.86 seconds last May. 14-year-old Hungarian Matyas Kuti set a record for the larger 5×5

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• 8 Bit Orchestra

  Published: October 10, 2007, 9:30 am

  Tags: Music, Toy Amp 038 Games

  An orchestra uses scenes from classic video games to illustrate their performance. Video link

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• Radio Control Bugs

  Published: October 10, 2007, 12:34 pm

  Tags: Toy Amp 038 Games

  If you enjoyed The Weirdest Insects in the World, you can have one of your own, without adopting a pet! The Discovery Channel Store is offering a radio-controlled insect with three interchangable exoskeletons- a Rhinoceros Beetle, Hissing Cockroach and Hercules Beetle. Make your bug move in forward and reverse with a remote control shaped like a

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• “Graffiti” Art Made with Toy Train Railway Tracks!

  Published: October 13, 2007, 12:46 am

  Tags: Art, Pictures, Toy Amp 038 Games

  actually done using plastic toy train railway tracks! What a strange sight: Blue lines covering everything from the floor to the walls and all over the ceiling. If you look close enough at these gigantic blue roots, you realise that it’s all made of plastic rails, more precisely, of blue plastic toy rails we used to play with as kids! And

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• Carmen Sandiego Found at Last!

  Published: October 14, 2007, 1:48 am

  Tags: Funny, Pictures, Toy Amp 038 Games

  After decades of being on the lam, Carmen Sandiego (of the popular game Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego?) was spotted in a train station. No word on where Osama is yet. Link - via Boing Boing

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• Umbrella Squirt Gun

  Published: October 15, 2007, 1:06 pm

  Tags: Toy Amp 038 Games

  Alex Woolley Design has a combination umbrella and squirt gun. Rainwater is collected in the squirt gun, and the umbrella can protect you from someone else's gun. The tagline is Encouraging Adults to Play in the Rain. Link -via Random Good Stuff

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• Remote-Control Rubber Duck

  Published: October 19, 2007, 11:18 am

  Tags: Toy Amp 038 Games

  Now you can have your own remote-controlled rubber duck! Uses six AA batteries. Because it's never too early to teach your kids how to use electronics in the bathtub. Link -via Arbroath

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• Proven by Science: Playing Video Games Can Make You Smarter!

  Published: October 29, 2007, 3:10 am

  Tags: Baby Amp 038 Kid, Science, Toy Amp 038 Games

  out that playing Nintendo DS games every day can make our smarter. The 30 children from St Columba’s primary school - all aged nine and 10 played Dr Kawashima’s More Brain Training game on a Nintendo DS console every morning before lessons for about 15 minutes. The "game" is a collection of mini-games, such as number

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• Tetris Quilt

  Published: October 28, 2007, 4:44 pm

  Tags: Crafts Amp 038 Diy, Pictures, Toy Amp 038 Games

  Behold the Tetris quilt, lovingly made by Amy of Rabbit Style News blog. Now, if I were a crafty guy, I’d totally make something from my favorite game of all time: Dig Dug Link - via Craft

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• Steampunk Pac Man Arcade and Other Toys by Doktor A

  Published: November 3, 2007, 4:00 am

  Tags: Art, Toy Amp 038 Games

  at Doktor A’s custom toy solo show at Spit & Polish. The highlights of the show are these three: The Secret History of Video Games : Pac Gentleman (Erik Scarecrow’s Soopa Coin Op Bros)When this game was first released in 1880 it was so hugely popular in taverns and inns that the bank of England was forced to mint more threepenny

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• Red Alert Tesla

  Published: November 5, 2007, 2:32 am

  Tags: Crafts Amp 038 Diy, Pictures, Toy Amp 038 Games

  Studios’ Command & Conquer’s Red Alert 2. Well, Peter Terren of Telsa Down Under has recreated the Soviet Tesla coil straight out of the game! It took him about 100 hours of preparation to make the models and equipments. Link - Thanks Peter! Previously on Neatorama: The Eye of Sauron is on your valuables, Dalek

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• Video Game Magazines: Then and Now

  Published: November 5, 2007, 1:27 pm

  Tags: Book Amp Amp Lit, Toy Amp 038 Games

  Kevin Gifford of GameSetWatch has a lot of video game magazines … for this article at Games.net, he shares with us the covers of the premiere issues of some game mags and compare them with their covers today. It’s amazing to see how different (and how little) they’ve changed over a span of twenty years or so! Link - via AQFL

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