All recent conflicts might be settled online in League of Legends, Fortnite, or Valorant matches, but there was a time before that–when the rest of us were growing up–when everything was settled with one game:…
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The Story Behind Each of the Most Popular Monopoly Pieces, Past and Present
While many board games use colorful little pegs as markers, Monopoly, the game with the unique power to unite and divide a family in the matter of an hour, has those odd tokens you’re no…
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Arena Concrete Architectural Chess Set
Like the marvels of ancient architecture, the game of chess has endured for centuries garnering new fans and players every year. Material Immaterial Studio brings together modern minimalism with the grand structures of the past…
Simpsons Steamed Hams Point-and-Click Adventure Game
“Steamed Hams” is not only one of the best bits from The Simpsons — a show overflowing with impeccable gags — but it’s also become an enduring meme in the internet era. Now, the brief…
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You Can Relive All the ‘Home Alone’ Shenanigans with the LEGO McCallister House
There have been plenty of great user-designed LEGO sets that were put into production after a successful campaign on LEGO Ideas. If we’re being honest, we haven’t been as excited about any of them as…
LEGO Ideas Pac-Man Moving Display
When it comes to nostalgic pieces from our formative years that we will always support, it’s hard to compete with the likes of Pac-Man and LEGO. LEGO Ideas user LiteBricks has submitted what might be…
This Kit Will Teach You How to Control Minds
Yes, you read that correctly. Mind control is real, and you can learn how to do in just a few minutes with no prior experience or special skills. The brain child of Ellusionist and Peter…
This Kit Will Teach You How to Control Minds
Yes, you read that correctly. Mind control is real, and you can learn how to do in just a few minutes with no prior experience or special skills. The brain child of Ellusionist and Peter…
Umbra Rolz Portable Chess/Checkers Set
Portable board games always feel a little cheapened. Either the pieces are too small or the game itself isn’t really portable. Well interior design company Umbra has succeeded in making an on-the-go functional and playful…
Two Two Makes Stylish Racquets for the Court
Racquet sports have always been undeniably cool. There’s a regal tradition that’s always surrounded tennis, but in recent years the sport has become adopted by enthusiasts young and old. Between the watches, the equipment, and…
A Sealed Copy of ‘Super Mario 64’ Sold at Auction for Over $1.5 Million
Everyone knows that nostalgia is a huge factor in the price things sell for at auction. But we’re willing to bet no one would have predicted that a sealed copy of Super Mario 64 would…
This App Tells You What You Can Build Out of a Pile of LEGO Bricks
Despite the fact we’ve all “grown up” since our introduction to LEGO, the magic of building something from nothing but tiny plastic bricks remains as appealing today as it was during childhood. These days, we’re…
Build Your Very Own ‘Seinfeld’ Set With This LEGO Ideas Release
To this day, the “show about nothing” otherwise known as Seinfeld remains one of our favorite sitcoms of all time. No other show has so perfectly captured the absolute inanity and ephemera of everyday life.…
15 Modern Board Games That Don’t Suck
If you’ve spent any time on Kickstarter perusing successful projects, you may have realized we are in a sort of board game renaissance. Forget the classics, there’s a suite of complex, art-driven, engaging board games…
The ‘Legend of Zelda’ Games Are Coming to a Portable Game & Watch Console
To this day, Legend of Zelda remains one of our favorite video game franchises of all time–despite the fact it’s thirty-five years old. There are definitely prettier, more action-packed options these days, but when it…
Arcade1Up Is Remaking ‘The Simpsons’ Arcade Game
The 2021 iteration of E3–aka the Electronic Entertainment Experience–is set to kick off this Saturday, June 12th. Arcade1Up decided to start the party early by revealing that they’re re-releasing a new version of a beloved…
Yahtzee Cup Noodles Special Edition
If your college experience was anything like ours, your dining hall meal plan was frequently supplemented by the iconic Cup Noodles ramen experience. Not quite proper ramen, not quite soup but cheap as hell and…
Lego Is Celebrating Pride Month and Diversity With the ‘Everyone Is Awesome’ Set
When it comes to catchy jingles, there are few modern examples that are more ear-worm-y than Tegan and Sara’s “Everything is Awesome” featuring The Lonely Island from the original LEGO Movie. Everyone’s favorite brick builder…
The Latest R2-D2 LEGO Set Is the Most Advanced Yet
We’ve spent more of our adult lives building LEGO Star Wars sets than we’d care to talk about, but as long as the iconic and popular brick builder keeps churning out sets like this latest…
LEGO NASA Space Shuttle Discovery Kit
When it comes to building models of your favorite National Aeronautics and Space Administration vehicles, you won’t find better than the options from everyone’s favorite brick-builder, LEGO. Joining the likes of the LEGO NASA Space…