Gaming Gadgets
Wii Fit Workout Accessories – Wii Remote Dumbell Weights & Balance Board Stepper
December 10, 2010
Why might these Wii Fit Workout Accessories come in useful for your Nintendo Wii-focussed fitness regime? Well let’s see if this sounds familiar…
It’s just after New Year and you decide to get rid of some excess poundage and get trim for summer. You heard about the Wii Fit and decided to spend some money and shed some unwanted weight while having fun. You set it all up and followed your new fitness guru to the letter. But alas, your holiday weight just did not shift. So you packed it all away and considered going for a jog instead…
Pac-Man Heat Changing Mug – The Cup For Retro Gamers!
November 27, 2010
This one’s for all you retro games lovers out there, the Pac-Man Heat Changing Mug!
Pac-Man was, and still is, a classic to this day despite being 30 years old. So much so that I’ve got a plug and play version for that old nostalgic gamer inside me. Well, it’s Miss Pac-Man and it’s the other half’s game, but still, I have a version in my house.
I may have been a few years old before I realised what Pac-Man was, but it’s games like this that got me hooked into gaming and helped me to spend/waste (however you perceive it) days of my life glued to a TV screen with a controller trying to get to the next level before I was called for dinner!
Vuzix iWear Personal Display Glasses
November 16, 2010
For years people have dreamed of proper virtual reality. There has been much debate whether or not it would really work, but never the less the Vuzix iWear Personal Display Glasses are a fantastic solution for anyone who wants to give it a go for themselves.
A pair of lightweight glasses with integrated headphones provides a magnificently immersive experience. Basically, the glasses allow you to watch not only regular movies on what seems to be a big screen, it also has 3D capability too. Unbelievable and I have absolutely no idea how it works.
Retro Arcade Machine Money Box
September 30, 2010
Nostalgia is a funny old thing, and we all love it. When we saw the Retro Arcade Machine Money Box some of us here at GFM HQ were nearly overcome by feelings and memories from yester year.
Not because we had a childhood money box that we loved, but because this particular money box is shaped like the arcade machine classic, Earth Defenders (Space Invaders). The replica is that “looky likey” it even has the big blocky red and black alien dude on the side.
Nerf N-Strike Wii Blaster
April 16, 2009
What is it?
If you know Nerf then you will know that they are the source of endless foam dart fun. This new Nerf product is a “pull pin to cock, pull trigger to shoot” foam dart pistol.
This is the Nerf N-Strike Wii Blaster, it comes with 3 darts and a useful instruction book that tells you not to shoot your weapon at someone face (made us laugh). It also has a second, slightly more useful use. You can remove the barrel of the gun and replace it with a Wii remote allowing you to use it with you Nintendo Wii.
USB Riff Rocker Game Controller
April 10, 2009
What is it?
The Riff Rocker is essentially a USB controller for a game. You plug the little rocker into a free USB socket, download the two games off the Riff Rocker website, and then thrash your little fingers off.
The downloadable games come with the usual 3 difficulty settings and are based around the guitar heroes-esc format of “press the correct coloured button in time with the on screen prompt”.
Nintendo Wii Review – A Gadget For Men?
September 8, 2008
Nintendo produce a great new console and then name it after bodily function, yep that would be the Nintendo Wii!?
We giggled at this brave new name when we first heard it and sniggered at Nintendo’s marketing manager’s line of “every house should have a Wii”, but now this name holds no childish comical connotations for us as it has made such a big splash in the games console market.
The Nintendo Wii is like no other console that has made it to market and “in theory” should be ‘poo’. The graphics are last generation, it has little to no connectivity compared to rivals and it does not even double up as a DVD player. But despite these small flaws this stylish little box of magic is by far the most fun console available to buy.
