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Buckyballs Giveaway
(20 October 2009) - With almost as many ways to play with them as there are magnetic balls in the package, Buckyballs makes for an addictive and intelligent game that now comes in a clear square cube showing off their capabilities. Designed to relieve stress or provide unlimited hours of fun, the 216 rare earth magnets snap together, pull apart and align into geometric configurations. Check out their...
(20 October 2009) - With almost as many ways to play with them as there are magnetic balls in the package, Buckyballs makes for an addictive and intelligent game that now comes in a clear square cube showing off their capabilities. Designed to relieve stress or provide unlimited hours of fun, the 216 rare earth magnets snap together, pull apart and align into geometric configurations. Check out their...
CRC Jianian: The Chinese Music Connection
(12 June 2009) - by Tisha Leung When 38 year-old Toby Record revealed that as the Executive Director of CRC Jianian Inc., he had access to the Chinese government’s largest body of recorded historical and contemporary music, I was impressed—to say the least. Then he told me that rap producer Oh No laid some beats over a Chinese Peking Opera tune for the video game, Grand Theft Auto. So,...
(12 June 2009) - by Tisha Leung When 38 year-old Toby Record revealed that as the Executive Director of CRC Jianian Inc., he had access to the Chinese government’s largest body of recorded historical and contemporary music, I was impressed—to say the least. Then he told me that rap producer Oh No laid some beats over a Chinese Peking Opera tune for the video game, Grand Theft Auto. So,...
FORMation iPhone Apps: Kern and Eye vs Eye
(09 March 2009) - by Kori Schulman IPhone toting graphic designers everywhere have FORMation studio to thank/blame for their addictive design-oriented apps Kern and Eye vs. Eye. Tetris meets type in Kern, a game that tests player’s ability to accurately place a missing letter in a word. Scores are calculated based on type size, leading amount and accuracy of letter placement. Eye vs. Eye challenges color-matching skills with a...
(09 March 2009) - by Kori Schulman IPhone toting graphic designers everywhere have FORMation studio to thank/blame for their addictive design-oriented apps Kern and Eye vs. Eye. Tetris meets type in Kern, a game that tests player’s ability to accurately place a missing letter in a word. Scores are calculated based on type size, leading amount and accuracy of letter placement. Eye vs. Eye challenges color-matching skills with a...
SFMOMA Diaspora Playing Cards
(04 February 2009) - Las Vegas, a city that can be as lonely as it is lively, is accurately depicted in SFMOMA Architecture + Design Forum's newly commissioned design project, appropriately entitled Diaspora. A double deck of artfully designed playing cards, Diaspora is a collaboration between Pulitzer Prize-winning writer Michael Cunningham and dynamic graphic designer Martin Venezky in conjunction with SFMOMA's recent exhibition, "Double Down: Two Visions of...
(04 February 2009) - Las Vegas, a city that can be as lonely as it is lively, is accurately depicted in SFMOMA Architecture + Design Forum's newly commissioned design project, appropriately entitled Diaspora. A double deck of artfully designed playing cards, Diaspora is a collaboration between Pulitzer Prize-winning writer Michael Cunningham and dynamic graphic designer Martin Venezky in conjunction with SFMOMA's recent exhibition, "Double Down: Two Visions of...
New from 20ltd: Shagreen Backgammon Set and Sailing Canoe
(17 July 2008) - The two latest offerings from the online concept boutique 20ltd, a Shagreen (Stingray) backgammon set and a fiberglass sailing canoe, are the ultimate interpretations of toys for big kids. Personally made for 20ltd by Max Parker (heir to Geoffrey Parker, the British maker of luxury games), the backgammon set features sterling silver inlaid Shagreen playing pieces, a hand-inlaid Shagreen playing field and gold plated...
(17 July 2008) - The two latest offerings from the online concept boutique 20ltd, a Shagreen (Stingray) backgammon set and a fiberglass sailing canoe, are the ultimate interpretations of toys for big kids. Personally made for 20ltd by Max Parker (heir to Geoffrey Parker, the British maker of luxury games), the backgammon set features sterling silver inlaid Shagreen playing pieces, a hand-inlaid Shagreen playing field and gold plated...
Bananagrams
(21 April 2008) - Bananagrams is a multiplayer anagram word game that uses tiles with letters. Each player constructs their own freeform group of words at the same time, drawing or exchanging tiles as needed until someone has used all of their tiles. That person wins the round, which can take as little as five minutes to play. The Nathanson family loves word games, and came up with...
(21 April 2008) - Bananagrams is a multiplayer anagram word game that uses tiles with letters. Each player constructs their own freeform group of words at the same time, drawing or exchanging tiles as needed until someone has used all of their tiles. That person wins the round, which can take as little as five minutes to play. The Nathanson family loves word games, and came up with...
The Viva Caligula Game
(12 October 2007) - While not as sexy as the 1979 quasi porno starring Malcolm McDowell and Peter O'Toole, the latest take on one of Rome's most notorious Emperors is ten times more satisfying. Viva Caligula is a flash game where you play as Caligula. Since the whole empire was so corrupt, the goal is to sadistically slash your way through the Roman populace, including woman and children....
(12 October 2007) - While not as sexy as the 1979 quasi porno starring Malcolm McDowell and Peter O'Toole, the latest take on one of Rome's most notorious Emperors is ten times more satisfying. Viva Caligula is a flash game where you play as Caligula. Since the whole empire was so corrupt, the goal is to sadistically slash your way through the Roman populace, including woman and children....
Hello Kitty Solid Gold Playing Cards
(01 October 2007) - by Brian Ashcraft If nothing says luxe like gold playing cards, then nothing says WTF like gold Hello Kitty playing cards. Starting 3 October 2007, Sanrio will start selling solid gold Hello Kitty trumps in honor of Kitty's 33rd anniversary. Each 99.99 percent gold card in the deck of 54 is sealed in a protective laminate, measures at 58 x 89 mm and is...
(01 October 2007) - by Brian Ashcraft If nothing says luxe like gold playing cards, then nothing says WTF like gold Hello Kitty playing cards. Starting 3 October 2007, Sanrio will start selling solid gold Hello Kitty trumps in honor of Kitty's 33rd anniversary. Each 99.99 percent gold card in the deck of 54 is sealed in a protective laminate, measures at 58 x 89 mm and is...
Cranium Wow: Interview And Exclusive Giveaway
(12 September 2007) - Combining Trivial Pursuit, charades, art and some varieties of calisthenics, Cranium is one of my all-time favorite board games. Cool Hunting has the exclusive on the new edition, Cranium Wow and we are giving one away before it hits stores. Details after the jump. While staying true to the original Cranium game, Wow features an entirely revamped design with all new questions including everything...
(12 September 2007) - Combining Trivial Pursuit, charades, art and some varieties of calisthenics, Cranium is one of my all-time favorite board games. Cool Hunting has the exclusive on the new edition, Cranium Wow and we are giving one away before it hits stores. Details after the jump. While staying true to the original Cranium game, Wow features an entirely revamped design with all new questions including everything...
Win a Wii from ThisNext and Cool Hunting
(29 August 2007) - If you're one of those who wants a Wii, but is too busy reading Cool Hunting to go out and get one yourself, you have until this Friday, 31 August, to win one from CH and This Next. All you have to do to enter is contribute to Cool Hunting! Just head over to ThisNext, create an account, recommend items, and—most importantly—tag your recommendation...
(29 August 2007) - If you're one of those who wants a Wii, but is too busy reading Cool Hunting to go out and get one yourself, you have until this Friday, 31 August, to win one from CH and This Next. All you have to do to enter is contribute to Cool Hunting! Just head over to ThisNext, create an account, recommend items, and—most importantly—tag your recommendation...
Cool Hunting x ThisNext: Wii Giveaway
(20 August 2007) - Our friends at ThisNext have given us a Wii. As much as Wii here at Cool Hunting would love to keep the Wii for ourselves, Wii've decided to just give it away to one lucky wiiner. Get it? I'm replacing the word we with Wii, because that's the system we're giving away—gosh I'm clever. The Wii is so freaking awesome its wiird. To enter,...
(20 August 2007) - Our friends at ThisNext have given us a Wii. As much as Wii here at Cool Hunting would love to keep the Wii for ourselves, Wii've decided to just give it away to one lucky wiiner. Get it? I'm replacing the word we with Wii, because that's the system we're giving away—gosh I'm clever. The Wii is so freaking awesome its wiird. To enter,...
Lascivious Playing Cards
(20 December 2006) - Lascivious started with super vampy lingerie, but Chloe and Ozy, the brother-and-sister creative duo behind Lascivious, always expressed their interest towards sex illustration. Their online look-books have always been prurient eye candy made with photos, cocktail recipes, cut-out dolls, erotic tickets and the like. In their world populated by modern vixens, bombshells and dominatrixes, when the urge to give more room to art became...
(20 December 2006) - Lascivious started with super vampy lingerie, but Chloe and Ozy, the brother-and-sister creative duo behind Lascivious, always expressed their interest towards sex illustration. Their online look-books have always been prurient eye candy made with photos, cocktail recipes, cut-out dolls, erotic tickets and the like. In their world populated by modern vixens, bombshells and dominatrixes, when the urge to give more room to art became...
Maharishi Bonsai Championship Backgammon Set
(12 September 2006) - For long train rides or rainy days, Maharishi's new Backgammon set adds a little style to the classic antidote to boredom—and continues Maharishi's mission to liberate the pattern from military associations at the same time. Dressed up in their house bonsai forest camo, the game includes dice, playing pieces and dice rollers that come in a briefcase-style case that includes combination locks. The orange...
(12 September 2006) - For long train rides or rainy days, Maharishi's new Backgammon set adds a little style to the classic antidote to boredom—and continues Maharishi's mission to liberate the pattern from military associations at the same time. Dressed up in their house bonsai forest camo, the game includes dice, playing pieces and dice rollers that come in a briefcase-style case that includes combination locks. The orange...
Roddick vs. Pong
(04 September 2006) - Seen in January during the Australian Open, this American Express ad is back for another round during the US Open. You don't have to be a tennis fan to appreciate Ogilvy's clever combination of live action and animation to show a real life game of Pong being played on the court by Andy Roddick. Further promoting AmEx cards, the ad shows the url...
(04 September 2006) - Seen in January during the Australian Open, this American Express ad is back for another round during the US Open. You don't have to be a tennis fan to appreciate Ogilvy's clever combination of live action and animation to show a real life game of Pong being played on the court by Andy Roddick. Further promoting AmEx cards, the ad shows the url...
TalkMan For PSP
(09 June 2006) - Okay, I'll admit upfront that this has a somewhat tenuous link to the World Cup, but with people from 32 nations following their team to Germany, communicating could be a bit of problem. Just the kind of situation where Sony hopes PSP owners will take advantage of TalkMan. Originally released in Japan last year, it's not really a game as such; more a piece...
(09 June 2006) - Okay, I'll admit upfront that this has a somewhat tenuous link to the World Cup, but with people from 32 nations following their team to Germany, communicating could be a bit of problem. Just the kind of situation where Sony hopes PSP owners will take advantage of TalkMan. Originally released in Japan last year, it's not really a game as such; more a piece...
Loco Roco Demo
(01 May 2006) - Some of you may remember, last month when I reported on this year's Loco Roco. The official Japanese website has a demo of the game available for download. I wouldn't normally put a post up on CH saying "you gotta try this," but this simple little demo of the game is so cute and fun and replayable, what the hell... You gotta try this!...
(01 May 2006) - Some of you may remember, last month when I reported on this year's Loco Roco. The official Japanese website has a demo of the game available for download. I wouldn't normally put a post up on CH saying "you gotta try this," but this simple little demo of the game is so cute and fun and replayable, what the hell... You gotta try this!...
Rubik's Sudoku
(29 March 2006) - Rubik's x Sudoko = this travel friendly, programable game. No word on the official Rubik's site but the game is already hitting (virtual) store shelves in advance of its expected U.S. release in May 2006 (and a bargain at an expected MSRP of around $14). The colored tiles help you visualize your rows/squares. Simply set up the board to replicate the starting point of...
(29 March 2006) - Rubik's x Sudoko = this travel friendly, programable game. No word on the official Rubik's site but the game is already hitting (virtual) store shelves in advance of its expected U.S. release in May 2006 (and a bargain at an expected MSRP of around $14). The colored tiles help you visualize your rows/squares. Simply set up the board to replicate the starting point of...
Game Developers Conference 2006
(27 March 2006) - Hello! Some of you may remember last year's coverage of Game Developers Conference, rather than report on many different sessions and topics, I'd prefer to mention a couple of very special products as well as common themes. Loco Roco: The upcoming PSP title, Loco Roco, has got to be one of the cutest characters out there. Imagine what it would be like if Pacman,...
(27 March 2006) - Hello! Some of you may remember last year's coverage of Game Developers Conference, rather than report on many different sessions and topics, I'd prefer to mention a couple of very special products as well as common themes. Loco Roco: The upcoming PSP title, Loco Roco, has got to be one of the cutest characters out there. Imagine what it would be like if Pacman,...
Second Life
(24 February 2006) - If you'll recall, earlier this week I mentioned the Second Life. What makes this virtual space different than that of others, is that the content is both created and owned by its members. Owned as in, they own the intellectual property rights to it; thereby able to buy, sell and trade whatever they make. They also own land in game. Linden Lab, the creators...
(24 February 2006) - If you'll recall, earlier this week I mentioned the Second Life. What makes this virtual space different than that of others, is that the content is both created and owned by its members. Owned as in, they own the intellectual property rights to it; thereby able to buy, sell and trade whatever they make. They also own land in game. Linden Lab, the creators...
Games for Women, Games by Women
(22 February 2006) - The Women in Games International held a half day event this past Saturday entitled Games for Women, Games by Women at the Fort Mason Convention Center. The event was composed primarily of panelist discussions about the types of games currently played by women and the types of games that appeal to women. Although no standard profile of the female gamer was determined (probably for...
(22 February 2006) - The Women in Games International held a half day event this past Saturday entitled Games for Women, Games by Women at the Fort Mason Convention Center. The event was composed primarily of panelist discussions about the types of games currently played by women and the types of games that appeal to women. Although no standard profile of the female gamer was determined (probably for...
Another $250 for the Humane Society
(27 October 2005) - Since our last update, we've sold 100 more Pair-o-deez decks and just made our second donation of $250 to the Humane Society Disaster Relief Fund. Our total contribution so far is $375. We want to raise over $2000 and have plenty more decks to sell, so what are you waiting for? For just $10 plus shipping and handling, you can own the sneaker memory...
(27 October 2005) - Since our last update, we've sold 100 more Pair-o-deez decks and just made our second donation of $250 to the Humane Society Disaster Relief Fund. Our total contribution so far is $375. We want to raise over $2000 and have plenty more decks to sell, so what are you waiting for? For just $10 plus shipping and handling, you can own the sneaker memory...
Time Out: Shelf Conscious
(13 October 2005) - All hands on decks. For a true sneaker freak, shoes aren't just something to wear on one's feet. As a nod to his obsession with collectors' kicks, Josh Rubin, editor of design blog Coolhunting.com, has created pair-o-deez ($10), a sneaker-themed paring card game based on the age-old kindergarten pastime Memory. Test your recall-- not to mention your knowledge of limited edition footwear-- with the...
(13 October 2005) - All hands on decks. For a true sneaker freak, shoes aren't just something to wear on one's feet. As a nod to his obsession with collectors' kicks, Josh Rubin, editor of design blog Coolhunting.com, has created pair-o-deez ($10), a sneaker-themed paring card game based on the age-old kindergarten pastime Memory. Test your recall-- not to mention your knowledge of limited edition footwear-- with the...
Opus Foosball Table
(03 October 2005) - I know, I know, you want to pick up a foosball table for the game room, but you're disappointed with the humdrum options at the local game shop. If only you could choose the wood. Select the color and dim the lights on the playing field. Make the players look like your friends or favorite athletes (that Doppelganger technology comes in handy for this)....
(03 October 2005) - I know, I know, you want to pick up a foosball table for the game room, but you're disappointed with the humdrum options at the local game shop. If only you could choose the wood. Select the color and dim the lights on the playing field. Make the players look like your friends or favorite athletes (that Doppelganger technology comes in handy for this)....
Cop a Deck for a Cause
(12 September 2005) - You've played the on-line version, now you can have a Pair-o-deez deck of your own. For just $10 plus shipping and handling, you can own the sneaker memory game featuring selections from Josh's collection. For every deck purchased we'll donate $2.50 to the Humane Society Disaster Relief Fund to help lost and abandoned pets in the wake of Hurricane Katrina. We have 1,000 decks...
(12 September 2005) - You've played the on-line version, now you can have a Pair-o-deez deck of your own. For just $10 plus shipping and handling, you can own the sneaker memory game featuring selections from Josh's collection. For every deck purchased we'll donate $2.50 to the Humane Society Disaster Relief Fund to help lost and abandoned pets in the wake of Hurricane Katrina. We have 1,000 decks...
Pair-o-deez
(30 August 2005) - I've only been collecting sneakers for a few years, but have already amassed many a proud pair. I wanted to show them off and asked my friends over at Youth of Tomorrow to lend a hand. They came up with the brilliant concept of a memory game. We even went so far as to produce both printed and on-line versions. The decks should be...
(30 August 2005) - I've only been collecting sneakers for a few years, but have already amassed many a proud pair. I wanted to show them off and asked my friends over at Youth of Tomorrow to lend a hand. They came up with the brilliant concept of a memory game. We even went so far as to produce both printed and on-line versions. The decks should be...
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