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"Pencil Dice" aid those needing to roll a D6 and write the great American novel simultaneously
All from London-based designer Sebastian Bergne. [via]
Cheat Sheet 6/27: TF2 is a free-for-all, Smash Bros. for Wii U will be a long time coming
Here’s some bite-size mainstream videogame news to go with your morning coffee. -Get a look at new screens, details and the trailer for the upcoming XCOM reboot. –Team Fortress 2 is now free-to-play online, but you can still pay for virtual hats and stuff. –Shenmue creator Yu Suzuki trades in his r
Box art or art boxed? GA Tech professor’s $500 bespoke "game poems"
GA Tech professor Ian Bogost produced a series of “game poems” called A Slow Year as a set of 1K games for the Atari. But now he’s create a super luxe boxed version of the games for sale for $500 a piece. This strategy for boxed games is an interesting tack. Obviously, A Slow Year is not worth that
High-end Space Invaders watch for the very vain, pixelated
Swiss watchmaker Romain Jerome is releasing this eye-sore in collaboration with Taito. The company’s other watches go from more than $10k, but honestly, given the other crazy things that watches can do, we’d expect a playable build. Also, of note, is the company’s tag of “DNA of Famous Legends.” Per
