Musician David Bennett performs accurate recreations of classic songs. After impressing us with his version of A Day in the Life, he teamed up with vocalist Guy Bangham to produce a spot-on version of The Doors’ Riders on the Storm. The Rhodes V8 virtual keyboard helped recreate the sound of Ray Manzarek’s keyboard.
The reason for shaking dice before rolling them is to randomize them from their starting positions. But the guys at Atypyk Paris seem to think that shaking dice also makes their pips move around. Their nonsensical Shaken wood dice come with the dots already shaken for you. Another first-world problem solved. Or not.
This star-studded science fiction series is set in a future where society has overcome many challenges with science and technology, but climate change eludes them. As eight interconnected stories unfold, we learn about humanity’s battles in the face of a seemingly insurmountable crisis. Drops 3.17.23 on Apple TV+.
We’ve seen a LEGO machine that could make pancakes, so the idea of a brick-built cake bakery isn’t that far-fetched. But Tomosteen made their LEGO cake factory using stop-motion animation. The fanciful facility is run by a team of tiny cats, who surprisingly don’t lap up the batter before it can be baked in the LEGO brick oven.
These Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle collectible cups from Numskull Designs and Merchoid are lean, green, and mean. Each 14 oz. ceramic cup features a wraparound design of your favorite turtle. Choose from Michaelangelo, Donatello, Leonardo, or Raphael designs, each sold separately.
Art of Play teamed up with The Eames Office to create this playing card deck that embraces the mid-century modern aesthetic of Charles and Ray Eames. A geometric numbering system pays tribute to the duo’s film Powers of Ten, while the card backs feature the Eames’ signature starburst. Designed by Dan and Dave.
Since wind is a requirement for flying kites, it’s typically an outdoor activity. However, experienced kite flyers like Spence “Watty” Watson know how to get them off the ground indoors. At the 2023 SPI Kite Fest, Spence showed off with a 25-foot-long 8-stack kite that he flew over spectators heads. Video by Tommy J. Saenz.
Pakistani singer Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan was beloved for his incredible vocal talents and songwriting skills. Now Andre Antunes has taken part of his performance of Akhiyan Udeek Diyan and blessed it with a heavy metal companion track. The result is a sublime mix of two very different cultures. Turn on captions for the translated lyrics.
Good morning! It’s time for your wake-up call, and there’s no better sound to get you up and going than the screaming vocals of metalhead Leo Moracchioli. This time, he sharpened the edge of the Simple Minds track Don’t You (Forget About Me</a>. Rain keeps falling, down, down, down works really well as a metal lyric.
This limited-edition Premium+ version of the arcade classic Skee-Ball features a light maple laminate cabinet with real hardwood maple trim. It’s got a digital scoreboard with six gameplay modes and authentic arcade sounds. Its thick cork ramp, rubber target cups, and wood polypropylene balls will last for years.
As part of his “Should I/Can I Cover It?” series, musician Thomas Benjamin Wild Esq. performs a track that clearly wasn’t designed to be played on a tiny 4-string ukulele. But the old-fashioned musician gave it the old college try regardless. If Thomas looks familiar, it’s because he has No More F**ks to Give.
We knew James Gunn couldn’t do the final Guardians movie without Zoe Saldaña. So Gamora is back, only she’s an alt-timeline version who couldn’t give a damn about Peter Quill. We’ll also learn about Rocket’s devastating origins, meet the powerful Adam Warlock, and the nefarious High Evolutionary. GoG3 hits theaters 5.3.23.
Learn about circuits, soldering, and writing code with this duo of CircuitMess electronic music makers. The Synthia is a digital beat maker and sampler, while the Jay-D is a miniature DJ mixer with audio effects, built-in speakers, and a sweet LED light show. Grab the bundle for a special price in The Awesomer Shop.
“Slinky Josh” Jacobs, knows a thing or two about bossing around springy playthings. In this video from WIRED’s Obsessed series, the Slinky master shows us some basic tricks, explains the proper equipment, then really shows off. It’s also the only time we’ve heard the phrase “burgeoning Slinky manipulation community.”
If you think that a guitar is just meant for making music, you’re wrong. Musician Cameron Cooper shows us how to get some crazy and unusual sounds out of an electric guitar, including a horse’s whinny, a church bell, police sirens, and some creepy evil clown sounds.
The Melodicka Bros. are really good at reinventing popular songs. This time out, they took the high-energy Blur track Song 2 and reworked it with a 3/4 time signature. The result is a very different, yet equally entertaining track, alternatively known as “Song 3.”
The Lord of the Rings fans will drool over this incredible LEGO model of the peaceful elven haven of Rivendell. The 6167-piece kit is one of LEGO’s 10 biggest sets ever and is packed with fantastic details. It includes 15 minifigures: Frodo, Bilbo, Boromir, Elrond, Arwen, Aragorn, Gimli, Merriadoc, Peregrin, Samwise, Legolas, and Gandalf.
This titanium fidget toy features a series of magnetic bars which tilt along a center beam and click into place like toggle switches. The interchangeable buttons let you choose between a mix of rectangular and square switches. Available in grey, purple, or blue anodized finishes.
Ben Affleck directed and stars in this drama about athletic wear giant Nike as it struck its game-changing partnership with Michael Jordan. Affleck portrays Nike boss Phil Knight, while Matt Damon plays the man who took a gamble on a rookie NBA player to help spawn the company’s new basketball division. In theaters 4.5.23.
This notebook is perfect for keeping track of the movies you’ve seen and taking notes. It’s got pre-lined prompts for details like the title, director, genre, and stars, along with your notes and ratings of each movie. The 6″ x 9″ journal has 100 pages and is available in paperback and hardcover versions.
We’ve seen a LEGO machine that keeps knocking down and standing up a row of dominoes, but this version by JK Brickworks is even more satisfying. After its 64 dominoes start falling, a motorized train runs around its circular track and stands them back up. If it weren’t for its power needs, it could run forever.
Caverns of Mars was one of the best games for Atari’s 8-bit PCs. Caverns of Mars: Recharged revamps the downward-scroller with HD graphics, trickier obstacles, new power-ups, destructible environments, local co-op, and global leaderboards. Coming to Atari VCS, Steam, Epic, PlayStation, Xbox, and Switch on 3.9.23.
Designer, writer, and engineer Marcin Wichary created this extensive visual history of keyboards and the people who use them. The two-volume set is packed with 1300 photos and numerous stories about the amazing mechanical device that changed the world in so many ways.
