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GoPro: 2017 in Review

GoPro: 2017 in Review

Another year has passed, and GoPro action cameras yet again helped to capture some of the year’s most epic, beautiful, entertaining, and dramatic sights. There’s no way a sub-3-minute video can sum it all up, but it’s still worth a watch – even if it is just a commercial.

Civilization VI on iPad

Civilization VI on iPad

Now you can make that one last turn on the go with this incredible port of Civilization VI for the iPad. All of the award-winning desktop strategy game’s features are here, including multiplayer and keyboard support. It requires an iPad Air 2 or better. Unlocking the full game costs $30.

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Giant Magic 8 Ball

Giant Magic 8 Ball
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Mattel’s supersized Magic 8 Ball is decidedly huge. It measures 10″ in diameter and has 20 different answers. The only downside is that your arms will probably give up before you get the answer you like.

Hot Toys Leia Last Jedi Action Figure

Hot Toys Leia Last Jedi Action Figure
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“Wipe that nervous expression off your face, Threepio.” Hot Toys immortalizes the late Carrie Fisher and her performance in Star Wars: The Last Jedi. This 11″ tall action figure comes with a two pairs of hands, a blaster pistol, and a tracking bracelet.

MoMa Trick Placemat

MoMa Trick Placemat
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This fun placemat makes it look like your cutlery and plate are warping the space around them. A great gift for illusion, science or science fiction buffs. Available exclusively through Museum of Modern Art’s store. It comes in blue or white.

X-Men: Grand Design

X-Men: Grand Design
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From writer and artist Ed Piskor comes a three-part comic book miniseries that retells the story of the X-Men so far. Similar to what he did in Hip-Hop Family Tree, Piskor summed up over 50 years of X-Men stories in a retro and verbose style. More here and here.

Making Candy Canes from Scratch

Making Candy Canes from Scratch

To celebrate the holidays, true DIYer How To Make Everything decided to take a stab at making some candy canes, starting out by extracting sugar straight from cane, and using natural flavorings and colors. Will they turn out better than his candy corns?

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2017 Airstream Basecamp Trailer

2017 Airstream Basecamp Trailer

Airstream revived its most compact camper trailer yet. The Basecamp’s light weight (2,585 lb) and high ground clearance make it suitable for exploring. It comfortably sits up to 5 people and sleeps up to 2, has solar pre-wiring, tons of USB charging ports and a large rear hatch.

Christopher Nolan 4K HDR Blu-ray Set

Christopher Nolan 4K HDR Blu-ray Set

This Blu-ray box set features Christopher Nolan’s last seven movies – The Prestige, the three Dark Knight films, Inception, Interstellar, and Dunkirk – remastered in 4K with HDR support. It also comes with discs for 1080p versions of the films as well as bonus features.

A Very Daft Punk Christmas

A Very Daft Punk Christmas

We’re not sure from whence this album came from, but we’re 99.999% certain it wasn’t performed by Daft Punk themselves. Still, this mysteriously posted compilation of holiday tunes done in the style of the robots is pretty damned entertaining.

The Story of the Rocky Theme Song

The Story of the Rocky Theme Song

“What in god’s name is anybody gonna write to that?” Singer-songwriter Carol Connors spoke with Academy Originals about how they came up with Gonna Fly Now, the theme song for Rocky that has become inseparable with the movie and its famed museum steps scene.

Bandcamp Gift Cards

Bandcamp Gift Cards
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Give the gift of music and support independent musicians with Bandcamp’s gift cards. They can be used to purchase not only digital music but also selected physical releases – CDs, cassette tapes and vinyl records. Available in different currencies and denominations.

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Peter Bence: Don’t Stop Me Now

Peter Bence: Don’t Stop Me Now

Watch piano virtuoso Peter Bence as his fingers fly across the keys of his Steinway in this amazing arrangement of Queen’s 1978 classic Don’t Stop Me Now, with a tiny bit of Bohemian Rhapsody thrown in for good measure. Sheet music available here if you can keep up.

Sicario 2: Soldado (Trailer)

Sicario 2: Soldado (Trailer)

“No rules this time.” Oscar winners Josh Brolin and Benicio del Toro reprise their roles in the sequel to the tense Sicario. When drug cartels begin trafficking terrorists across the US-Mexico border, the American government unleashes mercenaries to fight back.

Nendoroid D.Va

Nendoroid D.Va
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The latest character to be featured in Good Smile Company’s line of Overwatch Nendoroid figures. This cute D.Va is nearly 4″ tall and has articulated hair for more varied poses. She comes with a light gun and snack accessories, as well as a mini MEKA action figure.

Revoltech Carnage Action Figure

Revoltech Carnage Action Figure
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The latest action figure in Kaiyodo’s unassailable Amazing Yamaguchi Revoltech line. The Carnage action figure is 6.3″ tall and comes with six pairs of eyes, six hands and tons of tendrils and blades for hundreds of display possibilities.

Dragon Ball FighterZ (Trailer)

Dragon Ball FighterZ (Trailer)

This new Japanese trailer for upcoming fighting game Dragon Ball FighterZ introduces new playable characters, including Beerus, Hit and Goku Black. It also shows cutscenes that are based on pivotal moments from the anime. Man this game looks great.

Mortal Engines (Teaser)

Mortal Engines (Teaser)

Directed by Christian Rivers, the visual effects artist behind King Kong, and produced by Peter Jackson, comes a post-apocalyptic Earth in which humanity turns to living inside of moving vehicular cities, attacking and gobbling up smaller towns to steal resources for survival.

Never Stop Sneakin’

Never Stop Sneakin’

From the creator of Dust: An Elysian Tail comes a parody of Metal Gear Solid. Never Stop Sneakin’ is a top-down simplified stealth action game for the Nintendo Switch. It uses only the left thumb stick – every action is contextual. The folks behind its trailer deserve a raise.

Sound Reactive LED Masks

Sound Reactive LED Masks

Outline Montreal’s foam masks have LEDs and a small controller that makes the lights automatically pulse in time with nearby sound. These new designs feature an improved controller that reacts better to sound that’s loud or from a nearby source.

Foo Fighters: Christmas Medley

Foo Fighters: Christmas Medley

During the Xmas 2017 episode of Saturday Night Live, Foo Fighters turned in a wonderful three-song medley that included Everlong, Christmas (Baby Please Come Home), with the most rockin’ rendition of Linus and Lucy from Peanuts we’ve ever heard.

Polycade Pro Arcade Machine

Polycade Pro Arcade Machine

A more capable and versatile version of the Polycade. The Polycade Pro not only plays classic games. It’s also powerful enough to play modern titles, has a spinner/paddle control, and a joystick that can be switched between 4- and 8-way modes.

Antler Playing Cards

Antler Playing Cards
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Dan & Dave’s nature inspired playing cards are adorned with a duo of noble bucks and woodsy flourishes on back, and their face cards are printed with warm sepiatone colors. Comes packed in a premium cardstock box with foil accents and embossing.

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