The Great 80s

We’ve seen a lot of great food ideas for an 80s party, but this one takes the cake (pardon the pun).  Somone has put together a “how to” video on building a cake in the shape of a Rubik’s Cube … Continue reading →

  The Rubik’s cube has been updated to become the ultimate geek’s toy.  The Rubik’s TouchCube by Technosource seamlessly blends cutting edge technology with the world’s #1 puzzle to create the first completely electronic, solvable Rubik’s Cube. Featuring touch sensor … Continue reading →

Nintendo ruled the ’80s — let’s get that fact out in the open right away. Yes, Atari had its moments (including a central role in the videogame crash of 1983), Sega was on the cusp of something great with the … Continue reading →

From The Patriot Ledger: Darth Vader, Batman, and Harry Potter are perennial favorites for trick-or-treaters. This year, however, nostalgia for the 1980s – that bygone age of leggings and big hair – will unleash an army of Material Girls and … Continue reading →

If you were like me in the 80s,  you would wake up Sunday morning, grab the paper, and skip directly to the comic strips to get your Bloom County fix.  What predicament was Opus the penguin going to get himself into … Continue reading →

These are strange times we live in. People my age grew up playing with 12-inch-tall versions of “G.I. Joe” characters, imagining wondrous adventures as we grew up in the ’80s. Now, Hollywood is bringing back “Transformers,” “Smurfs” and all the … Continue reading →

Now that Hollywood has plumbed every videogame out there and turned them into (mostly) bad movies, studios are scrambling to pick up…Atari 2600 games? Four studios have been battling to land rights to the Atari classic “Asteroids,” in which (unlike … Continue reading →

Remember pouring tons of money into the Pac Man machine back in the 80s?  Now you can put your money into Pac Man all over again.  Nilesz.com is selling wallets made out of recycled Atari 2600 video game cartridges. The description … Continue reading →

What a way to turn 28! Jessica Alba brought in a new year Sunday with an ’80s theme party, complete with tunes from Michael Jackson, Prince and Madonna, and games of Connect Four and Chinese Checkers. Read More…