I used to have a cat and I remember that it was so much fun to dangle a piece of string around for hours marvelling at how long the cat can stay amused by a piece of string. You then, of course, realize that you’ve been dangling a string in front of a cat for an hour; who’s the easily amused one now ;)?

And since you can do pretty much anything else with gadgets, why not entertain your cat with one? The Remote Control Mouse saves your arm from tiring during the strenuous act of dangling a piece of string, while also giving you a little more enjoyment out of playing with your cat.

The mouse looks like a real mouse, although I’m pretty sure your cat won’t be too fussy what it looks like! It even has a really cool little tail on it which your cat can paw at.
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I’m pleased, or maybe a little embarrassed, to admit that that I’ve tried out this gadget, and it really is a lot of fun! The Bazooka Foam Gun is a stronger and more powerful version of foam shooting guns which is a whole lot of fun and even hurts a little bit unlike its pathetic alternatives!

A couple of weeks ago my friends and I were bored, so of course we went to hang out in the toys department of Walmart like any other bored person would do, (right?). One of my friends had some money so we were bugging him to buy us some toy guns and we convinced him to get us each a cool toy gun. We got 2 cap guns, a Nerf dart gun and the Bazooka Foam Gun.
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As daft games go this has got to be right up there, Wet Head Water Roulette.

Each player takes it in turns to wear the wet head, spin the roulette wheel and then pull the pin. Play continue until the unlucky victim gets a soaking.

Available from Play Engine for £14.99. Thanks to James Trotta for the lead, his free sports forums cover nearly everything. Cheers mate.

Isn’t it annoying when it’s a hot day and you feel like nothing would be better than a nice swim in your pool, but you get there and all you see is dead bugs and leaves? So you go get the skimmer to start dragging out all the mess out of your pool, wasting time you could be relaxing in the pool.

This doesn’t have to be the case any longer, however, with the Jet Net Remote Control Pool Skimmer. This handy gadget lets you clean the pool effortlessly from a nice distance so you can relax in the shade while you get the pool ready for a cool dip.
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We wrote about the original Cube World people back in November last year, if you’re bored of the original characters you can now get Cube World Series 2 which brings you 4 new stick men to annoy interact with.

The new characters are:

• Handy - A bit of a DIY nut
• Dusty - A cleanliness obsesive
• Mic - A wannabe rock god
• Hans - A fitness freak

You can interact with them the same way as you did with series 1 and you can also join series 2 cubes to the originals to have a mass party or brawl.

Cube World 2 are available from Gizoo for £19.95 a pair.

This is another one of those toys that I need to get (purely for educational purposes of course), the Hydrogen Fuel Rocket.

As cool toys go this has got to be right up there (literally). The Hydrogen Fuel Rocket is capable of souring up to 200 feet in the air, powered purely by hydrogen. Hydrogen is an eco friendly fuel and to produce the kit comes with Propellant Crystals (Citric Acid), simply mix these with water to produce your rocket fuel.

In order to launch your rocket you’ll need to find a large open space for the launch pad and then press the big red launch button (10, 9, 8,… countdown absolutely compulsory) and watch your engine ignite and thrust the rocket skyward.

The Hydrogen Fuel Rocket is available from Think Geek for a bargain $39.99.

I’ve just got back from my much needed annual vacation, so thanks to Liam, Randal and Alexia (just :)) for keeping the cool gadget posts flowing in my absence. Whilst on vacation I taught my 9 year old daughter how to play chess, she picked it up really quick but it would of been so much easier with these learning chess pieces.
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In Europe the game is Boules while in North America the game is Bocce. Whatever you call it, it’s a great, fun game to play, however it’s not always that easy at night. That’s not a problem with these great light-up balls.

The game is quite simple to play. You begin by throwing the white jack ball wherever you want (the person who got points the last round throws) then you have to bowl the larger balls towards it, trying to get closer to the jack than anyone else.
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