Electric plasma lighters are really useful, and Power Practical is making some of the best plasma lighters (the Sparkr Mini, namely) available on the market today. Now, the company has a Kickstarter for two new awesome products: The Sparkr Flip & the Sparkr Wick. It’s time to ditch the disposables. Check out the intro video:
After successfully launching the original Sparkr flashlight / lighter combo last year, we’re back to introduce our latest rechargeable lighters designed completely from the ground up. Say goodbye to the fossil-fueled lighters of the past and hello to your electric future.
At time of writing, the campaign has already been successfully funded, with over $44,000 raised on an initial goal of $30,000.
Here’s a brand new clip from Solo: A Star Wars Story where we see the scene where Chewbacca first became co-pilot of the Millennium Falcon (and where Han learned that his friend is 190 years old!)
A limited-edition Star Wars clock that captures the iconic lightsaber duel between Luke and Darth Vader in Return of the Jedi.
Features officially-licensed STAR WARS artwork of the space battle above Endor
This expertly handcrafted STAR WARS clock showcases the iconic lightsaber battle from Return of the Jedi, with sculptural Darth Vader, Luke Skywalker and the Emperor figures, hand-painted for intricate realism
It lights up! At the flick of a switch, the clock illuminates from within, and the crossed electroluminescent lightsabers of Vader and Luke glow in brilliant red and green while the Emperor’s chamber glows blue
Your STAR WARS lightsabers duel clock’s body is sculpted to resemble the hull of an Imperial Star Destroyer and features a sculptural Millennium Falcon on top; the STAR WARS logo and classic Roman numerals define the face
Final Fantasy 7, John Madden Football, Tomb Raider and Spacewar! are this year’s entries to the World Video Game Hall of Fame.
The titles join the 15 previous entrants since the hall was created in 2015. It’s administered and housed in The Strong, a Rochester, New York facility that describes itself as the national museum of play. The four titles were chosen by a panel of games history experts, journalists and scholars from a longlist of public nominations.
Spacewar! is perhaps a surprise choice given it was never commercially released, but it’s certainly got historical merit. It was created at MIT in 1962 and is believed to be the first video game that was distributed to other computers rather than solely played on the machine upon which its code was written. It involves two ships in an aerial dogfight with the twist that it is set near a star’s gravity well and thus the ships are constantly moving. It was a direct influence on later commercial arcade and home console games, most notably Asteroids.
Detailing the other inductees, the hall cited several historical elements of the Madden series including having the game treat each player as an individual, affecting the broadcast style of real football, and creating the genre of the annual sports game franchise (though some gamers might question that as a positive.)
In the Tomb Raider induction the hall cited the game’s appeal to hardcore and casual gamers alike, noting Lara Croft as arguably the most famous female video game character while acknowledging controversy over her early physical appearance.
Final Fantasy VII earned praise for marrying technical achievements with storyline and for bringing Japanese-style RPGs to international mainstream audiences.
Amazon.ca currently has a big sale on Star Wars toys and collectibles. What is really weird is that the US version of Amazon has no such sale today, and they’ve almost always had one in previous years.
At 3.2m high it’s a monster! Weight? No idea but there’s not one piece can be lifted by one person. Thanks to eBay for working with us on this project it’s amazing that all the components came from there site.
