Gumball Foosball

 

The TV series Friends has forever changed the way that people look at foosball. It used to be really famous way back when but then the excitement petered off after a while. However, Chandler and Joey made it cool to enjoy foosball yet again. What if I told you that you can actually get a Foosball table with Gumball? Wouldn’t that be double the fun – especially those who love their sweets? The Gumball Foosball Table is an entirely new twist on the foosball revolution.

Of course, don’t expect to play a challenging game of foosball on this set because at 45”L X 29”W X 42 1/2”H, it is a tad smaller than other sets you find on the market. What makes up for the size though is that you can choose up to 1,700 gumballs of different varieties and flavours. Your kids will absolutely love you if you choose to purchase this for them.

If you are worried that they will be more absorbed with eating the gumballs than actually playing, the Gumball Foosball Table does come with a glass covering to prevent that from happening. You can purchase the Gumball Foosball Table at $1500 – well worth the price in terms of the entertainment and happiness it will bring to you.

I personally think that Foosball has never been as exciting or interesting as with the Gumball Foosball Table. Your kids – and the adults who have a sweet tooth – will be fighting to score goals on this set just to get gumballs galore!

Available: Hammacher

Price: $1500

The Home Electronic Dart Arcade

 

If you love a game of darts but are unwilling to sacrifice the walls of your house, you will definitely be happy if someone were to buy you the Home Electronic Dart Arcade. I kid you not – something like this exists in this world and so everyone who loves darts can finally rejoice. There is now an easier way to enjoy this game without worrying about scarring the walls for life. All scores are tabulate electronically so there won’t even be those typical friendly arguments of who scored how many points.

The best thing about the Home Electronic Dart Arcade is that you can invite seven other dart lovers and have a go at it at any one time. Each section is carefully divided so that you won’t have the darts bouncing back in your direction (which is fun but sadly very dangerous as well). You can even program the dartboard according to the games and levels that you want. Each Home Electronic Dart Arcade comes with 24 internally built games and 132 different levels so the sky is the limit. You can have a different game every day and still won’t get enough of it after days or weeks of playing!

As I mentioned before, the scores are all counted electronically and are displayed on a board which is clearly seen even from up to 7 feet away. The Home Electronic Dart Arcade comes with six plastic tip darts but you are most welcome to buy more for your own entertainment.

Available: Hammacher

Price: $299.95

8 Foot Tavern Bowling Game

 

You know what is amazing in this world of ours? We can get beautifully crafted miniature games of real sports which we can enjoy in the comfort of our own home. Forget about games like foosball which are so yesterday. The in thing to enjoy now would be a game of bowling – right smack in the living room. If you think I am going balmy, have a look at this. The 8 Foot Tavern Bowling Game is exactly like that it says. It is fully automated and gives you the ultimate sensation of playing bowling in your house without the hassle of finding the right size shoes, which is a huge blessing in my book!

The rules are of course similar to regular bowling. All you need to do is push the steel puck down the lane and strike as many of the pins as possible. It is really miniature size. The fun is also in using the right amount of strength to get all ½ inch pins at one go. What I love about the 8 Foot Tavern Bowling Game though is the fact that it has internal mechanisms that automatically moves the pins once you have struck them down. How is that for an exact imitation of what goes on in bowling alleys around the world?

There are two speakers attached to this bowling game – one is 30 watt and the other 100 watts which is perfect for the commentary which goes on throughout the whole game. You also have a 27 inch LCD screen display which shows you just where you stand where scores are concerned. At $6000 a piece, it might not be within everyone’s budget. However, it still is an awesome way to spend a weekend with the family.

Available: Hammacher

Price: $6,000

Saitek Cessna Skyhawk Flight Simulation Controls

 

Not everyone has to money to get a real Cessna 172 Skyhawk. Putting the price for the plane aside, we still have to cough out money to get the insurance, for maintenance, and for a place to park it. For all those who would like to have the experience of flying the plane but can’t afford it, here’s good news! Mad Catz has come out with a flight simulation for Cessna 172 Skyhawk.

The Saitek Cessna Skyhawk flight simulation controls will give you an almost real life experience of flying the plane. The controls include a Yoke, Rudder Pedals and Trim Wheel. All the controls are based on the real aircraft and will definitely give you the feeling of flying an actual plane (minus the noise and smell of planes). It’s so close to the real thing that flying schools could use it for training of the students.

When the weather doesn’t allow flight trainings, this device will be able to work as a replacement. It will help save a lot of money because if compared to the actual plane, the price of the Saitek Cessna Skyhawn flight simulator is insignificant. There’s no harm in case you crash too.

This device is most suitable for those flight simulation lovers who would like to experience real flying without having to pay $300,000 for the real plane. You can pilot the “plane” over and over again for as many times as you like, and you don’t even have to pay for the fuel.

[Source: Saitek]

Asus G74SX

 

For those into gaming, 2011 must be an exciting year for you. After all, with the advancements in technology, the whole gaming experience has taken a turn for the better with faster processing times and crystal clear graphics. So when Asus announced that they will be coming out with a new gaming laptop, the whole world waited with baited breath. Anticipation was high and rightly so for I can now tell you that the Asus G74SX is practically the bee’s knees when it comes to gaming laptops.

The Asus G74SX boasts a quad-core Intel Core i7 Processor which basically means that reaction and processing time is revolutionarily fast. The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560M graphics GPU ensures that graphics and images are virtually life like. You’ll feel as if you are in the game itself. And the GeForce GTX 560M GPU comes with 3 GB of GDDR5 memory. Incredible!

Not only that, you can opt for 3D display on this laptop as well. How’s that for an out of the world experience?

One main feature that gamers can look forward to is the laptop’s cooling technology. I don’t know how many times I have heard complaints from gamers that their laptops go bust earlier than they should just because of internal heating. Well, you definitely don’t have to worry about heat with the Asus G74SX because its cooling technology ensures that hot air is released from the rear of the laptop which alleviates potential damage due to overheating.

The Core i7 CPU and the GeForce GTX 560M GPU really do generate a lot of heat, so Asus really comes through with this innovative cooling technology to finally solve the heat problem so common with gaming laptops.

One thing that is really cool about the Asus G74SX is its overall classy finish, definitely better looking than most of the other gaming laptops. All in all, the Asus G74SX is set to blow past the competition.

And best of all, Asus packs all of this incredible gaming horsepower into the Asus G74SX for a screaming low price!

Available: TigerDirect

Price: $1299.99