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telekinesis and the evolution of toys
Oct. 16th, 2009 07:40 pm[Ok, I completely screwed up the history of toys from previous generations. I just deleted the whole first section of this post because I had too many updated changes to make. I don't know jack shit about what toys were around in earlier generations. Nevetheless, you get the idea from looking at the pictures. Grandparents... not very exciting toys, parents, more exciting toys, my generation very exciting... next gen?]
My father used to tell me about how he used to shoot marbles when he was younger, and he has showed me his collection, many of which look something like these...
In my generation, kids growing up were exposed to video games for the first time. Atari was all the rage in my early years... it started to die out during elementary school as Nintendo gradually took over. By middle school, Super Mario Brothers and other 2D scrollers defined our generation. And by the time I got to high school the first 3D computer games (Wolfenstein, Doom) were being released, although they weren't very popular yet.
Kids growing up today already have the internet, and much more sophisticated 3D games like MMoRPG's. And now the Wii. But what's next? What is the next generation going to grow up with? I'll tell you what... mother fucking telekinesis, baby. And guess what? It's already here on the market:
http://www.thinkgeek.com/geek-kids/7-13-years/bf1b/
UPDATE: this is a total and complete scam. I bought one of these, and everything they say on the package and on the web is a total lie. It works on a random number generator, not on your brainwaves. DO NOT BUY! I returned mine after trying it once. Incredibly, I still don't see any other blogs on the web saying what a scam this product is. It's the clearest case of false advertising I've ever personally run into. They should definitely be prosecuted for something like this, although I'm too lazy to file a class action lawsuit (plus having gotten a full refund there's not much point).
My father used to tell me about how he used to shoot marbles when he was younger, and he has showed me his collection, many of which look something like these...
In my generation, kids growing up were exposed to video games for the first time. Atari was all the rage in my early years... it started to die out during elementary school as Nintendo gradually took over. By middle school, Super Mario Brothers and other 2D scrollers defined our generation. And by the time I got to high school the first 3D computer games (Wolfenstein, Doom) were being released, although they weren't very popular yet.
Kids growing up today already have the internet, and much more sophisticated 3D games like MMoRPG's. And now the Wii. But what's next? What is the next generation going to grow up with? I'll tell you what... mother fucking telekinesis, baby. And guess what? It's already here on the market:
http://www.thinkgeek.com/geek-kids/7-13-years/bf1b/
UPDATE: this is a total and complete scam. I bought one of these, and everything they say on the package and on the web is a total lie. It works on a random number generator, not on your brainwaves. DO NOT BUY! I returned mine after trying it once. Incredibly, I still don't see any other blogs on the web saying what a scam this product is. It's the clearest case of false advertising I've ever personally run into. They should definitely be prosecuted for something like this, although I'm too lazy to file a class action lawsuit (plus having gotten a full refund there's not much point).
