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Andrew Liszewski

Andrew Liszewski

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    You can buy this Game Boy Advance clone starting on December 16th.

    Anbernic left out some important details when it announced its GBA-inspired RG34XX handheld emulator last week. But according to @RetroGameCorps and Retro Dodo, we now know it will go on sale starting at 5AM ET on December 16th and will be priced at $70 and discounted to $64 for the first three days. The original Nintendo GBA debuted at $99.99 in 2001.

    The Anbernic RG34XX shown playing a Castlevania game.
    The GBA-style Anbernic RG34XX goes on sale on December 16th.
    Image: Keep Retro
    Andrew Liszewski
    Andrew Liszewski
    Don’t Panic, the Playdate now has a matching power adapter.

    A Reddit user discovered that Panic has quietly introduced a 10W AC adapter that matches the Playdate handheld’s bright yellow aesthetic. It’s available now for $5 and works with the USB-C to USB-A cable that’s included with the Playdate, but I would have gladly paid more for a USB-C port and a matching yellow USB-C to USB-C cable.

    The Panic Playdate’s new yellow power adapter.
    Panic quietly introduced a matching yellow USB-C power adapter for the Playdate.
    Image: Panic
    Andrew Liszewski
    Andrew Liszewski
    Mesh networking comes to ski helmets.

    It’s not a feature you typically associate with ski and snowboard gear, but POC’s new $550 Obex Connect helmet creates its own mesh network so you can talk with others on the hill even if you don’t have a cellphone signal. It’s also got Bluetooth for connecting to smartphones, audio courtesy of Harman Kardon, and an NFC chip with your medical info.

    Andrew Liszewski
    Andrew Liszewski
    Do you want to build a Frank Lloyd Wright masterpiece?

    Areaware’s new 15-piece Blockitecture set was designed by James Paulius with hexagonal shapes and cantilevered features so you can build structures in Frank Lloyd Wright’s distinctive Usonian-style.

    The blocks are made from a mix of New Zealand pine and fiberboard and while $60 for the set isn’t cheap, a portion of that will go to the Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation.

    Areaware’s Blockitecture Frank Lloyd Wright set shown assembled into a house and disassembled.
    Areaware’s Blockitecture Frank Lloyd Wright set shown assembled into a house.
    Areaware’s Blockitecture Frank Lloyd Wright set shown assembled into a house.
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    Areaware’s new 15-piece building block set lets you create your own Frank Lloyd Wright Usonian-style home.
    Image: Areaware