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Andrew Liszewski

Andrew Liszewski

Senior Reporter, News

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    Andrew Liszewski
    Andrew Liszewski
    Let the Wookiee win.

    It’s apparently already time to start thinking about more than just your Halloween decor. Hallmark’s 2025 lineup of Keepsake collectibles includes a $99.99 Star Wars ornament recreating the scene aboard the Millennium Falcon where R2-D2 and Chewbacca play a game of Dejarik.

    The ornament includes lights, sounds from the movie, and what appears to be a simple Pepper’s Ghost illusion that uses a hidden screen and a transparent surface to recreate the holochess effect.

    <em>Pressing a button on the ornament activates lighting effects, turns on the Dejarik game, and plays sounds from the scene in </em>Star Wars.
    <em>The ornament recreates the movie’s holochess effect complete with animated playing pieces.</em>
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    Pressing a button on the ornament activates lighting effects, turns on the Dejarik game, and plays sounds from the scene in Star Wars.
    Image: Hallmark
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    Andrew Liszewski
    Andrew Liszewski
    Honda’s Pokémon Koraidon motorcycle finally hits the racetrack.

    After first revealing the prototype last March, Honda has finally demonstrated its Koraidon motorcycle, based on one of the mascots from Pokémon Scarlet and Violet, in motion at Japan’s Suzuka Circuit.

    Koraidon moves its four legs in a galloping motion while leisurely rolling down the track, but its tires don’t spin. Its balance is assisted by a pair of wheeled kickstands, and while there’s room for a passenger, its moving limbs may make for an uncomfortable ride.

    Andrew Liszewski
    Andrew Liszewski
    All three Pilotwings games have been added to the Nintendo Music app.

    You can now tune out to 75 chill tracks from the games which always prioritized fun and unique flying challenges over being truly accurate flight simulators. There are 21 tracks and 19 minutes of music from the original Super Nintendo version of the game, 30 tracks/46 minutes from Pilotwings 64 on the N64, and 24 tracks/36 minutes from Pilotwings Resort which was the last game in the series launching on the Nintendo 3DS in 2011.

    A screenshot of the original Super Nintendo Pilotwings game.
    The Nintendo Music app has added 75 tracks from all three Pilotwings games including the original Super Nintendo version.
    Screenshot: Nintendo Music
    Andrew Liszewski
    Andrew Liszewski
    Turtle Beach updated its Pro BFG modular controller with Hall effect joysticks.

    The Victrix Pro BFG Reloaded looks similar to the original released in 2022, but PDP is now owned by Turtle Beach which has updated the controller with Hall effect triggers and joysticks in its swappable modules.

    The Reloaded also features a reconfigured fight stick module with six buttons “ergonomically optimized for gamers to place their wrist on the controller’s grip.” It’s available for preorder now for $209.99 in Xbox and PlayStation versions with shipping expected in late September.

    <em>The Victrix Pro BFG Reloaded comes with three swappable modules that can be used to change the location of its Hall effect joysticks.</em>
    <em>The controller also features a new Fight Pad module with its six buttons now sitting a bit higher for improved ergonomics while playing fighting games.</em>
    <em>The Victrix Pro BFG Reloaded is available in white or black and comes in PlayStation and Xbox versions that are both compatible with PCs.</em>
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    The Victrix Pro BFG Reloaded comes with three swappable modules that can be used to change the location of its Hall effect joysticks.
    Image: Turtle Beach
    Andrew Liszewski
    Andrew Liszewski
    Today I learned there’s a glowing color-changing level that’s easier to read.

    I’m already a big fan of Franklin Sensors’ ProSensor M210 Stud Finder, but its $24.99 12-inch iLevel just became a must-have addition to my toolbox, as spotted by Core77.

    It includes both horizontal and vertical bubble dials, but the entire thing glows using internal LEDs that change color from red to green once it’s perfectly horizontal or vertical, making the tool easier to use from afar, or in dark spots where you can’t see the bubbles.

    <em>The iLevel changes from glowing red to green the closer it is to level or plumb.</em>
    <em>You can use still use the bubble dials, but the glow makes the iLevel easier to use from afar.</em>
    <em>It’s also much easier to use in the dark without having to reach for a flashlight.</em>
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    The iLevel changes from glowing red to green the closer it is to level or plumb.
    Image: Franklin Sensors

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