Mattell have long been at the forefront of toys, owning rights to all the big guns - Barbie, Fisher-Price, Disney and for those of you of a certain age, the He-Man and the Masters of the Universe range. Altogether now; "I HAVE THE POWER!" Well, not any more they don't. Playing the Skeletor role is Nintendo and they have knocked Mattell for six by becoming the number one toys and games company according to a report from companiesandmarkets.com (If you want to read the report, don't bother unless you have enough spare cash to stump up the £6,345 fee for seeing it). It's the Wii and the DS Consoles that are providing Nintendo with this welcome boost and shows that despite the PS3 and 360's flashy graphics and powerful technology it's the family fun style consoles that are doing it for the kids.
Welcome to our little gift guide. It's been a tough year for most of us so we wanted to put a little fun back into Christmas this year - and we've come up with 10 cool gadgets for the man in your life and guarantee he will enjoy at least 3 of them. Which ones, only you would know! Oh, and if you're a fella reading this, stop now. We don't want to spoil any surprises, do we. There's a page for you guys where you can have a look at 10 Christmas Gadgets For Her, from you so off you go.....ta-ra.
The long-awaited sequel to cult movie classic Tron may still be several months away from its release in December, but we're already seeing a huge amount of related merchandise being released - from clothing to PC peripherals and remote controlled vehicles to music stations.....
A double whammy for the future of netbooks has been reported today; could the surge of popularity in tablet PCs and a major manufacturer looking to phase out netbook production be sounding the death knell for the ultra-portable laptop?
Games consoles have been a fantastic addition to home entertainment, but when I think about the act of playing video games, I'm still transported 20-odd years ago to the local arcade, stuffing 10p after 10p into the hungry mouths of the bleeping, flashing, exploding arcade machines. It is for this reason that I find the prospect of the Game Time 440 MultiGame Arcade Machine so exciting.
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