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Mattel wins the race to sell the first board game with integrated AI

October 4, 2023 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

It’s Google tech. Mattel’s new Pictionary uses the “Quick, Drawl!” artificial intelligence, which I’ve used loads and helped train the AI. It’s free to play.

Filed Under: Cool Tech, Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: artificial intelligence, board game, google, Mattel

Christmas crisis: Toys British shoppers should buy first

September 26, 2021 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

British parents might be wise to be exceptionally organised this Christmas for toy shopping.

Filed Under: Geek Stuff Tagged With: bandai, hasbro, Mattel, spin master corp, stats

Masters of the Universe Revelation figures already open for pre-order

July 11, 2021 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Numerous retailers now have pre-orders and photographs of Kevin Smith’s Masters of the Universe Revelation series.

Filed Under: Geek Stuff Tagged With: Entertainment Earth, Forbidden Planet, He-Man, masters of the universe, Mattel, models, shopping, skeletor, zavvi

Masters of the Universe: Legends of Grayskull RPG announced

August 8, 2020 by Andrew Girdwood 1 Comment

Legends of Grayskull will be powered by Cortex Prime, the latest version of Cortex from designer Cam Banks.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: cam banks, cortex prime, fandom tabletop, masters of the universe, Mattel

Caution: Floor is lava!

March 4, 2011 by Andrew Girdwood 5 Comments

I’m not normally a fan of offline marketing. I’m a digital dude through and through. That said, I’ll give respect where respect is due. Mattel is due some respect for their “Reconnect with your Inner Child” campaign. In particular, they’re due some respect for turning the floor to lava. Don’t you just hate it when […]

Filed Under: Geek Stuff Tagged With: ads, Mattel

Real life Battle Cat!

January 27, 2011 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Do you remember Battle Cat? He was He-Man‘s trusty green steed. A green and yellow tiger! What an awesome idea. Before the transform he was a much smaller cat, with much less battle, known as Cringer. Does anyone know who created Battle Cat? Some nameless hero geek native from Mattel, perhaps? I know who created […]

Filed Under: Geek Stuff Tagged With: He-Man, Mattel

Rules change: Is Mattel really letting proper nouns into Scrabble?

April 7, 2010 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Yesterday a number of very good news sites ran the story that Mattel would be changing the rules of Scrabble. We’re talking about people like the BBC and The Telegraph. If this is true it means people’s names and place names are valid scores in Scrabble. Shakira, for example, would be worth 64 points (as […]

Filed Under: Games Tagged With: hasbro, Mattel, wizards of the coast

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