Offices are dull places – and any opportunity to have some fun during the ‘9 to 5’ shift has to be taken. And that certainly includes this Mario Golf game for your desk.
Designed for the Japanese market, but available widely thanks to ThinkGeek, the game includes golfing Mario & Luigi toys, each with a Nintendo NES-style style wired remote that allows a simple putting motion (using the A and B buttons). Also included are tiny golf balls and a small hole to putt into. All you need is an eye for the hole and a couple of AAA batteries.
Undoubtedly hours of fun – and at $24.99 (around £13), not much more than a pub lunch and a pint.
It seems that gadget makers everywhere are eschewing the digital clock in favour of its more handsome older brother, the analog clock face.
It seems that the high street has woken up to the endless appeal of vintage and retro clothing. I’m not talking about retro prints appearing on rails everywhere, I’m talking genuine vintage. On the back of the success of 
We recently featured the Prismatic Table, a design by Isamu Noguchi that has only recently been put into production. Similarly, the Noguchi Tea Cup Set was designed in 1952, but took 50 years before being available to buy. 
If one gadget defines an era, it’s the teasmade. Beloved of our parents and grandparents, the teasmade was an essential before the days of designer coffees and busy lifestyles. And now it’s back as the Micromark Teaexpress.
