I think I'm having a mindstorm...

Okay - 2006, best year ever!

Yesterday/Today, LEGO has announced that they will release a new version of their LEGO robotics system, titled Mindstorms NXT. There's a press release about it on their site here, and Wired has a story about it as well here.

Ultrasonic sensors, sound sensors, a rotation sensor that works, a better touch and light sensor... and the whole thing looks pretty darn nifty as well. It uses Bluetooth and USB to talk to your computer, and you can even program it to take commands from a bluetooth phone or camera phone.

I am having a geekgasm, and have since last night when I heard about it. Weee! I can't wait until August.

Game Store

So, it's been a while, I've noticed, since I've bought a full-price RPG manual from an actual roleplaying book store. It's a little bit of a shock - similar to a Catholic suddenly realizing that he hasn't been to confession for four months, even though he's been to bible study twice a week. :)

( game musing )