On 12/22/06, Tachyon <therealtachyon@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> This year, I saw an article on their new toy, Cube World. This is really
> amazing.
> At first glance, it seems like a tamagachi, it's a little cube with a
> dot matrix LCD display and three buttons.
> Each cube contains a character with a unique personality. Like a
> construction worker or a clean freak. They all have habits and
> behaviours. You can interact, play games with them, just watch them, or
> even screw with them. It has a motion sensor and if you shake it, it
> messes with them. If you turn it upside down they fall on the ceiling
> (now the floor) and get up. Even cooler is that you can link cubes,
> stack them, side by side, etc.. They have little magnets that act as
> contacts. Once you link them, the characters will interact. Wave at each
> other, play games (like tennis) and even fight.
> They'll even leave their cube and go into another's cube and interact.
> For example, the clean freak washes his hands a lot. Sometimes his sink
> overflows onto the floor. If he's linked to the handyman, the handyman's
> floor will flood too, and he'll go next door with his tools and fix the
> sink. Then the flooding will drain away.
>
> I've been fascinated with these things, from a geek perspective. The
> programming, the components, etc. My family thought I was nuts trying to
> describe them until we saw them in a store while Christmas shopping.
> They were awed too.
> So today, my brother-in-law gave me a pair of them. Very cool. I've been
> watching them all evening. Now I need more of course, to see how they
> act in groups. You can link up to 16 of them.
>

I see them in Toys"R"Us store today. Quite interesting concept.
http://www.radicagames.com/cubeworld/index.php
Not so expensive (Singapore S$59 or US$27 with two cubes,
totally there are 4 types of cubes).

However the game seems to be a bit too simple.

Technologywise, it is quite interesting with motion sensor and
"wireless" communication. Not so sure about the battery life
(a CR2032).
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