Coming this fall to a geek showroom near you:
2 + 2 is Loud
Microsoft’s new Franken-toy, an ActiMates version of the popular cartoon character Barney, comes installed with 2MB of memory – not to mention a 2,000-word vocabulary, plus sensors in the doll’s feet, hands, and eyes. Wirelessly connect the beast to your PC and increase its knowledge to 14,000 choice words. If you could only teach Barney to curse, your kids wouldn’t be the only ones having fun. Release: September. Microsoft: +1 (800) 426 9400.
Macro Machines
Activision is taking dead aim at MechWarrior 3 and Earthsiege 3 with its new game, Heavy Gear. The title sports smaller, faster robots capable of carnage in intensely tight environments. The anime-style story should help Heavy Gear emerge victorious in the Robot Game War of 1997. Release: Fall. Activision: +1 (310) 255 2000.
This article originally appeared in the September issue of Wired magazine.
