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Picture Pages
Apr 17 Interviews

Picture Pages

The artist Luke Ramsey takes the phrase "a picture is worth a thousand words" to heart. Can you decipher his thoughts on videogames, zines, and spirituality?

Signs of Extra Life
Mar 7 Interviews

Signs of Extra Life

Toy makers are collapsing many realities—virtual, augmented, mixed—into one space. We talk to the minds behind Skylanders: Spyro's Universe and Sphero, the world's ultimate ball.

Like Looking In A Mirror, Only Not
Feb 7 Columns

Like Looking In A Mirror, Only Not

Nicolas Cage may be our greatest living actor. On the precipice of Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance, Scott Wayne Indiana talks to Brandon Bird, the insane genius behind the Nicolas Cage Adventure Set.

Sky’s the Limit
Dec 15 Essays

Sky’s the Limit

The video-gamification of war is well underway with the continual increase in U.S. unmanned drones. We hash out some of the distinctions between military drones, robots and toys in this conversation with Ted Carancho, a leading member of the drone-development community.

Back to Blocks
Oct 19 Essays

Back to Blocks

Scott Wayne Indiana talks to Sifteo's president and cofounder about the company's hypermodern take on building blocks, the legacy of videogames, and the digitalization of toys.

War Styles
Sep 22 Articles

War Styles

Our toy columnist talks to Kid Robot about their new response to plastic green army men—neon breakdancers—and the modern battlefield.

Nirvana Noise Box
Aug 24 Articles

Nirvana Noise Box

Christiaan Virant speaks to us about the Buddha Machine, a box resembling a toy radio which plays a variety of sound loops that has made waves across Europe and Asia. Virant describes designing the Buddha Machine with bandmate Zhang Jian, playing a "Buddha Boxing" session for a full day in Jerusalem, and how the simple box uses sound like building blocks, allowing fans and artists to remix, sample and combine loops to their heart's content. 

Toying Around
Jul 13 Articles

Toying Around

Mike Leavitt is the CEO—and only employee—of Intuition Kitchen Productions, where he designs his "Art Army" action figures: whimsical toys which intersect fine art and play. Leavitt speaks to us about how toys and interactive art can transcend fine art, the materialism of buying new toys, and why toy collection misses the whole point of owning them. 

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