May 24 2009Fun: Mind-Control Game Coming This Fall
Mattel's much anticipated Mindflex game is allegedly dropping this October for $100. For those of you who think like I do, that's 3 lapdances at a reasonable strip club, or almost 12 at the ones I go to.
It's not often that a Mattel toy targets the 18 - 128 demographic, but we'll be frank -- the Mindflex has us all sorts of intrigued. Originally introduced at this year's CES, said game is a brain-powered fun-fest that relies on intense mental activity to control the height of a ball suspended in a column of air.
It sounds similar to that Star Wars toy coming out, but way more involved. I want one. And not just because I've been honing by ball controlling mind skills for years but *concentrating* did you see that? Look again. Now the left one's lower!
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Mattel's Mindflex coming October 1st for $99.99 [engadget]
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Reader Comments
1. RiotPorn - May 24, 2009 4:48 PM
1st?
2. RiotPorn - May 24, 2009 4:50 PM
Well sweet. For my second comment, I will say "This looks awesome".
3. haro138 - May 24, 2009 5:02 PM
HAH! only 12 lap dances for $100 bucks! You've yet to the place I go.
(True Story)
4. InUrNdo - May 24, 2009 5:03 PM
I'd strip for you and let you do some ball control Geekologie Writer!
*slurp
5. Phoenix - May 24, 2009 5:17 PM
"by ball"? "but concentrating"?
Did you type this in which mind control as well?
6. jimmy - May 24, 2009 5:18 PM
I can already control shit with my mind(4 years in darth vaders academy for crazy pyromaniac Idiots school).
why the hell do I need this?
7. 3.14chan - May 24, 2009 5:48 PM
Mind control for PS3, Xbox and Wii!
http://www.techradar.com/news/gaming/consoles/mind-control-coming-to-ps3-xbox-and-wii--432822
8. RandomNigel - May 24, 2009 6:47 PM
Just from that picture, it looks uncannily like that old HP levitation game.
http://www.samstoybox.com/toypics/HarryPotterLevitatingBox.jpg
but maybe that's just me.
9. Suave - May 24, 2009 7:39 PM
3? More like 5.
10. GLADIATOR - May 24, 2009 7:53 PM
Wow Mattel! We need video of this thing in action!
If I am shelling $100 for this contraption, I want to be able to pick up my pet gerbel telepathically and ship him to the top floor of a building!
Come and join the short and easy game mybrute:
http://burpnassker.mybrute.com
11. z4x0r - May 24, 2009 8:12 PM
Damn, RandomNigel beat me to it. I thought the exact same thing when I saw that.
12. Melissa - May 24, 2009 9:13 PM
I want one. Wait... is this anything like Ouija? Cuz if it is, I don't want it... I'm done chatting with the spirits, except for the occasional "Im going to murder your entire family" they never have anything interesting to say.
13. Duran - May 24, 2009 10:10 PM
does the design remind anyone else of portal?
14. Christopher Edwards - May 24, 2009 11:10 PM
You're bi-curious? lol
15. Alex - May 25, 2009 12:33 AM
Freakishly similar to that mind control game in Star Trek TNG that everyone gets addicted to - if I'm not mistaken, I think it even consisted of putting a virtual ball into a virtual cone. Weird.
16. bipolarfreak - May 25, 2009 1:37 AM
The "mind control" only allows for the ball to move up and down. You still have to manually turn the knob to rotate the obstacles. I would probably be good at this game. Think - blow softer Think - blow harder
17. controlthis - May 25, 2009 7:35 AM
BUY AND RETURN BABY
18. Daisy - May 25, 2009 8:58 AM
FAKE!!!!
This is a complete photoshop job. You can tell its a fake because the shadow's are all wrong.
This is exactly like that movie Never Back Down where Max was stealing a top secret jet fighter from the russians, and had trouble shooting the missles because he forgot he had to think in russian to make it work.
19. Watch-303 - May 25, 2009 9:22 AM
this is cool. also daisy stfu already.
20. Everyone Else - May 25, 2009 9:38 AM
Nobody will ever be as impressed with Daisy as Daisy is.
21. McCracken - May 25, 2009 11:50 AM
@8 omg it does! same company too just doesn't have the "Harry Potter" theme
22. Vinny Mac - May 25, 2009 1:50 PM
Oh Geekologie Writer,
You can play with my balls whenever ;)
23. aids - May 25, 2009 7:20 PM
What a waste of money.
http://std-aids.mybrute.com/
24. HG - May 25, 2009 8:26 PM
I can see what will happen already.
A meditation guru, after years of practice, will proudly show his peace of mind on this having the ball not move at all. A month later, a YouTube user will show off his video of the ball not moving either, on his first try of the game.
Zero brain activity going on in both cases.
25. Darth - May 25, 2009 8:41 PM
Do we get this for free when we change our health insurance? Looks like medical instruments to me.
26. Jaded Icon - May 26, 2009 7:52 AM
Is it wrong of me to just skip over Daisy's comments? The novelty wore off on me a long, long time ago.
27. boo - May 26, 2009 4:36 PM
...I thought it said "coming this fail" ...........
xD
28. Mark - June 9, 2009 12:53 PM
Credits will be fine
29. Debra Zavaleta - November 23, 2009 9:42 PM
The Mindflex is a little more involved than the Force Trainer, however both use the same technology. MindFlex does have a much higher selling price and seems to be less available. None of the major retailers have them in stock online. A good site to check out prices and availability of both is:
http:mindcontrolgame.net
30. Cheap Websites - January 20, 2010 4:44 PM
I have played this at the convention in las vegas. It took me a while to get used to it. But for how technology advanced it is i will give it a a+.