With the patent officially expired on the original NES technology, tons of third-party companies are swooping in to make new products with the classic system. Check the via link for more cool NERDGASM-worthy video game stuff and geektastic stuff from Toy Fair 2012!

An oldie but a goodie: when parents in Queensland sued to make teachers responsible for their lazy/absent children's poor grades, the teachers returned fire with this answering machine message. The good stuff starts at 0:30.

At last I can realize my dream of whittling vases out of potatoes.

~Not-"Not-So-Handy Andy" Jack

Bear just tweeted a little prank his son played on him. Apparently, the apple doesn't fall far from the tree: