As a kid, I spent countless hours thumbing through a dog-eared copy of The Guinness Book of World Records, determined to find just the right stupid human trick to vault me into freak-show history.

One inventor made a Game Boy giant enough to match his enthusiasm for the pastime. "The Game Boy was a huge part of many peoples childhood, including my own," he said. "I was obsessed with my Game Boy ...

Life, players assume the role of Dr. Gordon Freeman, a recent graduate theoretical physicist who must fight his way out of a ...