386 again: Not all video game memories revolve around the eight-bit NES. If you were among the truly geeky in your adolescent years, you probably cut your teeth on Leisure Suit Larry, Thexder and Lemmings. These were games from an era when mice were a novelty and look up required typing “look up.” Well, you can relive those halcyon days with this archive full of DOS games like the original Duke Nukem, 2D. Insert disk 1 in drive A: at www.dosgamesarchive.com/list/.

2006 soon: The snow’s barely had time to accumulate and then melt, but that party of parties, New Year’s Eve, is almost upon us. Time to break out the bubbly! But wait—what happens to all those champagne corks, plummeting to earth? Strap a reusable Champichute to your buoyant pal and watch it slowly float down from the heavens while you toast another year. Order now at http://tinyurl.com/8fcw2.

Comments? Michael Citrome