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		<title>sega brain checker asks just how stupid are you?</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you haven&#8217;t gotten a chance to play either of the <em>Brain Age</em> games on the Nintendo DS, you might want to check out this gadget from Japan&#8217;s SegaToys. Thanks to my limited knowledge of the Japanese language, I&#8217;m not 100% sure what the Brain Checker does, but it sure looks like it could be fun.&#8230;]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>If you haven&#8217;t gotten a chance to play either of the <em>Brain Age</em> games on the Nintendo DS, you might want to check out this gadget from Japan&#8217;s SegaToys. Thanks to my limited knowledge of the Japanese language, I&#8217;m not 100% sure what the <a href="http://www.segatoys.co.jp/brainchecker/index.html">Brain Checker</a> does, but it sure looks like it could be fun.</p>
<p style="text-align: center"><img src="http://technabob.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2007/12/sega_brain_checker.jpg" alt="SegaToys Brain Checker" /></p>
<p>From what I can tell, the Brain Checker is a standalone mental acuity game, offering up a battery of mental fitness tests including math, pattern matching games and other puzzles to help figure out if your grey matter is in proper working order.</p>
<p style="text-align: center"><img src="http://technabob.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2007/12/brainchecker_2.jpg" alt="SegaToys Brain Checker" /></p>
<p>The portable gadget features a small LCD touch screen and stylus for controlling the games. It may be hard to find one of these outside of Japan, but from what I can tell, all of the games use pictures and numbers, so it should be playable regardless of your native tongue. Priced at ¥5,775 (appx. $51 USD), it&#8217;s about the same price as buying both of the <em>Brain Age</em> games for the Nintendo DS.</p>
<p>Now if my brain could only figure out where to buy one&#8230;</p>
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