Look How Tech Has Ruined Your Childhood Toys

From a simple way to get kids moving to a simple way to get them into EDM.

The original 1998 Furby seemed high-tech (and annoying) enough up at time, but 2013's Furby Boom and its corresponding app opens up a whole new world of possibilities, like having your Furby lay eggs, take showers, and gaze at you with even creepier eyes.

Sure, no one liked being the banker when they played Monopoly, but getting rid of all that paper money in favor of a credit card and an electronic balance checker is just wrong.

This new Barbie is more than a doll: She's a fully functional video camera that allows kids to capture video from Barbie's point of view. "Lights, Barbie, Action!"

All signs point to the fact that an electronic magic 8 ball is cheating. At least that eerie blue di felt a little mystical.

No longer do you have to make your own car sounds when playing with Hot Wheels because you can just download this corresponding Power Port app to do the work for you. The app also let's your car, uh, wrestle a shark?

Twister Dance plays Britney Spears music while giving light cues to tell you which colored circle you should step on. Looks like kids these days won't be able to get inadvertently tangled up with their middle school crushes...

A talking doll used to be high-tech. Now, 'Baby and Me' lets you raise a baby through your Wii console: Just insert your Wii remote into the dolly's back and it will giggle, gurgle, burp, and maybe cry uncontrollably all night long.

Okay, so maybe Candy Crush Saga isn't exactly a souped-up version of Connect Four, but it definitely took the old game's basic premise to an unpleasantly addictive level.

The Laugh & Learn Apptivity Creation Center exists to keep iPads safe from baby drool. It exists because too many babies are playing games solely on mini-computer screens.

You're either building things in real life or your building them on a screen. And Lego people are so cooler looking than Minecraft people.

It used to be that your toy helicopters could only fly as high as your arm could reach. Now, your electronic toys can kill you.

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