Look, we loved what Hasbro did with Lazer Tag last year.

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Look, we loved what Mattel did with Lazer Tag last year.

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And, as always, we got a pile of the month's latest and greatest gadgets, including the Google Nexus 7, Hasbro's new Lazer Tag guns and a quick trip around OS X Mountain Lion.

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Other highlights were a smoked sky ultra suede lazer cut dress, an opaque oyster one-shoulder silk tulle dress with gilded floral embroidered accents, and a midnight sculpted strapless stain organza dress with organza flower details and hand-painted floral illustrations.

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If music is your thing, DJ stars Calvin Harris (his 2012 hit Feel So Close was inescapable) and Major Lazer are headlining several live shows throughout the weekend, including the free X Fest Stage at Buttermilk Mountain on Jan. 26.

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Across the vast pitch on Saturday evening, a huge crush of fans dancing to Diplo's project Major Lazer, which mixes EDM with hip-hop and Jamaican dance-hall music, spilled onto the grass where the followers of the Dutch DJ Fedde Le Grand were bouncing to his pounding music.

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