Incase you didn't know, the PC game you spent most of your teenage years playing - The Sims - is swinging its way to the Nintendo DS, and EA is celebrating by collaborating with some of the UK's hottest designers of the moment (or so Catwalk Queen tells us) to offer limited edition accessories for your DS or Wii.

Henry Holland, Giles Deacon, Tatty Devine and Cassette Playa have all teamed up with the gaming company, with their limited edition products going on sale from the 8th of October on the My Sims website. Henry Holland (or House of Holland, as he goes by), has created one of his special slogan tees featuring a seamed-in DS pocket (£40, above), Giles Deacon a bag with his 'Eek' character for storing your Wii-mote (£35), Cassette Playa got busy designing vinyl and foil artworks that you can plaster your kit with (£15), and my favourite, Tatty Devine, has created an exclusive Wii-mote bag designed like a sushi tray, for £150.

My Sims accessories

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There's so much cassette-tape nostalgia floating around these days, ever since Curry's announced they would stop selling the format. If cassette coin purses, cassette skulls or cassette-shaped MP3 players don't float your boat, then you were probably born after 1995 perhaps these Contexture cases for your Nano will?

The Canadian design studio has created one-of-a-kind shelled out cases for your Nano, made from recycled cassette tapes. Extremely pricey at CA$45 (or is that extremely cheap?), at least you'll be safe in the knowledge no-one will have one exactly the same as yours. That'll be because it's made from an old Phil Collins Face Value tape, hee!

Contexture's 45 Nano Case (via Core 77)

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One for all you Mickey fans, with Tucano launching a range of Disney Second Skin Folders - protective cases for PC laptops and MacBooks with retro-styled looks.

You can pick designs featuring both Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck and in blue, grey or brown designs. Two sizes are available, offering a snug fit for both PC laptops and MacBooks, as well as protection against any bumps or scratches.

Prices start at £24.95.

Find out more at the Apple Store

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In both the US and UK, the safety of kids both on and off school campuses is a high priority, and rightly so. Now Massachusetts-based MJ Safety Solutions is offering a special backpack containing a bullet- and edged-weapon-resistant panel, certified as a NIJ Level II plate which can withstand medium and low caliber rounds.

Adding 20 ounces in weight to the regular backpack, it will provide either back or front protection - but of course has to be held or worn in the appropriate place. I suppose if you had $350 to spare, and didn't mind looking like an idiot, you could wear two.

MJ Safety claims that, of the 328 shootings in the US since Columbine in 1999, 97% could have been prevented by using their bags.

I don't know a single person who doesn't adore Moo Minicards, those little bite-sized business cards you can customise yourself with your Flickr photos. They're an online phenomenon, and the company has even started offering Moo stickers you can customise as well.

There is one problem however - due to their odd shape, they don't fit in normal business card holders, and often get lost easily when rattling around loose in your handbag. I still keep mine in the plastic boxes they come in, which isn't exactly professional to say the least. An enterprising seller over at Etsy, 'Splatgirl', has created a colourful range of holders for the cards, and at $15 each, it'd be rude not to indulge.

Moo card holders at Etsy (via Popgadget)

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I'm sure the fussy breed of people who buy cases for mobile phones, iPods and kin also keep the plastic wrapping on their sofas after bringing them home from IKEA. Heaven forbid you scratch the lovely surface of your shiny iPod or BlackBerry!

Having said that, the leather case from Proporta on the left there is rather nice, and smart for businesspeople on the go. It's custom-made so fits the BlackBerry 8300 Curve perfectly, and is only £26.95. Vegetarians might prefer the non-leather option, which is made from silicone and only £11.95. Go the extra yard in Curve-protection with the screen protector for £5.95. Your BlackBerry will thank you for it in year's time, when it's time to upgrade and you can flog your like-new Curve on eBay for a song.

Proporta's leather case for the Curve
Silicone case for the Curve
Screen protector

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Those wily Brandish blokes have unearthed a practical yet pretty wooden cover for your iPhone, from Miniot. Dubbed the 'iWood' (sigh), there's four different hardwoods, including oak and cherry.

Not only that, but Miniot also allow you to order matching iPhone docks in the same wood, just in case you're one of those rustic types that lives in a log-cabin and want everything to match your wooden floorboards. The cases are £45, which I doubt few iPhone owners will balk at, after spending the huge amount to get the phone in the first place.

Miniot iWoods (via Brandish)

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tech air has a new range of laptop bags on the market, describing the S Series collection as combining retro styling, functionality and capacity.

The idea is to mix a casual bag with something useful for work, with colour schemes that are more at home away from the office - red and grey or black and yellow. They also comes with a 12 month i-TRAK subscription - a worldwide luggage tracking tag that sends an instant SMS message when found.

The Mini Rubix Cube Cell Phone Strap allows you to play with this challenging cube wherever you go. However it's only 2X2 so you don't have to look at it dangling unsolved off the end of your phone telling all the world how stupid you are until you smash it into bits. (Whoa! Total '80's flashback!) ¥320.[GT]

Mini Rubix Cube Cell Phone Strap (viaTokyomango)

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Even if you happen to be doing a spot of hiking, you can still take your tunes with you with the NXT-equipped Groove backpack from Spyder.

The Groove backpack features a stereo NXT flat panel loudspeaker made from EVA foam for durability. The panel has two 25mm exciters powered by a stereo amplifier, which should mean a decent sound when hooked up to a portable digital player. The bag itself has a 25 litre capacity with several pockets and compartments and is tough and water resistant - so good for outdoor pursuits.

Powered by 3x AAA batteries, which should offer seven hours of playback, it retails for £90 from this autumn.

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