It doesn't matter whether you're trying to maintain rule in the face of the intern resistance or whether you're trying to break the chains of school oppression, there's no brand of dart gun more trusted than Nerf. Foam wars get serious—and the losers are often the ones underarmed. Not having not enough Nerf guns is the …

Billed as the highest capacity Nerf gun ever created, the new N-Strike Elite Hail-Fire Blaster can hold eight eighteen shot clips, putting 144 darts at your disposal between reloads. And with a firing capacity of up to six shots per second, you've just guaranteed yourself office supremacy.

The whole 'shoot to silence' alarm clock idea has been done to death by now. But Hasbro has managed to eek out one more worthy of mention with its new Nerf-branded Shoot To Snooze alarm clock which requires groggy users to nail it with a foam dart or disk in order to silence its morning wails.

Nerf guns are obviously designed with limited kick to be safe for kids. But if you're older, and irresponsible, you crave something with a little more firepower. Which is what led Make's Dan Spangler to build this propane-powered dart cannon.

Will we ever feel too old to love Nerf guns? No, I doubt it. What about Super Soakers? Oh hush, of course not. Shooting things with toy guns is an intrinsic human joy. Here's what you'll be firing this year.

Nostalgia nothing, where were badass Super Soakers like this when I was a kid?

Videos of semi-terrified kids having their teeth yanked by others in crazy ways are a dime a dozen. That's why we love this fearless and adorable kid who yanks his own tooth with a Nerf bow. Nice technique, baller kid! [via Wimp]

Man, we love you guys. Without our readers, Gizmodo would be nothing, which is why we've got a very special Nerf party planned for the Reader Meetup at Gizmodo Gallery. Come. Hang out. Shoot my sorry face.

What else is new, right? But seriously, if like many of us you sit on your ass all day, your chances of cancer are higher than if you peppered your workday with, say, a Nerf war or a few push-ups.

Etsy seller faustus70 had a Nerf N-Strike Barricade gun, an old chair and some aluminum lying around. But he didn't take this stuff to the dump like most people, he used it to build a "Big Daddy" style steampunk gun.