You can fail to engage the crowd, you can make a fool of yourself, you can attempt too little or too much and miss the mark.

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There are, you know, in a normal political society, you can make forecasts and predictions and, you know, go on Sunday morning shows and make a fool of yourself, but sometimes you can be right because people talk and debate, and there's real politics.

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Nintendo's already dipped its toes into motion-sensing handheld gaming with the gyro-equipped WarioWare: Twisted for the Game Boy Advance, but it looks like the company looks has even grander plans to let you make a fool of yourself in public, at least if a recent patent application is any indication.

ENGADGET: Nintendo patent application reveals plans for motion-sensing handheld

But even if you are not the type of person to make a complete fool of yourself in front of a dumbstruck audience, you will find plenty to entertain you at SingShot.

BBC: SingShot website

Don't be afraid to trip, stumble, make a fool out of yourself sometimes.

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Now you can brush up on your movie knowledge more easily before you make a fool out of yourself at parties, thanks to new info cards that are now being integrated into Google Play Movies.

ENGADGET: Google adds info cards to Play Movies, helps you become a trivia wizard