Alex Heigl is a former associate editor at PEOPLE. He left PEOPLE in 2017. Hard to believe, but NERF turns 45 in 2014. We’re reeling a little bit that a brand so inextricably tied to childhood is ...

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When Nerf hit the scene as the first “indoor ball” in 1969, it was a far cry from the arsenal of childhood weaponry we know today. Nerf was just a foam ball that (supposedly) wouldn’t break things ...

The ECS-12 certainly isn't the most technologically advanced device in NERF's arsenal. (That honor probably still belongs to either Lazer Tag or the Cyberhoop.) And it's not even the first blaster to ...

In my semi-professional opinion: More offices need Nerf guns as a part of their operation procedures. It’s a fun community/team building past time! That is as long as people don’t get out of control.