March 2009
game-800 “mp5″ pmp plays movies, music plus nes, famicom, gameboy and mega drive games
March 31, 2009 by technabob · Leave a Comment
This jack of all trades media player not only cranks out the requisite music, videos and pictures, it’ll also play your favorite retro video games.
In addition to playing a wide variety of audio and video formats on its 320×240 LCD screen, the GAME-800 PMP…
game controller cufflinks for semi-formal gamers
March 31, 2009 by technabob · Leave a Comment
Been invited to a wedding, a business dinner, a funeral, or some other stuffy event, but still want to look cool? Were those 8-bit video game ties a bit too garish for your stuck-up friends? These metal gamer cufflinks are perfect for showing your gamer…
who watches the watchmen? crafters.
March 30, 2009 by Syndicated · Leave a Comment
Zack Snyder’s take on Watchmen may have suffered mixed reviews from fans and newbies alike at the box office, but Alan Moore’s seminal characters are certainly scoring big with one subset of the population: crafty types are embracing Watchmen’s heroes anew… and in interesting ways. If…
xtensor gamer hand exerciser gets your button-mashing, joystick wiggling fingers in fighting shape
March 30, 2009 by technabob · Leave a Comment
Do you play lots of video games? Here’s a great way to limber up your trigger fingers to get ready for some serious gaming action. Especially good for warming up for quick fret presses in music games like Guitar Hero and Rock Band, the Xtensor hand…
the real survival horror game: don’t shit your pants
March 30, 2009 by Syndicated · Leave a Comment
Life is hard. Numerous trials and challenges lie ahead of us, lurking in the shadows that their shadowy souls provide for them, eager to pounce and thwart our dreams and ambitions, to prevent us from reaching our maximum potential, and at times we feel as…
swiss army usb hub: brando’s rota-rota combo hub
March 29, 2009 by Syndicated · Leave a Comment
Brando, sellers of some of the weirdest stuff I have ever seen in my life, are cutting back on absurdity with their latest gadgets. For example, their USB hub is functional and versatile. But still a bit weird.
Brando calls it the “USB 3-in-1 Rota-Rota…
if pac-man obeyed the laws of physics [zero-g arcade]
March 29, 2009 by technabob · Leave a Comment
If the Space Invaders can get physical, why can’t Pac-Man too? But unlike the strong gravitational pull in the Invaders’ physics simulation, Pac-Man and his ghostly pals have gotten the zero gravity treatment in this odd little update on the classic arcade maze game.
This…
microsoft laptop hunters ad asks: are you cool enough to be a mac person? and by cool they mean rich.
March 29, 2009 by Syndicated · Leave a Comment
Microsoft launched a new series of advertisements a couple of days ago called Laptop Hunters. Here’s how it works, as explained by Brandon LeBlanc on the Windows team blog: “These new ads trace real people as they go on a hunt for a new laptop…The…
the world’s most (face) shocking videos
March 28, 2009 by technabob · Leave a Comment
What do you get when you take four of your closest friends, attach electrodes to their faces, and then fire off small jolts of electricity to the beats of electronica? Video genius, I say.
Tokyo electronic artist / programmer / composer /DJ Daito Manabe connected…
blasts from the past in custom crochet sackboy form
March 28, 2009 by Syndicated · Leave a Comment
Crochet genius Maggie Wang has been putting her trusty hook to good use creating custom Sackboys (and Sackgirls), and some of her recent creations have a certain old school appeal. While you might expect to see Ulala from Space Channel 5 as a Sackgirl (and she’s…
