Archive for February 2009
Overlord Ds: the First Game in the Universe to have Fart Darts. Really.
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Overlord:Minions is the Mini-Me of the Overlord… franchise. Set to be released this year, it will allow Nintendo DS owners to be evil on the go. Players will have four minions at their disposal, each with unique skills and abilities. The Overlord will need their help in order to stop |
February 23rd, 2009
Googly Eyeball Clock: It’S Eye Time.
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Here’s a fun way to keep track of time. Designer Mike Mak’s Eyeclock tells time with a pair of slowly rotating disks that look like cartoon eyeballs. The position of the left eyeball signifies hours, while the right one is minutes. Depending on the time of day, the eyes might… |
February 22nd, 2009
Metal Gear Solid Touch Website: Fun in More Ways Than One
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The website for Solid Snake’s latest game – Metal Gear Solid Touch on the iPhone – is already up and running. How did I find out? The website told me that it… was up. That’s right folks! News that you’d never be able to read unless you already know what |
February 22nd, 2009
Bacharufurontosaraundo: Kenwood 2 Channel CD Player With Surround Sound
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Japanese electronics company Kenwood recently unveiled a currently unnamed and unpriced CD player that incorporates DTS Surround Sensation. Surround Sensation is a technology that allows listeners to hear surround sound even from conventional two-speaker systems (e.g. stereo headphones & speakers). Kenwood claims that their CD player is the first of… |
February 22nd, 2009
Apple ][ Disk Drive Modded Into a Mac Mini (or Vice Versa)
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This could be my favorite Mac Mini mod yet. Take one part retro Apple Disk ][ drive and one part Mac Mini, and what do you get? A little bit of casemodding genius. Modder Charles Mangin took the guts out of his old Disk ][ enclosure and managed to find… |
February 21st, 2009
Can’T Please Everyone: Amazon Offers $10 Casual Games, Game Developers Pissed Off
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Amazon’s always looking to please customers. And make money. Realizing that video games are a hot commodity nowadays, the Seattle-based e-commerce company is now selling hundreds of casual games on its site. Customers can download a game at a very attractive price of $9.99, possibly less if it’s an old… |
February 21st, 2009
At-at Walker Boom Box Destroys Echo Base With Sound Waves
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Not that the Empire needed any help winning the Battle of Hoth, but it would have been much cooler if they had attacked the Rebels with AT-AT walkers with giant speakers built into them. Boom Boom.… |
February 21st, 2009
Donkey Kong Junior Shower is Truly Bananas
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You really don’t hear much about Donkey Kong Junior these days. If you ever wonder what happened to the little pixelated monkey in diapers, look no further. He’s got a new job keeping watch over naked people as they hose off. This intricate hand-tiled shower was created by Colombian artists… |
February 20th, 2009
Samsung Ultratouch Ad Uses Brute Force Cuteness to Lure People. It Works.
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Samsung’s UltraTOUCH S8300 is one of the phones that the Korean company revealed at the recently concluded Mobile World Congress. Samsung knows that all touchscreen phones stand under the shadow of the mighty iPhone. In an effort to differentiate their product from the iMoneyprinter, Samsung came up with an ad… |
February 20th, 2009
Who Minutes the Minutemen: Retro Minutemen Arcade Game
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Award-winning digital entertainment outfit littleloud created a promotional flash game for the upcoming Watchmen… movie. Yes Fanny McFanboy! It’s a game based on the graphic novel! What’s that? You can’t wait to play as Rorschach? Well you can’t play as Rorschach. Actually you can’t play as any of the Watchmen |
February 20th, 2009
