Archive for April 2009
Game Boy Plushies Grow Legs
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There’s just something about the iconic Game Boy that makes people want to give it a face, thus turning the system into a lovable character. The latest examples may not be quite as expressive as the last personable Game Boy plushies seen around these parts, but they do have something… |
April 9th, 2009
NES Controller Purse for 8-Bit Fashionistas
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Here’s a fun accessory for you retro gamer girls out there. This old school NES controller purse was handcrafted by artist inhope. The bag was stitched together from pieces of handcut vinyl, and is a dead ringer for the iconic grey, black and red 8-bit controller. Measuring in at 14-inches… |
April 9th, 2009
Kisai Denshoku LED Watch: How a Cylon Tells the Time
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Inspired by the neon lights of the flashy Shinjuku district of Tokyo, this new watch out of Japan is sure to draw plenty of attention when you check the time. The Kisai Denshoku watch is crafted from aluminum and stainless steel, and tells time using a unique set of stacked… |
April 8th, 2009
Gold Brick Mouse is 999.9 Pure Ridiculosity
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This gold bullion mouse is sure to make your friends and co-workers think that you’ve got money to burn – especially when you plug it into a matching gold brick USB hub and then plug that into your gold MacBook Pro. Available from Iwantoneofthose for £24.99 (appx. $35 USD). And… |
April 8th, 2009
Celebrate Nintendo Dsi Us Debut With Electronic Peep Show
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Nintendo’s current handheld has mutated over the years (as their handhelds are wont to do), from a hefty brick Phat model to the sleek lines of the latest iteration, the DSi. That latest system celebrated its US debut this week, and already the poor thing has been stripped, her guts… |
April 8th, 2009
Only the Very Best Street Fighters Can Wear This Shirt
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So you’re the Hadouken master in Street Fighter IV…. Yeah, that used to mean something, but now, friends, you’re second tier. You’ve been kicked off the hill. Until you can throw down a little mood music on the piano with a flurry of buttons, you’re just small potatoes. Looks |
April 8th, 2009
Deceptiphone: LG Promotes Transformers 2 With a Special Edition of Their Versa Model
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At the recent CTIA show, LG unveiled the special edition Transformers 2 Versa phone. Since the upcoming movie is about the bad guys hitting back (but didn’t they start this while thing in the first place?), it’s only right that for the Transformers 2… Versa mobile phone to feature the |
April 8th, 2009
Kozo Lamps: Just Turn the Faucet on and Light Comes Out! Wait What?
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While the people behind Design2009 could not have possibly chosen a more generic Etsy name, their products are bursting with creativity. Their KOZO line of handmade lamps make use of pipes and faucets to come up with a raw and tough take on the good old lamp. If a bunch… |
April 8th, 2009
Microblogging on Twitter is So Passé: Slate V’S Flutter Offers Nanoblogging
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A long long time ago, way back in 2006, Twitter burst onto the blogging scene and introduced microblogging, forcing people to post messages that can’t be longer than 140 characters. But the people behind Twitter grossly overestimated our reading capacity, and now a new trend, nanoblogging, is going to cash… |
April 7th, 2009
Play International Karate on the Go With the Commodore 64 Laptop
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It only took Ben Heckendorn a week and a half to make a Commodore 64 laptop that really looks like it was from 1982. What can you do in a week and a half? Me? I can finish Contra… in a week and a half. Probably. Not. Heckendorn said that |
April 7th, 2009
