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Archive for May 2010

Video Game Console Buildings Will Never Actually Exist. Boo.

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These new photos are the work of Joseph Ford, who’d like nothing more than to have a enormous Nintendo DS building. The only place that this could ever be made would be Japan.

Still, it kind of looks awesome. Just imagine, sitting in your office and peering out to the…

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May 21st, 2010 by: Range

Star Wars Pancake Molds: May the Breakfast be With You

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After burning your toast with an alien, you can now get your pancakes in the shape of your favorite Star Wars… characters. From Darth Vader to Yoda, you’ll be eating up your breakfast with the Force, thanks to these neat pancake molds.

While these molds are perfect to make your

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May 21st, 2010 by: Range

Mathmos Blob and Flow “Light Pets” have Glowing Eyes

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The latest lighting creation from the UK house of Mathmos is definitely unusual. Designed to look like a couple of globby alien heads, Blob and Flow are what Mathmos calls “touch-sensitive light pets.” I just call them “weird, but cool.”

Just plug the shiny zinc alloy duo into your USB…

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May 21st, 2010 by: Technabob

Assassin Creed Ii’S Ezio Unlockable in Prince of Persia: the Forgotten Sands

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Tired of playing as the nameless Prince in the Prince of Persia games? If you’re going to get the upcoming PoP: The Forgotten Sands, you can ditch him for Ezio, or at least make the Prince look like the Italian assassin from Ubisoft’s other parkourish franchise Assassin’s Creed….

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May 21st, 2010 by: Lambert Varias

Giant Elevator Carries Up to 80 People: Talk About Raising the Bar

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The new building where Hankyu Department Store is in also has several floors of offices, and is situated right on top of one of the largest train terminals in Japan, which means a ton of people will pass through or go to that building everyday. That’s why the building was…

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May 21st, 2010 by: Lambert Varias

Gundam Calling T-Shirt: That’S One Huge Guitar

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Let’s play six degrees of Gundam! How many degrees of separation does Elvis Presley have from Gundam? One! Elvis Presley’s debut album art looked like this, which The Clash emulated for their album London Calling…, which Chop Shop emulated for this Gundam shirt.

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May 21st, 2010 by: Lambert Varias

Samsung Sets Dodgeball World Record. Why? Why Not?

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I was never a big fan of dodgeball growing up. I didn’t throw that hard and the coaches always stacked the teams with the kids that could throw the hardest so they could watch the carnage. Those dodgeballs may be soft, but taking one to the side of the head…

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May 21st, 2010 by: Shane McGlaun

The Secret Life of Star Wars Toys

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I really like this series of photos that shows us what all those Star Wars …toys are up to after hours. Sure, keeping them in their boxes might preserve their resell value, but hey, toys need to have a life too!

These photos are the brainchild of the photographer Marker.

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May 20th, 2010 by: Range

Space Invaders Toaster: Aliens Burnt My Breakfast

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If you find yourself playing a lot of old school games, like Space Invaders, Pac-Man…, and others, then I’ve found the perfect toaster for you. It will start out your day in a great way, while reminding you of your retro-gaming passion.

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May 20th, 2010 by: Range

The Battle for Hoth: the Empire Strikes Your iPhone

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The guys at FluffyLogic tipped me off to a new iPhone game they’ve been working on for THQ and LucasArts.

The Battle for Hoth… is a strategy game which takes the basic mechanics of a Tower Defense game and applies it to the Empire Strikes Back universe. The game takes

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May 20th, 2010 by: Technabob

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