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Author Archive: Lambert Varias

Incantor Smartphone Game Comes with Wand: Harry Potter 2.0

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Of all fictional weapons, I find the wand to be the least appealing, because it’s a stick. But at the same time it’s really easy to pretend to be a wand-wielding magician, because it’s a stick. If you’ve always wanted to re-enact the wand fight scenes from Harry Potter…,

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May 18th, 2012 by: Lambert Varias

Diablo III Whimsyshire Replaces Cows with Teddy Bears and Ponies [SPOILERS]

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Aside from the game’s launch day problems, one of the issues that Blizzard faced with Diablo III… was the outrage of some fans regarding the game’s art direction, i.e. that it wasn’t as dark or grim as the previous games. This is the developer’s response: a secret level that is

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May 18th, 2012 by: Lambert Varias

iLuv DualJack Cable Works with Both iOS and Micro-USB Devices

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We’ve already seen a charge and sync cable that works exactly the same way as this one. But if you’re not confident about the quality or the retailer of that other cable then yes, you will love DualJack. It contains two charging heads – one for iOS and one for…

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May 17th, 2012 by: Lambert Varias

Eve Online Pokes Fun at Blizzard: Diablo Offline

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Thanks to the Internet, the gravity of trivial issues are quickly amplified and made overbearingly clear. Sometimes though, the hatred is warranted, as is the case with the launch day problems of Diablo III, a game that might as well be renamed Error XXXVII… and the first quest switched

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May 17th, 2012 by: Lambert Varias

Iron Man Dunk High Sneakers are Hard to Assemble

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You may have already seen and drooled at those Iron Man and War Machine sneakers from a couple of years ago, but this pair may just make your heart burst, because it comes with a replica of the arc reactor from the Iron Man… movies.

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May 16th, 2012 by: Lambert Varias

Virus Used to Generate Electricity

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The gadgets of the future may come with viruses, but not the ones that Norton should be worried about. First of all, they’re actual viruses, not the software kind. Second, they’re good viruses, helping to convert mechanical energy to electricity via piezoelectricity.…

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May 16th, 2012 by: Lambert Varias

Super Mario Koopa Shell Mice Also Make Good Projectiles

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NCSX has peddled Super Mario computer mice before, but the new Koopa shell USB mice are actually usable, thanks to their sleek, ergonomic, aerodynamic, banana peel-repelling, kart-flipping shape.…

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May 15th, 2012 by: Lambert Varias

Man Eats Own (Chocolate) Brain

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If you ate your own brain, what does that make you? A zombie cannibal? A short-lived Hannibal? An attraction at a goth carnival? Or just dead? Fortunately Andy Millns will not be burdened with any of those associations, because he only ate a piece of chocolate cast from a mold…

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May 15th, 2012 by: Lambert Varias

Nintendo Game Boy Watch: Because the Actual Game Boy Didn’t Have a Clock Function

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Today’s handheld videogame systems all have built-in clocks, but if you want to see the time on a Game Boy the closest you can get is the Watch Boy, an official Nintendo merchandise released back in the 90s. The design of the watch is unabashedly childish, which is why it’s…

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May 14th, 2012 by: Lambert Varias

Jedi Academy Exists, Midichlorians Not so Much

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It turns out we don’t have to journey for a long, long time or travel far, far away if we want to be Jedi, because there’s an academy right here on Earth. The New York Jedi club offers classes for Star Wars… fans on using lightsabers. Or at least replicas

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May 14th, 2012 by: Lambert Varias

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