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1UP Super Mario Mushroom Lamp Won’t Give Lives, But Will Give Light

Range — Thu, 28 Apr 2011 11:40:20 +0000

I have to admit that these lights are kind of cute, especially if you spend a lot of hours in front of a computer and love Super Mario Bros. While I can’t say if they’ll give you an extra life or make you grow bigger, these new green and red mushrooms from Super Mario Bros still look pretty cool.

These LED lights can double as night lights as well. While they can’t run off magic, they do use battery-power or USB-power to make them light up. Just make sure that no one tries to eat these, or they’ll be in for a nasty stomach ache.

The USB Mushroom Lamp is available from ThinkGeek for $9.99 (USD). Personally, glowing Starman LED lights would make more sense to me.

[via GeekAlerts]

Final Fantasy Xiii Party Bus Hits the Mean Streets of San Francisco

chris h. — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 00:55:39 +0000

Great, just what I needed – another reason to be jealous of the 1UP crew. It’s bad enough I don’t work for them, and that I don’t live in San Francisco. Now they’re being visited by something better than the tooth fairy, Easter bunny, and Santa Claus combined – the Final Fantasy XIII party bus? Not fair!

According to 1UP, the bus rolled up to their offices early this morning, no doubt to the surprise and delight of their resident RPG guru, Jeremy Parish. Inside of the bus the 1UP editors found four gaming stations – two PS3 and two Xbox 360 – and enough room for up to eight people. Since the English version of Final Fantasy XIII is about to drop in a little over a month (3.09.10) it’s a safe bet that they were treated to the finished product.

Insert giant jealous frowny face here.

Sadly, no formal itinerary for the bus has been posted, but you can follow the bus’ whereabouts via its twitter account (@PlayFFXIII).

[via 1UP]

1up Mushroom Glass Perfect for a Pick Me Up

Technabob — Sun, 01 Feb 2009 14:58:37 +0000

Do you still have a couple of cases of Super Mario Power-up! Energy Drink hiding in the back of your pantry? Here’s the perfect way to chug down the next glass of that sticky sweet gunk.

I found this hand-etched Mario 1UP Mushroom glass tumbler ($15 USD) over on Placidrain’s Etsy shop this morning. While it’s great for any beverage, I like to think that whatever you put in there has to involve caffeine, guarana, ginseng, or in my case, a shot of whiskey. Unless, of course you think its one of those poison mushrooms, in which case Jagermeister would be more apropos.

If Mario isn’t quite your thing, Placidrain’s HI-O Kitty custom glassware line also features such unlikely delights as a Hello Kitty beer bottle and a World of Warcraft Horde tumbler. Huzzah!