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Arcade fans, here’s a great way to dress up your wardrobe and show your gamer spirit at the same time.
The perfect companion to their earlier gamer medals of honor, SuperMandolini is at it once more, this time with these shiny 1-inch round badges that look just like the buttons on an arcade cabinet…
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November 1st, 2008
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author: technabob
filed under: computing | strange and wonderful | video games
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Here’s a gaming oddity from Japan. Falling somewhere between Tetris and Rock Band, Pop ‘N Music Be Mouse is a Windows PC game that comes with a colorful multi-button mouse for controlling the gameplay.
To play Konami’s music pattern matching game, pop open the ladybug-like wings on the Be-Mouse controller to access the game’s nine buttons…
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March 26th, 2008
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author: technabob
filed under: design | video games
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Next time you head to your job over at Chotchkie’s, your boss won’t have anything to complain about since you’ll have tons of these awesome video game badges pinned all over your suspenders.
Created by Alexander Pfaender of Augenbluten/ITF, these fun 1-inch round buttons offer whimsical renditions of classic gaming systems and controllers from 1977 through 2006…
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March 3rd, 2008
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author: technabob
filed under: design | geek art & craft | video games
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I came across this funky Pac-Man inspired bag over on Etsy earlier today. Handmade by Melissa and Zach of New York’s hobocampcrafts, the bag features the likeness of one of the dot-gobbler’s ghostly nemeses, Inky.
Using a bunch of carefully selected buttons, the artists stitched together the blue ghost from the classic 80s arcade game…
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September 24th, 2007
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author: technabob
filed under: strange and wonderful
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This is really not a good idea, given the world we live in today. But leave it to the wacky gadget makers in Japan to release it anyway.
The ridiculous President Briefcase is just a gag product, but if you happen to leave it ANYWHERE, you’re likely to stir up a bigger scare than the Aqua Teen Hunger Force prank did in Boston earlier this year…
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July 31st, 2007
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author: technabob
filed under: just plain fun | mobile tech
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Remember that desktop self-destruct button I told you about a while back? Now you can carry a portable version, right there on your cell phone.
This mini self-destruct switch is the latest in a long line of odd things that Japanese people are hanging from their mobile phones…
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July 30th, 2007
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author: technabob
filed under: gadgets | just plain fun
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Sometimes you just have one of those stressful days where nothing goes your way. Now you can take out your frustrations using this device that attaches to your computer.
Just open up the cover on the USB Stress Panic Button and smack it with your fist. The $17 Panic Button includes three wacky screen effects which are triggered when you push the giant button…
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June 22nd, 2007
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author: technabob
filed under: design | just plain fun
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For those of you who confuse the real world with the computer world, these push pins are perfect for you. These Orbiculus thumbtacks from Art Lebedev Studios bring computer command buttons into the 3-dimensional world…
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April 29th, 2007
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author: technabob
filed under: cool toys | gadgets | just plain fun
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Japanese toy and electronics maker TakaraTomy is now offering this set of crazy USB gadgets that will make your desktop look like some sort of top secret military base.
Start off with the Big Red Emergency Button (¥3990/$34 USD), which looks pretty ominous, but merely shuts down your Windows PC…
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March 5th, 2007
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author: technabob