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life imitating net: fail stickers

reallifefail

I’d say these things have been a long time coming, but what the hell, you can still have fun times with it. Failsticker.com is selling – drumroll please – FAIL stickers. They’re 6″ wide and 3.5″ tall, with “FAIL” in white Impact font on a transparent background.

You can buy 5 stickers for $5 USD,…

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March 15th, 2009 comments (1) stumble it! digg it! author: lambert v.

filed under: just plain fun

vhs video toaster [epic fail]

video-toaster

Inspired by a scene from an old British TV sitcom, modder/appliance frankenstein lemonie decided to make a real vhs toaster. He succeeded and failed at the same time. Which is kind of a feat in itself.

That’s the VHS toaster in the background. In the foreground are a couple of sweet VHS-marked toasted bread. But…

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February 26th, 2009 comments (2) stumble it! digg it! author: lambert v.

filed under: hacks + mods just plain fun media players retro

rom check fail!… retro arcade games go berzerk

rom_check_fail

Have you ever loaded up a retro arcade game with MAME, only to be greeted with an error message about those bad ROMs you downloaded 2 years ago? Well one enterprising developer decided to take that idea and actually turn it into a game.

The chaos that ensues in ROM CHECK FAIL! is one that really…

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February 19th, 2009 comments (3) stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

filed under: hacks + mods retro video games

xbox 360 august 2007 update problems

Xbox 360 Logo

[UPDATE: It appears that the problems with the update and Xbox Live Marketplace have been corrected as of about 11:30 Central Time this morning.]
The latest Xbox 360 System Update appears to be causing major problems for gamers today. Speaking from personal experience, the update appears to be completely breaking Xbox Live for some users.
The…

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August 8th, 2007 comments (14) stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

filed under: video games