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warioware: smooth moves in action

filed under: video games

Check out this footage recorded from the video game nostalgia level from the upcoming Wii title, WarioWare: Smooth Moves…

The level features motion-controlled tributes to classic games ranging from Super Mario Brothers to Starfox to Pong…

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November 30th, 2006 post a comment stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

a quick fix for the xbox 360 red rings of doom

filed under: video games

Some crafty Xbox 360 owner in Brazil has come up with the Occam’s Razor approach to fixing the console’s “red rings of doom” failure.

When in doubt, the simplest solution is usually the right one… simply smack the crap out of your hardware. Perhaps Microsoft will begin recommending this to their customers…

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November 28th, 2006 4 comments stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

ps3 copies xbox 360 and overheats too?

filed under: video games

While it’s way too soon to know what kind of post-launch issues Playstation 3 users will encounter, a video has surfaced of a new PS3 console which has died a tragic death.

Apparently these guys were playing Tony Hawk’s Project 8 for about 3 hours when the console died…

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November 19th, 2006 6 comments stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

the only reason to play sim games

filed under: just plain fun | video games

Face it, the reason we play sim games is so we can act out our inner God complexes. Who here among us didn’t just build up our SimCities just so you could unleash Godzilla and a tornado on them? Who didn’t once try holding up a magnifying glass up to their Ant Farm?
That said, check out this awesomely sadistic clip taken from the amusement park sim, Roller Coaster Tycoon…

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October 22nd, 2006 1 comment stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

xbox 360 hd-dvd commercial surfaces

filed under: video games

This amusing commercial for the Xbox 360 HD-DVD add-on has found its way to YouTube:

Now is it just me, or is the dancer who does the DVD dance better than the main HD-DVD dancer?

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October 11th, 2006 post a comment stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

plen: the rollerskating robot

filed under: robotics

Plen Rollerskating Robot

PLEN, the Desktop Hobby Robot is a little (9-inch tall) robot from Japan which is capable of balancing itself on a mini-skateboard or to skate on its own included rollerskates.

Here’s a video of the robot in action:

PLEN’s 18 joints can be controlled remotely using a Bluetooth phone and can run for about 25 minutes on a single charge…

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October 8th, 2006 8 comments stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

light strings change colors with led tech

filed under: just plain fun

Triklits LED Color Changing Light String

Looking for the geekiest way to show off your holiday spirit, or just looking for the next hackable gizmo? These new light strings, called Triklits let you accomplish either.

The secret to these color changing lights is that each orb on the string contains a red-green-blue LED…

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October 4th, 2006 2 comments stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

the latest in automation: the retro-encabulator

filed under: future tech | retro

The Retro-Encabulator implements the crudely conceived idea of generating inverse reactive current for use in unilateral phase detractors and automatically synchronizing cardinal grammeters. Also it features modial interaction of magneto-reluctance and capacitive diractance.

Huh?..

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September 23rd, 2006 post a comment stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

aol cancellation call recording…

filed under: Uncategorized

I don’t know how I missed this video when it came out back in June…
This guy recorded his call with the AOL anti-cancellation nazis. It would be really funny if it weren’t so sad…

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August 25th, 2006 post a comment stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

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