We’ve seen a pretty wide assortment of ways to mod the Nintendo consoles. Whether it be shoving the cartridges right into the Wii or putting the whole damn console right inside the cartridge, the FC Mobile Game Console accomplishes something that even the great modder Ben Heck hasn’t even been able to figure out just yet: making the Nintendo Entertainment ...
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Is Your Boss A Dick? Piss Him Off With This Guitar Hero Necktie
Mr. Baxter upstairs is very upset with you. He’s well aware that you and your “crew” have been taking extra-long lunches so you can squeeze in matches of Guitar Hero in the break room. Yes, with every missed chord in YYZ, Mr. Baxter grows tired of your game and would really love it if you got back to your desk ...
Read More »Come Sail Away With PSP
Try singing the title of this post to the tune of Styx’s “Come Sail Away” and I think you’ll find yourself mildly amused. Regardless, it seems for some reason, a random Japanese manufacturer feels that putting a piece of string around a ZipLock bag constitutes use as a waterproof case for your PSP. Would you buy this? Would you seriously ...
Read More »Super Nintendo Entertainment System Brothers
Dubbed the “Famicard”, after the original Nintendo Famicom system, this cartridge has a full Nintendo Entertainment System built-in to it. Now we’re not talking about using this as a dongle or any silly thing like that. This is a working NES with controller ports, composite video and stereo audio out, cartridge loader and power button. With a portable cartridge system ...
Read More »Wii Nunchuk Controlled Espresso Machine
� What is surely the result of brainstorming under the influence of far too much caffeine, coffee addict Tim Hirzel presents his hacked Rancilio Silvia espresso machine. With the help of an Arduino micro-controller, Hirzel has managed to allow the espresso machine to be controlled by the Wii Nunchuk controller. The Silvia espresso machine, which now features an integrated calendar, ...
Read More »Leaked Screenshots from World of Warcraft WotLK Alpha
� Seemingly verified through insider information, sources have confirmed that these screenshots have been leaked from the alpha testing phase of the World of Warcraft’s newest expansion, Wrath of the Lich King. The new expansion will add a new class, the first hero class, the Death Knight, to the WoW world, as well as a new profession called Inscription, new ...
Read More »NES Controller Car Engine Mod: Just Another Attempt At Geek Cred
You might have your car’s interior and sound system down as far as geeky prowess goes, but what lurks under the hood? A standard engine just won’t do for my fellow car modding comrades, oh no! We need more! Better! Geekier! The owner of this car is such a huge fan of the NES console, that he modded a NES ...
Read More »Tresling: Tetris With A Physical Edge
How do geeks solve a quarrel that can only be fixed with a physical encounter? By fist fighting? Oh, no, no. Their asthma just wouldn’t allow for that. Drastic times call for drastic measures, and we all know there is only one way to prove who has the metaphorical thickest glasses, and that’s through gaming of course. Tresling mashes Tetris ...
Read More »MacBook Pro Beautifully Laser-Etched With WoW Dark Portal Design
What lies just beyond the Dark Portal? And to think, for the last few years I thought it was Outland which dwells within the stars. All of this time, it has been nothing but an Apple logo. Ok, but in all seriousness, this laser-etching job on a MacBook Pro is a gorgeous depiction of the Dark Portal from World of ...
Read More »Elementeo: The Chemistry Card Game That Blinds You With Science
Every single object in our universe is composed of an infrastructure of elements, yet many children are not retaining the information which tells us the building blocks of the universe. Elementeo is a card game created by a 14-year old whiz kid, hell bent on teaching chemistry in an effective and fun fashion. Much like games such as Magic: The ...
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