Gaming

Super Mario Kart: The Board Game

Inspired by the original SNES version of Super Mario Kart, the game’s board game counterpart recently made an appearance at the Tokyo Toy Show 2010, far from our own shores, but close enough to inspire a hardy “DO WANT!” to escape my lips. The idea is that two players each have a separate, parallel track around the board, and around ...

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GEARDeals: Buy Two Used Games From Gamestop, Get One Free

There’s always a few games on your wishlist your unsure of splurging on. Whether it be based on price or hesitance that the game is actually any good, you’ve held off on giving them a go. From July 15 – 17 Gamestop is offering a special offer. Buy two used games and you get one free. Depending on the games ...

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Super Nintendo Bed

With a starting price of $20,000, the SNES-inspired iCon Bed isn’t for the casual gamer. But for someone who has devoted what amounts to several years of total gaming time, this bed is probably one of the coolest things you’ve ever seen. Equipped with a Hollandia adjustable 3D mattress, the iCon Bed also comes fully stocked with gadgetry goodness, including ...

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Farmville Coasters Bring (The Most Annoying) Botany (Ever) to Your Beverage

I haven’t had this many drinks on a farm since, well, ever. Ok, there was that one time in Tijuana, but let’s change the subject, shall we? STOP GIVING ME THAT LOOK. I swear, the horse was asking for it! Farmville Coasters complete your obsessive attempt to integrate fake farming into your daily life. Congratulations, you’ve never had a withered ...

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World of Warcraft Truffles Satisfy Your Geek Tooth

I don’t know about you guys, but when I have a hankering, there’s a considerable shortage of easily available foods that will satisfy my geek tooth. The Bacon AT-AT is long gone and all of my cupcakes have been successfully shot at people’s faces with a cannon. So, alas, it’s time again to throw on the ole apron and get ...

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Social Gaming Sinks to a New Low: Zynga Convinces Users to Fervently Collect Poo

FrontierVille has really taken off as of late. With an active user base of 16.3 million monthly gamers and growing, Zynga might just have another Farmville on their hands. FrontierVille users were recently greeted with a new incentive. Poo collection. Yes. Poo collection. The new Manure Collection allows users to collect an assortment of animal fecal matter and share it ...

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Super Mario Played with the Help of a Violin

So romantic. All we need are a few candles, a robot or two and a few Hot Pockets and it’d be a perfect date night for any of my lucky lady friend. Not to mention they get to hang out with me, the sexiest geek in the world as voted on by the employees of Gearfuse. (Note: of the two ...

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8-Bit Game Characters in 3D

Just because the animation wasn’t made for 3D, doesn’t mean that we can’t use modern tools to bring the days of retro gaming into the modern age. Hell, we’ve already seen it work the other way around. Deviantart user Cezkid utilizes his mad skills to create 3D versions of classic 8-bit gaming art, including this Super Mario rendering. Also included ...

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The Rise of Social Gaming and Zynga (with Infographic Goodness)

Farmville is no longer just a Facebook sensation. Soon enough Zynga’s going to be porting their benchmark farming game for the iPhone. Once the iPhone version is released, forget it, there’s going to be no way to avoid it. So all of us farm haters better just get used to it. Even without the iPhone, Zynga has all but dominated ...

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