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Miss the days of 2000 when you spent the summer at a boardwalk arcade, endlessly dropping quarters into Silent Scope and King of Fighters ’99? I do. Lucky for me, Konami feels my pain and is bringing the classic sniper rifle shooter to the iPhone. Says Konami VP of Mobile and Online: “With the release of Silent Scope on the ...

Spotted in the wild grounds of Tumblr, someone posted a picture of this old school Super Mario Bros. 3 shirt. That yellow! That color! How on earth did this anonymous gentleman keep it in such good condition for nearly 20 years? Either way, I want one. Get in touch. Link

If your television goes out, you might want to hold off on calling your electric company. The situation could be out of their hands. In fact, the reason why your electricity just went out could be because of Chinese and Russian spies who have infiltrated the US electrical grid. Said spies planted malicious software inside the grid and had it ...

Hey everyone. Just wanted to give you all a heads up that we’ll be on reduced posting until Friday due to Passover. If you celebrate it, we wish you a Happy Pesach and to the rest of our dear readers, stay the course! Andrew will be posting some great stuff in the mean time, so don’t close that RSS reader ...

These links were made for linkin’. And that’s just what they’ll do. One of these days these links are going to walk all over you. White Leica, White Heat Boxee presses on without Hulu Don’t believe the hype The 8-bit Waterslide is the coolest cardboard animation ever A crocodile shaped cloud A supposed screenshot of iPhone video recording iTunes’ variable ...

Dream for days of true retro-gaming on the go? Ben Heck has you covered. He’s put his master modder skills to good use this time around, creating a portable Commodore 64 laptop. Says Heck: This project somehow has the distinction of being both the longest and fastest portable electronics project I have ever done. I originally started making a C64 ...

Take a close look at this shelf. At first glance, it appears to be nothing more than a typical wooden shelf resting on a wall. But upon further inspection, one will discover a multitude of swing-out shelves built-into the main unit. Hang your keys, put up some books, look at yourself in the mirror. Hell, who cares what you do ...

I’ve been a fan of the Drobo since the original debuted a few years ago. For those of you unfamiliar with it, it’s an external hard drive enclosure that hooks up to your PC or Mac via USB. You plug hot-swappable drives in and take them out without any sort of repercussions thanks to Drobo’s intelligent software. Before, Drobo held ...

It’s 10pm. Do you know where your children are? Chances are they’ve caught on to a strange new trend developed by David Edwards. Dave makes Le Whif breathable chocolate and it’s the new trend that’s shocking parents around the nation. You simply use the inhaler-like device to breath in particles of chocolate. At $4 a pop, this is an expensive ...

Take a near-bankrupt automobile manufacturer and a company that makes personal transportation vehicles used mostly by colleges and you’d think you’d have a disaster on your hands, correct? Apparently, such is not the opinion of General Motors and Segway. The two companies are teaming up to create the PUMA, or Personal Urban Mobility and Accessibility Project. The vehicle, shown above, ...