The Etsy shop Things to Love offers handmade fridge magnets and Christmas tree ornaments that’ll warm the heart of any old 8-bit Nintendo or C64 player during these cold months.
There’s Bub and Bob from Bubble Bobble, the Mario mushrooms, Goomba, Shyguy and.. well. I want ‘em! Some glows in the dark as well.
Things To Love: Pixel style fridge magnets / Christmas tree ornaments ($4.00 - $7.00)
Here’s two new videos to cure that friday morning boredom for you; the new World of Warcraft ads soon to be seen on national TV in the US.
William Shatner plays a shaman (nice quote, “Play World of Warcraft dog, you can be anyone!”), Mr. T plays a night elf… mohawk.
Continue reading to watch the videos:
Oh yeah, Nintendo has retrofitted a bunch of classic Super Famicom Controllers (SNES for some of us) to make them Wii Virtual Console compatible. These were meant to be exclusive for Club Nintendo Platinum members in Japan, but the people over at National Console Support Inc offers them on pre-order (starts shipping April 2008). Sweet.
Now, where’s the NES model?
NCS Inc: Super Famicom Controller Wii ($30)
(Via Acquiremag)
If the 8-bit polyester tie isn’t enough to show your co-workers where you heart is you ought to get a couple of these Nintendo Vinyl Figures for desk decoration. They stand approximately 5" tall and you get to pick between Classic Mario, Fire Mario, Yoshi, Donkey Kong and a vicious Goomba.
ThinkGeek: Nintendo Action Figures ($14.99 each)
(If you’re into the art of vinyl collectibles you really should check out The House of Liu figures, Andrew Bell’s Lotus Kanser figures, Frank Cho’s Monkey Boy and the Black Hole Stormtrooper Collectible though)
The 8-bit Tie started out as one of ThinkGeek’s annual April jokes, but hordes of pixel-tie-craving customers spoke up and now it’s finally in stock, available for purchase. It’s a clip-on (of course) and made in a “silk-like microfiber fabric” (oh yeah, polyester!).
“You’ll be the envy of the office or, at least, you’ll get tons of attention. You’ll be just like Mario when he wore a tie to meetings when negotiating his contract with Nintendo.”
ThinkGeek: The 8-Bit Tie ($19.99)
Sony has revamped the PSP and the 2007 version Slim & Lite (with “2000″ as the official model name, oddly enough) looks promising.
The Slim & Lite PSP is 33% lighter (from 280 grams to 189), 19% slimmer and features better Wi-Fi support, faster loading times, 64MB internal memory (instead of 32), improved battery life, USB battery charging, video-out, removed infra-red port and the speakers are now located on the front, near the top of the screen.
The 2007 PSP:s are available in black, white, ice silver, rose pink, blue and purple.
AudioCubes: Sony PSP 2007: Slim & Lite ($199.00)
Darklite is Messiah’s new and sleek DVD remote control for Playstation 3 sporting bright backlit buttons (primary buttons on top and the secondary buttons just a slide-out away), a USB-connected receiver doubling as a charging station and both BluRay / DVD compatibility.
The Darklite is available on pre-order now and starts shipping September 25th.
PlayMessiah.com: Darklite DVD Remote ($29.99)
(Via Geekalerts)
HP bought Voodoo PC to compete with Dell / Alienware and here’s the first product: Blackbird 002, a rig designed and built for serious gamers. Besides the serious-lookin’ aluminum exterior you get liquid cooling, internal and external LED-lights, open and overclocking-friendly BIOS and a bunch of different hardware options. Expect a price tag between 2,500 and 6,500 USD.
So, compared to Dell XPS 720 H2C, who’s the winner?
HP.com: Blackbird 002 Product Site
HP.com: Blackbird 002 Tech Specs
(Via Acquiremag)
Surface Tension’s hand-made Arcade Coffee Tables comes equipped with solid 2-player retro gaming components and 29 classic arcade games (Bubble Bobble, Operation Wolf, Rainbow Islands, Space Invaders etc) preinstalled. It runs MAME (Multiple Arcade Machine Emulator) so you’re by no means bound to those 29 titles either, there’s tons of games available.
That being the main feature it also sports wireless networking, iTunes, Firefox and Windows Media Player, so as long as your coffee maker is within reaching distance you won’t need to leave that couch of yours for quite a while.
(Oh, and it’s insanely expensive)
Surface-Tension.net: Contemporary Arcade Coffee Table (£3295, about $6650 USD)
(Via OhGizmo)
Here’s a set of neat Mushroom Lamps available in red, green and blue, all gifted with bright LED light and activated by a gentle push on the top. They run on 4 AA-batteries so no pesky cords needed.
The red and green one ought to make any nightly Mario marathon complete.
Brando: LED Mushroom Lamps ($12.00)
