So maybe it’s pointless, but at least it’s happy!
The Tony-b Machine. What better pastime after a day full of stuffing than a little bit of music? Enjoy! Tags: tony+b+machine
The USB Desktop B-Ball Arcade runs off your computer’s USB power instead of using batteries. That’s because it’s clearly much easier to carry around a full blown Pentium 9 laptop with 20 inch screen and 102 key keyboard than a set of Duracell AA batteries. Anyone could tell that, you Luddite-addled dufii. $9.99. Take a break from your work day or homework to get in some quality court time! Now you can play arcade basketball right at your desk with the…
My Mini City, Red Ferret, is now flourishing thanks to you all. This is totally ridiculous…why am I checking this thing, it’s pointless and silly. Get out of my head, OUT… (pssst….we need more factories…[update] er…and transport) Tags: myminicity, game
My Mini City is a new online game that automatically builds a Sim City type environment for you out of user visits. You start things off by creating a city on a virtual planet map, and then hand out the location link to your friends and family – that means you in this case peeps – and once they start visiting the site your city grows (one action, per person, per day is counted). Oh and different links give your city…
Onslaught is an excellent free online Flash game a la Desktop Tower. Don’t click through unless you have an hour or so to waste. Just don’t. The attackers are coming! They’re trying to fight their way into Area 51 and it’s up to you to build the defences and stop them getting in! There’s a cash bounty on the head of every attacker and each wave is tougher than the last. Use your earnings to upgrade your defences and keep…
iYule. The most wonderful Cali from the most excellent Geek Brief TV show emails me to say that they’ve created a delicious little video of a roaring Yule log fire to celebrate the seasonal cheer. It’s offered in a number of formats including PC, iPod Video and iPhones and costs a mere $10.00 for the whole package. Yo! Ho! Ho! indeed, ma’am. 30-minutes of crackling fire and a beautiful original score by Geoff Smith formated for wide or standard screen portable players (iPods,…
Animated Hitch Critter. Er…there’s obviously some reason why you’d like to stick an animated plastic animal on your tow ball, but we’re struggling to find it. Show your style? Demonstrate civic pride? Prevent accidental grumpy disease? Whatever, it’s yours for an astonishing $24.99. Video. NEW! Give your trailer hitch a sense of humor! Take one of these critters for a ride on your trailer hitch. Besides giving yourself a chuckle, these moving Hitch Critters plug in to oprovide a third…
Designer Tattoo Plasters. OK, so should we be encouraging our young folk to plaster their body with dodgy art? What next, body piercing toothbrushes? Arf! £3.98. Cover your boo-boo with one of these rough and rugged Tattoo Bandages to trick people into thinking you’re tough. Each 3-3/4″” (9.5 cm) tall metal tin contains three sizes of latex-free vinyl adhesive bandages with sterile gauze and a FREE TOY to take your mind off of the excruciating pain.! Tags: designer+tattoo+plasters, novelty
The MultiGame Tabletop Arcade Machine is not just a PC running old games via MAME emulation, but a proper retro feast with original games like Arkanoid, Donkey Kong, Dig Dug and 45 other classics all on proper circuit board loveliness. We’re talking a toughened glass table top screen, 20 inch monitor, proper arcade joystick button combo and an optional coin op mechanism for when you want to be cheap with your friends and make them pay. Super delicious-ness can be…
This Remote Control Hand definitely has a ‘creep your little sis out’ feel to it, doesn’t it? You can picture the scene…dark bedroom corridor at midnight, just you and the tack tack tack sound as the hand approaches her door…the tremulous whispered ‘who’s there…’ from inside. Nope can’t go on, too scary. £14.99. A larger than lifesize 23cm robotic hand which appears to have a life of its own, just like ‘Thing’ from the Addams Family. The supple rubber…
Electronic Bubble Wrap Keychain.What’s the single most annoying thing in the world. Well after that, the second most annoying thing. Yep, someone popping bubble wrap within 80 feet of your head. So imagine how much fun it must be if you’re a complete drongo, to go around pressing buttons on this doozy all day. Hey, who said nerds were unimaginative? $9.99 says you’ll only need 2 stitches. Each keychain device has 8 rubbery little “bubble” buttons. They have a pretty…
Kicks Online is a new free online street soccer game from Korea. Gritty, urban, urban, gritty, you get the picture. The business model really hopes you’re going to like playing enough to part with cash for some more cool gear, improving skills and the like. This new fangled soccer stuff is never going to catch on, y’know. Kicks Online is a free-to-play football MMO (massively multi-player online) developed by Entermate, one of the emerging brands of Korean online games industry. The game…
Custom Segways. You may look like a nerd on one, but who says you have to stick with the boring old basic version, eh? Pimp your wheels, Trick out the paint, Make it comfy, Carry a friend Or baby Make it pay Or just plain rip it apart. Your call, your money. Tags: custom+segway
Air Guitar Pro looks like fun. No strings, pre-loaded songs and infra-red triggered strumming. It’s never going to replicate a good session of Stairway to Heaven on a tennis racquet, but hey, it might be close. $26.90. Built-in Speaker, IN & OUT Media Ports, Volume Controls, Pre-Loaded 10 Songs, etc. The Air Guitar PRO is using Infrared Ray to replace tranditional strings. SEVEN Buttons on the Guitar Front NecK from “C, D, E, F, G, A, & B”. FOUR Buttons…
Desktop Robot Pets. Dude, they flap their ears! They have smiley faces! They can swing their bodies! C’mon, that’s better than you get with Paris Hilton, and all for just $16.50 each. And they sing songs? Bliss! These cutey little robot pets live on your desk and act like as real pets, they need you to care, feed them, talk with, touch…etc. Theyshow different facial expressions, like Sleepy, Anger, Happy, Boring, Sick…etc, on their LCD screen of the front plate….
