December 2011
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Ai Weiwei Returned to Twitter this week.. →
…So click the link, it’s to the Weiwei tweets in english tumblr feed, because if you’re anything like me, you don’t know how to speak Chinese…
July 2011
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Truckin' Nuts! →
May 2011
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New. Good. Pizza. →
December 2009
19 posts
Xbox 360 Game Helps You Talk To Girls [Microsoft] →
For some, talking to girls is hard. For others, talking is hard. Xbox 360 downloadable indie title Don’t Be Nervous Talking 2 Girls might be able to offer help. Or at least offer something…
University Of Michigan Wants To Cut Costs By... →
Although this is the result of pranksters, it still doesn’t hesitate to bring the LOLs!
Students at the University of Michigan put up a flyer to illustrate the detriment of masturbating in…
German Artists Send Billboards To Their Doom!... →
A Tribute to id Software’s Doom, as seen on Flickr via Nerdcore. Thanks, teknohed!
PlayStation 3 Cluster, Or Skynet? [USAF] →
Last month, we told you about the United States Air Force’s plans to purchase around 2200 PlayStation 3 consoles to crunch some data with. Wonder what that kind of horsepower actually looks…
This Is Not A Joke →
Our Pope enjoys gangster rap! Years of thanking God for Grammy’s and BET Awards has finally paid off!
The Vatican has just recently released an official music playlist selected by the Pope…
Scientific!: How To Cut A Möbius Strip Bagel →
And they said it wasn’t possible to cut a bagel into a Möbius strip! Didn’t they? I’m sure somebody did. But boy were they wrong! You think it works for donuts too? What about Hot…
The Meaning Of Super Mario Clouds [Art] →
The work of technology artist Cory Arcangel, a bit well-known for his Super Mario Bros. art/hack seven years ago, is part of an exhibit running in London. The artist reflected on…
Buying A Neo Geo Pocket, From GameStop, In 2009... →
It’s not every day that you’re able to walk into a 21st-century GameStop, hand over $50 and walk home with a Neo Geo Pocket Color, almost ten years after SNK stopped making the thing. But…
These Prank Gift Boxes May Be Fake, But I Want a... →
OK, so the Noggin’ Net fishing hat is totally ludicrous, but am I crazy to think that the risk of horrible burning and food poisoning is totally worth waking up to fresh eggs and pancakes on my…
These Prank Gift Boxes May Be Fake, But I Want a... →
OK, so the Noggin’ Net fishing hat is totally ludicrous, but am I crazy to think that the risk of horrible burning and food poisoning is totally worth waking up to fresh eggs and pancakes on my…
Modern Warfare 2's Army is 26,000 Times Larger... →
Activision sent out a news release today touting the Modern Warfare 2 installation base - 8 million strong and growing - as larger than most real world armies. Indeed it is. How does it…
The Art of Video Games Comes To The Smithsonian In... →
Video games? In the Smithsonian? It could happen sooner than you think, if “soon” for you is March of 2012, when the Smithsonian American Art Museum in Washington, DC will feature the Art of…
The King Of Kong Becomes 'Bones' Murder Mystery... →
This week’s episode of crime procedural Bones tells the tale of Billy and Steve, competitive gamers vying for the “perfect score” on a classic arcade game. But unlike documentary The King of…
$10 USB Power Outlets Sound Like a No-Brainer... →
We have USB outlets in our cars, so why do we still use adapters in our houses? No more! These stock UCS power outlets with USB are just $10 from True Power, shipping in 2010. [FastMac via …
Space Beer Has Cleared the Tower [Space] →
At last, the long awaited Space Barley—the beer made with barley grown in space—is here to take you where everyone has been before: Drunk. Fortunately, nobody can hear you shouting in space,…
Lego Chandelier Is Perfect for Brick-Sucking... →
This huge Lego chandelier would have been perfect for the James May’s Lego house. If James May’s Lego house were actually a castle in Transylvania and he were a vampire, that is. Still,…
Redbox Closer To Rolling Out $2 Game Rentals... →
DVD rental firm Redbox are in talks with a number of publishers over the possibility of adding video games to the company’s range of DVD dispensing machines. Redbox boss Mitch Lowe says that…
Ain't No LAN Party Like A Swedish LAN Party... →
As seen on the “world’s largest digital festival” host Dreamhack’s Flickr feed. [via Gizmodo]
Nine Inch Nails Auctions Its Equipment →
Though it is the prerogative of rock stars to announce that they are breaking up their band and then reconstitute it months (or weeks or days) later, Nine Inch Nails seems to be serious when it says…
November 2009
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DJ Clark Kent x Nike East Warriors Collection →
If you are in NYC tonight we highly recommend dropping by 21 Mercer to celebrate the release of Clark Kent’s Air Force 1. Looks like he will be there manning the 1’s and 2’s to…
“Isolated Depiction of the Passage of Time”, 2001... →
“Isolated Depiction of the Passage of Time”, 2001 by Brian Jungen.
»System«, 2009 by Jonathan Vingiano. →
»System«, 2009 by Jonathan Vingiano.
Report: Video games create drone pilot 'naturals' →
A column in the Washington Examiner explores the continuing intersection of the military and gaming — actually, can we call it a long-standing rotary, with concepts and people coming in…
Can Art Reveals Pac-Man’s Gruesome Reality... →
All this time you thought Pac-Man was a harmless game. This artist’s rendering, built entirely in tin cans, shows you the terrifying reality 8-bit graphics couldn’t. Besides being an…
New Museum Controversy Grows with its Announced... →
POST BY PADDY JOHNSON New Museum front entrance, Image via: Improv Everywhere
This week in growing New Museum controversy, The New York Times’ Deborah Sontag and Robin Pogrebin…
They Made The Wii Bowling Ball, And They're Not... →
I sat in a blue room on Monday, surrounded by what some hardcore gamers might call artifacts of absurdity. On walls around me hung a Wii bowling ball controller attachment, a Wii pool cue,…
Oooh, Nice Wheels: Pac-Man Drives In Style →
I’ve often wondered what kind of car Pac-Man would drive, and now I know. He doesn’t just gobble dots — he gobbles the dotted line! OM NOM NOM!! And, in case you can’t see this and…
NEWS: Winners of The First Annual Art Awards... →
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