No Virtual Property Sales on eBay
eBay has removed all sales of virtual property from their site. Their reasoning, which is not totally out of line, is that it is unclear who owns these goods. The player? The game company? Since most MMORPG games feature terms of service prohibit this sort of activity, I do not totally fault them.
The real issue [...]
Multi Colored LED Light Bulb
An LED light bullb that saves power? Check. Different modes such as strobe, flashing, constant? Check. Remote Control? Check. Ability to change it to one of 16 different colors? Absolutely.
If you want mood lighting for your home theater or colored strobing while listening to Pink Floyd late at night, the multi-colored LED light bulb will [...]
Defense Department’s Heat Beam
The Department of Defense recently showed off their newest $60 million project entitled the Active Denial System. I will just call it a heat beam, since it heats your skin up to 130 degrees making you feel like you are facing a blast furnace. The sensation goes away as soon as you manage to get [...]
Wii: News Channel Goes Live a Day Early
Initial reports came down that the News Channel would go live tomorrow, but I turned on my Wii this morning and it was already available via a system update.
Getting AP news delivered directly to the Wii will definitely be a useful service. I haven’t spent a whole lot of time digging into the channel, [...]
WowWee’s Spidersapien and Homersapien
It looks like WowWee, the company behind the Robosapien, has diversified their product portfolio to include licensed products like the Spidersapien and Homersapien.
Both will include the features that Robosapien fans have come to know and love, but these models have been given an upgrade to suit their new personalities.
Spidersapien will include a vocabulary of Spider-Man [...]
Unreal Tournament 2007 Renamed, Headed For 360
The game previously known as Unreal Tournament 2007 will now and forever more be known as Unreal Tournament 3 according to IGN. They have also confirmed that UT3 will make it’s way to the XBox 360 in addition to the PC and PS3 in the second half of 2007.
Epic has promised that online modes [...]
USB Party Boy
Awhile back, Nerd Approved featured the USB Pole Dancer so, in the interest of fairness, we now give you the USB Party Boy.
Like the Pole Dancer, Party Boy here will dance along to your favorite music while connected to your computer.
For added hilarity (and gayness) make sure to add “It’s Raining Men”to your [...]
Halo 3 Spike Grenade: Everything You Need To Know
We have already seen information on the MA5C Assault Rifle and the Mongoose - now Bungie gives us everything we need to know about the Spike Grenade in Halo 3.
Excerpt from long-term, in-field interview with the soldiers of E2-BAG/1/7.
Type-2 Antipersonnel Fragmentation Grenade
Official designation: Type-2 Antipersonnel Fragmentation Grenade
Length (o/a): 91.4 cm (36 in.)
Weight: 1.93 kg (4.25 [...]
PS3: v1.50 Upgrade Helps Sony Take Your Money
Yesterday’s v1.50 firmware release for the PS3 may have fixed the backwards compatibility issues, but it also added a little functionality to the console that will help Sony take even more of your money.
Apparently the upgrade added support for peripheral devices that allow gamers to swipe credit cards directly into the console. Fortunately this is [...]
Download: Super Mario Bros 3 Theme For Firefox (Windows)
The novelty value on this Firefox theme is high, but I don’t think it would be the kind of thing that you could look at for an extended period of time.
Click here to download the Super Mario Bros 3 Firefox theme (Windows only)
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