If you’re a fan of Super Mario, then this is the mouse for you. It’s a Koopa Shell, available in either red or blue, and it comes with a matching mouse pad. This is an actual working USB mechanical ball mouse with scroll wheel and it’s compatible with PCs or Macs. It doesn’t even require any special mouse drivers. I triple dog dare you to get one of these and use it at the office. I bet your boss will never take you seriously again.
Product Page ($30.90 via Technabob)
In an interesting marketing move, Microsoft recently sent emails to fans at the Halo Waypoint forums entitled “Your piece of the Halo 4 puzzle.” In all, 32 pieces were collected and assembled to reveal what will likely become the box art for the November 6th release.
Needless to say, this is going to be a long, long summer for Halo fans.
(Waypoint forums via Coming Soon via Geekosystem)
If you don’t already have Fight Club in your Blu-ray collection, you can’t do much better than this deal. For a limited time you can get the 10th anniversary edition for only $10.01. That’s a whopping 71% off the list price!
Fight Club 10th Anniversay Edition (Blu-ray)—$34.99 $10.01 (71% off)
Korean gamer Yoshichan has elevated his status in the gaming world after he beat Diablo 3 in a mind-blowing 12 hours and 29 minutes with “368 Lifetime Kills, 412 Elite Kills and 168,481 gold as a Barbarian on normal difficulty”.
Obviously, this has opened the doors for new competition, and according to reports, a group of Korean and Chinese gamers have already conquered the game in 7 hours on normal difficulty.
(via Geekologie)
Now that I have your attention, check out these great new behind-the-scenes pictures of Mark Hamill, Carrie Fisher and Harrison Ford on the set of Return of the Jedi and The Empire Strikes Back. These were all released by Lucasfilm in advance of the Star Wars Celebration in Florida this August. Han looks cool, Luke looks goofy and Leia not only gets up close and personal with a Gamorrean, but she gets caught smooching Chewbacca. Man, if Han finds out about this he’s going to be one ticked off smuggler.
See all the pictures after the jump…
The Oatmeal makes a compelling case, one that I happen to agree with. Tesla is wildly underappreciated while Edison is vastly overappreciated.
More after the break.
Save and save often. Always run your backup. Words to live by in our very computerized world, but what happens when you manage to erase what you saved and then find out your backup is no good? That was the harrowing dilemma facing Pixar’s Oren Jacob and Galyn Susman when someone accidentally typed the Linux command to erase everything. Fortunately, a baby saved the day.
See the animated reenactment of the incident after the jump…
What do an Imperial Walker and a vinyl record have in common? They can be put together to make a clock. It’s so obvious!
Okay, maybe not, but the end result is neat. This clock is hand cut from a random record and made to order. If you like the Star Wars vehicle without the clock parts you can just order the wall decoration version.
Product Page ($39 via Geek Alerts)
You really have no idea just how many dominoes 30,000 is until you watch a three minute video of them all being knocked over. This one is the Nintendo special and features dominoes lined up in all kinds of images and designs from the video games you love. You’ll be amazed at the set-up and seemingly never-ending cascade of plastic dominoes on display. Wow.
Check out the impressive video after the break.
New in our Nerd Approved Shop – Star Wars Blasters that shoot Nerf darts!
This first wave of mini-guns are 6-7″ long and feature Cad Bane’s Blaster, General Grievous’ Blaster, and Captain Rex’s Blaster. Each Blaster comes with three Nerf projectiles. They’re much safer than lightsabers!
Star Wars Action Blasters—$29.99
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