Gadgets

Time to retire your old Chuck Taylors. There is finally a worthy high-top successor. Handpainted by Rachelle Williams of ParadoxArtistry, these Super Mario Sneakers feature all of your favorite Mario characters, custom crafted onto a pair of high-tops. These are so awesome it hurts. $160 will snag you a pair of these sneaks or you can choose from a butt ...

Yanked directly from the screen of Super Mario Bros., the Piranha Plant iPhone case is made with a double-layer of Eco-felt, which is composed of 100% consumer recycled water bottles. Sold out for now, I’d keep an eye on Etsy to see if any more of these are put on the block. Just remember, you have to time it perfectly. ...

Lego builder Brandon Griffith created this awesome Star Wars chess set made completely out of LEGO elements. Griffith didn’t adhere to the typical chess piece rules. A few of the chess men are actually designed as vignettes from the movie. For example, the king’s bishop is actually a model of Obi Wan Kenobi disabling the Death Star’s tractor beam. Griffith ...

Designer Carl Archambeault (we know, quite a mouthful) posted this excellent Xbox 360 portable gaming system he’s calling the Xbox 1080. The handheld would offer gaming, music, video, pretty much all the media offered by your current Xbox except all small enough to fit in your pocket.

Big news already, and there are still hours until Apple’s big “It’s Only Rock and Roll” iPod event. Apple has slashed the prices of all of their iPod models, the current iPod Touch models getting the biggest price cut; the 8GB model slashed from $229 down to $189, the 16 GB down to $249 (from $299) and the 32 GB ...

…and believe it or not, you can make your own. Instructables user I_am_Canadian created this awesome how-to on how to make your very own chess set out of Knex. The individual pieces actually clip onto the board, which means even if you have a pet or a child or likes to step all over your board game, or if the ...

You’ve been waiting and now it’s here. Flickr has finally relased their official fully-featured iPhone app, allowing you to upload photos and browse Flickr right from your device. Logging on to the app, the first thing you see is a panning series of “interesting” photos, reminiscent of a Ken Burns-documentary. It’s very unique and very beautiful. What are you waiting ...

They might look like they are made of real LEGO bricks, but the LEGO Walkie Talkies are simply designed to look like a brick DIY. Sort of disappointing really. I’m sure an actual LEGO Walkie Talkie would take a considerable amount of time, money and effort. But I bet it’s doable. Get on that, GEARheads. These walkies feature a 3000 ...

Can you even remember the hours wasted playing around with the Etch A Sketch when you were a kid? The premise was, and really, still is awesome. Draw anything you want, give it a shake, and the drawing’s gone. The shaking mechanism was, of course, the best part. You could draw all the cocks and titties you wanted without getting ...

Clue isn’t only a classic board game, but the movie based on the game is awesome as well. If you haven’t seen it I highly recommend it. Tim Curry is vastly underrated. By the way, it probably wasn’t Colonel Mustard in the bedroom with the dildo, as I found out multiple times last time I played. I tried to fight ...