Gaming

If you’re not familiar with the Madden curse, it is the bizarre coincidence that every player to land the cover spot of a Madden video game has faced an injury or other major set-back which effected their playing ability during the season they are featured. Eerily enough, this coincidence has maintained consistency since 1999, when players began to be featured ...

The two living members of seminal grunge band Nirvana, Dave Grohl and Krist Novoselic, are none too happy with former band member Kurt Cobain’s appearance in Guitar Hero 5. While the two have no legal say over Kurt Cobain’s image, an official statement released by the two says “While we were aware of Kurt’s image being used with two Nirvana ...

And you thought the six boss battles were tough when there WASN’T 54 square blocks in need of organizing. The Mega Man Boss Battle Rubik’s Cube features scenes from all six boss battles. Your job is to complete the images, finessing all of the blocks to their proper positions using only your plasma arm cannon. But can you do it ...

Nintendo has figured out their missing demographic! It’s the essential farmer sector! Finally, they’ve realized the Wii’s true calling with this new animal husbandry Wii controller. If anyone can tell me what exactly is going on here I’ll give you the biggest digital hug ever. Are they watching some sort of instructional video? Who knew they even made horse torsos ...

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. ...

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.

Designed by the same fortune teller who created this Xbox 720 concept, Tai Chiem’s next target is the Playstation 4, the potential next gen console for Sony and the sequel for the PS3. Much like the Xbox 360, the PS3 still has a few more years of life left in its lifespan of relevency. In fact, I believe the console ...

Now available on eBay for a whopping price of $680 after 40 bids and climbing, this AWESOME Beatles-themed Xbox is one in a series of limited consoles planned for release by Harmonix in honor of Beatles: Rock Band. All proceeds from this auction will go to the Doctors Without Borders charity. Screw the doctors. I totally want this for selfish ...

…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 ...