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I’ve debated building a shrine to the NES for years now, but I’ve never actually gotten around to acting on the idea. Spotted over at the Super Potato retro gaming store in Akihabara, Japan, this 7-foot tall throne was made entirely out of Famicom cartridges, creating an apt shrine for the gamer who demands to be the king of his ...

Not only are these the only jeans ever officially approved and developed by Chuck Norris, but they also happen to make your ass look pretty toight… toight like a toiger. Tight in all the right places, without the camel knuckle. Guaranteed not to bind your legs when delivering roundhouse kicks to the face, the Chuck Norris Action Jeans give you ...

It’s a lampshade, made out of friggen’ bacon. You got a problem with that? Take it up with PETA. If you’re anything like us, this shade would already be half-eaten, with the other half just about ready to slide down our greedy gullets. Wait a second… was that bacon raw….. ? Oh well… om nom nom. If you don’t like ...

Sometimes realism isn’t exactly what we want in our video games. We want to escape, not be hassled by the reality of… reality. Cracked.com hosted an awesome Photoshop contest, encouraging� their users to come up with ways to make video games just a tad more realistic, hence somewhat less playable. Some of the results were absolutely genius. Here are a ...

True Scrabble geeks know that a game can never last long enough. Before you know it there’s no more room to create new words, the scores are tallied and BOOM, you’re named the winner, as usual. But us Scrabble junkies demand a more in-depth experience. This Extra Large Scrabble board is equipped with 441 squares, compared to the standard 225. ...

Even at his most perilous moment, Han Solo refused to tell the Princess how much he loved her, but I have no shame in admitting my undying love for this awesome Han Solo in Carbonite Desk. Yes, that’s right, I am in love with a piece of furniture. How awesome would it be to walk into your boss’s office and ...

If for some reason you haven’t started using your various devices to keep track of your daily appointments you probably still rely on the old paper calendar. Either that or you’re completely awful with dates. Either way you likely need to make an upgrade. The Taking Care of Business Mousepad keeps your daily appointments in clear view without taking up ...

I am shocked… SHOCKED about the recent revelation that Obama has not authored any of his 418 tweets posted to his Twitter account, @BarackObama. Doesn’t he have a free second between ruling the free world and meeting with world leaders to fill us in about… oh I don’t know… what he’s eating for lunch, maybe? While in China, Obama was ...

I’m one of those guys who brings a camera with him wherever he goes. I don’t think about it as much as I should, but I imagine I can make people pretty uncomfortable by snapping photos of them when they least expect it. Some people get pretty antsy when I whip out my point-and-shoot. And I guess I can’t blame ...

Everybody loves riding the bumper cars. It’s even more fun when you’re with your friends and you get to bash the hell out of them. Not that I would know anything about friends. Do you think I seriously have any time for anyone else but you, sweet sweet reader? *sniff* But enough sympathy for the lonely, pathetic blogger. Check out ...