We recently created a custom set of hangUP coat hooks for an under stairs cupboard. So rather than the standard 4UP with 4 balltops, this one held a mammoth 15 ball tops. It was a walnut back board with pink balltops to match the colour behind.
We grabbed a few photos from the proud new owner, so starting off with an arty Instagram snap, here they are…
Check out this Super Mario 8-bit Clock with Goomba Pendulum. Handmade by no less than Father Time himself, at Clockwork Oregon, this awesome clock is available to buy for £29.22 plus posting but hurry they’re selling fast.
However, if this sweet clock has gone there are plenty of other ones available on their Etsy site. I felt like I’d hit the jackpot when I came across quite a few Zelda clocks, a Yoshi, a Mario 1-UP, Kirby, Tetris heart, Bowser in his flying clown machine, Pac-Man, Mega Man, Tanooki Suit Mario, and may favorite….Mike Tyson’s Punch Out!! clock! I mean, come on! The clock features Little Mac taking a swing and the ear-biting, dove-loving, 8-bit version of Mike Tyson!
via: technabob
I was browsing through The Sunday Times tech supplement yesterday and came across this eye-controlled asteroids arcade cabinet by a company called Tobii.
The potential in this kind of technology is amazing and obviously extends way further than gaming. I saw something similar at the Eurogamer Expo last year at Earls Court running Trackmania Nations.
“Using your eyes as a game controller is an almost magical experience. It’s as if the game can read your mind, creating the sensation of having supernatural powers.
Using your eyes to direct attention is fundamental in human interaction. Using your eyes to interact with games, on the other hand, is completely new. With gaze interaction, the game understands your gaze the same way people around you do, taking immersion and game intensity to a new level.”
Is it a game or is it a bar of soap? It’s actually the lather – sorry, latter. With this NES controller soap you’re just an up, up, down, down, left, right, left, right, B, A, B, A, Select, Start away from clean hands.
These incredible soap bars are created by Chrystal Doucette at Digitalsoaps. The online store was launched back in January 2009 and was such a success that Chrystal was able to quit her daytime job in journalism to be able to create videogame-related soap bars to suppliers around the world. Other soap designs include Playstation, XBOX, Gameboy and my favourite the Rubik’s cube replica, all created in soap!
Available through Digitalsoaps at Etsy
We could not go another second without telling the entire world that very soon (March in the USA, May in the UK) you will be able to get your very own Lego Moleskine notebook! These are a special limited edition collaboration between Lego and Moleskine.
Each will have a debossed cover with a different Lego screenprint on it and comes with a matching Lego brick and include a colored bookmark ribbon, themed flyleaf and an inner pocket in colored fabric. It comes with Lego themed adhesive labels and will be available in different sizes and in plain or ruled pages.
Available for pre-order from Amazon at reduced prices from £9.18 – £11.55
Looking for the perfect fuel for a late night gaming marathon on your surface tension coffee table? You should try 9-Bit Mega Coffee. As you can probably tell from the packaging, it was inspired from Sega’s Mega Drive system, to give you a retro cup of coffee which serves as a great fuel for gamers or anyone who appreciates good coffee.
But where on earth did a retro gaming icon and coffee blend find themselves thrown into the mix? Cornwall, actually, or to be more precise the Loading Games Bar in Falmouth: the South West’s spiritual home for gamers, techie types, nostalgia junkies and anyone who likes their coffee made properly.
Created for gamers, by gamers (FGBG), this awesome coffee is blended from 9 different kinds of coffee bean. So grab yourself a can, warm the espresso machine, pull on your sweat bands and load one of those big clunky cartridges – we’re powering back to the 1990’s!
If you don’t live close enough to Falmouth to pop into Loading Games Bar, their 9-Bit Mega Coffee is now available from Firefox for pre-order priced at £14.99.
The MWE Emperor 200 may be labelled a “workstation”, but surely that would be a waste of its true gaming potential. This should not be for work, this should be for play.
The chances are your humble work desk and chair setup does not have an “ergonomic leather seating unit”, three touch-screen monitors (each a 24″ LED display), motorised screen and chair adjustments, LED lighting and THX surround sound system. It even has an air filtration system, supposedly in case you smoke. Or just don’t smell so good.
At that price it’s aimed squarely at the ultra-rich (it goes for £28,900), but the rest of us can dream, right?
via: technabob
Ion, the manufacturer of the first iCade, which started its conceptual life as an April fools joke, have released a few more models for Apple devices. Seen at the current CES show.
Below we have the iCade mobile (left) for iPhone and iPod touch. The device sits inside the iCade and connects by Bluetooth to give you that handheld gaming experience. The cost on this on is expected at around $80.
The iCade Core (right) is a stripped-down version of the original iCade. Communication is still via Bluetooth, but this will have the ability to charge your iPad in-situ.
Next up is the iCade Jr. This is a mini arcade machine, like the iCade, but for the iPhone. Again, the comms are by Bluetooth and there will be an integrated charging dock. Cost expected to be $50.
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Some of you may have seen this, or even had a play on it last year at Replay in Blackpool. Well, it’s now officially released!
Based around the 60-in-1 arcade board, this baby is our entry-level system in our arcade table range. It is equally as well designed, built and finished as our other arcade tables but uses a dedicated arcade PCB rather than a PC system. So you just plug it in, turn it on and you’re away. Available in Walnut only.
Take a look at the specs and games list on our website and view more photos.
The new surface tension Dual arcade table. Available to buy now for £1999, including shipping within England. Get in contact for other areas.
Our arcade button coasters are now available to buy on the surface tension website.
Based on the American-style arcade buttons, these melamine-topped, felt-backed coasters will stay looking in great condition for a long time to come. Produced in the UK, we’ve sourced the country’s leading manufacturer to offer up a top-quality product. Complete with attractive retail packaging.
Available in 2 flavours; 4colour and 4player.
Available now from surface tension. Starting from £9.99 incl shipping in the UK to £12.99 for shipping anywhere else in the world.