Unlike conventional review sites, which are broken on a fundamental “what’s-the-difference-between-an-8.0-and-an-8.1″ plane, Broken Reviews breaks stuff in order to review them. It most recently abused the Nintendo DS, subjecting to all sorts of weird shock tests. The video linked here shows a DS being dropped onto various surfaces from around wait-level height. Other fun tests include throwing it off a speeding motorbike and down a flight of stairs.
What have we learned? That the DS is fairly sturdy, and that some people are truly gods among men.
Nintendo DS Lite - Durability testing [Broken Reviews via Kotaku]
Awesome. Too bad though, now I want a DS.
My favorite was in the very last video near the end when they take it apart, and to finish off the bottom half they have to bang it on the table multiple times. When it’s sped up it sounds really funny.