BrickCon Flickr set
October 9th, 2008
There are people that played with LEGO bricks and then there people that still play with LEGO bricks. This Flickr pool of last weekend’s BrickCon is for the latter.
New Xbox 360 Bundles: Pandas, archeologists, tennis
October 9th, 2008
In the midst of all the Xbox 360 hoopla, Microsoft has cobbled together some new console bundles for your sore-thumbed pleasure. The Xbox 360 Pro and Xbox 360 Elite bundles will come with LEGO Indiana Jones and Kung Fu Panda while the Xbox 360 Arcade bundle will come with Sega Superstars Tennis, starring a bunch [...]
Sylvania realizes it can’t make good netbooks on its own, rebrands MSI Wind as ‘MAGNI’
September 24th, 2008
Sylvania had the right idea when it rebranded the 7-inch Everex Cloudbook as the Sylvania “g” netbook except for the fact that the Cloudbook never really took off. Then came the 8.9-inch Sylvania MESO, which was a kinda-sorta rebranded Amtek Elego by Digital Gadgets, a licensee of Sylvania. Huh? Now, Sylvania seems to be on [...]
Lego MMO developers relying on hardcore Lego fans’ expertise to create authentic experience
September 24th, 2008
Oh this made me laugh. The developers behind the upcoming Lego-themed MMO, Lego Universe, want to make the game as authentic as possible. Fair enough, sure. But how do they ensure that? One method: by using a team of more than 50 die hard Lego experts who essentially function as hired consultants. “More this, less [...]
Another LEGO Batman character revealed!
August 26th, 2008
We have been following LEGO Batman closely and Warner just revealed to us the latest character. Alfred Pennyworth is joining Batman as a skilled sidekick. Kind of looks like Oddjob though…
Screenshots after the break
Daily Crunch: The Sad Truth Edition
August 20th, 2008
Yet another Batman LEGO character emerges from the shadows
Mega Man energy drink coming soon to Japan
DIY lightbulb hooks
Bigfoot finding a hoax? Say it ain’t so! It is so, though
Team Fortress 2: Meet the Sandvich
Yet another Batman LEGO character emerges from the shadows
August 19th, 2008
Batgirl (!!!) is going to be around to help Batman and Robin catch all the baddies in Batman LEGO.
Powers and Abilities:
In LEGO Batman: The Videogame, Batgirl has the ability to utilize Batman’s technology suits including the Glide suit, Heat Protection Suit, Sonic Suit and Demolition suit in her efforts to fight crime alongside the DYNAMIC [...]
Daily Crunch: Road to Beijing Edition
August 19th, 2008
Braid Papercraft brings your gaming to life
Amazing LEGO Olympic scenes
Amazing Olympic scenes - this time with playing cards
Old watch-like navigation gadget from 1920
WineGong - Might be your next doorbell
Amazing Olympic scenes - this time with playing cards
August 18th, 2008
Forget LEGO’s. Real pimps use playing cards to build Olympic scenes.
via Gizmodo
Amazing LEGO Olympic scenes
August 18th, 2008
The Hong Kong LEGO User Group used some 300,000 LEGO blocks and 4,500 LEGO people to recreate some amazing scenes and venues from the Beijing Games. Hit the jump for some views of the Water Cube, table tennis, beach volleyball, and more…
Apple now has a higher market valuation than Google
August 15th, 2008
All hail Apple, king of something or other.
Apple now has a higher market valuation than Google. Apple’s went up because of the success of the iPhone (and iPod and iMac), while Google’s went down because of the downturn in online advertising. Blame the economy for that one.
The actual numbers put Apple at $158.8 billion, and [...]
More Lego Batman impressions: It’s fun!
July 29th, 2008
Attention, Batman and video game fans. Rock, Paper, Shotgun, the dandiest gaming blog out there, has given its professional opinion (two opinions, actually) on Lego Batman, a game we’ve covered as part of our boyish infatuation with The Dark Knight.
As you might expect, RPS liked what it saw. Playing as Mr. Freeze and the [...]
Automated friendship bracelet maker made of LEGOs
July 28th, 2008
When I was in the 8th grade, friendship bracelets were all the rage — so much so that I started my own bracelet-making business. I would make them in study hall and then sell them for about 2-5 bucks. Demand got so high I ended up talking other kids into making them for me (I [...]
NXT robot solves Rubik’s Cube without a PC
July 21st, 2008
When I was a boy, Legos were good for having crash-em-up derbies (Instructions: You and your friends take a big green board each and build cars. The owner of the Legos gets all the good wheels. Crash the cars into each other. Repeat.) Now they have the damn things solving Rubik’s Cubes like some sort [...]
Video: IMAX, The Dark Knight & you
July 19th, 2008
Popular Mechanics has about 20 seconds of non-trailer footage of The Dark Knight wherein the director, Christopher Nolan, explains his decision to film certain parts of the movie using IMAX cameras. Of course, the video itself isn’t embedable, but a quick trip to YouTube fixed that problem. Thanks, Popular Mechanics!
Possibly even better, the second, [...]
Homebrew Wiimote-Controlled Lego Robocar
July 18th, 2008
From the “Preposterous Headline” Dept:
This looks like fun. This guy has put together a C# program that takes input from a Wiimote and passes it to a Lego NXT car with a wireless interface. The program looks pretty powerful and customizable and the car certainly responds right (although there is a little lag). I’d like [...]
