How do you hide a building? It sounds like a rhetorical question, but it was the very real dilemma confronting the architects charged with building a new Maritime Museum of Denmark a few years ago. The museum, you see, is located a few hundred yards away from Kronborg Castle—which serves as the setting for Shakespeare’s Hamlet and is protected by law.
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The original Pacific Rim was released this summer – it was met with mixed reviews by critics, but more than a little bit of a positive response from those key to the success of a potential series: the fans. This week it’s been revealed by the director of Pacific Rim, Guillermo del Toro, that he’s […]
A plain old journal is not good enough for the video game fanatic. Especially after you have laid eyes on these amazing books. These mythical journals were inspired by the Legend of Zelda games and they get all of the details pitch perfect. Just look at that dyed leather and brass.
These journals come from MilleCuirs who has an amazing eye for design. The leather is embossed with the Hylian crest, and the Triforce symbol stands out in metal. The interior pages are even dyed by hand so they look aged and the interior covers are made from hand-marbled paper.
If you’re interested in having one made for yourself, head on over to MilleCuirs’ DeviantArt page for information on custom orders.
These are so awesome I wouldn’t want to write in mine. I’d just sit there and admire it.
[via Gamefreaks via Nerd Approved]
Americans wanting that flashy Zelda edition 3DS XL may not have to import a European model. If GottaDeal.com’s leaked copy of GameStop’s Black Friday flyer proves to be accurate, Nintendo’s gold-colored handheld should be available in the US for $220. As overseas, stateside buyers would get both a …
Amazon’s Kindle Fire HDX 7-inch has begun shipping, the company’s third-generation Android tablet, complete with Amazon’s new remote support “Mayday” system that puts a real assistant at your fingertips. Priced from $229 for the 16GB, WiFi-only model, though also available with up to 64GB of storage and a choice of Verizon or AT&T LTE connectivity, […]
NVIDIA has been busy: after formally introducing G-Sync, the company has also announced that its SHIELD Android device will get a “Console Mode” in which SHIELD acts as a gaming box connected to the TV (paired with a 3rd party wireless controller). Not surprisingly, this is a feature that users asked for as soon as NVIDIA showed this console at CES 2013. This also opens the gate to something even more interesting: a display-less (and more affordable) SHIELD “box”. (more…)
SHIELD Console Mode: SHIELD “Box” Coming Next? original content from Ubergizmo. 
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Seriously, how big is this parking lot? You’ve been walking for a good five minutes and your company’s office building is still just a speck on the horizon. But with this self-propelled pintail, that hike through the car park will sail right by.
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On the left, the old 9774 from Monoprice. On the right, the new 10565.
(Credit: Geoffrey Morrison/CNET)
A few months ago, Matt Moskovciak and Steve Guttenberg reviewed the Monoprice 9774, finding them to be incredibly similar to the Energy Take Classic. Too similar.
I got in both speakers, and tore them apart, finding them to be pretty much the same. Or as close to the same as two speaker sets can be. A lawsuit happened. Then, suddenly, everyone was happy.
Now, we’ve got a new set of Monoprice speakers. How different are they (if at all?).
First up, as you might have read in the review, they look a little different. In the above image, too, you can see some subtle changes have been made. The new Monopri… [Read more]
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Leaked from today’s 404 episode:
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It’s about time Sony’s next-generation handheld got a redesign. Not that the new PS Vita is so different from the original models. The screen’s no bigger, and it hasn’t lost any backward compatibility either. In fact, nearly everything that Sony’s changed here is for the better (and that includes …
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