Scenes From When Flying Was Still Civilized

There once was a Golden Age Of Flying. You didn’t have to queue up, strip down, and surrender your beverage to the Goon Squad. Meals were served on real plates instead of sad, soggy cardboard boxes. The act of traveling itself was a pleasant part of the journey—instead of a necessary act of mass-transit. These conveniences still exist for the very rich, but there was a time when all of us had access to a fantastic world in the sky. That world is never coming back, but it’s still nice to look back and fondly remember. More »

Most Beautiful Items: February 16-22, 2013

The weekend is just minutes away at this point, but instead of going into an excited frenzy, relax and take a moment to recall all the beautiful things we feasted our eyes upon this week. We may be looking forward to the days of freedom ahead, but don’t forget to enjoy what you have in front of you, right here, right now, and right down below. More »

23 Terrifying Runways That Will Stoke Your Fear of Flying

Flying can be a white-knuckle affair for even the heartiest of travelers. But it turns out what you should really fear are airports; almost 60 percent of all aircraft incidents happen there during taxiing, take-off, approach or landing. Here are runway horrorshows from around the globe that may make you rethink your next trip. More »

The 9 Coolest Collectibles You Can Buy on Amazon Right Now

For dedicated fans, money is no object when it comes to obtaining the perfect piece of memorabilia. But when dealing with random EBay auctioneers selling “authentic” merchandise sight-unseen, you might not be getting the genuine article you paid for. Amazon’s new Entertainment Collectibles service, however, offers everything from autographs to instruments and wardrobes—and only from vetted, pre-approved merchants. Here are a few of the 350,000 pieces on sale right now. More »

21st Century Buildings That Look Like Alien Spaceships

We may still be a long way from putting a human colony on Mars, but that doesn’t mean we can’t live like spacemen here on Earth. These 18 trippy buildings—all built since 2000—look like they’re from another world entirely. More »

13 Presidential Tech Firsts: From Running Water to UFOs

It’s Presidents’ Day, the annual Monday in February when we close our banks and sleep in to honor our leaders. But who was the first early-adopter-in-chief to use a telephone? To ride in a car? To send an email? Here’s a look back at which of our 44 presidents have been on the forefront of technology. More »

Most Beautiful Items: February 9-15, 2013

Sure, you spent a large part of the day fretting over your impending doom due to the asteroid approaching earth. But it passed, and we made it! And these beautiful items will take your mind off things, no doubt. More »

11 Amazing Soundboards For Your Listening Pleasure

Sure, singers sing and guitarists strum, but you owe just as much to the engineers behind the music as you do the musicians themselves. They may not get much time in the Grammy spotlight, but in honor of the mixers and shakers who make music worth listening to, here are 11 epic past and present soundboards, mixing consoles, and more. More »

Most Beautiful Items: February 2-February 8, 2013

This week has been bleakly overcast with constant talk of dull, dreary weather and unwelcome torrents of snow. Take a break from the grayness, and bask in the most beautiful things we laid our eyes on this week. It’ll help; we promise. More »

30 Years Worth of Gaming Products in One Massive Auction: Over 9000-in-1

We’ve featured a handful of videogame collections for sale, but this one takes the cake. eBay member videogames.museum is selling what amounts to uhm, a videogame museum. Hundreds of consoles, thousands of games and hundreds upon hundreds of accessories and promo items.

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The collection includes more than 330 consoles, from the Atari 2600 to the current generation consoles and everything in-between, including rare variants as well as obscure flops like the Virtual Boy, the Gizmondo and the Nokia N-Gage. There are also more than 6,850 games; the seller claims that he has completed all the games from some franchises, including Mario, Zelda, Metroid, Kirby, Castlevania, Metal Gear, Final Fantasy, Sakura Wars and Super Robot Taisen. There are also controllers, action figures, magazines, strategy guides and countless other stuff.

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If you still don’t appreciate just how insane this collection is, videogames.museum has this to say: “I spent the last two months of my life taking pictures and making lists, working about eight hours a day just in order to make an inventory and to figure out what I have. Even now after all the time spent checking things I’m not sure to have included all in the lists…” You can download that list as a pdf file. It is 135 pages long.

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Videogames.museum is asking at least $550,000 (USD) for all of these goodies. He may also be persuaded to sell off the items per lot, but he’d really rather sell them as one package. Although I wouldn’t be surprised if he’ll gladly pay anyone who’ll get the N-Gage off his hands. You can check out a lot more pictures of the collection on his Imageshack account.

[via Geekologie]