Hasta La Gadget!

It’s the eve of the launch of the PS4 and one week before the Xbox One’s arrival, and I just realized something. We pay $60 for video games these days, and they all are packaged in the same old boring round discs. Sometimes I long for game cartridges. Not only did ROM-based games load instantly, their cartridges offered each system their own distinctive game packaging. Arguably, the most iconic game cartridge is from the original NES.

While I don’t really have a need to carry around NES cartridges any more, I’d be happy to carry around this one which happens to be a functional flask.

The guys at Ink Whiskey have come up with the Entertainment Flask, a drink flask which disguises itself perfectly as an NES cart. Each one is embellished with an appropriate game label, including Metal Beer, Super Bar-Hop Bros., CastleVodka, and the sure to be top-seller Drunk Hunt. 

Ink Whiskey is currently raising funds for production of the Entertainment Flask over on Kickstarter, where a pledge of at least $20(USD) will get you a cartridge flask. $50 or more gets you a shiny gold The Legend of Drink edition, reminiscent of the gold Zelda and ridiculously rare Nintendo World Championships gold cartridge.

They’ve still got a little way to go to hit their modest fundraising goal of $12,000, so head on over before November 23 to show your support to help bring this project to fruition. Your whisky is counting on it.

[via GearMoose]

Finding ways to stealthily transport alcohol has been a long-time obsession for man. We’ve used just about anything imaginable to do so, too, including fruit and animal bladders. Around the 18th century, though, we found a more refined and possibly more sanitary way to do so with the hip flask, which, at the time, was mostly used by the privileged class. So it should come as no surprise that The Macallan and Oakley’s recent collaboration has amounted to the most over-engineered and expensive mass-produced flask known to man. More »

Once in a while, a really zany idea crops up – and here we are with the $25 Flask Tie that is clearly pretty much self descriptive. To put it in a nutshell, the Flask Tie would make for the ideal piece in any executive’s wardrobe, although it has an added advantage of sporting a removable hidden flask pouch within. Just in case you were wondering what kind of company is able to think of such an item, it is the brainchild of the very same company that delivered the Pillow Tie to the masses. You will be able to choose from a range of slanty striped color combos, and the hidden pouch within has enough space to hold half a pint (8oz) of your favorite beverage.

If you want to be sneaky about bringing in a little “happy juice” into the office, then the Flask Tie is the way to go. We highly recommend that you do not pour in your favorite hot beverage inside, as it is not going to be too comfortable at all, and neither will it give you the kind of buzz that your “happy juice” would. This seems to be quite a worthy stocking stuffer this coming Christmas, don’t you think so?
[ Flask Tie comes with hidden flask inside copyright by Coolest Gadgets ]

You can shoot from the hip – without harming anyone in the process other than your liver, of course, and when you have drunk enough, it is time for you to shoot from the mouth as well. The £19.99 Shot Flask is nothing quite like a hip flask. It oozes with class, and sure as heck beats carrying a keg on your shoulder, where the latter is definitely far from being subtle, and it just makes your entire look so unrefined.

Of course, that is not all, the Shot Flask itself is a gorgeous, leather-wrapped, stainless-steel hip flask. It sports a collapsible 60ml metal shot glass which is carried within the flask itself, thanks to a recess that has been carved out on the the flask. At first glance, it does look as though it is an embossed badge, where the shot glass will pop out and extend telescopically so that you end up with a solid 60ml cup. This allows you to share a toast with the rest of your mates – ideal when your favorite sports team wins, or for you to drown your sorrows in them. All without having to worry about any mess whatsoever to clean up after that.

[ The Shot Flask copyright by Coolest Gadgets ]