Minecraft TARDIS: Blockier on the Everywhere

YouTuber UnlimitedMind42′s Doctor Who Minecraft machinima is so awesome you might not mind if the Twelfth Doctor was Dr. Steve. It’s all here – a TARDIS that’s actually bigger on the inside, time travel and a blocky David Tennant.

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At first it seems that the Doctor is only traveling through space and not through time, but be patient. Who am I kidding – patience is a nonexistent virtue on the Internet. Skip to 3:00 in the video to see the proof that he is indeed traveling through time.

UnlimitedMind42 should have used the Weeping Angels mod for an additional reference. Again, this is not a mod, just a fun video, but you can get the textures that UnlimitedMind42 made – including the David Tennant skin – here.


Robot Will Destroy You… in Rock Paper Scissors

A couple of years ago we saw a glove that can play rock paper scissors. While that glove was smart – it learns from your patterns – it could still lose. This robot hand on the other hand will win 100% of the time, all the time. It’s not psychic, it just has insanely fast reflexes.

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Scientists at the Ishikawa Oku Laboratary used a combination of a high speed camera and a fast moving robot hand, resulting in a rock paper scissors champ that recognizes what hand its opponent is going to play. In other words, the robot will wait for you to make your move before it decides what to play, but it all happens in only a few milliseconds that you won’t be able to notice it. Watch the demo below:

You know who can beat this robot? The glove. Problem solved.

[via Ishikawa Oku Laboratory via IEEE via Ubergizmo]


Princess Leia Hoodie Could Be Your Only Hope to Have Hair Buns

I know it’s summertime for a lot of folks, but this is exactly the right time to grab the officially-licensed Princess Leia Hoodie. Beat the other Star Wars fans before the Holiday rush.

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It won’t turn you into a hologram, but it does have Leia’s trademark hair buns.

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You can order the Princess Leia Hoodie from ThinkGeek for $50 (USD).

[via CNET]


Monopoly: World of Warcraft Collector’s Edition: Go and Collect 200 Copper

USAopoly continues to mash up the popular board game Monopoly with other famous brands, creating two-headed cash cows of fan service, like this World of Warcraft Collector’s Edition. I wouldn’t be surprised if they came up with Monopoly x Tekken x Street Fighter. Or Monopoly x Taken.

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As you might expect, all the things that can be WoWified have been WoWified. You can own Ogrimmar and Stormwind, get money from goblins and use familiar objects – the Corehound Pup, Murky, Doomhammer, Hearthstone, Mechagnome and Flight Path Boot – as tokens. The only disappointment here is that it still uses paper money. It would’ve been more awesome if it had copper, silver and gold coins instead.

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You can order the Monopoly: World of Warcraft Collector’s Edition from ThinkGeek or Amazon for $40 (USD). Now if you’ll excuse me, I’m going to pitch Taken X Street Fighter to Capcom.

 


Star Fox 64 3D Figurines Will Make You Do a Barrel Roll of Joy

Star Fox 64 is as famous for its one liners as it is for its origami style vehicles. If you’re a fan of the game, these figurines by Takara Tomy won’t let you down, sir. They’re actually based on the 3DS remake of the game, but these are the first and thus only official models of the vehicles, so there’s no sense in nitpicking.

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Although the models are available separately, Ryan Deaver of Nintendo Connect bought a whole set and was kind enough to share these pictures of his assembled vehicles. Although these are currently limited to Japan, Deaver says the instructions and labels are in English, so you don’t have to worry about messing up the Arwing, Landmaster or Blue-Marine.

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Even though the models are not officially for sale outside of Japan, you can do what Deaver did and get them on eBay, where you can find a whole set for as low as $28 (USD).

[via Nintendo Connect via GoNintendo]

 

 


Trackball Game Controller: Stuck Between a PC and a Console

When it comes to FPS gaming, I don’t think anything can top the ol’ mouse and keyboard combo if we’re looking at functionality. The sheer number of keys plus the accuracy of the mouse just can’t be beat. But if we’re talking about comfort, you can’t beat the console’s sidekick, the gamepad. What if there was a controller that combined the best of both worlds?

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Sadly, Peter Von Buskirk’s Trackball PC Game Controller is not that perfect amalgam. But it is a compromise with potential.  If you’ve used either a gamepad or a trackball then you know what to expect from this concept.

I like the controller a lot, but I have two complaints about it. First of all, why is this only being made for the PC and not for consoles? I think this will benefit not only the fans of the annual Shoot of Shooty: Men of Shooting fps games, but also strategy games and other games that require lots of pointing and browsing, games which are hard to implement on the console partly because of the lack of a mouse.

My second complaint is the location of the trackball. By placing it on the right, it exacerbates the weakness of gamepads – now you’ll have access to even less buttons because your right thumb is making sweet love to that sexy trackball. It would be fine if the left half of the controller had buttons, but there’s still a D-pad there.

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Von Buskirk setup a Kickstarter fundraiser for the controller; unfortunately as of this writing he’s only managed to raise about $12,000 (USD) out of his $125,000 goal, with only 8 days remaining to fulfill the quota. You can still pledge for the controller if you want – $36 is enough to reserve a unit – you won’t be charged if the fundraiser doesn’t meet it’s quota anyway so you don’t have anything to lose. I hope Von Buskirk keeps working on his controller even if his fundraiser fails. Maybe he’ll find the perfect compromise someday.


LEGO Prometheus Wants to Know Where Minifigs Came from

The much hyped not-Alien-prequel Prometheus met with mixed reviews from critics and moviegoers. But I think we can all agree that this LEGO version of the titular ship made by Andrew Lee scores a solid 8 space tomatoes.

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Or an 8.3. No. 7.9? I’ll leave it at two tentacles up. Check out Lee’s Flickr page for more pictures.

[via The Brothers Brick]

 


Mario on Yoshi: Yoshi’s Theme is Now Playing in Your Head

Who can forget Mario’s lovable and dependable green sidekick? Sorry Luigi, we’re still not talking about you. I’m talking about Yoshi, the omnivorous, egg-laying, ground stomping, tongue swinging dinosaur. Jacob Ashley immortalizes a familiar sight in many a gamer’s mind with this wood and acrylic piece.

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Ashley made the pixel art sculpture out of pine, acrylic and epoxy. He then hand painted it to make the two heroes look like they burst out of a TV in 1990.

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You can buy the sculpture at Yetee Gallery for $400 (USD), which is incidentally is also how much an original copy of Super Mario World costs today.

[via The Wooden Arcade via it8bit]


Hyperdog Tennis Ball Launcher Makes Terrorizing Neighborhoods More Fun

Are you sick and tired of having to throw a tennis ball for your dog, just to have him bring it back to you in almost no time at all?  If that is an accurate description of you, read on.  You weigh more than the average person for your height, enjoy pizza, and live in a single bedroom apartment.  “Wow, you’re good.”  They don’t pay me for nothing!  Scratch that – I meant to say “they pay me nothing” but it came out funny.

The Hyperdog Tennis Ball Launcher is a great way to shoot balls far off enough that you will be able to take a quick bite of that delicious foot-long hot dog with relish.  “How do you know all this about me?”  I peep through your windows when you shower while I watch TV.

The Hyperdog Tennis Ball Launcher shoots tennis balls up to 220 feet away!  But you know advertising – the “up to” number was attained with some strange malarky involving steroids, speedos, and a convenient wind pattern.

Just load up the ammo, pull back the surgical-tubing-lined slingshot piece, and boom!  Let ‘er fly!  Right into your neighbor’s window.  That’s when you’ll be glad you bought those really expensive Air Yeezy’s walk barefoot like a nomad and can run with the breeze between your bunion-filled toes.

Of course, there are tons of alternative uses that I think are more fun than the old “play fetch with a dog.”  You could play fetch with your neighbors!  And by “fetch,” I mean you sit up in a tree and try to nail them between the eyes at their annual neighborhood barbecue.  That’ll teach them not to invite me to social occasions.  *Knocks down another guest*

If you like this tennis ball launcher, be sure to check out the more dangerous handgun drill and the less dangerous banana gun.  I’m feeling a bit violent today, especially after that great session of P90X.  I feel like the great Liam Neeson from Taken!  WHERE IS SHE?

Note that every link in this post goes to something gun-related.  I support the right for bears to have arms, since armless bears make me cry bitter tears.  Bitter, bitter tears.

[via Bless This Stuff]


Jack Kieffer owns Cool Gizmo Toys, a blog with geeky lists for your eyes to feast on!