Hasta La Gadget!

Perhaps one of the most iconic creatures in the history of video games is Dragon Quest’s bulbous, smiley-faced Slime. I always thought he looked like a giant blue Hershey’s Kiss, or one half of an hourglass. The latter has just been made into a thing.

The guys at Square Enix have designed this awesome Slime timer which counts down about three minutes – which is just about right for cooking instant noodles. It measures about 4 inches-tall, and will come in either blue slime/sand or metallic slime/sand.

The Slime hourglass sells for ¥2200 (~$22 USD) over at the Square Enix e-STORE, and will ship later this month. Meanwhile, I’m still waiting for Slime candies.

[via Toy People]

Want to show off your right to bear arms? Then you need this shirt.

I don’t need to tell you why. All you have to do is take one look at it before you scramble to get that little plastic card from your wallet. Yeah, this shirt is that awesome.

In case you didn’t get it, this shirt gives you literal bear arms. It doesn’t matter whether you’re left-leaning, right-leaning or undecided. Whether you agree or disagree, personal politics doesn’t really have to come into play here. All you have to have is a sense of humor and you’ll be able to rock this shirt.

The Right to Bear Arms shirt was designed by Flurgen Ventures. It’s currently up for funding on Kickstarter, where a minimum pledge of $25(USD) will get you one of your own without the trouble of having to catch your own bear.

[via Incredible Things]

Do you miss playing one of your favorite games? Or have you played so many games that you can’t name them all? Perhaps you just want to kill time thinking about your favorite pastime? If you answered yes to any of those questions, head to GameLogos.

Whoever runs GameLogos doesn’t discriminate. You’ll find logos from a variety of platforms and eras, from classics like Uncharted Waters: New Horizons to games that have yet to come out like Broken Age and mobile apps like Draw Something. And something called Call of Cookie. I must see what that’s about.

GameLogos is far from perfect: its only attempt at organization is through tags; it doesn’t even have a search box. Also for a site obsessed with logos its own logo is kinda plain. I’m sure some of you would rather look at cover art than logos alone. But like Please Press Start and other videogame archives, GameLogos is still a veritable time sink, especially if you’ve played through several generations of games. The fact that the blog scrolls endlessly helps too.

[via Boing Boing]

Do your pens go missing every once in a while, even though you’re sure you left them at your desk? Pen thieves are everywhere, especially at the office, so if you don’t take care and keep your stuff when they’re not in use, then chances are they’ll go missing once you leave your desk or cubicle.

My suggestion for your pens is to replace them with these ones. They look like blades of grass stuck in a plant pot, but remove one and you’ll see that it’s actually a pen in disguise.

The pens come in three different shades of green to make it look like you’ve got actual grass in that pot. While people will eventually catch on that those are pens and not grass, they’ll still ward off would-be thieves because it would be extremely obvious if they go to work one day with a green grass pen in their pocket.

Each Pooleaf pen costs about $5 (USD), which means you’ll spend quite a bit if you want to fill an entire pot with them. They don’t come with the pot either, but those are easy to find anyway.

[via Incredible Things]

Let people in the real world know how popular you are in real life with Fliike. It’s a physical counter that shows off how many “Likes” your page has received on Facebook in real time.

The Fliike was created by Smiirl, which is a design studio start-up based in France.

The Fliike basically connects to your Facebook page via Wi-Fi and transmits every “like” that you’ve received onto the flipboard-like counter. Personal pages won’t have much use for it, but pages for commercial purposes might, just so that establishment can show people that they’ve got a strong virtual presence.

A limited number of Fliikes are available for pre-order for $390(USD) (yes, $390!) If you’re more popular than 99,999 likes, Smiirl can add an extra numerical column to your Fliike to accommodate your massive popularity. The first batch ships out this November.

[via C|NET]