Hasta La Gadget!

If you have a ton of old VHS tapes laying around, why not make some furniture out of them. Specifically, something like this Pac-Man coffee table. Those tape spools on the back of the tapes make perfect dots for the maze.

This table is the work of Etsy seller MRQ19. It’s a clever way to put all of those old VHS tapes to good use.

It has a sheet of wood underneath to reinforce it, though I’m not sure how sturdy it would be. It looks like it is not very thick.The important thing is that it looks awesome and will be great in your retro game room.

[Via Creepbay]

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Facebook is sitting on boatloads of money and the company isn’t afraid to use some of that cash to buy up companies that have interesting tech. Such is the case with a new purchase that sees Facebook buying up Oculus VR, the company behind the slick Oculus Rift VR headset. The purchase reportedly cost Facebook $2 billion (USD).

Many people think the buyout is a bad thing because Facebook is Facebook, and also because selling off the company goes against the independent spirit of the company’s initial funding via Kickstarter. I think the buyout could be a good thing. Facebook certainly has the capital to help Oculus develop low cost VR headsets and other gear, and the reach to bring them to market. Perhaps the purchase will mean that a production rollout will come faster.

Facebook is also a place that many people go to play casual games, and harass others with invites to play games. I could see Facebook working with developers to get casual games on the social network using the Oculus VR device.

[via Washington Post]

Sony has announced that it has a new software update for the PS Vita game system that is available to download right now. The update brings the portable to software version 3.10. The update adds some new features that PS Vita gamers will really appreciate.

Once the update is applied, the home screen of the portable console will support more than 100 applications on the screen. Gamers will be able to get up to 500 applications on the home screen at one time. A calendar application has also been added to the Vita that can be synced with friends Google calendar as well.

The big feature of the update is the ability to manage content on a memory card using the content manager application. Players will be able to view data on the memory card and delete content and application. The messages application also gains the ability to send and receive voice messages.

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