Monday, June 22, 2009
Games
11:46PM Mark Wilson | We’re totally over the steampunk movement. Seriously guys, give it a rest. But this moisturegoon PS3 is really something special. More »
We Like This PS3 Specifically Because It Has Nothing To Do With Steampunk
11:46PM Mark Wilson | We’re totally over the steampunk movement. Seriously guys, give it a rest. But this moisturegoon PS3 is really something special. More »
Phones
IPhone 3GS Selling As Quickly As IPhone 3G
10:54PM Mark Wilson | I don’t know that the iPhone 3GS will see as much demand as the iPhone 3G over the first few months of its release, but as of now it’s off to a strong start. More »
Screens
LG Powers Ahead With Connected HDTVs, Picks ARM As Its Accomplice
10:45PM John Herrman | Connected HDTVs—the kind that can display widgets, stream network content, browse the web or tap into other software services—haven’t gotten off to the most auspicious start, but they seem sort of inevitable, no? Anyway: LG thinks so! More »
Cameras
Nikon Concedes To Canon, Develops Opulent Line Of Planters
10:21PM Mark Wilson | After years of feuding, Nikon sustains an injury that pulls him away from all the my lens vs your lens politics. (Complete shot after the jump.) More »
Phones
Is This Motorola’s First Android Phone?
9:25PM John Herrman | The first alleged spy pics of Motorola’s long-rumored Android phone, the T-Mobile-branded “Morrison,” have filtered their way online, and hint that the company could be taking Google’s mobile OS in a new, decidedly mainstream direction. More »
Toys
Bandai Water Bottle Toys Offer All The Cuteness Of A Waterborne Parasite, None Of The Diarrhoea
8:47PM John Herrman | Here’s a Japanese cultural phenomenon you’ll probably have to strain to understand: small toy creatures that float around in water bottles like captured alien parasites. Odd? Definitely. Adorable? Kind of. More »
Phones
Nokia N97 Waterproof Experiment Tests Hypothesis That Nobody Ever Had
7:50PM John Herrman | You know those videos where someone puts a rugged gadget through a battery of tests that would destroy regular hardware, but the device comes through the other side unharmed? This is not one of those videos. More »
Games
Wireless Game Gun Increases Game Realism By 3%, Arm Fatigue By 100%
6:45PM John Herrman
I’d really like this spectacular video to do most of the talking here, but here’s the rundown: the Wireless Game Gun mounts a screen on an accelerometer-enhanced toy gun, and allows you to control first person shooters, commando-style. More »
Deals
1:30PM Nick Broughall | It’s end of financial year, so we’re starting to see some pretty decent deals hitting shelves. Like Samsung giving away a bonus 22-inch LCD when you pick up a 2009 model LCD or plasma bigger than 40 inches. More »
Dealzmodo: Buy New Samsung TV, Get 2nd Smaller TV Free
1:30PM Nick Broughall | It’s end of financial year, so we’re starting to see some pretty decent deals hitting shelves. Like Samsung giving away a bonus 22-inch LCD when you pick up a 2009 model LCD or plasma bigger than 40 inches. More »
Announcements
11:30AM Nick Broughall | There’s a lot of good Sci-Fi on TV these days. But sometimes if you miss even a single episode, the entire show seems to make no sense whatsoever. Fortunately for anyone who ever missed an episode of Stargate Atlantis, we’re giving away three complete box sets on DVD this week, worth about $280 each. More »
Win One Of Three Complete Stargate Atlantis Box Sets
11:30AM Nick Broughall | There’s a lot of good Sci-Fi on TV these days. But sometimes if you miss even a single episode, the entire show seems to make no sense whatsoever. Fortunately for anyone who ever missed an episode of Stargate Atlantis, we’re giving away three complete box sets on DVD this week, worth about $280 each. More »