Is it wrong for big names in geek culture to license out their brands to steal the hopes and dreams of gamblers everywhere? Welcome to the Dark Side, where one of the first things we saw after stepping off the flight to Las Vegas was a Star Wars slot machine. It seems in Vegas, nothing is sacred, so we’ve gathered a collection of some offenders below. And made bad jokes about them, too.
Nick and I will be bouncing some thoughts from each day of CES back and forth to share some more casual perspectives on the goings on here in Vegas. Like today’s thoughts on daylight ‘overnight’ flights and how some Vegas hotels are embracing the latest hardware to jazz up the joint.
The number of times you’ve been caught out and about without a bar of gold is set to be a distant memory – at least for Florida and Las Vegas residents, who’ll see hundreds of these ATMs installed next year.
Most Vegas hotels have some kind of a shtick. From half-scale Eiffel Towers to skanky pirate wenches, the city is a veritable playground. Vdara Hotel, however, went too far with its death ray, which its management refers to simply as a “hotspot”.
What a shame that MetroPCS’ first LTE 4G phone is a bog-standard Samsung. It has a tiny AMOLED screen, runs on the TouchWiz UI, and that slide-out QWERTY? I just don’t like the look of those buttons. Still…
It’s not pretty like this post-production HDR video from last week, but isn’t it exciting to see what RED’s Epic is capable of when trained at an average Las Vegas nightlife scene?
Something this horrific can’t possibly be an accident. I mean, it takes a genius to come up with something so offensive to the eye. Sure enough, the insanely appalling carpets that adorn Vegas casinos are designed to keep you gambling.
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