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gaming furniture

A Tower For Your Wii

Attention Mom! You asked me the other day what I wanted for Christmas. Well here it is. While I cannot give you a link to purchase it from, unable to find any reference to it on the internet whatsoever, this officially licensed Nintendo Wii tower organizer by a company called Level Up is a thing of beauty to behold, and an answer to at least one of my living room organizational issues. It's sleek, sexy, and the blue translucent Wiimote and Nunchuck holders give it that futuristic look I am trying to achieve. According to Will from The Wiicast, it was discovered at Walmart for a measly $69.99. Just look at it! When I'm not using the Wii I can pretend it's a podium and host imaginary game shows for my cats. "Hello, and welcome to Lick Your Own Butt! I'm your host, Michael Fahey". Oh who am I kidding? My mother never reads this crap. Hit the link below to check out The Wiicast's flickr gallery of another Christmas dream that won't come true.

The Officially Licenced Wii Tower Gaming Station [The Wiicast]

10:30 AM on Fri Nov 23 2007
By Mike Fahey
21,859 views, 59 comments

Latest by n/a: Got one for Christmas. Awesome. :D more »

parental control

360 Family Timer Official, Jerry Rice Approves

The children at the Stuart-Hobson Middle School in Washington D.C. today got a real treat, as Microsoft Entertainment & Devices President Robbie Bach was joined by Parent Teacher Association President Warlene Gary and Super Bowl champion Jerry Rice to unveil new parental tools as part of the second year of the "Safety is no game. Is your family set?" campaign. One of those tools is the new 360 Family Timer, which allows parents to set a limit on the time their children spend gaming on Microsoft's console. I'm sure that went over well with the kids. Also included in the initiative is PACT, which is a family contract that allows parents and children to agree on the amount of access they have online and the amount of parental involvement in their gaming life. PACT is available at http://www.xbox.com/isyourfamilyset, and conveniently crumbles into a wadded ball of paper later on whenever it becomes inconvenient for the parties involved. More »

9:20 AM on Wed Nov 7 2007
By Mike Fahey
2,516 views, 62 comments

Latest by n/a: This is better than 6 hour automatic shut off. But I wonder when it cuts off will it save before shutdown also, will there possibly be someway to override the command? more »

crafts

The History of Mario in Cross-Stitch

Kotakuite andrewd86 sends in this picture of his mom's latest cross-stitch creation, the history of Mario made with loving care as only a mother can do.

She's crazy about cross-stitching and old school Mario, so it didn't take much to get her to put the two together. We just picked out some pictures from Google image search, gridded them in paint, and picked out the colors. The Mario's span from Super Mario Bros. on NES thru Super Mario RPG. We didn't keep track but it took her well over 100 hours to complete.

Dang, a hundred hours, now that's some dedication to your craft. Cross-stitch just naturally lends itself to 8-bit art and this is a fine example of what you can do if you put your mind and fingers to work. Now, if only I could find the time in my day to pull something like this off. Sadly there is no time in my day, only Zuul.

10:00 AM on Sat Nov 3 2007
By fdemarco
8,445 views, 44 comments

alpha mom speaks

Nintendo Power Lives, Goes Third-Party

It appears that reports of Nintendo Power's death have been greatly exaggerated. Or slightly misinterpreted. While changes are afoot in the marketing department at Nintendo—that division is relocating some to San Francisco, some to New York City—the Nintendo-branded magazine will indeed live on. More »

4:30 PM on Fri May 25 2007
By Michael McWhertor
1,956 views, 33 comments

my mom can beat your mommy

My Mother, The Gamer

Some of our readers have bred, which might or might not be a good thing. But, it does give them an understanding of what gaming is, that it's not bad or evil. The Guardian points to a gaming parent post written by the mother of a 16 year-old son. It details how Super Mario 64, Halo and PG-13 rated trash talk has brought them closer. There's From the post: More »

6:00 AM on Wed May 9 2007
By Brian Ashcraft
1,260 views, 47 comments

xbox

Nothing Says Mother's Day Like Keeping the Xbox for Yourself

Yes, even Xbox is now taking advantage of the made-up greeting card holiday, Mother's Day (May 13th), and taking it to the next level of cross promotion. More »

10:40 AM on Wed Apr 11 2007
By Kim Phu
1,121 views, 28 comments

nintendo

Reggie Says Nintendo's No Casual Pansy

Nintendo ain't just making games for Johnny-Come-Latey's. No. Nintendo is still making h4rdc0r3 gamez (along with making pedestrian stuff for my mom). With the DS appealing to the casual and non-gamers, some are worried that Nintendo's ditching the 'core. According to company president Reggie Fils-Aime: More »

12:22 AM on Mon Nov 20 2006
By Brian Ashcraft
222 views, 37 comments

zelda

Mom Proves Love/Hate with Zelda Quilt

And you thought your mom loved you more? Ian writes in to point us to a link of a Zelda quilt his mother made his brother. More »

11:00 AM on Thu Aug 24 2006
By Brian Crecente
5,142 views, 5 comments

mom

The 360: Kid Tested, Mother Tolerated

First, allow me an angry gibber. This website is so hideously constructed that in Firefox, the google ads overlap the text and the text runs out of the boxes, and having to actually click through the magazine and "pages" just reminds me of the bad old days when I actually had to touch paper. I am tempted to copy the entire article here, because it's good. More »

10:10 PM on Wed Aug 16 2006
By egauger
293 views, 18 comments