Novelties

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Smell Like An Orc With These RPG-Inspired Perfumes

3:00AM April 24, 2011 | Owen Good

Black Phoenix Alchemy Labs, who brought you “Chtulhu: The Fragrance”, has released a line of RPG-themed “perfume oil blends”. Yes, if you’ve always wanted to smell like an elf but never thought to mix parma violet, hawthorne bark, white moss and a bunch of other shit together, they’ve got you covered. More »

In Real Life

The T-Virus Makes For A Charming Specimen

3:30PM February 19, 2011 | Owen Good

Resident Evil T-Virus charm. “The vial is about 1 and a quarter inches long… filled with my special, homemade, crystal clear goo, which has a few tiny real bubbles suspended in them to give the charm a more futuristic look to it. It has a double helix design embedded inside that almost seems to glow in the light.” As seen on Wasabi Sunshine.

News

Someone Wants $15,000 For Legend Of Zelda Dishware

7:00AM January 10, 2011 | Owen Good

The starting bid is not yet met on this set of new-in-the-box Legend of Zelda dishware from 1989, a three-piece set the seller hopes to sell for $US100,000 but will be willing to part with for, presumably, $US15,000. More »

Mobile

Angry Birds Coming To A Board Game This Year

3:30PM January 7, 2011 | Owen Good

If you treasure all that time spent building Mousetrap’s contraption and its inevitable collapse midway through, then Angry Birds: Knock on Wood, a board game due later this year from Mattel, is perfect for you. Yes, it has a slingshot. More »

In Real Life

Pac And Blinky, Paired On A Paring Board

11:30AM April 28, 2010 | Owen Good

This cutting board runs $US165, but it’s perfect for cutting vegetables – or strawberries, oranges, apples and melons. But not Galaxians or keys. Seen on Etsy by reader Cameron O.

In Real Life

Get Clean With Old School Cartridges

8:30AM April 26, 2010 | Owen Good

Novelty soap maker Geeksoap has a new line of bars – they can’t market them as NES, Super Nintendo, or Gameboy cartridges, trademark reasons. But that’s obviously what they are. More »

In Real Life

If You Don’t Have A Holiday Card List, Make One

1:30PM November 15, 2009 | Owen Good

Perhaps taking a page from the Team Fortress 2 Valentines from last year, Valve’s offering four sets of gift cards — with characters from TF2, Left 4 Dead and L4D2 — that are simply a holiday must. More »

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Voice Actors Leave Voice Mail

9:00AM December 8, 2008 | Owen Good

A friend of mine once interviewed the late Don LaFontaine — the “Voice of God” for zillions of film trailers — and on request Don left him a splendid in-character voicemail.

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