Stick around for the second guy who tries it. Instant social castration.
Culture Buzz The joy of hanging out at the arcade lives on in these custom-built cabinets. (Via)
Warning: Unforeseen consequences ahead. Don't tamper with digital nature guys, or you'll end up with a plague of Joust.
German student director Florian Smolka takes you on a 4-minute trip through the past, present and possible future of gaming. This made me pine for my old systems. I miss you Sega Genesis! (Via)
Even though it is made of cardboard, Apple will probably still try to sell it for $200. iCardboard!
TheFunTheory.com (who brought us piano stairs) have a new way to trick us into making the world a better place.
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The incredibly low-tech arcade game from 1979, Asteroids (which had no discernable story or anything), is the next thing from our childhoods to be turned into a blockbuster movie. Universal Studios won a long bidding war today for rights to Asteroids to turn the iconic game into a film. Matthew Lopez (who wrote Bedtime Stories and Race to Witch Mountain) is attached to write the screenplay, and it will be produced by Lorenzo di Bonaventura (who is the producer behind the new GI Joe film).