Posts Filed Under — Wired Madness

[ October 14th, 2008 ] ... [ C. S. Magor ]

Rock Band Stage Kit May Be Taking the Whole Wannabe Rockstar Thing a Little Too Far

The Rockband Stage Kit is an X-box 360 compatible accessory that is supposed to add a little atmosphere to your gaming session with the inclusion of a smoke machine and a strobe light. Maybe I am missing something here, but this really does seem a little over the top.
Price: $99 [Slippery Brick via Slashgear]
For the [...]

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[ October 6th, 2008 ] ... [ C. S. Magor ]

DIY Pink Pedal-Powered Tank Shoots Hotdogs and Water

This pink camouflage monstrosity that you before you is truly a work of DIY art. For one thing, it is constructed from junkyard parts, for another it is pedal-powered and uses nitrous oxide to pepper onlookers with vaporized hotdogs, or water for that matter. It is almost too much awesomeness for one package. The man [...]

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[ September 18th, 2008 ] ... [ C. S. Magor ]

Sega Toys Floating Plane’arium Provides a Reason to Bathe

Taking a bath can be long, hot and for some of us at least, is really boring. Fortunately there are the good folks at Sega Toys bringing some entertainment to the tub and while I would prefer a bigass Tony Montana style TV in the room, I have to admit that the idea of a [...]

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[ September 11th, 2008 ] ... [ C. S. Magor ]

9-foot Tall T-Rex Statue Ensures That Your Kids Will NEVER Sleep Again

The Brachiosaurus statue here is not going to be for everyone, most people will find it too expensive and even those that can afford one of these would probably find the purchase hard to justify unless they really loved Jurassic Park. The statue moves and has a blood curdling roar that you can hear if [...]

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[ September 9th, 2008 ] ... [ C. S. Magor ]

Video: Homemade Human Catapult Action - Don’t Try This at Home

Reader Seth sent us in the link to a video of some homemade human catapult craziness. It looks like awesome, dangerous fun; though I did note that at least one of the catapultees was wearing a Gath helmet to protect his crazy noggin.

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