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Pet Star Wars Costumes
Get your pets ready to party. Star Wars fans can now dress up their pets on Halloween as Yoda, Princess Leia or Darth Vader. ThinkGeek offers these fun costumes in small, medium, large and extra large sizes, priced at just $15.99. More »
Video of the Week: Star Wars Subway Car
Everyone is talking about the Star Wars Subway Car video from ImprovEverywhere. They spread out the actors along the train line, staging it so they would enter the right car at the right time.
Check it out. Even if you aren’t a Star Wars fan, it’s amusing.
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The New 2010 Star Wars AT-AT Toy
Growing up I was (and still am) a huge STAR WARS toy fan. I absolutely love collecting STAR WARS toys and playing with them. I remember one year around Christmas a friend of mine was going to sell me his extremely beat-up AT-AT for $8. His little brother had even taken a permanent marker and colored all over it. But I HAD to have it! Little did I know that my mom had already purchased the limited edition version of… More »
Get Star Wars Old Republic on Steam
If you are fan of Star Wars and a gamer then you need to start building the skills of the “Force” to help save the Republic. Would you be strong and good enough to win or like some people succumb to the power of the dark side and fail in your conquest for the good of everyone?
Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic is already made available on Steam. Game information are as follows:
Four thousand years before the Galactic Empire… More »
I find your lack of activity disturbing
When Darth Vader wants you to wake up, you can rest assured he will find new ways to motivate you to get out of bed.
The Darth Vader Clock Radio includes an alarm clock that will wake you using one of three pre-recorded soundbytes from the voice of Vader himself, James Earl Jones. The time is displayed with glowing red LED numbers embedded in Vader’s eyes, and the radio includes a built-in input jack for your MP3 player.
It even has a… More »
He’s using an old Jedi mind trick
Uncle Milton Industries, a manufacturer of science-based toys, is about to unveil a first: a toy that interacts directly with your brain. Available this August for about $120, the Star Wars Force Trainer lets you levitate a ball using only your mind. Seriously!
The toy works by reading the beta waves from your brain with a wireless headband attachment. The main part of the toy features a ping-pong ball in a clear tube and a fan underneath that allows it to… More »
E3 ’09: EA press conference highlights
On Monday, EA Games hosted its own press conference here at E3 2009. Here are a few highlights from the event.
EA Sports announces Fight Night Round 4, for the first time allowing you to pit Ali against Tyson, with spectacular-looking results. Check out the big-screen demo:
EA Sports announces and demos Grand Slam Tennis for Wii, complete with a surprise appearance by tennis superstar Pete Sampras.
Brutal Legend designer Tim Schafer takes the stage to unveil several new characters and show off… More »
R2D2 USB Hub
Last week I showed you the cool little Darth Vader Bust USB Hub. This week I found the R2D2 4 port USB hub that is imported from Europe from Underground Toys. Similar to Lord Vader, he too makes sounds when you plug in a USB peripheral. In fact his head spins too .
Upon reading reviews, the unit does not spin it’s head. Still makes a for a cool little desktop USB hub for the Star Wars fan. This R2 unti… More »
Darth Vader USB Hub
I’m all about finding a cool USB hub. Most of the time I’m looking for something small and easily concealable; one I can tuck under the cooling bay of my notebook computer. If I had the room on my desk I would probably buy one of these though. Last week I showed you a miniature R/C R2D2 and this week is a nifty little Darth Vader USB hub.
Powered from your PC’s USB port, this 4 port USB hub, Vader turns… More »
Lego Indiana Jones for Xbox 360
Although I’ve recently been told by a few different people that Call of Duty 4 is THE game to get lots of stuff not done around the house, I can tell you in my house most of my time was invested with my son playing the LEGO Star Wars games. Because of all the fun we had with that game, I’ve been looking forward to getting my hands on LEGO Indiana Jones The Original Adventures for Xbox 360…. More »
Microsoft PlayTable Expected Soon
Okay, I must be really out of touch or this stuff just isn’t hitting my radar screen as something that’s going to immediately impact my life. Have you heard of Microsoft’s PlayTable?
As usual Mary Jo Foley gets me the scoop on this bit of information.
Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates also provided a PlayTable-related technology demo during his Consumer Electronics Show (CES) keynote address in 2006, when he placed a cell phone containing digital photos on a tabletop device and all the… More »