Forget about the mini, nano stuff. Why are people so obsessed with tiny stuff? I say, the bigger the better.

If you understood anything from that video (you’d think since he had time to make that thing, he’d have time to switch on a light somewhere), this giant controller actually has a working NES (Nintendo Entertainment System) inside it, and the whole thing can be plugged into a normal TV.

So basically you can play with the NES inside using this giant controller, the same way you’d play with a normal-sized one. Well…not exactly.

The pros: It may very well redefine the term “multiplayer”, since you’d probably need two people to get through Adventure Island. Added fun in my book. Not to mention, you’ll need some hardcore teamwork — imagine playing Bomberman with this.

The cons: You don’t have one, hah! Well…neither do I. Boo.

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So what makes this jar any different from a regular pink-lidded candy jar? Answer — It is designed to bring a little bit of hell into your life.

Picture this. You wake up one morning and realize it’s grocery day. Or even if it isn’t, you decide to buy some groceries anyway. All the while looking forward to that one aisle. The aisle of milk and honey, literally. The candy aisle.

Then after filling your cart with enough sweets to kill a diabetic in an hour, you pay an absurd amount of money for them, and happily drive back to your place.

And there it is. Sitting on your counter top, staring back at you all innocent-like. You remember the $42 you spent on it, and drag that fistful of sweets into the jar. And then…you seal it.

The pros: You can supposedly set a timer on the lid, thus limiting the times you can get your hands on the goodies inside. Sounds like a decent enough diet plan eh? If you change your mind there is supposedly a consequence. They didn’t say what it is, but honestly if I were the kind to change my mind, I won’t let that fruity lid get in the way, I’m breaking it.

The cons: What about the other candies that didn’t fit into the jar? What if you just lose it and take them ALL out once it opens? Or what if you just reset the time whenever you snap? Why must it be clear, that you have to see the sweet stuff inside? You just spent all that time getting the candy, only to torture yourself and ultimately realize that this diet plan fails. Look deep into the jar… you know you want some…

Technorati tags: diet, jar, candy, chocolate, weightloss, torture

Just what the Winchester brothers need.

This is not a joke product, it supposedly does what its name says — detect ghosts.

Made by the geniuses at SolidAlliance (remember the Spaghetti), this ghost radar detects unusual magnetic waves and warns you about them with beeps and blinking lights.

The pros: If you’re convinced that the footsteps you hear behind you do not belong to your ambiguously creepy neighbor Frederick, and in fact are made by supernatural powers, then go get it. Or maybe you could ask the ones in your apartment to chip in for the rent.

The cons: If you get this and you aren’t already paranoid, I assure you that you will be. You’ll be jumping at every beep, and you’ll be seeing those symmetrical red lights in your dreams. It’ll make you wonder if it actually attracts them.

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Allow me first to warn you all of the freakiness of this gadget, and also to say… WHAT THE HECK?!

Look at it. LOOK! What the heck is this monstrosity? Nobody say it’s cute, please, I’m already a second’s glance away from dreaming about this tonight, and I may not wake up!

What is it? It’s the Banpresto “Facebank” (a.k.a. The Creature They Tell Little Kids About to Keep Them From Going Into The Woods) — a coin bank that eats your coins. Seriously, starts eating coins that you feed it. Don’t believe me? Just curious? See for yourself:

Good grief! sdjgfkajsd Keep it away from me! Why am I even featuring this?! On to the pros and cons. Gah.

The pros: It can hold up to 30 quarter-sized coins. It’s an effective paperweight. That. Is. All.

The cons: It’s freakin’ ugly! Can’t they come up with a cute cat face instead?! It costs US$29, and runs on 4 AAA batteries. You spend good money that you could’ve given to the poor on THIS, and it will efficiently ward off ALL your friends and family.

Technorati tags: banpresto, facebank, coin, bank, freaky, takada

If there has ever been a way to contain awesomeness in a bottle, this would have to be it.

Okay this is how it works. You buy the bottle with carbonated sugar water, and it comes with buttons for additives — flavors, colors, fragrances. For flavors, you can mix up to 32 combinations. You can have up to 2 shots of caffeine, or none at all if you don’t like caffeine (But…why wouldn’t you like caffeine?). Also, there are 20 pigment additives, so they say there are a million color combinations.

It seems like a sure-hit product really. And yet being the person that I am, I must still present to you the pros and cons, which may help you decide whether to get this.

The pros: You will never have to stand in front of the vending machine for 10 minutes trying to decide which flavor you want. With this, you’ll be doing that away from the machine. Genius. Also you’ll finally experience blue, caffeine-free, vanilla-scented cherry soda. Aaah.

The cons: There’s always that risk that your friend will pull a funny and press everything. End result? A mix that looks oddly similar to (but is slightly more nutritious than) dirty toilet water.

Okay so I lied, they don’t help.

Edit: Hi. I just realized something. After you pick your choice of drink, how will you mix everything?

…exactly. Hahahaha. 

Technorati tags: soda, cola, programmable, weird gadget, vending machine, drink, caffeine, flavor

After an absence that I shall not explain (but don’t worry it doesn’t involve aliens and probes), let’s get back to business. Since I owe you more than one gadget, I shall in fact, bring you more than one gadget.

1,768 gadgets, to be exact.

Now what could be so special about this messy picture? Well it’s not a new all-in-one game console, if that’s what you’re thinking. This here is the 99% complete set of gaming consoles, collected by a random lamer — I mean gamer — and if you must have the list, here it is:

Atari 2600, Atari 7800, Atari Jaguar, Atari Lynx, Coleco ColecoVision, Coleco Gemini, Coleco Telstar, Commodore 64/128, GCE Vectrex, Mattel Aquarius, Mattel Intellivision, Mattel Odyssey 2, Microsoft Xbox, Microsoft Xbox 360, Miscellaneous APF TV Fun, Miscellaneous Handheld Games, Miscellaneous PC Games, Miscellaneous SC Eight Thousand, Miscellaneous Sega Pods, Miscellaneous TV Games, NEC Turbo Duo, Nintendo DS, Nintendo Game Boy Advance, Nintendo GameCube, Nintendo NES, Nintendo Nintendo 64, Nintendo Super NES, Nintendo Virtual Boy, Nintendo Wii, Sega Dreamcast, Sega Game Gear, Sega Genesis, Sega Master System, Sega Saturn, SNK Neo Geo, SNK Neo Geo Pocket, Sony Playstation, Sony Playstation 2, Texas Instruments TI 99/4A, VM Labs Nuon.

And this 30-year gaming history collection is on eBay. Yes, eBay. The estimated price for all of this is US$14,639, but as I type this, the current bid is at US$7,320. How high do you think it’ll get?

If you wanna see the details per console and stuff, click here. So basically, that’s [insert number, I’m lazy too count] consoles and tons of games, apparently including an extremely rare NiGHTS Christmas version!

Okay actually I have no idea what NiGHTS is. I think I need to brush-up on my Geek.

The pros: If you buy this, you will have the chance to be the ultimate gamer. You will have friends coming over from Hawaii. You will have people you don’t know claiming to be your friends from Hawaii. You will have mad videogame parties, and you will never have to be alone.

The cons: They’ll be taking CDs, cartridges, and controllers one by one. And you won’t even notice. 1,767… 1,766… 1,765…

…oh and no, no PS3.

Technorati tags: game, console, auction, atari, nintendo, xbox, sega, sony, texas instruments, mattel, nights, nec

At last something that makes sense! Well, more sense than the last few gadgets on this blog.

Kam Kam is actually the cat’s name. What it does is it detects incoming and outgoing calls (kinda like how your monitor flickers, only in a less annoying way), and when it does, tails will wag for up to 15 seconds.

It costs US$29.99 and runs on 2 AA batteries. It’s about 10″ long.

I keep reading that as “Wail tagged upon called received.”

The pros: It’s cute. Also, you’ll know when you have incoming calls about 2 full seconds before they come, and if your Kam Kam’s tail is within a decent visual range (a foot away from your face and directly infront of you). What would we do without it! …but seriously, you should just get this cause it’s cute.

The cons: Well, I guess there are some. But the cuteness smothers them all up that I won’t even go there. Oh but apparently the dog, Don, isn’t available. Boo.

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