Article Archive for 29 April 2012

All the Things You Can Unlock with Up-Up-Down-Down-Left-Right-Left-Right-B-A-Start
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Posted in Gadgets on 29 April 2012
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“When Kazuhisa Hashimoto, a game developer for Konami, was porting his coin-op arcade game Gradius to the NES in 1985, he discovered what gamers had gone broke learning—it was incredibly hard. Unable to finish the game on his own, Hashimoto created a simple code to make his job easier.” You can read the rest at […]

Navy Stealth Boat – Marked Down From $195 Million to $50K
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Posted in Gadgets on 29 April 2012
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Apparently the Navy is done with this stealth boat so it’s yours for a starting bid of $50k … originally $195 million. Sadly, there is a stipulation you have to scrap it in the US … so you cannot scare the crap out of most sailboats … or you cannot go into the smuggling business […]

Rest of Mattel’s San Diego Comic Con Offerings
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Posted in Toys on 29 April 2012
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The Ghostbusters Dana … without the Ghostbusters standing next to her, will people wonder what exactly is going on here? 🙂 The rest of the offerings are cute … the Tiny Titans are fun comic books for kids … And the always cute Polly Pockets … action figure style … There are also two Hot […]