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Are you an old school gamer? No, I don’t want to hear about your awesome NES skills, I’m talking about really old, Atari style. If you haven’t spent hours playing Pong, Pac-Man, Space Invaders and Araknoid, I’m not talking to you. If you’re looking for a way to show off your affinity for the classics, here are some awesome Space Invaders dog tags.
These excellent (and colorful) creations are the perfect way to show your love for our 8-bit alien overlords. There are 10 different styles to choose from, and you can pick them up for around $9 each.
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If you’re a hardcore geek, there are some things in life that you just can’t do the normal way. You buy everything but bread and milk of the internet, you’d rather send an IM than call someone and you propose to your girlfriend via video games. No, not many people would risk such a special moment with an in-game proposal, but this guy did, and it worked. Here’s the story in his words.
“On October 17th, 2008, I proposed to my (now) Fiance. Originally I wanted to retun to the site of our first date, Mount Baker, near Bellingham Washington. Sadly, there was no discrete way to get her out there. So I turned to the next best thing, digitally recreating the mountain!
But why stop there? I figured I’d try and recreate many of our other favorite memories — stargazing, dancing, even her favorite song lyrics (from the Princess Bride). I’m a college student who is studying Computer Science, and I wanted to do something unique that used my talents, so I did some research on Rom hacking, as she was playing through Chrono Trigger….
When her name appeared on screen (blurred in this video), she glanced over to me (on one knee, with the ring out), wondering, “How did they get my name in this game?” When she saw the ring, she reread the proposal, nodded yes, and said, “You are such a huge nerd! I love this!”
I spent a long time debating whether or not this proposal was awesome or incredibly stupid. Her friends, and my friends helped talk me into it, and it was a huge success!”
This is definitely one lucky guy. Not only was his girlfriend playing Chrono Trigger, but she actually said yes after being proposed to via a video game. I’m pretty sure the only better way to propose is when Jaws jumps out of the water.
When it comes time to give out gifts during the holiday season, I’m usually about as excited to give than receive. Sure, it sounds cheesy, but I spend a good deal of time picking out my gifts, so I can’t wait to see the reaction when they are opened. Of course my gifts usually end up being of a geeky nature, because almost everyone has a geeky side that needs to be satisfied. This year I might just make sure that the geeky nature of the gift is declared on the outside of the package with some of these labels.
Yes, someone decided to create gift tags that look like floppy disk labels. These are a bit expensive at $5.50 for a pack of five, so don’t waste them on gifts for younger kids. They’ll just look at the over-sized tag and think you’re crazy. Only the adults will understand what it is.
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If you are an expecting parent, who also happens to be a gamer, then there’s a good chance that you’ll want your child to grow up loving video games. Sure, it’s hard to get infants hooked on games when they can’t even walk, but that doesn’t mean that you can’t dress them appropriately.
This Rockstar Baby Kit includes a black onesie featuring Space Invaders, a black star hat, and a matching bib with a classic joystick. When people see your child, they’ll shake their head, knowing that in a few years, the world will have yet another gamer on its hands. The kit comes in a special gift box, and will only set you back a whopping $5.99.
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If you love your tabard in WoW and want to show a little guild pride, now you can pick up a fully customizable t-shirt. It displays your guild name, your specific tabard design, your character name, realm name, race and class. Making your t-shirt completely one of a kind.
Not only that, but there are five styles of t-shirts for men and three for women. You also can choose between six different colors for the t-shirt itself. All of that for $24.99, unless you choose the men’s long sleeve shirt ($29.99) or the hoodie which will cost you $49.99.
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Halloween is just around the corner, so if you don’t already have a costume in mind, you’d better get cracking. If you have kids, then you’ve got your work cut out for you. Sure, you could go to the store and pick up any run-of-the mill costume, but who wants to be dressed just like everyone else? No, what you need to do is make a costume that will really set your kid apart from the rest. They need a homemade Mega Man costume.
This isn’t the sort of costume that you throw together at the last minute either, so you’re going to need to get started pretty soon. On the bright side, your kid will have the coolest costume ever. There are full instructions on how to make the boots, glove, suite, helmet and of course, the Mega Buster. And I thought my Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle costume from back in the day was cool.
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There are some items that you just can’t own when you have a non-gaming spouse. This pillowcase is one of those things, it also might be bad to reveal to any new mates that aren’t quite used to such geeky fashion. If you have managed to find a gaming significant other though, you can pick up a set of these for the two of you. That or just pick up one if you’re on your loansome and don’t mind the possible adverse effects it might have when you try to bring someone home. They are made of 100% fleece, and are made to order so it’ll take about a week before it can be shipped. The single is $35 and to get a set of two pillowcases it will cost you $60.
To be perfectly honest, I still haven’t jumped on the digital picture frame bandwagon. You’d think that as a geek I’d have gotten myself one long ago, however, I really don’t have any issues with hanging up real pictures. In fact, I’d probably end up getting one of these analog digital photo frames before getting the real thing.
Sure, it’s a bit cheesy, but anyone that’s used Photoshop on a Mac will get a good chuckle out of this piece. You’ll have to be quick, as there will only be around 50 of these frames made available for around $50.
Have you ever been sleeping at night, having a wonderful dream, only to have it invaded by some sort of advertisement or obvious product placement? I mean, there’s absolutely nothing worse than a dream where you’re flying around the world as Superman, when suddenly you’re confronted by a man that’s trying to sell you cheap Viagra. If this sounds like you, then it might be time to invest in a Dream Captcha.
Yes, it’s an awful play on words, but you have to admit that it’s still pretty amusing. It almost makes you wonder how long it would take someone to get if they saw it hanging in your window. Unfortunately you’ll have to make one of these yourself if you really want it, as it not currently for sale.
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