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Games & Gadgets

FIFA 11 Takes it to the Streets

by Clive Longbottom-Fellow, Esq.

FIFA 11

Video games have become more and more realistic over the years. While I maintain that Frogger, Pac-Man, Techmo Bowl, Contra, Mike Tyson’s Punch Out, Street Fighter and NBA Jams are still much cooler than what’s now on the market, I also recognize that my position makes me seem more and more senile to kids these days. But I’ll always support imagination over better graphics. Always. But that’s just me. (more…)

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Soccer Ball Ice Cubes, Transforming World Cup Parties One Cube at a Time

by Clive Longbottom-Fellow, Esq.

Soccer Ice Cubes3

Bored with the standard, rectangular ice cube?  Well Japan Trend Shop has a solution for you.  Detailed soccer ball ice cubes.  A righteous soccer gift for the soccer obsessed.  Available in 30mm and 65mm versions, these molds will bring out the cool (poor pun intended) at your World Cup gatherings. (more…)

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On the Cutting Edge: Soccer Fans Don’t Need iPads – A Retrospective

by Clive Longbottom-Fellow, Esq.

iPad

Do you ever wonder how far we’ve actually come over the last four years?  How much more advanced are we now?  We decided to take a look back to the last World Cup to see which cool (or very uncool) gadgets were available to the soccer obsessed.  The one measure to keep in mind is that Apple just released the iPad, which will surely have some interesting World Cup-related applications. (more…)

Games & Gadgets

Guitar Hero: Tomorrow’s Training For Footballers

by The Chairman

Guitar Hero

Anything you can do with your hands, they can do better with their feet.  Check out the behind the scenes footage from a Kasabian video shot in West London that shows a slightly different way to play Guitar Hero.  The team of programmers and football freestylers were brought together to create a music video to promote Kasabian’s single, Underdog.  I thought Guitar Hero was hard, how sick is this? (more…)

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