Watch This! Part 3: Final Fantasy VII
Here is a watch design based on the city of Midgar from Final Fantasy VII. The watch could come in several flavors, above is a black matte design with a ‘Materia’ wrist strap.
The “towers” surrounding the city face could also illuminate. The hands are based on the swords belonging to Cloud and Sephiroth.
Here is a white gold version and one with green lighting:
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Watch This! Part 2: Splinter Cell
UPDATE: So this is a thing now. Available with the European special editions of the upcoming Splinter Cell game. Original post as follows:
This watch is based on the night vision goggles worn by Sam Fisher. There could also be a red variant for the bad guys.
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Watch This! Part 1: Zelda Ocarina Of Time
A wristwatch based on Link’s Ocarina. The display is spread between the instrument’s openings. Would be nice if this watch played chimes (like the song of time) at hourly intervals.
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Back to the Future Alarm Clock
I designed this BTTF alarm clock based on the Time Coordinates display from the Delorean. I included an iPod cable made of rope light in the original design (see below), but removed it so you can see a standalone clock (above).
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Portal Turrets Music Speakers
Forget the weighted companion cube! That is so 2007. What I would like on my desk in some form is the charming-yet-extremely-dangerous Turret from the Portal games.
And because these robotic drones have taken on a more, uh, musical role in the recent Portal 2 sequel, why not turn them into a set of music speakers? Read the rest of this entry
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Mouse Rat CD Cover
If you’re a fan of Parks and Recreation, you are very familiar with Andy Dwyer’s band Mouse Rat (the name the band is most known by). Andy does all he can to promote the band, such as selling CD’s.
While you can’t buy a copy of the CD, you could print out this cover to show your support:
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Use a CD jewel case you have lying around, and apply the cover and liner provided. I didn’t make disc art (for the few of you able to print directly on discs), but I imagine a plain CD-R disc with a marker-written label would complete the illusion.
The red liner featuring the band’s website is for clear CD cases. If you can print this on glossy photo paper, it would look better (but I don’t know how well it folds!).
Apologies, I could not replicate the CD cover shown in the image above. However I think the one provided looks similar to what Andy had on the show last year.
Did you can download Mouse Rat MP3’s? You can grab them here.
BONUS: A Mouse Rat Concert Poster. I wanted to add a “Special Guest: Duke Silver” tagline, but their music styles are a bit too different.
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Parks and Recreation fans: find the Ron Swanson Pyramid of Greatness Wallpaper HERE.
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Games That Should Be Ported To Facebook
I don’t play Facebook games. It’s not that I am a video game snob - I’ll play whatever catches my attention, regardless of platform. But so far there is nothing on the social network that would entice me.
Here are a list of suggestions (in no particular order):
1. EA Sports 16-bit games. Games like NHL and Madden enjoy big budget outings on modern consoles, so why not release these throwback games on Facebook? One thing is key: they have to be online multiplayer. With EA releasing new offerings on Facebook like Tiger Woods Golf, it’s not a long shot. NHL ’94 is a must!
2. SimCity. With games like CityVille cloning the classic SimCity, it’s time for the original and best to debut on Facebook. I imagine SimCity 2000 being able to run in a browser with little effort. (UPDATE: Well this happened but it didn’t last).
3. Final Fantasy I - VI. While this series is constantly being updated and ported to consoles and handhelds, I can see these RPG’s residing nicely at home on Facebook. Would need to be the original 8 or 16-bit versions.
4. You Don’t Know Jack! The trivia game is a blast to play. I think an online multiplayer game could be had here. To maintain the voice-over production, the questions could reside in Youtube clips. UPDATE: Now on Facebook.
5. Pokemon. If Nintendo ever ventured outside of it’s hardware devices, I could list all of their properties here. But the one that would be a runaway smash would be Pokemon, as the collecting and trading of pocket monsters would reduce the Facebook servers to a crawl.
6. Bomberman. This would be the ultimate online multiplayer game. The old 16-bit versions would run effortlessly in a browser.
7. Railroad Tycoon and Rollercoaster Tycoon. These games predate the Zynga titles, yet have that same kind of management appeal.
8. Advance Wars. Nintendo’s RTS series for the GBA and DS handhelds would be ideal for Facebook. Sort of like Chess on steroids.
9. Animal Crossing. Another Nintendo property that has born for Facebook.
