2012 July – Retrenders

Is That a Plane in Your Pocket?

July 24, 2012 by GuestContributor Leave a Comment

Pocket Planes Title Screen

Pocket Planes Title Screen

Nimblebit, the team that brought you Tiny Tower, is back with a new game called Pocket Planes. Instead of managing a tower, you’re in charge of managing an airline.

If I had to classify this game, I would place it in the time management style of games. It starts you off with a plane and a couple of airports and your job is to move passengers and cargo from one airport to another while maximizing profit. As you make money, you expand your airline with more planes and airports.

Fortaleza Airport

Fortaleza Airport

Filed Under: Games, Reviews Tagged With: ios, nimblebit, pocket planes, time management, time sink, tiny tower

Drink: Ikea Dark Lager

July 24, 2012 by SW biko Leave a Comment

“I’ll have an order of Swedish meatballs and a pint of beer!”

Ikea is selling beer but, so far, it is not available in the States. I will definitely assign myself to the taste test for Retrenders once I find this and report the result back to everyone. I do hope the beer comes fully assembled and not missing any small parts.

Source: Geekosystem – Ikea Beer.

Filed Under: Drink Tagged With: Europe, furniture, retail store, Sweden, Swedish, UK

Made in Budapest: Bicycle Fashion Clothes

July 24, 2012 by SW biko 1 Comment

Urban Legend is a Hungarian brand that specializes in cycle wear. This line of clothing will only continue to grow as more city dwellers try to move closer to more greener alternative forms of transportation. I have always loved biking, however, most functional bike clothes have always made me look like I am ready for the Tour De France and I feel very self-conscious and uncomfortable once I separate myself from my bike.

Filed Under: Fashion Tagged With: city dwellers, cycle wear, Hungarian, Hungary, Urban Legend

Akufuncture Summer 2012

July 23, 2012 by Stephen Jang Leave a Comment

Akufuncture drops its Summer 2012 Collection:

For more details on the Summer 2012 Collection, go to: Akufuncture.com.

Filed Under: Fashion Tagged With: streetwear, Summer 2012, urban wear

The Dark Knight’s Secret Identity is …

July 23, 2012 by Stephen Jang Leave a Comment

Batman is Bruce Wayne.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=01vWvocMc6M

Filed Under: Videos Tagged With: collegehumor, DC Comics, parody, skit, The Dark Knight

Avengers Blu-ray Release

July 19, 2012 by Stephen Jang 1 Comment

On September 25, 2012, Marvel Comics will be releasing the summer blockbuster flick – Avengers on Blu-ray. The Limited Edition Six Movie set will have a total of 10 discs of geeky Avengers goodness. The packaging includes Nick Fury’s glowing blue Tesseract briefcase holding the 10 discs, prop replicas, and art prints.

The Discs:

• Marvel’s The Avengers (Blu-ray 3D and Blu-ray)
• Captain America: The First Avenger (Blu-ray 3D and Blu-ray)
• Thor (Blu-ray 3D and Blu-ray)
• Iron Man 2 (Blu-ray)
• The Incredible Hulk (Blu-ray)
• Iron Man (Blu-ray)
• Bonus Disc – “The Phase One Archives” (Blu-ray)

Filed Under: Comics, Movies Tagged With: Black Widow, Captain America, Hawkeye, Hulk, Iron Man, Marvel Comics, Nicky Fury

Origami Yoda

July 19, 2012 by SW biko Leave a Comment

Image via Yoyo Ferro

Can’t wait until the rest of the Star Wars characters are made into origami form . Can you just imagine how awesome it will be to see the X-wing Fighter, Tie Fighter, or Darth Vader folded in paper?

For more info, go to: Inhabitat – Origami Yoda.

Filed Under: Art Tagged With: Japan, paper shapes, Star Wars, Yoyo Ferro

A Real Cannon in Your Hands!

July 19, 2012 by SW biko Leave a Comment

“Mommy – can I please buy this?”

This is a real cannon that sits on your table. You can buy pellets and gunpowder separately and shoot away. I don’t think I can have any one of these on my desk at work because I’d get in too much trouble for “accidentally” firing these at passers-by.

Filed Under: Geeky Tagged With: bb gun, mini-canon, pellets, pocket artillery, weapon

Carly Rae Jepsen x Star Wars = Call Me Maybe

July 18, 2012 by Stephen Jang Leave a Comment

It seems nobody can get the Canadian pop stars’ “Call Me Maybe” out of our heads. The Star Wars version.

Filed Under: Videos Tagged With: Call Me Maybe, Canadian, Carly Rae Jespen, Darth Vader, Luke, parody, pop song, Star Wars

NES Minimalist Art Prints

July 18, 2012 by SW biko Leave a Comment

Society6 has a great idea here with these NES minimalist art prints. Who would have thought that decades ago, games would soon be considered as art. Which gave me a great idea, someone should come out with a way to capture my greatest moments in Modern Warfare multiplayer so I could proudly show off my greatest achievements in poster, print, or certificate form.

Filed Under: Art, Games Tagged With: 80s icons, art prints, gallery prints, NES, Nintendo, retro video games, Society6

Titanic Tea Bag Holder

July 18, 2012 by SW biko Leave a Comment

Drink the tea fast enough and you can save the Titanic tea bag holder from sinking.

Tea.Tanic ships the product worldwide, so there will be no trouble getting this to your tea drinking Titanic fans.

Filed Under: Art, Drink Tagged With: tea time, Tea.Tanic, Titanic

Expensive Board Game – Checkers

July 18, 2012 by SW biko Leave a Comment

Four grand to play checkers! Really?

I always wondered how I could play checkers with more style. Good thing I found this – a Gucci leather checkers set! What a great idea. Now I can feel complete and concentrate more on checkers strategy. By the way, I suck in checkers but at least I will look good playing it.

Filed Under: Design, Games Tagged With: board game, checkers, checkers set, Gucci, leather board game

Punisher Fan Film by Thomas Jane

July 17, 2012 by Stephen Jang Leave a Comment

The Punisher is one of my favorite characters in the Marvel universe, and was first introduced in the pages of Spider-Man in the 1970s and afterwards having his own ongoing comic book series in 1987 with writer Mike Baron and artist Klaus Janson. Marvel green-lit 3 films for the Punisher, the first film had action star Dolph Lundgren; the second film starred actor Thomas Jane; and the third, titled Punisher: War Zone, starred Ray Stevenson. All three of the films weren’t big hits at the box office or with critics, so actor Thomas Jane wanted to make his own version of a Punisher film. It’s gritty and violent – and that’s the Punisher.

Filed Under: Movies, Videos Tagged With: Cosplay, crime fighter, fan film, Marvel Comics, Punisher, Thomas Jane, vigilante

Creative Photography from La Souris sur le Gateau

July 17, 2012 by GuestContributor Leave a Comment

La Souris Sur Le Gateau is a French photo-retouching company that creates playful images using commercial photography. They combine various photos together to create a creative and whimsical image that can’t help but bring a smile to your face. La Souris Sur Le Gateau has worked with various clients such as Volkswagen, Playstation, L’oreal, and Nissan, just to name a few.

Filed Under: Art, Design, Photos Tagged With: commercial photography, La Souris Sur Le Gateau, print ads

Resident Evil Restaurant

July 17, 2012 by Stephen Jang Leave a Comment

Image via 4gamer.net

This is not a joke, there’s actually a Resident Evil restaurant. It may not serve human body parts (well, I think it’s illegal, plus Zombies don’t carry money),but it does have waiters and waitresses dressed up in familiar character outfits from the Resident Evil universe. The Biohazard Cafe and Grill recently opened @ Shibuya Parco Part 1 in Shibuya, Japan.

Filed Under: Food, PopAsia Tagged With: biohazard, cafe & grill, Capcom, parco 1, raccoon city, RE 6, shibuya, video game, zombies

Mimoco: USB Drives

July 17, 2012 by SW biko 1 Comment

I can’t wait till I bust one of these USB drives out during one of my many boring Powerpoint meetings. It will add much-needed humor to a humor-less crowd.

Filed Under: Collectibles, Tech Tagged With: Bane, Batman, DC Comics, Flash, flash memory, hard drive, Memory, memory stick, stick, Superman, USB

DC Collectibles: The Dark Knight Rises Busts & Statues

July 17, 2012 by SW biko Leave a Comment

Image via DC Comics

Why are you sitting there reading this when you should be getting in line to purchase the new Dark Knight collection today? You can soon be ready to hold your favorite action hero while watching the Dark Knight Rises on July 20.

Filed Under: Collectibles, Movies Tagged With: action figures, Bane, Batman, Catwoman, DC Comics, statues

Flashback: Don’t Go (1982)

July 13, 2012 by GuestContributor Leave a Comment

“Don’t Go” featured a catchy, melodic and synthesized tune for the British New Wave band, Yazoo. It was released in May 1982 as the second single from their debut album, Upstairs at Eric’s.

Filed Under: Music, Videos Tagged With: 80s, Dance, new wave, synthesizer, Yazoo

Viral Video Friday: LEGO Inception

July 13, 2012 by Stephen Jang Leave a Comment

This is 12 weeks and over 1000 hours of work, a parody of Chris Nolan’s “Inception”. This is one nifty student project.

http://vimeo.com/43528070#

Filed Under: Entertainment, Movies, Videos Tagged With: Hollie Price, Jack Bosworth, Jack Milton, Pedrom Dadgostar, Sam Serridge, Sidney Thibault, Simon Stirrup, Staffordshire University, UK

Cookie Monster Pop Jam!

July 12, 2012 by Stephen Jang Leave a Comment

Cookie Monster wants the world to share cookies! Carly Rae Jepsen got nothing on Cookie Monster.

Filed Under: Entertainment, Music, Videos Tagged With: Call Me Maybe, Carly Rae Jepsen, Cookie Monster, cookies, muppets, PBS, Sesame Street

LEGO Staircase in NYC Apartment

July 12, 2012 by Stephen Jang Leave a Comment

Instead of using wood, I’m thinking of just using LEGO bricks for my staircase!

WARNING: Kids don’t try this at home! Image via Freshome.

Filed Under: Art, Design, Toys Tagged With: bricks, Lego, LEGO artists, Manhattan, Melissa Marks, NYC, officially licensed, Vicente Caride

Google Chrome Build x LEGO

July 12, 2012 by Stephen Jang Leave a Comment

Now you can build your LEGO masterpieces without spending lots of money on bricks. Also you won’t waste time brick building by hand because you can now use Google’s new software Build – a Chrome based LEGO brick building game. It’s cool because you can visualize your LEGO build virtually and make sure everything looks right before you build it with real LEGO pieces.

Filed Under: Design, Toys Tagged With: bricks, build, Chrome, Google, Lego, London, software, virtual game

Remember These Tech Sounds?

July 12, 2012 by Stephen Jang Leave a Comment

As technology revolutionizes and evolves the world we live in – you may notice some tech sounds fading away such as the VHS tape rewind whirring and the floppy disc access sounds.

Before there was streaming videos and YouTube, people had to use these machines called VHS tape decks to watch movies. Here’s a flashback sound of a tape rewinding:

Filed Under: Geeky Tagged With: dial tone, floppy disk, Mac crash, rotary dial, startup, VHS rewind

The Walking Dead on Blu-ray

July 12, 2012 by SW biko Leave a Comment

I thoroughly enjoyed both seasons of the Walking Dead series. It’s cleverly written, the acting’s great, and it’s nicely shot. I highly anticipated each new episode and it was a definite “must watch” every week. So, when I saw the Blu-ray box set coming out in late August, I immediately wanted to share the news with all our readers. I love and highly recommend everyone to watch the series and can’t wait until next season, though I’m not sure if i can put this box in the middle of my entertainment center – especially when it’s not around Halloween yet.

Filed Under: TV Tagged With: AMC, Blu-ray, cable TV, second season, zombies

Headphone Stands by Klutz Design

July 12, 2012 by SW biko Leave a Comment

Now that you bought a pair of kickass headphones, why not proudly display it as a centerpiece for your entertainment center? This can be a nice little conversation starter or, better yet, the envy to all your friends. The stands come in different materials, color, or leather and is currently not available at our local Best Buy – you have to order it online overseas.

For more info, go to: Klutz Design.

Filed Under: Design Tagged With: CanCans, earphones, Klutz Design