One of the things that surprised everyone in a good, and bad, way, was the name of Nintendo’s current console. Some liked it, some didn’t, but one thing that we can all agree upon, is that it was surprising. In a recent interview, the father of Super Mario, Shigeru Miyamoto, explained the reasoning behind the […]

If you, like yours truly, spend a lot of time by your computer, then you have probably felt at least once a burning pain in your eyes, or blurry vision. Thankfully, there are small exercises or things you can to help reduce this pain and prevent CVS (Computer Vision Syndrome).
Do you spend a lot of […]

This is one of the best fan-made game videos I’ve seen for a long time. Enjoy!

The only thing “different” about this video is that the princess isn’t in another castle ;)
Via Kotaku

When it comes to e-mail, usually one of these 3 names come to mind, but it’s not usual for anyone to compare them, except for the mailbox size. We all know that Gmail has the biggest capacity of the 3, but how does it add up in terms of speed and other features?

Apparently Gmail does […]

Microsoft’s very own CEO Steve Ballmer was recently interviewed about the iPhone. Among other things, he says he is not afraid of the iPhone and brands it as the most expensive cellphone ever released and says that the lack of a physical keyboard is something that will make customers choose one of their own products.

Instead […]

A clever guy from the Acidmods website just put up a tutorial about how you can connect your NES controller to an iPod and use it to play games. Linux ones only folks, which means that you’ll have to void your warranty in order, even if you never had to open up your iPod.
The end […]

This is completely useless, though mildly amusing for a few seconds. Someone created a small script that allows you to recreate the classical scene from the very first Zelda game in which an old man of some sort gives you a sword, just because you happened to walk in his cave.

Via Joystiq

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You know, there is very little in this world better than Hot Girls….especially Hot Geek Girls.
In 2006 several Hot Geek Gals were in the spotlight on websites, on podcasts, and on TV - and we here at Forever Geek would like to showcase some of these lovely ladies by selecting our Top 5 […]

Some people have way too much time on their hands…

With a handle made out of the NES controller, and two compartments, one for a cellphone and a second for a lighter, this guy murdered a classic NES controller to make a “purse” out of it. Apparently, the cheap guy made one for his wife […]

In Apple Gazette, one of our sister blogs, editor Michael has just posted an interesting article explaining why he plans on dumping his cable TV service and choosing an Apple TV instead. Here are the five reasons in short:

Buying Your TV - By dumping cable, and switching to tv, you’re essentially going from renting to […]

Steve Bryant from the Google Watch blog has posted a funny, but well thought, mock-up of what Google’s start page would look like if Yahoo designed it. Well, I can’t say that the result is surprising:

What’s funny about this image, is that Google allows you to create a custom homepage that may end up looking […]

The Hack247 admin has posted a nice comparison between the new formats, which companies support and what the current status of the “war” is.
It has been a long time since we last had a format war for the main media formats (I’m not considering the flash cards as a part of them), in fact, the […]

Sonic is undoubtedly one of the most popular gaming icons that has withstood the test of time, in fact, together with Mario, he is probably one of the oldest, and helped defined the action packed era of the 16bit days on the Sega Genesis. While Mario was busy hoping goompas, Sonic was speeding through levels […]

Ryan Block from Engadget has recently written an interesting article that explain the “why” for the high demand for the product:

Cellphones today suck. Especially smartphones. It’s 2006 and a good phone — and I mean an honestly really good phone — still hasn’t been made. A new competitor — any new competitor, be it ALP […]

The Wiimote has been for the past week the center of attention thanks to a clever little program, and various scripts have already emerged to make it compatible with popular applications like Google Earth.
Since World of Warcraft is one of the most popular online games at the moment, it was only a matter of time […]

I was recently lucky enough to acquire a copy of Zelda for my newly bought Nintendo Wii, which was recently reviewed here not to long ago. The very first thing that hit me when I watched the introduction movie, was how similar it seemed to Shadow of the Colossus, for the Playstation 2.
For starters, the […]