Even if you aren’t really into games, this guy really has it going. One thing to make sure before starting to listen to this: Turn off everything around and be sure to listen closely. I wonder if he’s talking that fast in real life too.

This week he reviews LEGO Indy. Ready for it? 3, 2, 1…

What’s the most relaxing way from Oregon to Idaho? Of course, in a lawn chair surrounded by lots of balloons. Kent Couch - no, I’m not going to make a joke about lawn chair and Couch - sat down and lifted off.

From the BBC:

“I’d go to 30,000 feet if I didn’t shoot a balloon down periodically,” he said.

In addition to the blow pipe and air gun he took a pole to pull in balloons, a parachute, some GPS equipment and some eggs and chocolate.

Using a BB gun to control your altitude? Sounds like a great way to achieve a Darwin Award!

Video of him after the jump.
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It’s time for another totally useless post again. This time featuring Nintendo’s Wii Fit. Enjoy!

(Title courtesy of TWiT)

“It is much thinner” - “It does look different” - Captain obvious, anyone?

While we were at CeBIT in Hannover we were also running across booths to shoot some footage we could use to show the viewers what they were missing out. We were at different booths, where people were quite nice, offered to help and to show their products. A thing you’d expect at a place like CeBIT. Then there was a booth in hall 26 where Nokia, the not-so-famous cell phone manufacturer in Germany right now, was playing a big role, as their handsets were a big part of the exhibit. (more…)

(via Amber Mac)

(First off, I saw this coming but didn’t think it’d actually get me.)

So, today we showed the new Xbox Video Store on our show. I decided to take my harddisk with me as we were showing more than just the store. I took just the disk, because I didn’t want to carry the whole system - why would I. I guess you already know what’s about to happen.

To show the video quality I bought rented “300″ in HD. I knew I was just renting it rather than really owning it. So we played the video on the show for about 20 seconds. The DRM on it lets you finish watching it in 24 hours after playing the file for the first time. So I thought, buy rent and play it after 3pm so I can watch the file tomorrow morning before work.

Well I got home, put the disk on my own Xbox and - well - the license “expired”. I guess you’re not supposed to take your own harddisk around. Why’s that? I’m not copying or - god forbid - sharing it online in any shape or form, I’m just putting it on another Xbox - my Xbox for that matter. I hate this DRM scheme. iTunes’ DRM at least lets me copy my videos and songs on different iPods and/or PCs/Macs at a time. Unnecessary to say that iPods are much more shareable than my Xbox drive. This was the first and probably last time I spent money on the Xbox Video Store. I really should have known better. Shame on you if you fool me once, shame on me if you fool me twice…

Next time you give a phone to a member of the cast, tell him where’s top and bottom. Just sayin’…