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Is it just us, or is the trailer for new video game Dead Or Alive Xtreme 2 (DOAX2 for short) just a little bit, er, over the top, babes-wise? Teenage boys around the world will no doubt disagree, but there’s something a little disturbing about the game’s shameless voyeurism. The DoA series had always featured [...]...More
Time to list your ‘old’ (though still relatively new) MacBook Pro on eBay. Yes, update-crazy Apple have released a new, improved line of MacBook Pro laptops – we wish they’d stop updating their gear all the damn time. The new MacBooks now pack the Intel Core 2 Duo processors found in the newest iMacs, so [...]...More
Carhartt’s ‘Graduate’ jacket is available in five different colours – tobacco (pictured), grey, navy blue, olive and, of course, black. It’s reassuringly old-school, in a cardigan-stylee, but still looks modern enough that you don’t need to smoke a pipe to get away with wearing it. And because it’s made fro...More
It’s a small step between slightly quirky and being the office clown. These five sets of cufflinks should get you some attention – but without being labelled the local joker. 1. Lego cufflinks Show you’re in touch with your inner child with these Lego cufflinks. Actually, they’re called Forever Young cufflinks and are design...More
We’re all going to Hell in a handcart. Not content with breeding dogs that can sit in an A-lister’s handbag, humanity has now gone even further. Meet the Pucci Hoodies. That’s right, hoodies for the kind of small yappy dogs that even David Cameron would shy away from hugging. They’re fleece-lined tops, which come with [...]...More
I was really excited about this tutorial when I saw the words "a stuffed animal that turns its head to watch you", but to be honest I got lost once it started talking about microcontrollers and pBasic code. Nevertheless, the fact that someone’s made a robot sheep from scratch, which reacts to human beings when [...]...More
Dads, go and buy this for your sons immediately, while there’s still time to get it shipped over in time for Trick or Treating. They’ll thank you for it. Really. Admittedly, we can’t be sure what response they’ll get if they go knocking at front doors in your neighbourhood, but what the hell – at [...]...More
Name Tim Bisley Job Everyman hero of cult sitcom Spaced (as played by the great Simon Pegg). Special powers Unhealthy love of original Star Wars trilogy. Skateboarding (badly). Playing PlayStation. Pursuing career as comic-book artist. He said ‘You think I’m unemotional, don’t you? I can be emotional. Jesus, I cried like a child a...More
Looking for a rock star look? Forget the catwalks, this YMC Printed Windjammer jacket comes with the approval of Noel Gallagher! Yes, Oasis man has one of these. And if you don’t believe me, check out the cover of the latest edition of Uncut magazine, as he’s wearing it there. Available in charcoal and black [...]...More
How about a watch with a heritage, that’s a design classic and still costs less than £100? You get the lot with the Mondaine Swiss Railway Watch. The watch is modelled on the Swiss Railway Station Clock which has been displayed in every Swiss railway station since the 1940s – and originally designed by Swiss [...]...More
A heartbreaking story in today’s Metro about Mark Clews, who built a life-sized balsa wood plane that would be launched using an enormous elastic band, and would fly more than 900 metres. He spent six months building the plane at his studio in Fulham, and yesterday tried to launch it from Dunsford Aerodrome near Guildford. [...]...More
You’d think a gorilla pod is the last thing you’d want to meet while on holiday – a close-knit community of grumpy simians eager to tear you limb from limb and feed you to their young. But no. A gorilla pod is actually a rather nifty new tripod accessory for your camera, which is designed [...]...More
1. Signed guitar from the Freddie Mercury tribute gigBack in 1992, before Brian May had even thought of setting foot on the roof of Buckingham Palace, a galaxy of stars came together to pay tribute to the recently-deceased Queen frontman Freddie Mercury. It was a big bash, and this electro-acoustic guitar was backstage, being scribbled [...]...More
You don’t have to be a messenger to get the most out of this limited edition Oki-Ni Freitag messenger bag. It’s got enough secret pockets to hide most of your worldly possessions – illegal drugs, your iPod, little black book etc. and it looks rather good too. It’s cut by hand in Zurich (by Swiss [...]...More
5 Pro Evolution Soccer 6To die-hard fans, Konami’s Pro Evo series is akin to a religion – quite right too, as there is no better football game on the planet. The latest in the revered PES canon will be released on 27 October and we can’t wait. It’s a shame that Konami and Microsoft couldn’t [...]...More
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