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Drinking Smarter with Tech, Games, and Gadgets

Drinking Smarter with Tech, Games, and Gadgets

Who says drinking and technology don't mix? If you ask my recently deceased keyboard which befell an unfortunate soda-spilling accident, it would say never. However, much like the applications I use every day on my computer to check email, keep in touch with friends, and write articles like this one, there are programs, games, and even a gadget ...

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Five Video Games That Are Guaranteed to Make You Look Ridiculous

Five Video Games That Are Guaranteed to Make You Look Ridiculous

Video game developers are always looking for ways to make their titles more interactive. For years, that basically meant improving the graphics and giving the designers a production budget rivaling most Hollywood movies. Recently though, a trend has emerged where games are now requiring you to do more than just push a few buttons on a controller...

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Consumer Quest May Drive Me to Festive Felony, Christmas Shopping Craziness to Commence

Consumer Quest May Drive Me to Festive Felony, Christmas Shopping Craziness to Commence

I am currently mired in that epic conundrum plaguing modernity: the Wii supply and demand holiday hellhole. And no matter how many times I remind myself that I did indeed procrastinate on purchasing my brother a Christmas present, I am inordinately pissed. How could Nintendo do this to me? Why are there not more Wiis for sale? Are the manufactur...

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Brad Pitt Destroys the American Christmas Tradition, No Wii Under the Jolie-Pitt Christmas Tree

Brad Pitt Destroys the American Christmas Tradition, No Wii Under the Jolie-Pitt Christmas Tree

Somebody needs to let Brad Pitt in on a little secret: in America Christmas is about big, shiny, plastic presents. Has he ever even been to a shopping mall? Has he even seen “Jingle All the Way”? It appears not, what with his recent comments about his It’s a Small World clan of kids being given small presents despite the fact that he and his ho...

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A Christmas Premonition: When Drunk, You'll Bowl Your WiiMote Into Your TV

A Christmas Premonition: When Drunk, You'll Bowl Your WiiMote Into Your TV

In nine days, this will be you: happily playing WiiSports before haphazardly hurling your wiimote into your television screen like an Olympic softball player gunning for a strikeout.

 

While the man in this video does not look inebriated, I’m postulating that, come Christmas Day (or rather, the night you return to campus with Wii in tow), you wi...

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Nintendo Wii's Pong Toss: Where's the Beer?

Nintendo Wii's Pong Toss: Where's the Beer?

Beer Pong: Every college student’s favorite game. It combines all the thrill of competition with the love of binge drinking.
 

And now, in an age where all interactions happen online, students can play beer pong from the comfort of their couch. Wii introduced Beer Pong to capitalize on the popularity of the real life game. My only concern is th...

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How To Get Your Girlfriend Into Video Games

How To Get Your Girlfriend Into Video Games

Just about every guy I know is obsessed with video games. They will drop everything to wait in line all night to buy a newly-released game, and then spend all day playing it. They won’t eat, sleep or shower until they beat it. And when they finally do, they don’t suddenly stop playing. They just resort to an old favorite.

 

Those with girlfriend...

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