What’s the longest you’ve ever played GTA IV? A couple of hours, maybe? That’s a shame, since the official Guinness World Record currently stands at 28 hours. “Currently” is the operative word, since a 26-year-old man is currently attempting to break said record. → Read More
Man alive, 300 people huddled together in a single room (granted, a big room) playing games like Quake and Team Fortress 2. Is this the Nirvana that Buddha had promised us? → Read More
Billy Mitchell is a pompous ass, but that’s 90 percent of the reason why he’s The Man. As many of you know, he holds a certain Donkey Kong record. And now someone wants to break that record. Good luck, bro. → Read More
Japanese vinyl fans don’t have a reason to complain in the last few months. Following powerhouses Sony and Denon, it’s now Tokyo-based Exemode’s turn to come up with a nice little device [JP] that plays analogue music discs. → Read More
Dallas must be really proud, for some 697 cosplayers descended on the city at the weekend in a valiant and noble attempt to break the Guinness World Record of “Largest Gathering of Game Characters.” Men and women young and old paraded around the streets in Mario costumes, Link costumes, Chun-Li costumes and so on. You know, it’s really easy—really easy—to tease these… → Read More
Sure it’s got guy-wires keeping it from toppling and killing little Lego men, but this very tall tower is just neat. It’s nearly 100 feet tall, making it by far the tallest Lego tower ever made. It’s in England, and it has something to do with Vikings, and it’s all colorful, and it’s tall. Maybe this signals a new trend: Legos for World Records. I’m into it. → Read More
We all have to have hobbies, it keeps our minds from going to mush. Mr. Tan of Songyuan City, China, has a pretty good one: He built the world’s largest cellphone, hoping for a world record. As phones are getting smaller and slimmer it’s a dubious record at best. Still, the phone itself is fully functional and looks to be based on a Nokia model. Hats off to you, Mr. Tan, for going… → Read More
How far can you throw a cell phone? If you said “over 311 feet” you’re either lying or your name is Chris Hughff. Hughff threw a cell phone 95.08 meters at the 2007 GoldenPalace.com U.K. Mobile Throwing Championships, besting the former record of 94.97 meters set back in 2005. If you’d like to test your arm, make a quick stop at your nearest football field and see if you… → Read More
I’ve seen easter eggs before where small, fun games are embedded into other games or in machines of some sort, but this has to take the cake as far as hidden gems go. Back in the 1980s, computer programmers would embed video game code into LP records grooves. You could then play these hidden wonders by recording the LP to a cassette tape and using a tape drive to run the program. The best… → Read More
A researcher in Venezuela, a fine country, has set a new Wi-Fi distance record, sending a signal 238 miles from his research facility to another one in the Andes Mountains. Well, they’re both located in the Andres. What’s most impressive here is that similar efforts haven’t produced results anywhere near this. Intel’s best efforts here in the U.S. have only reached… → Read More
Everyone’s favorite liberal and entertaining talk station, NPR, ran a story this morning on how vinyl is making a comeback. The reason for those Talking Heads 7-inches coming back in style? NPR cites the popularity of the low-cost USB turntable and the total lack of DRM on vinyl. So far sales of new records are up 10% and seem to keep growing. Oh, and indie kids still buy a ton of the stuff. → Read More
Ever since Tower Records closed its doors for good late last year, I’ve been wondering about what record stores are going to be like in, say, 10 years’ time. Will they be nothing more than rooms full of self-serve digital music kiosks? People are buying digital music online in droves, and there’s only growth in sight as broadband penetration [eeeww] marches on and new… → Read More
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