On Sunday, companies like Bud Light, Maserati and Volvo competed against one another in the highly coveted Super Bowl 2014 ad spots. The winner among all of these? We were surprisingly charmed by a crowdsourced Doritos commercial featuring a young boy and a time machine that “runs on Doritos”. The ad was created by Raj Suri, an Intel employee who shoots and acts in commercials as a side job.
The entire Doritos ad was shot in less than 8 hours with a budget of $200. For winning the crowd-sourced ad contest, Suri will receive a pretty sweet payout of $1 million for his creativity and effort. Honestly, we couldn’t tell a difference between the ad below and the other big brand commercials created by high-budget ad agencies. Is it time for big brands to take a serious look at crowd-sourced content?
This toddler has more balance than I will ever have on my best day. Check out this video of him skateboarding in nothing but his diapers. Too cute. He comes from a family of pro skateboarders who tour around the world. No biggie.
Actually, why wait for the future? It’s a real thing as of this week. A cutting-edge company named Rajivour (Japanese, of course) has bravely answered the pleas of women worldwide. Why leave love to chance? They have invented a bra that will only unclasp when it detects the signs of true love. Which begs the question, how do you remove it yourself?
Interested? The hilarious video advert for this “TRUE LOVE TESTER” is well worth the watch.
Let’s face it – Google Glass look kind of weird when worn. Even models have a hard time making it look good or comfortable. This alone could prevent Glass from reaching mainstream acceptance. But what if they could bring Google Glass technology to contact lens?
Google recently unveiled its smart contact lens. By fitting a tiny microchip to the surface of a contact lens, their technology can help diabetics manage their glucose levels. The sensor detects when glucose levels drop too low and the chip can communicate with other devices. Google’s product engineers are even experimenting with visual indicators by adding micro LED’s to the lens.
Could Google eventually take their smart lens to the next level and toss the glasses altogether? A contact lens with Glass’ full recording and sharing capabilities would be convenient, comfortable and invisible. Unfortunately, that last detail also means plenty of legal and privacy concerns bar this technology from becoming reality anytime soon.
No plans on Valentine’s Day? Don’t worry, we’ve got you covered. How about some wacky virtual love? Japan pretty much invented dating sims – from cats to robots to aliens, they’ve got a title out there for everyone. We combed the internet and came up with the strangest, weirdest, most entertaining dating RPGS for your special day. We don’t judge.
1. A dating game featuring schoolgirls with disabilities.
In Katawa Shoujo, you play a boy with a unique medical condition who attends school for special needs. Your romantic interests are a blind girl, a deaf mute, a burn victim, an amputee and a girl who was born without arms. Hey, disabled virtual girls need love too.
2. The entire game revolves around dating birds. Yes, birds.
If humans are too normal for you, maybe Hatoful Boyfriend is more your thing. (Disguised as a bird?), you attend a school for talented birds, where all the students and staff are duh – birds. All of whom you can pursue romantic relationships with. Except maybe the school nurse, a plump pigeon who turns out to be a psycho serial killer bird cannibal. That bird cray.
3. Or attend a supernatural school where you must touch magical schoolgirls to figure out if they are witches.
In Doki Doki Majo Shinpan, you play a 14 year old boy who’s been recruited by an angel to purge a junior high school of witches. You detect witches by touching your classmates to increase their heartbeat, causing a “witch mark” to appear on their half naked bodies. I don’t even know what is happening in these picture.
4. Always dreamed of dating your printer? Well now you can.
Anyone who’s ever played an online game has come across those players that seem to exist just to spoil everyone elses’ fun. We find that these special individuals can be categorized into 5 distinct types. From the raging keyboard warrior to the 10 year old who needs to AFK to do his chores, here’s our list of the worst offenders. If any of these describes you, stop it. Stop it right now.
The self appointed team captain. He’ll never apologize for his own mistakes, but he knows exactly what you’re doing wrong and what you need to do better. And he’s not afraid to tell you.
Are you playing a free game with in-game purchases? This player will spend more time harassing random online strangers for money than actually playing the game. Get a job!
Google just introduced a nifty little game called “Roll It” to its Chrome browser. Roll It recreates a simple skee ball game using your phone as a controller for your computer screen. To try it, just go to Roll It’s URL and follow their simple instructions to sync your devices together and play.
Is Google considering entering the gaming space? If so, this could be a huge game changer. Sure, “Roll it” is a small and simple app, but the ability to use your phone as a controller with any screen can have valuable implications for mobile and console gaming. The game itself was immediately reminiscent of Nintendo’s Wii Sports and the Wii U remote. Can you imagine a future where you can replace your clunky console with your phone? With just a mobile device, you could someday play all your games anywhere (with internet and a monitor)!
Naturally, Roll It still has a few kinks to work out. There is a slight delay between moving your phone and the action registering with your screen. We also sometimes lost connection between our phone and computer as we were playing. Perhaps most importantly, using our phone just didn’t seem to give us very accurate control.
In spite of the imperfections, we’re excited about Google’s new experiment. Is Roll It just a short-lived test or is it part of a larger plan to change the mobile gaming landscape?
