Topic: Hobbies and Pastimes

Regretsy Showcases the Worst of Etsy

At its worst, Etsy is a gallery of handcrafted horrors.READ»

• The Best of Etsy's Handmade Objects
• Slideshow: The Worst of Etsy

Did Mailing Nintendo Wii and PS3 Discs Cost Netflix Millions of Dollars?

Why did Netflix introduce a disc-based solution for the Wii and PS3, only to end it months later? And how much did that temporary system cost?READ»

Mowing Down Climate Change With a Clean, Quiet Gardening Company

Kelly Giard's startup Clean Air Lawn Care uses solar-powered machines -- and like his lawns, it needed careful planning, constant care and cultivation to grow into the thriving business it is today. Here’s what Giard has to say about his green thumb.READ»

Infographic of the Day: The Evolution of Video Game Controllers

The British design agency Cxpartners has a nice little infographic showing the phylogeny of video game controllers since those prehistoric days of Odyssey and Atari. The diagram maps key design transformations, from wireless ...READ»

Future Shock at 40: The Tofflers Stir Up "Cyberdust" With New Scenarios

Cyberdust, obsoledge, and other visions of tomorrow from the people who introduced Future Shock in 1970. READ»

Redbox Adds Video Games to Join GameFly, Blockbuster: Is Netflix Next?

Kiosk powerhouse Redbox announced it will offer video games in addition to movies, marking a new trend in the rental industry that Netflix may mimic.READ»

Antiquarian Is a Fresh Typeface From Dead Times

Your handwriting is atrophied. Get a new one, and make it old-fashioned.READ»

Xbox, Rockstar Games Among Twitter's First Promoted Accounts

Twitter continues to take monetizing slowly, with its minimally invasive ad strategy.READ»

Toshiba Debuts First Glasses-Free 3-D HDTV for Consumers

Toshiba's just unveiled a range of glasses-free HDTVs, which it's saying are the first units of their type to be aimed at the consumer. Will Jo Public leap at the chance to watch 3-D movies without specs?READ»

Contributors

Kirk Manley "I have too many comic books and action figures for a man my age and more unbuilt Japanese resin model kits than I care to admit," says Kirk Manley. The New York -- based illustrator and graphic designer first inked a ...READ»

Finally, "Paperboy" and "Airwolf" Maker Brings 8-bit Games to iPhone, iPad

The ZX Spectrum Elite App, from the company that kicked off the 1980's home computer revolution, reinvigorates the 8-bit games rage for the Apple generation.READ»

iFive: HP's Missing CEO, Facebook Cozies Up to Skype, Nintendo's 3DS Disaster, Dell's Tablets, Google's Happy Workforce

While you were busy sleeping others were busying themselves with the business of the day, so here's the early tech news, digested:READ»

Facebook Knows You Don't Care About Your Coworker's FarmVille Achievements

Facebook's gaming platform, spurred on by huge successes like Zynga, has introduced social gaming to the masses and kick-started a minor gaming revolution. On the other hand, it's also caused massive clutter in the news feeds of ...READ»

Halo: Reach Tops $200 Million on Launch Day, Crushes Avatar

"Halo: Reach" is not only Microsoft's biggest game of the year--its opening day sales show that it might just be the biggest launch of the year in any medium.READ»

Blockbuster's Bizarre 3-Month Delay on By-Mail Offerings

Blockbuster's last-ditch effort to attract new customers is like a gamer garage sale.READ»

Branded Virtual Goods and What Good They Can Do

Brands hope to use virtual goods to soak up any discretionary spending especially among the Web-savvy under-40 crowd. Analysts agree that the virtual goods market will be worth over $2 billion this year. This is just one way that brands are responding to a very real challenge--how to make themselves relevant, sharable, and likable within the social ecosystem.READ»

Dumb Action Games Make You Smarter

Fed up with non-gamers telling you that Call of Action or Grand Theft Auto turns you into an idiot? Now you can present them with proof that games like this actually improve your decision making.READ»

Nintendo Accessory Designer Tweaks Out: 3DS in November?

Thank goodness for the Twitter leak -- or "tweak." But could the Nintendo 3DS really be coming out months earlier than expected?READ»

Infographics: Happy 15th Birthday, PlayStation

Except for maybe the Game Boy, Sony's PlayStation is the most recognizable brand in gaming--and today, it turns 15. These infographics celebrate PlayStation as well as giving some insight into gamer snack preferences (spoiler: pizza).READ»

Atom.com Creates Campy Comedy Web Series

Explosive late-night comedy -- and a shot at TV.READ»

Actress Felicia Day Reroutes Her Career With Web Series "The Guild"

With her groundbreaking series "The Guild," actress Felicia Day took control of her own career -- and shook up the world of Web video in the process.READ»

• Television on the Web Is Redefining Must-See Viewing

Fast Blurbs: September 2010

In Remembrance September 1 is the 25th anniversary of the discovery of the Titanic. A salvaged letter was auctioned in April for 55,000 pounds. In Entertainment Fifty years ago this month: Americans watched the first ...READ»

Apple Game Center for iPhone Beats Xbox Live to the Mobile Punch

Along with Microsoft's Xbox Live for Windows Phone 7, Apple's new Game Center is going to change the very nature of portable gaming. READ»

Sony Launches Qriocity, Cloud-based Music Service to Rival Apple, iTunes

Will Sony's new digital media service make a dent in Apple's market share?READ»

iPhone App Heading to Hollywood, FarmVille Movie Next?

Will it translate from the super-small screen to the big screen?READ»