You can go to any hack job casino and see some cheesy magic show. True magic, however, can be found above. Confused? French console modder “Kotomi” managed to take an entire NES console and cram it inside a single Super Mario Bros. NES cartridge. That’s pretty magical to us. As you can see, the main features such as cartridge port, power and reset buttonsare located on the cartridge’s face while the AC adapter is housed on the left. Controller ports...

For many guys, the “throne room” (aka: bathroom) is the sole place of true solace. Free from crazy kids, frustrated wives/girlfriends and whatever else distractions life may throw your way, the bathroom is a place where men think. This Mario/Donkey Kong/Pac-man bathroom owned by Technabob reader Gregory Pinzone is the god of all throne rooms, at least for geeks like us. Not only can you think about life’s current toils and tribulations, but re-live the...

Reuters have highlighted the difficulties Nintendo faces in these tough economic times as the gaming giant announced an operating loss deficit of 37.3 billion Yen, roughly equivalent to $458 million. This news comes just after Nintendo celebrated the one year anniversary of the Nintendo 3DS launch, and close to the highly anticipated announcement and launch of upcoming powerful and innovative home console, the Nintendo Wii U. Analysts and bloggers around the world are...

Every once in a while we experience moments in life that leave us completely dumbfounded and our minds in a *blown* state. Example: This morning we had an insatiable hunger for some Super Mario action. Solution: we played for an hour and a half. Blown: We find this touch-sensitive Super Mario coin block lamp. The lamp can be found over on Etsy here for $74.99. Decisions decisions… Source: G4TV | Via:...

Many tech professionals, seasoned and novice alike, see Nintendo’s reluctance to enter 3rd party app markets (such as the iOS or Android mobile app stores) as a stubborn, potentially harmful blow to the companies future prospects. But maybe, just maybe, Nintendo has something up their sleeve. According to an anonymously tipped story at The Daily, Nintendo is reportedly planning to launch the WiiU console with its own, full-fledged app store. We know, another app...