Tag: HALLOWEEN

Parents often fret about video game addiction and the effects of violent games, but one super-geek dad has apparently realized how to address those concerns. Eleven-year-old Joseph DeRose loves gaming, so his perceptive father recently took part in -- and actively promoted -- his son's pastime by helping him to construct an incredibly cool Halloween costume. Relying on an incredibly steady ...

Here are a few of the other noteworthy things we saw today on our never-ending journey through the wild, wild Web. Blanking on Halloween costumes? Go as your own Nintendo Mii. [From: Sprite Stitch, via: The Daily What] The growth of streaming media is catching up to Netflix, with CEO Reed Hastings describing his business as "primarily a streaming company that also offers DVD-by-mail." ...

If, like us, you get excited when new levels for 'Angry Birds' land (and plow through them in about an hour), you'll be thrilled to hear that developer Rovio dropped 45 new levels for the iPhone, iPod and iPad. 'Angry Birds Halloween,' unveiled last night at midnight, has all the time-sucking gameplay you've grown to crave, and replaces beach balls and donuts with pumpkins. As expected, some of ...

BlackBerry's long-awaited Style 9670 smartphone will finally hit stores this Halloween, according to an announcement from RIM and Spring issued this morning. The Style, which will be available in either Steel Grey or Royal Purple, offers users what Spring VP of Product Development Fared Adib calls a "compact flip form factor," as well as a full QWERTY keyboard. As Engadget explains, the ...

Only two short weeks remain for indecisive Halloween revelers to prepare relevant, timely and hilarious costume conversation pieces. Fortunately, the Internet provides an unceasing slew of costume ideas, and Nerve has selected a few of the Web's trendiest memes to inspire procrastinating masqueraders. The list includes the expected offerings of Double Rainbow Guy, Sad Keanu (with ample time ...

Police are on the lookout for two brothers. Occupation: plumbers, Clothing: overalls, Hobbies: saving princesses and collecting coins. Reports say they answer to these names: Mario and Luigi. No, this isn't breaking news from the Mushroom Kingdom (unless Staten Island just got a new nickname). According to the New York Daily News, Staten Island police are searching for four men (two were ...

Whether it was a brilliant stunt or just sweet irony at work, we'll probably never know what 18-year-old trick-or-treater James Miller was thinking when he was arrested early Sunday, for drunk driving, dressed as a Breathalyzer. Cops pulled over the intoxicated Cincinnati teen in Oxford, Ohio after catching him driving the wrong way on a one-way street, NBC 4 reports. As police searched the ...

If you've ever dressed up for Halloween, you've probably bumped into someone at a party or bar who's wearing the same costume as you. From experience, we can say it's a deflating feeling. While the holiday is practically upon us, you might want to quickly scan this list of popular costume searches before you head out into the night. What costumes are in this year? Well, CNET News reports ...

Hand-sewn costumes, homemade popcorn balls, and bobbing for apples are all so last millennium. It's time to get with the high-tech late Aughts, our fair readers, especially since Halloween is upon us. If you still haven't settled on a costume, or done anything ghoul-related, then take a look at our high-tech DIY guide to all things crafty and creepy, and get your spook on this Halloween. ...

Halloween's just days away. If you still haven't found the creative yet snarky costume of your dreams, then you'd better get busy, because the witching hour is fast approaching. If you're completely stumped, you'll either be inspired or totally devastated by a few guys whose iPhone costumes have upped the ante on ridiculous get-ups. Four geeks from Tampa -- John Savio, John Matthews, Reko ...

Geeks absolutely love Halloween, since it finally enables them to don elaborate sci-fi and fantasy costumes without being mercilessly ridiculed. Not all nerds start planning their All Hallows' Eve decorations the second the New Year begins, though. For pumpkin procrastinators, (and those who spent too much time perfecting that 'G.I. Joe' Snake Eyes costume) Walyou has compiled an exhaustive list ...

digg_url ='http://www.switched.com/2008/10/31/15-scariest-ghost-videos-on-the-web/'; With Halloween finally here, folks are in a scary kind of mood. And since the economy is so scary itself right now, we decided to save you the bones you'd spend on renting 'Child's Play' 1 through 7, and instead give you links to 12 especially freaky (and free) ghost videos. Just don't blame us for the ...

Virtual pumpkins are fine for a little indoor holiday spirit, but nothing beats an interestingly carved version of the orange and fleshy variety, especially when it's with a geeky, video game theme. That's what we've got with the set of pumpkins (and gourds) above, a clever set of carvings posted at Indestructables, which took a lot of creativity, but no intricate carving skills. The two ghosts, ...

We've always thought our basement full of old Newtons and Amiga machines was pretty spooky, but we'd admit that we've been one-upped by Pennsylvania's Halloween Park, which built an entire haunted mansion using off-the-shelf HAI home automation equipment. Designed by Digital Panacea, the system is "run by typical motion detectors, contacts, resets, and timers," which trigger spooky sound effects ...

Since it's Halloween, we can't help but get in the spirit with a little bit of zombie making fun. The online photo editor Picnik has added a fun seasonal tool under effects to "zombify" an image. The steps are simple, upload a picture with one or more people in it where the face is clearly visible. Then go to the create tab and select "effects." Then you can use a slider increase the level of ...