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Mobile gaming wins in the bedroom

Bedrooms are usually thought of as a place to sleep, read, relax, or do other things.... But, according to a new survey by social-game site MocoSpace, people are actually playing mobile games in the bedroom--at a staggering rate.

Of the 15,000 U.S. users surveyed by MocoSpace, 96 percent said they play on their mobile device while home and 53 percent of those are doing it in bed. Second place is the living room with 41 percent, then 5 percent in the bathroom, and 1 percent at the dining table.

This breaks a lot of preconceptions about where people … Read more

Portal-themed bedroom is for real

If you're a fan of Valve video games, you'll probably think this is the coolest thing you've ever seen (or be super jealous that your parents aren't as awesome as this kid's).

Welcome to Vector Farr's own personal Portal-themed bedroom, complete with a red button rug, plush weighted companion cubes, and a GLaDOS replica on the wall.

Vector is the son of comic book writer and artist James Farr, who's most famous for his Xombie series.

For those who aren't familiar with the first-person puzzle-platform video game, Portal introduces gamers to Aperture Laboratories, the handy portal device it developed, and GLaDOS (Genetic Lifeform and Disk Operating System), the lovably masochistic artificial intelligence.

As an Aperture test subject, it's the player's task to successfully navigate a series of physics-based puzzles while enduring hilariously negative reinforcement from GLaDOS as she monitors your progress from one test chamber to the next.… Read more

Wake to the dawn chorus of your choice

Our cell phones have long provided a huge choice of ring-tones. And the old-fashioned clock radio threatened to wake you up to some blathering radio jock giving the weather or interviewing a traffic cop. Now you can get some morning tones for nature's best singers.

It's the Songbird Serenade Clock. And in keeping with the Internet era of consumer choice, you can pick from a selection of different songcards including over 200 species of North Americna birds. Northern Cardinal? Western Meadowlark? Quarrelling Mallards? Your choice.