The Geek Church

Today, I have some interesting gaming news. These have nothing to do with the Wii, which I’ve been overdosing a bit these days. These are games that have to be played standing up at a table, and look like a lot of fun.

For example, the MaruBot Football League, which allows the players to work a robot with a joystick in order to play soccer. It’s big in Korea, and I’d like to play it here in the United States.

Not enough tabletop gaming action for you? In that case, you should try Space Foosball. Think of it as a video game version of Foosball. Yes, I am serious, so check it out.

Those who love coffee might get into the Coffee Pad Machine WMF1. It makes only one cup, but it is quite compact and portable.

Pentax has some new point and shoots with the Optio M85 and the E85.

Sony Ericsson promised something very extraordinary last week. I don’t know if the Sony Ericsson MH907 lives up to it, but it has quite an interesting feature.

Clearly, Amazon is trying to be more than the world’s biggest bookstore as they have unveiled AmazonBasics, their own line of computer and A/V cables. Is there nothing that they don’t do?

Every once in a while, some company comes out with a product that we really should have had a long time ago. Case in point, this new laptop board from Logitech.

I have used laptop boards before, and I enjoy that they take the heat off my (ahem). However, I like using my mouse, but using it with my mouse doesn’t really work. If only someone made some retractable mouse pad for my laptop board, and that is just what Logitech did.

Thank you, Logitech, for giving us a feature that we not only want, but we desperately need.

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I don’t have an iPhone, but I have used one in the past. I never liked how the touchscreen keyboard has no haptic feedback, and so I don’t “feel” if I’ve hit the right key. This is why I like the Blackberry Storm.

For those of you who are fans of BlackBerry’s keyboard might like the iTwinge. Simply put, it is a handy slide-on keyboard for your iPhone so you can “feel” the keys. The company states that it can improve typing speed by 30 to 40 percent, and reduce errors by 70 to 80 percent. Not bad, but it costs about $30.

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The USB Windows Icebox is a device that looks like a flash drive, but it can do a lot more. It has a unique ability to plug into your computer, and it will immediately “freeze” any changes on the hard disk. So another user can jump on to your laptop or PC, but after you turn it off, your computer will return to the state it was in before you stuck in the Icebox.

This is good for parents who have kids who love to play on their mommy or daddy’s computer. The little tykes can do anything they want on purpose or accident, and the parent can simply turn it off at bedtime to eradicate any non-parent approved changes. All of this for just $18.99.

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