Nintendo is sitting on a huge mountain of success at the moment (which is just a huge mound of cash). Things weren’t always so peachy with Nintendo. There have been a numerous amount of failures through the years at Mario’s company. Easily Nintendo’s best failure was the Power Glove. This device was pretty much the Wii remote only about 20 years before its’ time.

The problem with the Power Glove was the clunkiness of the controls, and lack of game support. If you think having a thin sensor bar for your Nintendo Wii is bad enough, the Power Glove had to have two sensors on your TV that would continually fall off. Of course the idea of the Power Glove was mind blowing though. You could control a video game just by moving your hand. You only had to wear a glove that nearly went up to your elbow, and had about 50 million buttons to keep track of.

What really made the Power Glove truly great was the 1980’s movie classic, The Wizard…a.k.a ‘feature length Nintendo Ad’.

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I’ll tell ya, typing away at a keyboard can build up quite a workout. If you’re wanting to sweat there’s nothing like pounding away at keys while writing a blog. While it might be a good workout, sweaty wrists isn’t great for picking up the ladies or the keyboard itself.

Thanko has released a keyboard to make sure those wrists stay dry while your working the phalangies.  The Cooler USB Keyboard has three built-in fans that spew out cool air where your wrists sit. The keyboard has a switch so you can turn the fans off if you’re only doing a mild keyboard workout. For a keyboard with some built-in fans, $62 isn’t a bad deal at all.

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My favorite kind of nerds/fanboys have to be of the video game kind. Within that section of nerds, easily my favorite fanboys are those dedicated to the Legend of Zelda. The series has been around for about 20 years now, and the fanbase continues to swell. People who like to dress up as their favorite hero Link now have an accessory to compliment that green skirt tunic.

The guys over at ThinkGeek have an ocarina crafted after the music device in Legend of Zelda: Ocarina Of Time. The N64 Zelda game is arguably the most successful of the series, and most adored by fans. You better pick this one up, before the hordes of Link followers get their hands on it.

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If I ever obtain enough wealth, I’m going to have a team of engineers working around the clock trying to build a space ship. I know they’re a pain to build, and my own personable ship wouldn’t be available for quite some time. Until such time, I can use the Beam bed to help live my fantasy.

The Beam bed looks like something from either a Star Trek, or X-Files episode. If you’re really a dedicated prankster, you could use this as a trap to make someone think there actually is a monster under their bed. Other than being a great prop for space ship imaginings, and or a expensive prank I really don’t see practical use of the Beam Bed. But that doesn’t mean that it isn’t righteously awesome.

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