After recently relocating to Plain Grove, Pennsylvania, procuring a reliable internet connection has proved to be a major quest. The problem: Plain Grove is rural. No, really rural. With a capital R. As in, this was my alarm clock this morning. Luckily, it didn’t wake the neighbors. But I digress.

One of the small silver linings one finds oneself with when recently relocated and stranded offline is an abundance of free time to go through old crap. One piece of crap was a $5.00 scanner from a yard sale. The power adapter didn’t work, but a “quick” search of the big green duffel bag of random cords provided one that did. Score. Combined with a small surviving remnant of my comic book collection this afforded the unique opportunity to waste time in a new and semi-constructive manner.

Now, as someone who owned over 5,000 comics before a structural fire, sorting through the hundred-or-so newly rediscovered survivors was painful. But the pain was shouldered for the sake the greater good. The result? Over a dozen scans of video game advertisements from comics of yore and a kicker for any X-Men fans out there (especially Phoenix410). Check out Mario before side-scrolling, Mortal Kombat’s debut, and the Freedom Stick.

 

Apparently, Tesla first experimented with this technology over a century ago. So this isn’t news at all, unless you’re both lazy and sick of wasting money on batteries. Fellow sloths, read on!

According to today’s press release, Exspect’s new wireless charging systems for the Xbox 360 and Wii controllers are now available for purchase. Simply place your controller on the pad and the electricity is transmitted via radio frequencies to your battery pack. As the RF method does not require a metal-on-metal connection, gamers can leave the battery pack attached. Wii enthusiasts won’t even have to take the condom off their remote to charge up.

I’ve never featured the release of an Achievement list before, and don’t plan on making a habit of it, but we now have in-game confirmation of Thunderdomes! Randy Pitchford of Gearbox had already likened the PvP Borderlands arenas to your own personal Thunderdome, but now we have something more substantial: Xbox360Achievements recently posted the Achievement list.

Coinciding with today’s release of Batman: Arkham Asylum, Microsoft has blessed the XBLA Gold Members with another virtual giveaway. It’s been a while since GameSeizure’s last featured freebie, and this one isn’t even a Premium Theme, but it’s Freakin’ Batman.

The “Villains Theme Pack” features static shots of Harley Quinn, Poison Ivy, Bane and Killer Croc. Noticeably absent is our favorite prankster, the Joker. Perhaps he’s a PS3 Home exclusive.

Remember the White Stripes Lego video? Sure you do, those brick animations were devilishly retro and obviously took a lot of time and effort to produce. If you found yourself amazed by the planning and foresight of that pop culture masterpiece, prepare to be awed by this video game version.

Daniel Larsson and Tomas Redigh, aka Rymdreglage, spend over 1500 hours shooting individual photographs and stringing them together for the final product below. The video is seeing some serious YouTube action, and their personal webpage has already crashed from the increase in traffic. Retro gamers will love the NES imagery, and the funky euro-beat isn’t half bad either.

If that’s not enough Lego lunacy, check out Plasticdudes for a seriously WTF experience.