This could really be a Christmas miracle for anyone lucky enough to find this under beside their tree on Christmas morning. This would be a great machine to start that arcade you’ve been dreaming of in that spare room, because you are getting 12 games in one. You get games like: Frogger, Green Beret, Blades of Steel, Contra, Gyruss, Castlevania, Hyper Sports, Time Pilot ’84, Shao-Lins Road, Jungler, Scramble and Super Basketball.

It is available from Linens and Things for $399.99. No, this isn’t a Christmas joke. You heard right, Linens and Things. Seems odd I know, but when it comes to classic gaming, I don’t ask. I just buy. Anyway, I’m sure your wife needs linens by now. Oh honey look at this…

The makers of the Mini MOB mobile phone apparently feel that a little nostalgia might help spur some mobile phone sales, letting the cutting edge business man of the 80′s relive the days of carrying a brick-style phone around (unfortunately there doesn’t appear to be a super-sized charging cradle to match).

Like the Brick Phone we saw earlier this year, the Mini MOB does bring some modern features into their neo-brick including a camera, MP3/MP4 player and a miniSD memory card slot and an included 128 MB card. The phone is also slightly smaller than those heavy solid models of 20 years ago measuring 11cm tall by 3.5cm wide (and an estimated 4cm deep). It comes with two batteries that are charged through a USB cable and take advantage of the extra size with 30 days of standby and 3 days of continuous talk time.

Video game website discussion forums are melting down after Gamespot senior editor Jeff Gerstmann was fired yetserday from his job of ten years over what the site’s editorial is calling a problem with the “tone” of a video game review. Gerstmann gave the Eidos game “Kane & Lynch” an average Gamespot score of 6.0 and shortly thereafter his employment with Gamespot, one of the largest and most influential game news websites as well as owned by CNET Networks, was terminated immediately. News of Gerstmann’s dismissal quickly spread across the web thanks to blogs like Kotaku and other gaming websites such as Penny Arcade. Calls for clarification to Gamespot was met with no comment and so far Gertsmann hasn’t decided to go public with his side of the story. That hasn’t stopped one blog from publishing what they claim is an account given by an insider working at Gamespot why Gertsmann was fired. The alleged insider spills that it was pressure from Eidos to Gamespot senior management that led to Gerstmann’s dismissal. “This management team has shown what they’re willing to do,” writes the blog’s source. “Jeff had ten years in and was f***ing locked out of his office and told to leave the building.”

Microsoft today dropped the rest of the details on its upcoming Xbox 360 2007 Fall Dashboard Update. This includes the previously covered Xbox Originals download service. You can expect this update to populate your video game console sometime starting Dec. 4.

The Xbox 360 2007 Fall Dashboard Update is definitely a major overhaul with lots of new features. Besides the ability to download and play Xbox Originals you also get access to reduced prices on select Xbox Live Arcade titles. There will also be a new direct feed into the dashboard which gives you more updated information on new Xbox offerings. You’ll also be able to add more information into your bio for friends to view as well as being able to see the Friends Lists of other Xbox Live members.

Imagine having thousands of games at your fingertips which you can play on a 120-inch screen, with the ability to add your next generation console games to the mix. That’s the idea behind the new Dream Arcades Dreamcade Vision 120, priced at around $4,000.

The Dream Arcades Dreamcade Vision 120 is an arcade style gaming cabinet with a projector and built-in arcade type control panel. The projector projects your games onto an included 120-inch portable screen. The arcade system comes with over 145 classic arcade games such as Ms. Pac-Man, Centipede and Dig Dug and also provides you subscription based access “to more than 7,000 classic console games via Console Classix, including games for Atari, ColecoVision, NES, SuperNES, Sega Genesis, Sega Master System, Sega GameGear, and GameBoy.”

Maybe the allure of owning a Wii, PS3 or Xbox 360 has worn off. Maybe you’re looking for something to take up the space in an empty corner of your rec room, something that will light up the eyes of your friends and remind them of the golden age of video games. Maybe you’re looking for the Multigame Tabletop Arcade Machine.

This funky and retro machine is made to resemble the classic sit down arcade games from the 1980s but instead of hosting just one game the MultiGame comes loaded with 48 of your old favorites. Games like Zaxxon, Arkanoid, Dig Dug, Donkey Kong, Space Invaders, Qix, Galaga, the whole Pac-Man family of games and dozens of others are packed on the circuitboards of this baby. The unit has a 20-inch screen, each side has its own joystick and multiple buttons and the tempered glass table top is strong enough for you to rest your frosty mug of suds on. There is even a coin op slot in case you really want to go old school and remember what it was like to dump your allowance into one of these quarter eaters.

Looking like some kind of Sci-Fi shuttlecraft or pod, the Space Invaders alarm clock is a great way to show off your love for retro gaming and wake up on time. It’s also an affordable geek gift for the holiday season at just $63.81.

I for one have always dreamed of having a room devoted entirely to retro gaming arcade goodness. This little clock is a perfect addition to my fantasies. In my dreams, it will wake me up at the perfect time so I can start off the day playing classic video games. Comes in white, blue and white, and sexy black. You can check out a cool video here.

Can you believe Xbox Live, the online arm of Microsoft’s Xbox 360 video game console, turns five tomorrow? Neither can we. That being said, this is a shining example of an area where Microsoft held on to become a dominant force in a vertical category. To celebrate this crowning moment several announcements were made which should make things even more interesting.

For starters, Microsoft is giving away for free between 12:01 a.m. PST on Nov. 15 and 11:59 p.m. PST on Nov. 16 an Xbox Live Arcade game for download. Of even bigger interest to gamers, particularly fans of the original Xbox, is word of a free system update which will offer, among other enhancements, the ability to purchase and download original Xbox games. These Xbox Originals look to initially include Halo,” “Psychonauts,” “Crimson Skies: High Road to Revenge” and “Fable,” among others.

If you could get your hands on this sweet guitar, you could really jam out a great version of “Pac-Man Fever”. It was designed by Specimen Custom Guitars and it not only looks retro-cool, but it also has some cool features. Like the blinking headstock and a variable-speed knob located on the eyeball that can synchronize the blinker to the beat.

Sadly you or I will never EVER get to touch it as it is one of a kind, but it does make our inner geeks very happy in a dot-munching sort of way. Come to think of it, it looks more like a Pac-Banjo then a guitar, but I still want it.

If the iPod were a supermodel, it might look something like this. Tall, skinny and beautiful. It’s as if an iPod were caught in a black hole and stretched. Words can’t really describe just how pleasing the above products are to my eye.

Beautiful as they are, Dr. Lite is simply an Alarm clock. No more, no less. An alarm clock with 2 distinct features: It struts around like an iPod snob and it has several rows of LEDs that light up to reflect the time of day, simulating dawn and dusk.

Today Microsoft has officially launched the highly rumored Xbox 360 Arcade console at a reasonable $279 bundled with games and trying to pick up on the “entire family” of gamers and bring some more attention to the Xbox Live Arcade games.

“As families gather together this holiday, it’s the perfect time to launch a new low-priced, high-value Xbox 360 that plays games, TV shows and music for everyone to enjoy,” said Jeff Bell, vice president of global marketing, Interactive Entertainment Business at Microsoft. “In addition to offering an incredible all-in-one package for families to get right into the fun, the Xbox 360 Arcade system features the industry-leading Family Settings, which allow parents to control what their kids are watching and playing — and we know how important that control is to families around the world.”

AT&T is looking to give a speed boost to users of its 3G wireless network via a new wireless laptop card. The Sierra Wireless AirCard 881 will be free, subject of course to your standard rebates and two-year contract.

The Sierra Wireless AirCard 881 is compatible with new High Speed Uplink Packet Access (HSUPA) technology being pushed by AT&T onto its existing wireless network. This card will allow average upload speeds between 500 Kbps and 800 Kbps and also support enhanced HSDPA download speeds ranging between 600 to 1,400 Kbps.

It looks like the RCA dogs (and we don’t just mean the products) are set to find a new home today as it was announced Audiovox will acquire the rights to the RCA consumer electronics brand from Thomson. Total cost? $19.7 million plus some other fees – that’s a lot of dog bones.

The acquisition of the RCA brand by Audiovox extends to Thomson’s U.S., Canada, China and Hong Kong consumer electronics audio video business. Audiovox earlier this year had purchased Thomson America’s CE accessory business, granting it the rights to to the RCA brand for consumer electronics accessories.

The rCard is about the size of a thick business card at 3.6″ wide, 2.04″ tall and 4.3mm thick, but does a lot more than any business card we’ve ever seen. Companies have used credit card-shaped CD’s or branded thumb drives with data on them in the past to promote products and distribute marketing media but the rCard takes it a step further; probably a couple steps further.

It’s actually a little media player with a 2″ wide display and two buttons beside it for easy, intuitive navigation. Data consisting of digital text, photos, slideshows and even video can be uploaded to show off just about anything you would like, and can be added or updated straight from your computer through a USB connection right on the card. The internal battery is also recharged through the same cable and gives up to 2 hours of continuous use. Information can even be stored and time-released to allow companies to distribute information that won’t display until a pre-determined date in the future. Companies can also have the case shipped with a custom branded design for colors and logo.

Now that you’re all grown up and have that big paycheck to buy all the things that you wanted from your childhood the Brookstone people are hoping to entice you to part with $1,995 dollars for their tabletop Pac-Man arcade game. The game’s ROM is the same as the classic coin op from the 1980s right down to the sound effects, graphics and tricks that you could make if you were a Pac-Man champ. To further sweeten the impulse buy the arcade game also comes with the authentic versions of Galaga and Ms. Pac-Man. Now that $1,995 price tag doesn’t seem so crazy anymore, does it?