12:39 PM on 01.22.2007
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Niero
BoingBoing is running a feature on the accidentally best selling Warcraft: Burning Crusade accessory ever made: The Ergopod. The desk was originally designed for invalids (that have never heard of laptops and would be stupid enough to buy this), but instead it now serves a better use for gamers who can now enjoy the power of their OC'd desktop towers in Azeroth without leaving the bed. Genius.
We're not missing the boat on this lucrative opportunity, so Destructoid is also selling a matching potato chip stand within arms reach and a pressurized tube to add DirectBladder(tm) support to your gaming experience.
Does it get any better than this, Warcraft fans? Of course it doesn't. Just keep your Fleshlight handy and let the world outside die. Seriously though, you'd have to be in a body cast with only a functioning wrist to justify buy this. Otherwise it makes no sense -- the desk will set you back $4,000. You can buy a laptop powerful enough to launch a nuclear reactor for that price and use it from your bed and the toilet.
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As for using a laptop from the toilet, well, that would entail getting up and waddling to the bathroom. For most WoW addicts, that is simply just not feasible.
@ Oni : Summa and Chu are just going to have to have a debate on G4 about it.
I hate to think what will happen if an earthquake happens and said CRT monitor crashes down on your fragile body.
@ Toneman
The main reason I use CRT's on my desktop (dual-head setup) is that the refresh rate is far better than any LCD can match, along with the ability to change resolutions to better suit specific games. I really notice higher refresh rates helping when I play Stepmania, because on the fastest and most rapid songs, 120hz really helps in following every single step, and 60hz (which is what my MacBook Pro displays with its 15" LCD) is only "adequate", but not "excellent", for high speed games. But there are higher end LCD's that have higher "response times", which aren't the same as higher hertz, so you can still get high end display through a LCD, but there's that issue of a fixed resolution which can never be remedied.