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The Soul Still Burns for the Week in Gaming Apps [The Week In Gaming Apps]

How does one of the greatest fighting games of all time wind up one of our least favorite gaming apps of the week? Was it the power of Chopin, the combination of Minesweeper and Minecraft, or the $11.99 price tag? More »

See the explosion that sounds like a barking dog [Video]

The famous Barking Dog Experiment combines a few chemicals in a tube and causes explosions that sound, most people say, like barking dogs. I say they sound a little more like phasers, or other ray guns. Learn a little chemistry, listen to a few explosions, and judge for yourself. More »

Sneak Peek: SEGA emulator for Windows Phone 7 [Video]

We mentioned Sonic's Jewels (SJ7) the other day as coming to Windows Phone. The SEGA Game Gear and Master System emulator has been submitted to the Windows Phone Marketplace and should be made available to all in the next few days. Coming with a free trial, the emulator will ultimately fetch for $1.29 which we find to a great price for this well designed app.

We've playing with it for a few days now and while there is currently no sound (the devs are hoping to get that working in the future) we found the emulation and presentation top notch. The app is fluid, intuitive to use and has built in Skydrive support for importation of your ROM collection. With the ability for three saved-states per game, pinnable Live Tiles for each game and the excellent progress indicators, we're very impressed with the effort here.

We'll keep you posted when Sonic's Jewels goes live in the Marketplace in the next few days. Until then, enjoy our video tour.

Oh Great: Chunks of Fukushima's Corroded Radioactive Uranium Could Survive in the Ocean for Years [Science]

Last march when the Fukushima-Daiichi nuclear plant was disastrously damaged by a tsunami, plant technicians used seawater to cool the meltdown situation. At the time, that was probably the best way to avoid an even worse situation. More »

Plague of Shadows asks what happens to heroic elves who get too old for this s—t [Book Review]

Howard Andrew Jones' Plague of Shadows is a solid entry in the "what happens to adventurers in their twilight years?" sub-genre of fantasy. The elf Elyana used to wander the world with her doughty companions, slaying evil wizards and malicious dragons. As the years passed, some friends died, others got old, and some treaded less heroic paths. When an old friend becomes afflicted with a magical disease, Elyana has to seek the one item that can save him. It's your standard "fetch the magic MacGuffin" plot, but the twists and turns along the way make this an adventure with unexpected heart and quite a few thrills. More »

Check Out The Dramatic, Not-Quite-Emo New Trailer for Aliens: Colonial Marines [Video]

Slow-mo trailers are all the rage these days, usually depicting extreme violence set to moody, emo pop music. It's certainly become a popular practice in gaming advertising, and with good reason—those moody, introspective ads for intense action games can be pretty cool. More »

Daily App Deals: Get Mobitee Golf Assistant for iOS for Free in Today's App Deals [Deals]

The Daily App Deals post is a round-up of the best app discounts of the day, as well as some notable mentions for ones that are on sale. More »

The Real-Life Person of Interest-style Databases that Track Your Life [Surveillance]

Harold Finch and John Reese receive social security numbers through a federal government database in CBS' new drama, Person of Interest. Their world is filled with street corner cameras and espionage — but in the real world, cameras and databases are tracking your every move just as carefully, to the point where you couldn't disappear if you wanted to. More »

Inarguably the cutest Harry Potter cosplay ever executed [Cosplay]

Even if you don't know a Golden Snitch from a frumious Bandersnatch, it's absolutely impossible to remain churlish at life when this duo is around. If anybody knows who could have done this, drop us a line and we'll credit Fluffy and 'Arry accordingly. On an unrelated note, Cerberus is the new vampires is the new zombies is the new selkies is the new tengu. More »

SwitchMe Dual Boots Your Android with Multiple Profiles for Better Battery Life, Extra Privacy, and More [Android Downloads]

Android (rooted): SwitchMe dual boots your Android phone in just a few taps, so you can configure different Android installations for different situations. More »

How BioWare Writes A Mass Effect Game [Mass Effect]

You may think, with all the fighting and decision-making of two games, that you're the one who ultimately controls the fate of Mass Effect's player-created hero Commander Shepard. More »

All The Coolest (and Weirdest) Stuff We Saw at Sundance This Year [First Look]

I've spent the week sending dispatches to io9 from a remote planet of intense cold and blood-thinning high elevation. More »

Make your guests ill with a nausea-inducing floor rug [Psychology]

Under the right circumstances, a home furnishing has the power to make visitors green around the gills. Such is the findings of a recent paper published in the journal Perception, "The sickening rug: a repeating static pattern that leads to motion-sickness-like symptoms." More »

USS Enterprise Coffee Table Is Furniture's Final Frontier [Star Trek]

When I was a in middle school, I built the bridge of the Enterprise in my parents' basement out of old computer parts. It wasn't this cool, but I was pretty proud of my level of Trek fandom. Now, Inhabitat found something that tops that level of Trekkie swag: a coffee table modeled after the USS Enterprise. More »

The Nerdist Way: A Self-Help Guide For Me (and Probably You) [Book Review]

I'll start out with as strong a recommendation on The Nerdist Way, written by Chris Hardwick, as I can give: You should buy this book. Now I'm going to tell you why. More »

Everybody Was Final Fantasy XIII-2 Fighting, Even Chase the Chocobo [Video]

Yesterday Square Enix released a video demonstrating all of the nifty things you can do instead of fighting in Final Fantasy XIII-2. Today? Today is all about the battles, which are arguably as entertaining. More »

Did the Galaxy S III just pop up on Samsung's support site?

Seriously, we can't caveat this one enough -- there is no way of knowing if this is in fact the Galaxy S III or, if it is, when it might come to market -- but, it looks like Samsungs "next big smartphone" just made a cameo on the company's support pages. Listed as the GT-i9300, the mystery device reared its head over at the Global Download Center of the United Arab Emerites site. If Sammy is to keep with its naming scheme i93XX would be a flagship device -- the i90XX line was the Galaxy S, i91XX represents the S2 series, while the i9250 and i9220 are the Nexus and Note respectively. As we warned before though, this could be some mid-range device and Samsung could be changing its naming conventions. Or, perhaps, its yet another variation of an existing model. Still, we'll take this as a good sign that Seoul squad has something interesting brewing.

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The next time you're stranded on an island with only one food source, make sure it's breast milk [Mad Science]

What would happen if you tried to survive on just one type of food? The short answer: you would die. Of course, how you died (organ failure, muscle-wasting, rapidly spreading pustular wounds... some combination thereof) would depend entirely on which type of food you decided to ride out your last weeks/months/years of life consuming. More »

It's Time to Rethink Steampunk [Rant]

Once upon a time, not so long ago, everybody agreed what the label "steampunk" referred to. But now the term is being used to refer to all sorts of entertainments, from future history to adventures on other planets. Is it time to rethink what steampunk means? More »

How the puffer fish gets you high, zombifies you, and kills you [Neurology]

Puffer fish, or fugu, is well-known for being a dish that stands a good chance of killing the person it's served to. But people still eat it — partly because some people like living life on the edge, but mostly because all people like getting high. Find out how the puffer fish helps them get there. More »

Tag Your Foursquare Check-Ins with #mom to Let 'Em Know You Got There Safely [Foursquare]

Give simple, clever webapp #mom the phone number of that special someone who worries about you (e.g., your mom), connect it with your Foursquare account, and then tag any notification-worthy Foursquare check-in with #mom—say when you land at that far-flung airport. The service will place a call or send a text to your loved one letting her know you made it safely. Brilliant. More »

Warning: I Dared To Imagine What Famous Video Games Would Smell Like. [Tim Rogers]

The 2012 Consumer Electronics Show has come and gone, and still no smell-o-vision inventor has stepped forward to wave the flag violently enough. More »

What Playing in a Dog Park Looks Like from a Dog's Point of View (Hint: Awesome) [Video]

I've always wondered what the world looks like from a dog's point of view. After watching this video, now I know. Kelsey Wynn outfitted his Great Dane, Bishop, with a GoPro and took him to the dog park to play. You get to see everything Bishop's see and it looks so freaking fun. More »

Sony reveals new 3G/WiFi PS Vita bundles: free data, PSN games and memory cards for everyone

Sony's PlayStation Vita hasn't exactly sold like hotcakes over in Japan, so the company has sweetened the pot for the portable's potential Stateside buyers. Those who placed pre-orders will get a couple of extra goodies for their $350. To go with the previously promised limited edition case, 4GB memory card and copy of Little Deviants, you'll also receive 250MB of data from AT&T and a PlayStation Network game gratis as soon as you activate 3G on the device. Furthermore, folks buying a Vita on launch day can look forward to the same free data and PSN game, plus an 8GB memory card in exchange for their $300. So, that enough to get you on the handheld's bandwagon? Sound off in the comments below.

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The Best Time to Change All Your Passwords [User Manual]

February 1 is change your password day. But don't make it a one-time thing. Password changing should be a routine you practice regularly. Like hand-washing, or trolling Facebook. Especially ones you've shared. More »

Give Siri a Quick Command by Holding Your iPhone to Your Ear [Video]

iPhone: Perhaps you've seen the the jailbreak hack that allows you to use Siri hands-free but haven't wanted to jailbreak your device. Lucky for you, there's a built-in feature that'll let you use Siri without the need to press and hold the home button. To set it up, just follow these steps: More »

Scientists Discover a New Pac-Man Frog [Pac-Man]

Look at that badass up there! That, ladies and gents, is a Suriname horned frog, dubbed the "Pac-Man Frog." According to Prensa Latina, scientists in the South American country of Suriname found 46 new species of animals, from insects to fish to frogs. One of those frogs was a new species of Pac-Man Frog, which are called that because their bodies are almost spherical, and their mouths are large enough to allow them to wolf down prey that almost match them in size. More »

This Centimeter of Dried Glue Is Apparently Worth Thousands of Dollars [Video]

This glob of dried glue kind of looks like Homer Simpson. Kind of. The thing is that this insignificant blip in the scheme of humanity is about to sell on eBay UK for a metric crap ton. It's at £151,000 with two days to go. More »

Listen to the Engadget Mobile Podcast with guest CrackBerry Kevin, live at 5PM ET!

Just wake up from a very restful week-long slumber? First of all, we're envious of your good fortune. Second, Research in Motion made a few changes to its leadership chart. Third, you must be really hungry right about now. So grab a sandwich, come back in an hour and join Myriam, Brad, Sean Cooper and our very special guest Kevin Michaluk (yes, Mr. CrackBerry Kevin himself) as we discuss the northern news, as well as anything else that happened this week.

Be sure to send questions or comments you have for us or Kevin via Twitter (we're @engadgetmobile), or make your voice heard in our Ustream chat room during the show!

January 27, 2012 5:00 PM EST

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The iLuv Alarm Clock with iPod Dock and Bed Shaker Is Your BEEP-BEEP-WAKE-THE-F*&K-UP Deal of the Day [Dealzmodo]

I know that my alarm clock is the devil. It doesn't matter which physical clock I'm using. There's a spirit that moves from clock radio to cellphone to travel clock and channels evil at my motionless body. My subconscious is so sure of this that it wakes me a few minutes before the alarm goes off whenever possible. More »