Meet Zazoox, a new Internet caf� gaming kiosk

You know, if you could use proper names in Scrabble, Zazoox would be a good one to play. We hadn't heard of them until today, when we read in the trade publication Kiosk Marketplace that Zazoox is a new pay-for-use game café kiosk that can play PC, Xbox and PlayStation games alike. The company behind the gaming systems, Zoox Stations, says that it's installed 300 Zazoox (Zazooxes? Zazooxi?) on US Army bases domestically and in Germany. Currently, a Zazoox comes with games that include Halo, Call of Duty 2, and Tiger Woods PGA Tour 06, with each setup running a 26-inch LCD display, a PX620 mini-tower loaded with a Pentium IV 2.8 GHz and 1GB of RAM -- and the best feature of all time, a "PC Reset Switch." Including its speakers and encasing, the whole thing (sans chair) weighs a hefty 300 pounds. No word on how much a Zazoox costs, or if its worth the 31 points that it would get on the Scrabble board. (And yes, we know that there's only one Z tile in Scrabble, so back off, it's ours, son.)

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[(Unverified) Posted Sep 3rd 2006 1:34AM]

This is close to the silliest name they could choose. "ZAZOOX!!!" - sounds like something a bad-guy in Power Rangers screams

[(Unverified) Posted Sep 2nd 2006 10:59AM]

I keep saying that "kiosk" is a word that isn't used enough.

[spil Posted Sep 2nd 2006 11:39AM]

I like the nice touch of a plavce for the mouse on th eleft side for left handers... very helpful.

Also notice what methinks is a dell keyboard and mouse.

[rTwelve Posted Sep 2nd 2006 12:17PM]

what kind of game is Google?

[Duodenum Posted Sep 2nd 2006 1:42PM]

There's only one 'Z' in a Scrabble tile set.

[(Unverified) Posted Sep 2nd 2006 2:20PM]

There are also two blank tiles that could be played as a z if needed. Anybody know the max score when you take into account the triple word score tiles etc?

[(Unverified) Posted Sep 2nd 2006 2:33PM]

Ok, If you put it in the bottom left corner with the first z as the blank then you can grab a double letter score on the second z and a triple word score with the x in the corner to get a total of lots of points

[(Unverified) Posted Sep 2nd 2006 7:27PM]

yeah thats a dell kb and mouse. i know because i have those.

[(Unverified) Posted Sep 2nd 2006 7:50PM]

awesome
i want 1

[(Unverified) Posted Sep 3rd 2006 4:08PM]

How much does one cost? Seriously, that is probably one of the best things I've seen in a while.