Electronic rock-paper-scissors game reduces roshambo injuries

You know you've got a problem when you're openly advertising your product as "the lamest electronic game ever developed," but that isn't stopping the makers of this goofy rock-paper-scissors keychain. The unit features a little LCD that randomly blinks out one of three pre-programmed RPS patterns, and is sold in packs of two so you and a friend can roshambo for shotgun without all that unnecessary physical movement (and groin kicking). If you can work up the effort to click a few buttons, this wonder of the modern age can be yours for just $8.89.

[Via Pocket-lint]

[strider_mt2k @ Jun 15th 2007 8:13AM]

Excuse me, but I believe most of us are here specifically for the groin kicking.

[L. Cyphre @ Jun 15th 2007 8:24AM]

I prefer russian roulette myself. Is there a gadget for that?

[KR @ Jun 15th 2007 8:45AM]

Yes, it's called a gun ;)

[L. Cyphre @ Jun 15th 2007 9:17AM]

>Yes, it's called a gun ;)

Does it connect through USB?

[Evan @ Jun 15th 2007 8:54AM]

Can the LCD be re-programmed to display cat-microwave-tinfoil?

[Evan @ Jun 15th 2007 8:57AM]

Can the LCD be re-programmed to display cat-microwave-tinfoil?

[Yayaja @ Jun 15th 2007 9:02AM]

Yes, but can it run a nintendo emulator?

[Ratchet the Lombax @ Jun 15th 2007 9:16AM]

Probably not but I wouldn't be surprised if someone finds a way to put Linux on it.

[Ratchet the Lombax @ Jun 15th 2007 9:18AM]

Probably not but I wouldn't be surprised if someone finds a way to put Linux on it.

[JasonVA @ Jun 15th 2007 9:30AM]

i think you mean...rochambeaux.

[Kokernutz @ Jun 15th 2007 9:42AM]

Do companies feel no environmental guilt when releasing a useless product such as this?

[umrain @ Jun 15th 2007 9:46AM]

There's no way that this is tournament legal.

[nh @ Jun 15th 2007 10:05AM]

Yeah, but what's to stop you generating your strategy on it beforehand?

It's sacrilege to bring such a majestically strategic game down to the level of a common game of chance. I bet this was brought out by the Tossers*.

*Tossers: Those who make decisions based on a coin toss. c.f. 'Pissers', a derogatory name for those who use Paper Scissors Stone (PSS). This name calling was the reason it was changed to 'Rock Paper Scissors'.

[iordan @ Jun 15th 2007 1:56PM]

with only three settings, is it really random, or just a sequence?

[captain underpants and the bringdown gang @ Jun 15th 2007 3:13PM]

wait, I gotta press a FEW buttons to play? EXPLATIVE That, If I'm going to be a lazy ro-sham-bo'er I am only going to want to push one button (for each of the three possible outcomes) I am so outraged I'm going to blog about this.