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When free wrist straps aren't enough
The new Wii bag from Atlantic is pretty nice. We like the stripe, and the messenger bag design. We have no objection to this product. Were we the type to travel with consoles, we would seek out something like this. But the other new addition to their Gamekeeper line ... okay. Forget that every single Wiimote includes a wrist strap. Forget that these straps are constantly improved upon and sent out at no charge. If you were going to design a Wii wrist strap, what would it look like? Here, we'll make it multiple choice: A) a strap, or B) an improvised carpal-tunnel wrist brace made out of bowling shoes. If you answered B, you work for Atlantic. But you knew that! We're being hard on Atlantic, but the truth is we respect any company that sees an opportunity to capture a market that, at the moment, doesn't seem to exist. And that's not sarcasm. Maybe the thing really helps! Maybe this removes that last .05% possibility of Wiimote slippage among people who already wear wrist straps. Or maybe Atlantic just had a surplus of hot pink nylon.[Via GoNintendo]
Waterproof gameSEAL cases keep your portable consoles dry
If there's one combination that we can all agree is great, it's two hydrogen molecules getting down with one oxygen molecule. H2O-yeah. One combination we're not so down with: H2O and electronics. The war between the two factions is ancient and storied, full of broken dreams (and motherboards). To help prevent such senseless violence, Atlantic is dipping their waterproof toes back into the consumer electronics pool with two new entries to their GameKeeper line: waterproof gameSEAL cases for both the Nintendo DS (Phat and Lite varieties) and the PSP, available now for $39.99. The PSP model can hold the console, 10 UMDs, two Memory Stick Duos, and charger; the DS model holds the console, 12 DS carts, 16 GBA carts, plus charger. GameSEAL, get it? It seals, like a case, but it's waterproof, like a seal. Clever. Waterproof gameSEAL cases keep your portable consoles dry
