![3DS Box Art Hints at ‘Nintendo Network’ [3ds]](http://www.thatsovietguy.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/267c6128fe5b69dd07e.jpg)
"Found something on the right," said this Twitter user from Japan, and indeed he has: A logo for the "Nintendo Network," on the box art for Theatrhythm Final Fantasy, due to release on February 12.
If it's a new online service from Nintendo, or at least a rebranding of the old Wi-Fi Connection, color us unsurprised. The company's had a number of half-baked ideas about online support but seems to have gotten some traction lately, both with its...
![iPhone Lens Dial Puts Three Hardware Lenses on Your iPhone [Stuff We Like]](http://www.thatsovietguy.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/54d08484b5c953c9406.jpg)
Modifying your photos with Instagram effects after you've shot a photo is nice, but what if you want to actually change what kind of image you capture? Photojojo's Lens Dial gives you three swappable lenses for wide angle, telephoto and fisheye.
The kit slips onto your iPhone, and you can easily turn the dial in order to swap lenses. The whole kit is $250, which is pricey, and bulky, so you won't be able to slip your phone in and out of your...
![Island Hopping, Kamikaze, No Prisoners: Images from the Pacific Islands and World War 2 [Photography]](http://www.thatsovietguy.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/83ee7c0bpher-killed.jpg)
The Japanese presented a tenacious, unrelenting foe to U.S. and Allied servicemen who battled with them during an island-hopping campaign across the Pacific.
Images from that vicious campaign have been assembled by In Focus as part of their weekly 20-part series on World War 2. In the lead image, ordinance strikes the deck of the USS Enterprise, killing 74 (including the photographer taking the picture). In this image, the USS Essex is seen...
![Android App Inventor Will Live On At MIT [Android]](http://www.thatsovietguy.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/0f8e0daevenotr89_01.jpg)
Last week, we shared the news that Google's Android App Inventor was being shelved, despite its popularity as an educational tool. Last week's bad news is this week's good news as App Inventor has found a new home at MIT.
Using a gift from Google, MIT will be opening a new Center for Mobile Learning and its first project will be App Inventor. After a short stint in the hands of Google, the WYSIWYG development platform is now returning to its...
![Zuckerberg Is the #1 Most Popular Person! (On Google+) [Factoid]](http://thatsovietguy.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/7ce964d0kgoogleplus.jpg)
Mark Zuckerberg is so rich and incredible that he's not only running the universe's most beloved social network, but is the most beloved person on Google+—his competition! What a guy. He's even beating Google's own CEO.
According to Google+ stat-tracking site SocialStatistics, Zuck's topping out the Google+ popularity contest with over 29,000 followers. Google CEO Larry Page is a distant second with almost 20,000, and everyone he works...
![With PSP Sales Like These in Japan, Who Needs the NGP? [Bestsellers]](http://thatsovietguy.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/10b3fe92joker_2_pro.jpg)
Yes, yes, it was a Nintendo DS gaming experience that managed to outsell everything else in Japan this week—Dragon Quest Monsters Joker 2 Professional—but it was the continued strength of PSP hardware in Japan that seemed most impushive.
Square Enix's latest Dragon Quest spin-off managed to reclaim the top spot this week against new competition like Patapon 3 and El Shaddai: Ascension of the Metatron. Last week's champ, the Pikachu...
![Everything Is True In The Secret World [Video]](http://feeds.thatsovietguy.com/~ff/kotaku/vip?d=qj6IDK7rITs)
Every legend; every myth; every conspiracy theory; they're all real, at least in the twisted realm of Funcom's massively multiplayer paranormal paranoia gaming experience The Secret World. Check out this latest trailer to see which of your wild beliefs hold true.
Every legend; every myth; every conspiracy theory; they're all real, at least in the twisted realm of Funcom's massively multiplayer paranormal paranoia gaming experience The...
![When You Venture Outside Of Your Comfort Zone, It’s Kind of a Big Deal [Quote Of The Day]](http://thatsovietguy.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/c50f2bb71130-quote.jpg)
In his personal blog, writer and world traveler Chris Guillebeau writes that we should never belittle even our smallest accomplishments. Sometimes it's hard to look at the small things as even remotely relevant, but often times they're the beginning of something important.
Photo remixed from an original by Edinburgh Greens"Never despise small beginnings, and don't belittle your own accomplishments. Remember them and use them as inspiration as...
