5. Introducing The Brand New Steam-Powered Games Console
Ok, it's a prank, but it's quite sad because that console looks beautiful and perfect and many people said they'd buy it regardless. The Steam Box was a prank pulled by Thinkgeek and it came with a plethora of features. The description reads:
The Steam-Powered Gaming Cabinet is a Video game console that is literally a steam machine. That is, it is steam powered! Using a patent-pending miniature boiler mechanism, a stationary steam engine produces all the electricity you need to play your games. Of course youll need to keep a close eye on the boiler pressure, stoke the fire, grease all internal lubrication points, and properly rectify the output voltage, but isnt the enjoyment youll receive worth it?
There are probably many fans who wouldn't mind shovelling coal into their console every time they used it, if it meant they could play Steam games on a wooden console. But, until a Kickstarter pops up somewhere, it's just a distant dream.
