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Caption contest: Luigi puts the ‘L’ in Chicago’s public transit system

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Has Nintendo of America fallen on hard times? Why else would the company make one of its most beloved characters (or, at the very least, the brother of one of its most beloved characters) take Windy City public transit? Oh, that's right, the gaming giant has decked out the "L" train with ads for its new Super Luigi U title. The mustachioed plumber is riding the Brown Line in this Twitter shot, so be sure to be on the lookout for suspicious looking dinosaurs in the area (if you see something, say something). No word on whether he'll be making house calls today.

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Caption contest: Google Glass explorer takes virtual vision to a whole new level

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Caption contest Google Glass explorer takes virtual vision to a whole new level

What's better than a single pair of Glass Explorer Editions, you say? How about five? Well, that's exactly what Mr. Adib Towfiq has done, mounting a few of these bizarre frames to his head and, luckily for us, he took to Mountain View's social network to share it with the world. Now, he asks, "Am I doing it right?" If anything, we'd say this is certainly a step in the right direction.

Edgar: "You stay Glassy, San Diego"
Billy: "What? I'm just multi-tasking!"
Brad: "This is the best way to solve the battery life problem."
Ben Gilbert: "Adib Towfiq is ... THE SIX MILLION DOLLAR MAN."
Jamie: "Google Glass... Baller Edition"
Tim: "Okay, Glass. Okay, Glass. Okay, Glass. Okay, Glass. Okay, Glass. Take a picture. Take a picture. Take a picture. Take a picture. Take a picture."
Richard Lai: "I'm four times cooler than Tim Stevens."
Jon Fingas: "Augment all the realities!"
Andy: "Am I the man? Yes. Can I walk a straight line? Maybe."
Darren: "Goooooooooogle Glass"
Terrence: "So I says to myself, 'I can completely pay off my student loans or buy five Google Glass headsets.' I have no regrets."
Mark: " I see dead people!"
Myriam: "Google glass, now with 10 cores."

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Caption contest: Sony imagines the future of commuting, involves its 3D visors

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Caption contest Sony imagines the future of commuting, involves its giant 3D visors

Musing on a dystopian near-future where you really don't want to see your fellow commuters, Sony Japan's Twitter account just offered us the above image. Is this what's going to happen when the likes of Sony and Google have managed to supplant our affection for smartphones with eyewear tech?

Mat: "We're going to need more charging sockets."
James: "Perhaps not the best time to be watching Unstoppable."
Richard Lai: "You're seeing this ad because your fellow passengers are also watching this."
Tim: "Nice shoes."
Steve: "We've arrived? I'll just finish the movie while crossing this intersection."
Dan: "Trainspotting? I haven't seen a train in years."
Jon Fingas: "Seeing where you're going is so 2012."
Brad: "We just can't get enough of that amazing Galaxy S 4 launch event."
Edgar: "Glass? Where we're going, we don't need Glass."
Ben: "Where am I? What's happened to my life? Oooh, a new episode of Deadliest Catch!"
Darren: "Geordi La Forge is all up in these royalties."
Terrence: Blah, blah, bah, something, something, something, private porn watching.
Brian: "You guys are going to the X-Men auditions, too? Cool. Didn't want to miss my stop."
David: "Do you know where we are? Hmm, about ten minutes into the season finale of Game of Thrones."
Jon Turi: "Victims of the Krazy Glue prankster all try to go about their day."
Michael: "Sony says all your face are belong to us."
Don: "Wow. This is just like being on a train."
Myriam: "So those grab-handles double as VR glasses, right?

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Caption Contest: Eric Schmidt does ‘Gangnam Style’ with PSY

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Did you honestly think Eric Schmidt went all the way to Seoul just to launch the Nexus 7 for South Korea, hang out with Samsung's JK Shin and moan about the patent war with Apple? Of course not. The Google chairman also found some time to learn the legendary "invisible horse" dance with PSY, the charismatic oppa in the Korean chart-topper Gangnam Style. While Google Korea was happy to supply a few photos, the only video we could dig up was a surprisingly short one hosted by Daum -- it's embedded right after the break.

Brian: "Man, not being the CEO of a multinational corporation sure is hard work."

Terrence: "I see you are a fellow disciple of the Carlton Banks school of dance."

Don: "Gangnam Style, 2012-2012."

Billy: "This song is really about the time I set my socks on fire. I see you still have yours. One moment."

Edgar: "Hm... I think we forgot the horse."

Richard Lai: "OK Eric, now let's do the elevator scene."

Dan: "Doenjang Girls, would you like to buy a Nexus 7? It's wayyy more expensive than a latté."

Darren: "Soooo glad this guy put this video on YouTube and not Vimeo. $$$$$$$$"

Jon Fingas: "Oppan Google sty-- no, even I can't go that far."

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Caption Contest: Eric Schmidt does 'Gangnam Style' with PSY originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 27 Sep 2012 12:00:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Caption Contest: GoPro gone wrong

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Caption Contest Go Pro gone wrong

We've been known to strap on a few GoPro cameras in our day, but our efforts are merely amateur in comparison to this guy, who we can only presume is about to perform a stunt so extreme that no less than seven GoPro cams (and a DSLR) are required to capture it.

Don: "GoPro Hero."
Darren: "Amateurs gonna hate."
Billy: "I see your 3D and raise you another 5D. 8D is where it's at."
Jon: "I'm so liveblogging this. And Instagramming this. And..."
Brian: "Someone take a picture of my weird helmet thing! What do you mean you don't have a camera?"
Brad: "Hey bullies! I'm now twice the four-eyes you thought I was in high school. What have you done with your life?"
Edgar: "From now on, you shall call me GoProusa."
Tim: "Anybody have an SD card I can borrow?"
Mat: *BATTERY LOW*
Jamie: "Patent pending..."
Christopher: "A&E Presents Helmet Hoarders: The GoPro Edition"
Sharif: "HQ, are you seeing this?!"
Myriam: "Go-Go-Gadget GoPro!"

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Caption Contest: GoPro gone wrong originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 15 Aug 2012 21:19:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Caption Contest: Maker Faire’s morning pick-me-up

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Caption Contest: Maker Faire's morning pick-me-up

Some mornings you just don't want to get out of bed. We've all got our own methods for starting the day, but few are quite so...electric...as this this one spotted at Maker Faire over the weekend. No doubt even Tesla himself couldn't have concocted a better way to shake oneself loose from a bad case of the Mondays.

Richard Lai: "Starbucks now brewing Electric Latte. Espresso with steamed milk and a dash of lightning, finished with a sprinkle of copper dust."
Darren Murph: "Jump Start kind of undersells things, no?"
Jon Fingas: "The best part of waking up is 10,000 volts in your cup."
Billy Steele: "The folks at Jolt Cola are not going to be happy about this."
Tim Stevens: "No, it's pronounced 'coffeen' not 'caffeine'!"
Terrence O'Brien: "Bobby's decision to learn Conjure Refreshment really started to pay dividends when his mage reached level 64"
Zach Honig: "Would you mind nuking this for me?"
Brian Heater: "Just another McDonald's lawsuit waiting to happen."
James Trew: "Electrici-Tea."
Dan Cooper: "Van De-Caff Generator."

Caption Contest: Maker Faire's morning pick-me-up originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 25 May 2012 18:36:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Caption Contest: HTC’s down-to-earth photo shoot

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With the Android handset market as jam-packed as it is, it can be tough to distinguish your device from the maddening crowd. We've seen some bizarre and sublime attempts to do so over the years, but few have reached the terminal velocity of HTC's skydiving fashion photoshoot aimed at promoting its new One line of phones. Has the company hit the bullseye here, or is it and its accompanying light-headed skydivers destined to splatter all over the advertising landscape? It just might take a caption contest to find out for certain.

Zach Honig: "If I make this reverse overhead shot do you promise to attach a parachute to my string?"
Sean Buckley: "Drop test #3 will commence in 3.. 2.."
Christopher Trout: "Who needs a facelift when you have wind effects like these?"
Darren Murph: [Yelling, to combat the wind] "WHY DO WE HAVE FOUR PEOPLE TO PROMOTE THE ONE LINE?"
Brian Heater: "Another dropped call from AT&T."
Myriam: "Looks like we fixed that bug in the accelerometer! It's working just fine right now..."
Tim: "Hang on, trying to decide which Instagram filter to apply... so many choices..."
Michael: "Well, whaddya know, Face Unlock works while free-falling at 10,000 feet!"
Zach Lutz: Despite the fabulous view, Guy couldn't resist his overwhelming urge to check for available software updates.
Sharif Sakr: As if throwing Dr Dre and his Beats Audio out of a plane wasn't enough, they had to shoot him in the back with an arrow.
Richard Lawler: What do you mean there aren't any FourSquare badges for this?
Jose Andrade: "Don't move. I'm almost done with this DrawSomething drawing"
Billy Steele: "You just hold the phone and I promise I'll pull the 'chute. Maybe."

Caption Contest: HTC's down-to-earth photo shoot originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 05 Apr 2012 18:06:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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