Go Buy This: Etón BoostTurbine2000 (Hand Cranked Backup Power for Smartphones)

Here is something that will come in handy to all those New Yorker’s next time a hurricane hits the city. BoostTurbine2000 by Etón is a rechargeable backup battery pack for mobile devices that is charged by a hand crank generator. One minute of winding provides enough power for a 30 second phone call. When the pack is fully charged it can fully charge most smartphones. BoostTurbine2000 is available at Amazon but you should check out the wide range of products Etón have available for your doomsday needs.

Go Buy This: The Burner App

Anyone who has ever seen HBO’s first class show, The Wire, is familiar with what a burner is. For those who don’t know, you should watch the show, but here is a description of a great app that will sum it up for you regardless. Burner is a privacy layer for your phone, providing alias phone numbers at the push of a button. You can purchase the app HERE.

Game: Black Metal Man; The Black Metal Videogame

Outside of Brütal Legend and The Rockband/Guitar Hero games metal fans don’t get much representation in the world of pixels and polygons, especially when talking about a sub genre of msuic that is considered quite extreme. Sinsquid has tried to remedy the situation with the release of Black Metal Man. As far as I can tell from its trailer, Black Metal Man is a simple, by-the-numbers platformer with a few metal elements tossed in. If we are getting picky I could point out that those metal elements are not necessarily specific to black metal but rather metal in general buuuut at 99 cents we shouldn’t be too judgmental right? You can watch a trailer for Black Metal Man below and purchase it HERE.