Okay, I've said multiple times that I won't be getting an iPad... but this almost changes my mind (assuming this is real and not an April Fools joke). I still won't get one until v2 ships though.
"Beautifully retro styled, handcrafted wooden tabletop arcade cabinet and MAME emulator for your otherwise useless iPad"<p>"Availability: 80's"<p>These things say parody to me, but if it was a real idea, I think it'd make money. Which says bad parody to me. It's like saying, hey look, here's a plausible and possibly even moderately good idea. Isn't that silly?
It's an April fools joke BUT ThinkGeek has a habit of turning jokes into real products if there's enough demand - click add to cart and sign up for the email list if interested.<p>This is how I got my nephew a Tuantan sleeping bag - eg:<p><a href="http://www.avclub.com/articles/april-fools-joke-backfires-on-thinkgeek,26098/" rel="nofollow">http://www.avclub.com/articles/april-fools-joke-backfires-on...</a>
This is an example of a good apr1 joke becuase it'd be so awesome.<p>A custom cabinet and a full install of MAME with the games hosted on an external usb drive in the cabinet? It sounds crazy but I'm pretty sure it'd rule.