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A game based on roller derby is something that never occurred to us, but it seems incredibly obvious now that someone’s doing it. Frozen Codebase announced Jam City Rollergirls , a WiiWare game based on women’s flat track roller derby and featuring real roller derby leagues. This is the second “official,” licensed WiiWare game for an unconventional sport that we can think of, and it’s far less disgusting than its contemporary

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Jam City Rollergirls rolling out on WiiWare later this year

Remember how Samsung downsized the Wave to make the Wave 723 and killed off the pricey, fancy Super AMOLED display in the process? Yeah, well, the same rule applies to the Android-powered Galaxy line — so if you were hoping to see some mind-blowing contrast ratios on Sammy’s new PMP… well, you can just keep on hoping (and besides, even the mighty Tab has gone the TFT route for now).

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Samsung Galaxy Player 50 hands-on

We’re excited about the Boxee Box , and the new-look Apple TV is intriguing, but no single box is as good as a box that doesn’t exist yet does the same stuff. Confused? Sit down, let us explain.

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Plex announces partnership with LG, pledges to beat Boxee Box and Apple TV for free

Welcome to the future, dear readers, where boring black tires are replaced with bright orange and yellow ones and where your car can dynamically expand or contract. This is the X-Frame Folding Vehicle, a concept from the Nagoya Institute of Technology that was first shown at the 2009 Tokyo Motor Show , but rolled out of hiding again for the city’s recent Good Design Expo. The car changes shape to offer seating for either one or two and can raise or lower itself dynamically based on terrain, speed, and proximity of Clown Gang members when you’re cruising in Neo-Tokyo

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Nagoya Institute’s folding X-Frame car lacks S-foils, hyperdrive, rolls on a big orange ball

The long-awaited 3D Blu-ray release of Avatar will arrive before 2011 —but you’ll need a Panasonic Viera 3D TV if you want to own it this year. More »

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3D Blu-ray Release of Avatar Will be a Timed Panasonic Exclusive [TVs]

SNK’s oddball bullet hell shmup, KOF Sky Stage , has finally been dated for Xbox Live Arcade — in Japan, at least. Masochists can check it out on September 15 for 800 MS Points ($10).

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KOF Sky Stage shoots up Japanese XBLA on September 15

Who says the Streak is the only game in town if you want a 5-inch Android device?

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For You Digital MX10 5-inch Android MID hands-on

Two years.

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Chrome is now 2 years old! Google celebrates with release of version 6

After warning us last week of their impending dual-booting tablet, ViewSonic has now spilled the beans on the ViewPad 100 ’s specs. I don’t think anyone will be impressed by the Android 1.6 flavor, even if Windows 7 ’s also there too. More »

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A Dual-Booting Tablet Running Android 1.6 Sounds Barmy, Viewsonic [Tablets]