Gizmodo: Fifa

EA Sports Fifa '07 Case Mod Winner Melds Sport, Hardware

kthompson — Thu, 09 Aug 2007 19:53:05 EDT

The winner of last year's EA Sports Fifa case mod contest pulled a repeat this year, managing to outdo himself as well as the competition. The case itself is covered in a textured paint that simulates a leather soccer ball (sorry 'the rest of the world,' your sport is still "soccer" here) and even the peripherals are airbrushed to match. But the real kicker is the removable foosball table atop the chassis. Almost makes you wish you played Fifa, doesn't it?

Machine Specs:
• Mainboard: Asus nForce Socket AM2
• CPU: AMD Athlon64 X2 4200+
• RAM: Corsair 1024MB XMS2 PC6400
• GFX: Asus GeForce 8800 GTS 320MB
• DVD: LG DVD burner
• HDD: Western Digital 250GB
• PSU: Xilence 420W
• SND: Creative X-Fi Xtreme Gamer

[EA Fifa '07 Case Mod via Geekologie]

EA FIFA Casemod

Jason Chen — Tue, 20 Jun 2006 16:59:35 EDT

All we can say to this one is "Wow". That, and the stuff between this sentence and the end of the post.

A soccer (futbol) fan made an EA sports FIFA casemod that has actual players playing on a pitch adorned with the EA logo. Not only that, there's a crowd, stands, and working lights.

The modder made a sketch using actual CAD software to plan out how he wanted it to look like first before getting busy cutting aluminum sheets with lasers! As you can see, the end product is definitely high class. If they were to sell something like this in stores, it would probably run you over $3,000.

The only question is, why EA? – Jason Chen

EA FIFA mod by Butterkneter [Bit-tech]

World Cup Ball More Advanced Than Your PC

Gizloco — Fri, 09 Jun 2006 16:55:57 EDT

The World Cup finally started today with Germany and Costa Rica providing one of the better opening matches in recent memory. The official ball of the tournament, the Adidas Teamgeist (or "team spirit," which is unbelievably lame), is packed to the seams with well-researched hi-tech goodness.

Compared to most other soccer balls which have 26 or 32 sewn panels, the Teamgeist only has 14, making it far more smoother than ever before. This fact has goalkeepers going crazy since the smoother surface gives the ball a more unpredictable trajectory in the air. Translation: be on the lookout for what seem to be silly goalkeeping errors.

Backed by what Adidas calls "unprecedented" performance, the Teamgeist, which is supposedly the roundest soccer ball ever produced, is also nearly completely waterproof, thanks to a thermal bonding technology. Finally, FIFA rules state that balls must not have a more than 10 percent weight increase when wet; the Teamgeist far exceeds that requirement with less than .01 percent weight increase.

Now all FIFA and Adidas have to do is design the sport so Americans actually care about it. – Nicholas Deleon

New World Cup soccer ball will unsettle goalkeepers, predicts scientist [EurekAlert]

Teamgeist World Cup 2006 [Soccer Ball World]

Product Page [Adidas]

World Cup USB Cam

johnb — Wed, 03 May 2006 17:31:02 EDT

GOOOOOOOAL! GOOOOOOOOOAL! GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOAL! Built-in microphone. GOOOOOOOAL! Skype support. GOOOOOOOOOAL!$22. GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOAL! Is there some sort of big soccer thing going on right now or something? GOOOOOOOOOAL!

Product Page [USBGeek]

Xbox 360 Blue Edition Set for Launch

Travis Hudson — Thu, 06 Apr 2006 15:35:38 EDT

Microsoft will be releasing a soccer-inspired bundle of the Xbox 360. The Xbox 360 Blue Edition will have all of the same parts as the Premium edition packages, but also include a super-sporty Adidas Japan blue faceplate, Adidas Japan blue bandana and also include 2006 FIFA World Cup Germany. This special edition bundle is set to hit the shelves of Japan on April 27 with a $430 price tag, which isn't too bad of a deal. Microsoft will be shipping 10,000 of these special edition units, but we all know how well Microsoft does with shipping units to meet demand.

Xbox 360 Blue Edition for the Soccer-Obsessed [Gearlog]