Dutch Pong Clock Finally For Sale
Tuesday, January 24, 2006
I first came across Buro Vormkrijgers' Pong clock a few months ago after the prototype was finished. They've now started a production run of the finished product, which looks absolutely great! It's a fair bit smaller than the prototype, which was a big wall hanging affair, but it'll no doubt keep the cost down. £140 may not seem that cheap, but I really do love the clock, and I know I'm going to have trouble resisting, despite the numerous better uses I could put the money towards...
"While this game of Pingpong randomly plays, the so called players score the time. The left player scores the hours, and the right player scores the minutes, creating an unusual timepiece, ideal for those Friday afternoon moments at our headquarters.
How does it work?
The left player and the right player are playing a random game of pong. Their game runs for 24 hours, and the scoring is synched with time. At midnight it's game over, and the start of a new game of pong. And.... you can also play a game of pong against the clock.What happens every hour?
The left player finally scores, he sucks at playing pong compared to the right player. Because of his lack of talent we reward his point, by erasing the right players score. You know what? After that he still sucks at playing pong."
Posted at 17:24
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