Feb 2 2009Hey, That's Not A Cube!: Rubik's Balls
Remember the guy that took 26 years to solve a Rubik's cube? Yeah, what a loser. Whenever I'm feeling down I pop in Cheers To You! and think of him. Then I get even more depressed and start binge drinking. Anyway, Professor Erno Rubik is dropping another toy bomb on the world -- the Rubik 360. It looks like it could be fun if it was a little bigger and I was hamster.
Basically, players must get a number of colored balls from a clear inner sphere into their matching slots on the outer sphere. You'll do this by shaking the balls through a middle sphere that has only two holes.
Said Professor Rubik himself on the new puzzle that bears his name: "I feel that the 360 is one of the most innovative and exciting puzzles we've developed since the Cube - adopting elements of my original design, challenging the solver to use skill, dexterity and logic."
I don't get it. Of course, I don't get a lot of things anymore. Like your affection. I thought we had something special :,(
Rubik 360 Will Probably Take That One Guy Another 26 Years to Solve [gizmodo]
Reader Comments
1. jjjj - February 2, 2009 11:08 AM
blue balls!
2. LSDiesel - February 2, 2009 11:09 AM
meh
3. K4ot1K - February 2, 2009 11:09 AM
First!
Great another thing to make me drink excessively.
But it will help take my mind off the recession.
4. Mr. Man - February 2, 2009 11:13 AM
this guy looks like he's trying to master the art of fingering, which makes no sense because he will probably never see a vagina in his life
5. Ed aka the-iguana - February 2, 2009 11:17 AM
Rubik's Balls ?!?!?!
now THAT'S kinky...
6. Hunter - February 2, 2009 11:32 AM
But just as annoyingly consfusing!!
7. Timbo - February 2, 2009 11:33 AM
i don't get it....
8. Douche McAllister - February 2, 2009 11:35 AM
Suck it GW!
9. Beh - February 2, 2009 11:36 AM
Hmm. Let's see the iphone solve this!
10. Moose Knuckle - February 2, 2009 11:46 AM
Can you even say balls on here anymore?
Balls balls balls balls balls balls balls balls balls balls
11. Daisy - February 2, 2009 11:46 AM
FAKE!!!!
This is a complete photoshop job. You can tell its a fake because the shadow's are all wrong
This is exactly like that scene in the movie Never Back Down where Max has to track down and terminate 4 replicants who hijacked a ship in space and have returned to earth seeking their maker.
12. Thumperchica - February 2, 2009 11:47 AM
I had a witty/funny comment, but it's censored, so now you get to read me bitching about that instead.
13. Moose Knuckle - February 2, 2009 11:48 AM
Nads
14. Pissfuqr McGraw - February 2, 2009 12:00 PM
Censorship!? You gotta be kiddin me. Who in the HADES is complaining about language here, your mamma or your little sister? You're SRSLY going to change our little forum because of a few whiners?? AHhhh what happened to the american way??
So long geekologie, much like Chris Rock many of us don't function well in a censored forum & I blame Obama AND YOUR VAG for this terrible new deal
>=(
15. naas - February 2, 2009 12:03 PM
Weak, I can't speak my mind here without a nun walking up and showing me her wrinkly clevages booooooooooooooooooooooooooooo
16. naas - February 2, 2009 12:07 PM
COCKMANGLER is not a bad word. DICKDEVISTATION is also not a bad word, but they are 2 things I don't want to deal with today.
17. chickenfuker - February 2, 2009 12:16 PM
Chickenfcuker has now officially been prohibited.
18. catch22 - February 2, 2009 12:19 PM
not the same kind of puzzle, the cube uses no stability and relies on spatial relations, this is not much differentthan those little track maze things, jsut gotta be steady and patient with this. we need another "square one" (like a rubiks but with some non symmetrical diagaonals and stuff.... or a ox like the one in hellraiser... id kill for a moving version of that...hear me pinhead...id KILL
19. Thumperchica - February 2, 2009 12:21 PM
You know, it's monday morning. I'm in a bit of a snarky WTF am I doing at work kind of day, so I'm going to keep whining, all day. You're welcome.
If I wanted mature discourse written in pseudo-pc format, I'd be commenting on the FREAK-onomics blog. I go there for that. This forum WAS my bastion of sanity throughout the day in my little corner of the red stapler world. Now, NOW because some whiney little overly sensitive moron got their delicate sensibilies ruffled, I can't voice my opinion in the matter I choose; nor can I read the abusive comments of others with a wry smile at the creative uses of profanity. GW, SUCK IT!
20. naas - February 2, 2009 12:21 PM
A few things on my mind.....
Cumguzzlin slutteh's.....
U don't know Bo's daughter....
Never back down....
The superficial probably went elementary too.....
Y are there so many firsty's, they're such PHAGS
Please control censorship at it's own regard
Obama's probably behind this
Oprah probably approves
Please don't kill us with censorship, nothing will be fun anymore!!!
21. Mr. Man - February 2, 2009 12:24 PM
2 words
Summer Sael
22. Brian - February 2, 2009 12:24 PM
fuktardidness
23. unsimcck - February 2, 2009 2:16 PM
Wow, another toy that encourages kids to play with their balls. No wonder I play with myself.......sigh.....im lonely.
24. fleity - February 2, 2009 3:50 PM
"by shaking the balls ... has only two holes. "
ahhh yes.... sounds strange doesn't it...
25. formerly SPELLINGNAZI© - February 2, 2009 4:57 PM
Looks like something for "Special" kids to improve dexterity. The only problem is they just get frustrated, bang their heads against a sharp corner, and shít their pants...
26. finfan - February 2, 2009 5:07 PM
G*d dammit!!! WHAT THE FU*K!?!?!?! WHY CAN"T I CUSS ANYMORE???? HOW AM I SUPPOSED TO F*CKING LOVE SOMETHING?!?!?!
27. bust it - February 2, 2009 9:41 PM
uhh yo WATCH, why are you such a pansy-beeeiiiitch.
you could either:
A. scroll down a wee bit more and TOTALLY not read Daisy's comment (tough task, i know)
B. buy a fackin' sense of humor (they're cheap, like your mother)
C. go masterbate with a knife and shut the eff up!
we all know when in doubt, go with choice C, but any of these options will help you not be such a little wang-sucker.
oh yeah and uhh...Rubik's balls, eh, at least it flies farther when you get frustrated and chuck it at a wall, or someone's head.
28. ! ! - February 5, 2009 1:29 AM
Geekologie rules! 'Cuz I knew this before Yahoo covered this.