ThinkGeek Launches Its First Console: the Steam-Powered Gaming Cabinet

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FAIRFAX, Va., April 1, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- ThinkGeek is proud to announce the launch of its very first video game console - the Steam-Powered Gaming Cabinet.  While harkening back to a simpler time when steam powered the world, the console utilizes its coal-fired boiler to play all of the modern games on Valve's streaming service, Steam.

"The Steam-Powered Gaming Cabinet is a marvel out of antiquity made real," states Steve Zimmermann, Navigator of ThinkGeek's Suborbital Airship.  "This finely-tuned collection of valves, vacuum-tubes, and fiddly-bits is all powered by a patent pending stationary steam engine.  All that a user needs to do to play games from their Steam library is begin shoveling coal to get the boiler stoked."

A small list of the features that the Steam-Powered Gaming Cabinet offers includes:

• Multiple panels to access main controls and adjustment knobs
• Boiler viewing window and thermometer (to make sure your fire is burning at the optimum temperature)
• Wired controller features ball-jointed thumb-sticks and typewriter-feel keys
• Controllers and Steam-Powered Gaming Cabinet have warm vacuum-tube glow
• Viewable piston with steam venting valve for easy maintenance
• SteamOS pre-installed (can also be configured to run Linux, FLOW-MATIC, Fortran, and others)
• Side chute opens for additional coal to be added

Available now, the Steam-Powered Gaming Cabinet is a welcome addition to any true video gamer's collection. Never let a power outage stop you from scouring the wastelands or defending the middle lane.

To learn more about the Steam-Powered Gaming Cabinet and how you can make shoveling coal a part of your daily gaming routine, visit www.thinkgeek.com/products/iljn.

About ThinkGeek
ThinkGeek, a wholly owned subsidiary of Geeknet, Inc (NASDAQ: GKNT), is the premier retailer for the global geek community.  Since 1999, ThinkGeek has been creating a world where everyone can express and celebrate their inner geek, turn their interests into passions, and connect with one another.  We are obsessed with creating and sharing unique and authentic experiences that stimulate our fans' imaginations and fuel their geek core.  We believe there is a geek in everyone and invite you to Join In.  Geek Out.  Learn more at thinkgeek.com.

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This release is an April Fools' release and should be taken as such by readers and the media.

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SOURCE ThinkGeek