Alienware Brings LAN Party Hummer to Comic Con
West Coast Customs is probably best known for the ridiculous cars it rigs up for guests on MTV's Pimp My Ride. Whether it's fireplaces or flat screens you want, they'll figure out a way to put it into your beaten-up old truck.
However, AMD has just revealed that Alienware was one of West Coast's more recent customers. According to AMD's Facebook fan page, they'll be rolling up to Comic Con 2010 in what looks like a pimped out Hummer.* They're calling it a mobile LAN party and though we don't know quite what's in it, we can see several laptops (with external displays up top), a few desktops and we're assuming they're all packing Samsung SSDs. Just call it a hunch.
AMD's been teasing this thing for a three days by posting odd looking photos, which we now know were the back rear panel of the vehicle, and dropping hints like: "Alienware is always redefining mobile gaming."
Check all three photos and the car itself below.
*I come from a country where even SUVs are rare, so feel free to correct me if this isn't a Hummer.
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lol alienware (aka dell) sucks
Rolling LAN party...awsome!
Looks like an H3
But that is freakin' awesome, regardless of the functionality or practicality.
Hope they don't try playing shooters while on a gravel road.
Naturally, I'd be worried about car accidents in this thing. It looks like a kid with a skateboard running into it can do plenty of damage.
I'd say that a wide 18-wheeler that's enclosed, has seats, AC, and lights would be better. Also could fit more people for a more intensive LAN party. It would also win in a game of chicken with a skateboarder.
Y not also put a few weapons if it is a hummer? Fake or not
if you crash, you could cause a huge fire!
Attendee: "Wow, a mobile LAN party!"
Friend: "Let's play some StarCraft II! Oh wait..."
And thus ends the tragic tale
You done well Jane, it is indeed a Hummer
Attendee: "Wow, a mobile LAN party!"Friend: "Let's play some StarCraft II! Oh wait..."And thus ends the tragic tale
+1 sir! I wish SC2 had lan support
Does Alienware even sell AMD machines now?
It's a H1, this thing has really no other purpose other than advertising. Instead of a freakin SUV I would have used a Volkswagen T5 or a Merdes Benz Vito or Sprinter. It would have been so much cooler, and you wouldn't need a petrol tank following you...
Hope they don't try playing shooters while on a gravel road.
Or, let anyone tattoo you in the back seat with Henry Rollins behind the wheel.
Ill stick with Origin PC, since they were Alienware before Dell acquisition. However, when it comes to actual PC's, ill build my own thanks.
Looks cool.
well that's one way to make a hummer look small
You done well Jane, it is indeed a Hummer
Bully for me!
Wow, the HMMWV really CAN do anything!
Bully for me!
That's a rather German word for that kind of car Jane. But then again, anything bigger than a stationwagon is called a Bully here...these Germans really have no imagination at all!
Even rarer when the PSNI sent them all over to help find Raol Moat...
Rubbish, they should have converted a Tour Bus into a mobile LAN studio, that way they could have toured the country holding Gaming contests in the Bus!
Wait SUVs are rare in Ireland?
This truck was pulled from an afghan wreckage and was refurbished for use by dim witted marketers...they should sold the thing to china, scrapped off its material and built a stronger PC case and THEN showed it off at comic con
This is a Hummer H1. Not a HMMWV. Not an H3. An H1. For the love of God. My job is to work on HMMWVs. I should know.
It's a cool concept, though I wish they'd have chosen a better platform to base it off.
wow
a tad ridiculous
I wonder what their battery array and alternator looks like to power that much stuff.
huge waste of gas.
Really? That SUV looks like it was built from parts out of a JC Whitney catalog and used Moms credit credit card to pay for it. Im surpised it doesnt have 30 inch rims and bandaid tires on the thing.
So, am I to understand that Jane knows very little about hummers? A pity. ;-)
Of course I am referring to the SUV.
Pretty Sweet. I just wish it wasn't Dell rigs all over it
stupid because its alienware, and alienware is for retarded people who can't build their own
Well That front of car seat wont be mine when doing beta drive testing
Shame it's not street legal, I'd love to have it rear end me. Oh letsee here, I got some pain and suffering here, and this gash on my head... probably a concussion. Ahh to hell with it just give me a few of those laptops and monitors and we'll call it good.
I agree with a lot of people though a converted greyhound would so much cooler. And way more practical for transport. Just get a vinyl wrap on it, a few external monitors, and one HELL of a upgraded A/C system. Same money into the project, much cheaper to upgrade in the future.