In Real Life

Disillusioned by the way the recent GI Joe movie treated the 1980s’ take on the franchise? You’re not the only one. Spare a thought for the plastic Joes themselves, who must now console themselves with endless games of Tempest.

And Pac-Man, and Galaga, and Donkey Kong. The bleeps and bloops of decades-old arcade games are the only things keeping them from the bottle and some serious therapy.

These hand-made arcade cabinets cost around $US25, and can be made to order. Me, I’ll be requesting an NBA Jam cabinet, so SNake Eyes and Storm Shadow can finally just go at it.

[Big JW @ Flickr, via Technabob]