In Real Life

NES Cart Harmonica, Now Conveniently For Sale

About two years ago, a guy posted a how-to for turning old NES cartridges into a harmonica. If you lack the tools, know-how or NES carts to make one yourself, someone’s now selling them, for $US24.99.


January 10, 2010
In Real Life

Just How Much Punishment Can A NES Cart Take?

Inspired by a three-year-old Kotaku article, Canadian blogger Rinry subjected eight NES carts to varying forms of torture to see just how durable the goods were. Seven of them were still fully playable.


December 20, 2009
In Real Life

Blank N64 Cartridge Challenges Your Manhood

Meanwhile, in the make-believe land of eBayia, someone’s auctioning a “mysteriously blank Nintendo 64 cartridge” – promising only that the game works and doesn’t suck. “Are you man enough to buy a label-less N64 game?” No, but Saxton Hale is!


October 23, 2008
Uncategorized

NES Carts As Objets D’Art

We don’t know much about art, but we know what we (sort of) like – and what we (sort of) like is NES cartridges put in a cheap frame and displayed on our walls.