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Second Player Plastic Has Never Looked So Good

Shoot’em up series Darius has a new arcade game, Darius Burst: Another Chronicle and a new series of plastic models, like this.

April 7, 2011
In Real Life

Custom Tron Light Cycles Board Game Glows With Brilliance

Physical design, gameplay design, either way this custom Tron Light Cycles Board Game is a straight-up winner. Built by a modder to play with his sons, this one-of-a-kind, laser-etched board with tinted acrylic jet walls is like a Franklin Mint Chess Set from a very, very awesome future.

April 4, 2011
Nintendo

This Left 4 Dead Screen Looks Awesome On The 3DS

The Nintendo 3DS’ support of 3D imaging isn’t limited just to games. It also has a nifty 3D camera, and of course can display 3D-rendered images with the same effect. One Kotaku reader, who had been fooling around with 3D stereoscopic images of screen shots in the past wondered if they’d also display on the device. They do.

March 6, 2011
In Real Life

Five-Inch Space Invaders Doesn’t Have To Compensate For Anything

This acrylic Space Invaders coin bank is just five inches tall, etched on 3 mm acrylic using a laser cutter hobby kit. By Thingiverse contributor Krusty, who designed the patterns himself and has posted them, and instructions, on the site. [Seen via Craziest Gadgets, thanks Paul.]

February 27, 2011
In Real Life

Scare Yourself To Sleep With This Dead Space Night Light

Dead Space 2 Isaac Clarke Lamp, by DeviantArt’s TeamLando. Sculpted for a contest and a friend, says the Lando bros. “Nothing fancy, just super sculpey, acrylic paint and LED-shoelaces, with 70 hours worth of batteries in the back,” say the creators.

February 11, 2011
Retro

See The Amazing Mechanical Pac-Man In Action

Jonathan M. Guberman, creator of the previously featured Automatypewriter – a typewriter that plays Zork – is working on a new project, a playable, fully mechanised Pac-Man cabinet. This is our first peek, the Pactuator, a hand-cranked, fully geared Pac-Man.

January 30, 2011
In Real Life

An FPS-Style Ammo Counter, In Real Life

Playing shooters, I’ve often wondered if the persistent knowledge of exactly how many rounds you have left delivers a tactical advantage you can’t have in real life. This invention delivers a video-game advantage to the battlefield.

January 16, 2011
In Real Life

Kinect-Controlled Gundam Mech Stands On Its Own One Foot

In the evolution of Kinect-controlled robotics, we’ve gone from a Roomba in November, to a robot moving its arms in December, now to one that may stand on one foot. We should be slaves to our robot overlords by May.

January 15, 2011
PC

Minecraft’s New Musical "Note Blocks" Are Already A Triumph

Note blocks, which play a tone in one of two octaves, were added to Minecraft with the PC hit’s update yesterday. Already someone’s figured out how to make them play the introduction to the Portal theme “Still Alive.”

October 21, 2010
In Real Life

Awesome NES Coffee Table Up For Sale On eBay

Matt, the guy who built the stunning, giant-size Nintendo Entertainment System coffee table we showed you about a month ago, just listed his masterpiece on eBay. Bids open at $US400.

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