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In Real Life

You Can’t Play Skyrim’s Lutes, But You Can Play A Skyrim… Electric Guitar

It’s the game’s one true oversight: the fact you can’t pick up a lute in Skyrim and jam out a ditty to ladies in towers and monsters slain. Ah well. This’ll have to make do.

October 18, 2011
Nintendo

Felt Mario Bombs Are Dangerously Cute

And so is Chain Chomp, the 1-Up Mushroom, and pretty much every other Mario character that crafty-seller nerdJUNK knits its crochet magic on.

October 13, 2011
In Real Life

Crafty Man Builds Mass Effect Sniper Rifle

Prop builder Zander Brandt figured the world was short on replica M-29 Incisor rifles from Mass Effect 2. So he went and made one.

June 16, 2011
In Real Life

Well Checkmaaaaaate, Princess

Ben Howard is the man to thank for this beautiful, hand-made set of The Legend of Zelda chess pieces.

April 20, 2011
Nintendo

The Father & Son Team Looking To Make The Wii A Little Better

The Wii’s sensor bar is a flimsy little thing. It’s pretty weak, too. What it needs, then, is MORE POWER, and that’s exactly what these two handymen are proposing.

April 19, 2011
Retro

A Wooden Neo Geo Is A Masterpiece Of Fine Craftsmanship

This is a Neo Geo. A working, fully armed and operational Neo Geo. Made entirely of finely-crafted walnut. I don’t know the precise moment master craftsmen and video games got together, but it’s a union worth celebrating.

February 17, 2011
In Real Life

Screw Consoles, Let’s Play Games On Our Bathroom Mirror

Brushing your teeth, doing your hair, shaving, all BORING. What we need to liven things up is a mirror that doubles as a touch-screen display. Like this one.

February 9, 2011
In Real Life

This Child Sleeps In A Mario Paradise

Casey Fleser and his wife thought it would be cool to paint their son’s room in a Super Mario Bros theme. So they did. And the end result makes the word “theme” sell it a little short.

December 29, 2010
In Real Life

Mass Effect Just Got Way Too Cute

Alien vigilante Garrus is not pretty. He wasn’t pretty before his face got shot up, and now, he’s even less pretty. Lucky for the kids, then, that this plush based on the Mass Effect gunslinger is so adorable.

In Real Life

Make Your Own Minecraft Alarm Clock

Minecraft players sick of emerging from the rocky depths into the dangerous, deadly night, you should maybe be doing a little less mining. That or build yourself what’s essentially a Minecraft alarm clock.

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