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MIT Student Builds Awesome Working Mario Kart, Documents Process Every Step Of The Way

A self-described electromechanical hobbyist and MIT student named Charles Guan is the mastermind behind the Chibikart, a motorised Mario Kart-like vehicle built from scratch.


February 29, 2012
Nintendo

This Wii Controller Looks Like Samus’ Arm Cannon

I don’t think this counts as a mod, since all the guy’s done is stick a Wii Remote inside a giant replica of Samus Aran’s arm cannon from Metroid, but still…it means you can play Metroid Prime with a giant replica of an arm cannon.


February 23, 2012
In Real Life

For The Clean And Fastidious Gamer, There’s This

An individual in Japan decided to make a pair of “gaming gloves” to keep his hands dry and warm, and his gaming controllers and portables clean.


February 9, 2012
PlayStation

How I Improved My Life With A PS3 Controller

Picture this: After hours of web browsing, your body is contorted in various unnatural positions over time. Your legs up on the table, or you’re lying on the bed sideways with the laptop rotated sideways as well. Does that sound familiar?


November 23, 2011
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.


November 22, 2011
In Real Life

Don’t Be The Hero Of Time. Be The Hero Of The Kitchen.

You Americans will soon be cooking up Thanksgiving feasts. I’m thinking of the Australian Christmas BBQ. Either way, we could all look the part in these Zelda aprons, hand-made by Janeille Pita.


In Real Life

Man Builds Giant World Of Warcraft Hammer

In World of Warcraft, there is Thrall. And Thrall uses a giant hammer called, awesomely, Doomhammer. It used to exist only inside the game. That is, until Harrison Krix got his hands on it.


November 15, 2011
PC

Yes, I’d Love This $60,000 Flight Simulator, Thanks

You know those insane setups the military uses to train pilots on? They can cost millions, making owning one in your own home a pipe dream. But that doesn’t mean you can never own a fancy flight simulator!


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.


September 30, 2011
In Real Life

This LEGO Gears Of War Gun Actually Shoots. And Chainsaws.

LEGO builder extraordinare PLUM B has built this life-sized replica of a Gears of War Lancer rifle that doesn’t just look the part, it shoots the part as well.