Do It Yourself

In Real Life

This Coffee Table Is A Giant Working Nintendo Controller

2:40AM April 12, 2011 | Mike Fahey

The original Nintendo Entertainment System controller is a thing of beauty, an exercise in simple elegance and efficiency. Apparently that’s exactly what Reddit user Cybergern’s friend Jocke was looking for in a coffee table, so he built this. More »


In Real Life

Show Them You Care With A Homemade Sonic Sackboy

4:40AM November 30, 2010 | Mike Fahey

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Getting handmade gifts for Christmas was a real drag as a child, but now that we’re older we can appreciate the work that goes into creating a custom Sonic the Hedgehog Sackboy. Can you do-it-yourself? More »


In Real Life

Man Builds Computer Inside Computer Game

8:40AM September 29, 2010 | Mike Fahey

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Minecraft is a game about building things that runs on your computer. One man is building a working computer inside the game that runs on his computer. At this point it’s OK if your head explodes. More »


In Real Life

Check Out The Bottle Caps On This Princess Peach

5:00AM September 11, 2010 | Mike Fahey

What drives a man to create a pointillism portrait of Princess Peach using 1080 plastic bottle caps? It’s all about love. Find out how to do it yourself at Instructables. Thanks Andrew!


In Real Life

Make Your Own Papercraft Borderlands Psycho Bandit Mask

1:40AM September 9, 2010 | Mike Fahey

Just in time for Halloween, Gearbox Software’s Jeffrey “botman” Broome created this rather attractive papercraft Borderlands Psycho Bandit mask, and he’s sharing the plans with everyone willing to take a moderate hit to their printer’s ink cartridges. More »


In Real Life

What’s Inside An Atari 2600?

2:20AM September 2, 2010 | Mike Fahey

To celebrate the launch of video game repair guides, do-it-yourself repair website iFixit is tearing down old video game consoles all week long. Today they give us a peek at what’s inside the classic Atari 2600. More »


News

Want To Repair Your Own Game Consoles?

3:20AM August 31, 2010 | Mike Fahey

Do-it-yourself electronics repair website iFixit is putting repair power in the hands of players, with the release of more than 200 different crowdsourced repair manuals for 24 game consoles, with parts available to get the job done mostly right. More »


In Real Life

Reader Makes His Own Bayonetta Collector’s Edition

3:20AM January 7, 2010 | Mike Fahey

Frustrated by the lack of a premium collector’s edition for Sega’s Bayonetta, Kotakuite SonicTHP took matters into his own hands, gathering some of the rarest Bayonetta swag to craft his very own CE. More »


In Real Life

The Most Beautiful Atari 2600 Lamp Ever Created

5:20AM January 14, 2009 | Mike Fahey

In the long and storied history of Atari 2600-themed lighting projects there have been countless interesting creations, but only one Atari 2600 lamp deserves to be called the Ultimate. This is that lamp.

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A Tardis That Travels Back In Arcade Time

2:40AM March 25, 2008 | Mike Fahey

What better way to transport yourself back to the time of arcade dominance than an actual time machine? Simon Jansen obviously has too much time on his hands, being the man behind the ASCII recreation of the original Star Wars film, and now we know where he’s been getting all of that time. Not only did he build his own version of Doctor Who’s Tardis, he stuffed it with a folding MAME cabinet so he could play games from the past! Jansen has painstakingly documented the entire process, including a picture of his lizard, which I am positive was integral to the project. If I lived in a bizarro world where I didn’t need to work and sleep in order to survive, I would have two of these.

Building a MAME console inside a TARDIS [ASCIIMATION via Wired Gadgets]

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