Nintendo

An Exercise Bike Is The Controller For This Mario Kart Mod

Now, this is exergaming with a purpose. Modder Brent Smith of Canada rigged an old exercise bike with some sensors, switches, transistors and the indispensable Arduino microcontroller, turning the whole thing into a Super Nintendo controller for use in Mario Kart.


Nintendo

Turn A GameCube Into A Handheld Thanks To The Magic Of Tupperware

This Tupperware cereal container (I think that’s what it is) forms the casing for a fully-functional handheld Nintendo GameCube built by user CKmods of YouTube. You can pop the top off it to get to the guts of the machine, but I wouldn’t advise laying the thing down on its back.


April 14, 2012
PC

You Can’t Help But Smile As Pinkie Pie Mercilessly Slaughters Her Enemies In Skyrim

Sometimes the Skyrim mods are so beautiful it’s almost painful. Take on My Little Pony mod, video copious amounts of slaughter, add a happy song and you’ve got a recipe for… cupcakes?


April 10, 2012
PC

Sonic 2 HD Contains Keylogger, Delete Immediately [UPDATE]

A group of fans recently released Sonic 2 HD, an alpha version of a very fancy home-made tribute to Sega’s classic platformer. They even, inadvertently, threw in a bonus: free keyloggers for everyone!


April 5, 2012
PC

The Worst Thing Players Did In Borderlands Made It Better

Gearbox Software’s first Borderlands won fans over with its awesome, awesome loot, high-contrast art style and wacky characters. But, as great as the game’s procedurally-generated weapons were, Gearbox say that the first-person shooter/role-playing hybrid was whatever the gamer wanted it to be.


April 3, 2012
PC

This Skyrim Tower-Defence Mod Looks Surprisingly Great

I’ve been having a lot of fun with Skyrim mods lately, from subtle graphical enhancements to complete texture and gameplay overhauls.


March 29, 2012
In Real Life

The Aerodyne Is A Minimal, Modern Take On Art Deco Design

Jeffrey Stephenson specialises in making sleek, minimalist, art-deco and mid-century inspired PCs. His website features a solid decade’s worth of custom wooden mods, spanning the range from full-fledged furniture to cigar box. The Aerodyne is his most recent project, completed this January.


March 26, 2012
PC

It’s GTAIII, Running On GTAIV’s Engine

Similar to the Vice City Rage project (and the San Andreas Rage project), here’s an undertaking bringing the world design of Grand Theft Auto III’s Liberty City to the more robust engine of Grand Theft Auto IV.


March 15, 2012
PC

Grand Theft Troll Turns Online Asshole Into Liberty City Murderer

I don’t know what’s creepier, the face leering at everyone with the knife, or the wonky stick-figure body casually strolling around the streets.


March 13, 2012
PC

Bomberman, The Team Fortress 2 Edition

A pair of Team Fortress 2 modders have taken the game’s bones, a bunch of angry Scottish men and the classic Hudson game Bomberman and turned it into something wonderful.