In Real Life

In Case You’ve Ever Wanted To Own One Of Mass Effect 3′s Punchy Heavy Pistols

When I play Mass Effect, I’m really more of an Assault Rifle or Shotgun-guy, but I do love those heavy pistols. The sound they make, that punchy “pop” that causes so much damage.


January 17, 2012
In Real Life

Check Out This Amazing Gears Of War Pistol Made Entirely Of Paper

Some time ago we shared the papercraft wonder that was Leo Firebrand’s Fallout 3 homage: the laser pistol. Paper (and some papier-mâché for the gun handle) alone yielded a believable piece of the post-apocalypse.


December 15, 2011
In Real Life

The Amazing, Exploded Mass Effect 3 N7 Pistol

This replica N7 pistol from upcoming Bioware game Mass Effect 3 was created for the Child’s Play Charity auction by reader Bill Doran.


June 23, 2011
In Real Life

They Won’t Burn Your House Down, But These Portal 2 Lemons Are The Bomb

With Portal 2‘s arrival, lemons replaced cake as the game’s edible meme. (If you don’t know what I’m talking about, read up here) So before this one is totally played out, let’s acknowledge one of its more creative applications: these prop lemon hand grenades, by flickr user ammnra.


May 26, 2010
In Real Life

As Bad As A Gun Made Of Paper Could Ever Be

Look closely, there’s not a scrap of metal in this papercraft construction of Fallout ‘s laser pistol. Artist Leo Firebrand used paper (and papier-mâché, for the grip) to make something that looks 100 per cent capable of incinerating mole rats.