A remake of the 1994 game System Shock by Night Dive Studios is due out sometime in the next few years, but fans who don't want to wait can revisit the space horror game now in System Shock: ReWired, the first ever total campaign mod for the classic game.
The reveal of Microsoft's Adaptive Controller in May furthered conversation around video games and accessibility. The controller inspired DIY modders to invent their own peripherals aimed at gamers with different mobility needs. This 3D printed, one-handed PS4 controller is one of those projects.
The Ocelot is one of the most bizarre homemade consoles I've ever seen. It looks more like a piece of scientific equipment than something you'd play video games on. In all honesty there's no reason for it to exist at all, but thanks to its determined builder, console modder Matthew Carr, it does.
The Game Boy is so iconic it's transcended the limitations of its hardware to become something more than just an old handheld for playing old video games. Chiptune artists make music with Game Boys. Clothing manufacturers plaster them onto t-shirts and hoodies.
More eccentric designers have inserted them into the soles of platform shoes. And then there are Game Boy modders, artists and tinkerers who have pushed Nintendo's 1989 creation beyond its former constraints.
Behold: A 1982 Montgomery Ward boombox that reels cassette tape and translates invisible signals broadcast over the air into rad tunes. OK, that's not exactly bleeding-edge tech. But, it has one thing other boomboxes haven't got: a working SNES Classic inside.
Remember the NES Max? It was a weird boomerang-shaped controller from 1988 that was, like so many things, ahead of its time. Decades later, a retro modder has given the peripheral a more modern feel -- specifically, the feel of an Xbox One analogue stick.
