For Reals | COPENHAGEN, DENMARK: Minecraft creator Notch witness his work made real through the magic of Lego. (Photo: Imagur)

Duke Nukem's on a Roll | A games store employee applying price tags supplies this zinger. Not sure I'd pick that up used. (via Reddit.)

Street Cred | "In response to your latest post of the Mega Man collection, thought I'd share with you photos of my Street Fighter game collection," says reader Clarence L. "All games are NTSC-1. Every game, version, variant, demo, cameos, even games with official Street Fighter special moves ... all in original packaging." (submitted photo)

Bowser Mario's real boss, Nintendo president Satoru Iwata, takes a bow on January 27 before presenting the company's not-so-wonderful financial news. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara)

Jobbers | In pro wrestling terms, "doing the job" means losing in a scripted match. The wrestlers that lose all the time are jobbers. (Buy the T-shirt here.)

Spotted | NBC News folks were in our offices today for a piece about Gawker Media (our parent company). The reporter said she'd only ever played Pac-Man and Ms. Pac-Man, but I trumped her wacky fact by telling her that there are two Kotaku staffers with Masters in journalism. —Stephen (Image by Gizmodo editor Joe Brown.)

Gaming against SOPA | On a day when Wikipedia and Reddit blocked their content to protest two controversial potentially speech-squelching, Internet-mangling bills—and legislators fell over themselves dropping support for those bills—an online guild, the makers of Minecraft and FarmVille giant Zynga all made their hatred of SOPA and PIPA known.

Mood lighting | U.S. Marines take aim in a scene lit like an action game. (Image via Flickr.)

Good Luck, Link | You're going to need it and a sword. (Image via Cracked.com.)

KENYA - Ernest Hemingway (who was born on this day in 1899) at a fishing camp, his hand and arms burned from a recent brushfire; his hair singed from recent plane crashes. (Photograph in the Ernest Hemingway Photograph Collection, John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum, Boston.)

PewPewPew - This replica Starhawk gun was being shown off under a plexiglass case at Sony's New York event today. (Photo by Brian Crecente)

Cutters - Cut The Rope plushes mint in box, as seen at an Electronic Arts held event in New York City today. (Photo by Brian Crecente)

NASCAR - Clint Bowyer, driver of the #33 Rheem Heating, Cooling & Water Heating Chevrolet, spins in the air after colliding with Joey Logano, driver of the #20 GameStop Toyota, during the NASCAR Nationwide Series 5-hour ENERGY 200 at Dover International Speedway on May 14, 2011 in Dover, Delaware. (Photo by Geoff Burke/Getty Images for NASCAR)

Iron Men - San Diego Comic-Con is next week. But my desktop toys won't be going. Nor will I. (Photo by Brian Crecente)

A Little Tenderness - Kotaku editorial director Joel Johnson whispers sweet nothings into the ear of deputy editor Stephen Totilo after a Ubisoft event in New York City where alcohol was clearly served. (Photo by Brian Crecente)

Cuban Delicacies - Went to a neat Latin American restaurant around the corner and grabbed a bit to eat. They had quite a selection. Best part, though, atmosphere. (Photo by Brian Crecente)

WASHINGTON, DC - U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Leroy Petry looks at family members during a ceremony awarding him the Medal of Honor at the White House July 12, 2011 in Washington, DC. Petry, who received the medal for his courageous actions during operations in Paktia, Afghanistan, in May 2008, is the second living, active duty service member to be awarded the Medal of Honor for actions in Iraq or Afghanistan. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images)

CAMP MERCURY, IRAQ - Marines embark on risky night patrols around their base in one of Iraq's most dangerous zones to prevent attacks and keep insurgents at bay. (Photo by Chris Hondros/Getty Images)

Blast Off | Space shuttle Atlantis is seen as it lifts off from NASA Kennedy Space Center's Launch Pad 39A at 11:29 a.m. EDT. The launch of Atlantis on the STS-135 mission, is the final flight of the Shuttle Program. (Photo: NASA/Bill Ingalls)

King of Fighters - i | The King of Fighters - i hit the iPhone and iPad today. (Photo by Brian Crecente)

Meddling Kids | An apparition causes havoc by menacing two people in their kitchen. London Stereoscopic Company Comic Series - 13 circa 1865 (Photo by London Stereoscopic Company/Getty Images)

LOS ANGELES, CA | A gamer plays a war game on the jDome during the Electronic Entertainment Expo on June 7, 2011 in Los Angeles, California. More than 45,000 people are expected to attend the annual three-day convention to see the latest games and announcements from the gaming industry. (Photo by Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images)

LOS ANGELES, CA | A World War II Sherman M4A3 military tank is on display promoting the World of Tanks from developer Wargaming.net outside of the Los Angeles Convention Center during Electronics Entertainment Expo on June 7, 2011 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images)

MUSEUM DISPLAY | A man looks at Universal Media Discs (UMD) that are used in Sony's initial entrant into the handheld gaming device market, the PlayStation Personal (PSP), on opening day of the 10th annual Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) May 12, 2004 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by David McNew/Getty Images)

Aliens Vs. Nerf Guns | A Colonial Marines gun shipped to our offices today. (Photo by Crecente.

Aliens Vs. Colonial Marines | A poster depicting the U.S.S. Sulaco from Aliens. (Photo by Crecente. Poster sent to my home from a C. Burke. )

TOYS | Darius Mason protects my den table from a Red Faction Armageddon invasion. (Photo by Crecente)

NOT POCKET CHESS | The Automaton Chess Player, shown in New York in 1845 Original Artwork: Illustrated London News. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

CURSE YOU RED BARON | French scientist, engineer and aviator Robert Esnault-Pelterie, inventor of joystick control in aircraft. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

NUDGENUDGE, WINKWINK | Dead or Alive Dimensions compelling photography mode. (Photo by Crecente)

ENGLISH | Jeffrey Neumann puts some body english into a shot as he plays a pinball game at The Florida Arcade & Pinball Expo at the Dania Jai-Alai Sports Entertainment Complex on February 10, 2011 in Dania, Florida. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

NEWS | Ron Burgundy, who looks nothing like the news anchor I spoke with today.

MK ULTRA | Previously unpublished photograph from Mortal Kombat's launch party in Los Angeles.(Photo by Michael McWhertor)

L.A. ACCIDENTAL | Deleted scene from my play-through of L.A. Noire's Fallen Idol case.(Screenshot by Stephen Totilo)

TANKS | Concept art for the inside of a tank found in a level of Modern Warfare 3.(Photo by X)

THIS IS NOT FAIR | ATLANTA, GA : What kind of cruel toy manufacturer creates plush versions of festive treats that you cannot technically digest? (Photo by Michael Fahey)

A GOOD USE OF BRICKS | SANTA CLARA, CALIFORNIA: A delightful Lego take on Pac-Man, on display late last month at Bricks by the Bay, "a celebration of LEGO as an artistic medium and hobby." (Photo by origamiguy1971 via Flickr)

VIRTUAL COMFORT | FUKUSHIMA, JAPAN: Two boys find a welcome video game distraction this past weekend in a gymnasium being used as a shelter for some of the victims of the nation's earthquake disaster. (Photo by the AP)