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It's the game's one true oversight: the fact you can't pick up a lute in Skyrim and jam out a ditty to ladies in towers and monsters slain. Ah well. This'll have to make do. More »
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You Americans will soon be cooking up Thanksgiving feasts. I'm thinking of the Australian Christmas BBQ. Either way, we could all look the part in these Zelda aprons, hand-made by Janeille Pita. More »
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In World of Warcraft, there is Thrall. And Thrall uses a giant hammer called, awesomely, Doomhammer. It used to exist only inside the game. That is, until Harrison Krix got his hands on it. More »
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You know those insane setups the military uses to train pilots on? They can cost millions, making owning one in your own home a pipe dream. But that doesn't mean you can never own a fancy flight simulator! More »
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A new Elder Scrolls game does funny things to people. Reader Spenny, for example, in all seriousness tried to get his wife to agree to name their newborn son Dovahkiin, after the hero of Skyrim. More »
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Prop builder Zander Brandt figured the world was short on replica M-29 Incisor rifles from Mass Effect 2. So he went and made one. More »
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LEGO builder extraordinare PLUM B has built this life-sized replica of a Gears of War Lancer rifle that doesn't just look the part, it shoots the part as well. More »
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Hungarian BioShock fan Gregory Mórocz wanted to build himself a new PC, so he built himself a new BioShock-flavoured PC. Look at it. Isn't it wonderful? More »
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Sam Kurd from B15SDM Designs didn't add a little steam punk to his custom fight stick, he added a lot. More »
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There's a little surprise in this unassuming cardboard box: a physical side-scroller, a paper-based re-imagining of Nintendo classic Super Mario Bros.. It's all powered by servos, some open source code and a little device named the Teagueduino. More »
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It's either heaven. Or blasphemy. But I'm leaning towards the former, especially since there's also a PC involved. More »
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This custom version of Monopoly, crafted by PinkAxolotl, really has to be seen to be believed. It's not like it's just a regular board with a few Fallout references made here and there. It's as Fallout-themed as it could possibly hope for. More »
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Put aside the platform pissing match between EA and Valve over Battlefield 3 for a moment, PC fans, and let's all enjoy a nice custom PC casemod based on DICE's upcoming shooter. More »
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Harrison Krix, aka Volpin, is a master craftsman. We've featured his work here on Kotaku before, whether it be related to Portal or Fallout 3. But this Mass Effect 3 gun is on another level. More »
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Tiburcio de la Cárcova, co-founder of social games studio Atakama Labs, doesn't sell things at a cash register. His games go out over the internet. Meaning a sale isn't as satisfying as seeing cash in the hand! More »
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My TV has a remote. Ditto my surround sound. My Xbox 360 can be turned on remotely with my control pad. And yet, when I want to change the disc, I have to get up. On my feet. Which is never where I want to be. More »
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It's been a while since we took time out to look at a LittleBigPlanet costume pack, but today we do that with very good reason: you can now dress your little sackpeople up as Final Fantasy VII characters. More »
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Kotaku reader Shockwaver (not his real name)^[1] wrote, letting Kotaku know that his wife is big Mass Effect. Proof isn't in the pudding, but this Mordin Solus statue. More »
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Website PlayStation Museum has a complete PS1 development kit, including everything you need to make a game, from coding it to burning master discs. And now it can all be yours. More »
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Ben Howard is the man to thank for this beautiful, hand-made set of The Legend of Zelda chess pieces. More »
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Atlas, one of Portal 2's co-operative testing robots, is making the jump from the monitor screen to the real world, courtesy of some amazing work at Technically Magic. More »
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While debate persists over the merit of video games an art form, the medium has reached an undeniable milestone: the emergence of an active counter-culture. More »
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I'm serious-it should be illegal for this awesome Lightcycle case mod to be used in the harsh light of reality. Instead, boot up when the sun goes down, and ride onto the grid. [Bods-Mods via UberGizmo] More »
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Owning a 3D printer must be like owning magic. Because that's all they seem to do. Just...spit out magic. Like these custom Portal 2 turrets. More »
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I can't think of many/any places where this kind of concealed weapon would be legal, but I can think of one place we can admire its craftsmanship: here. More »
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If you bought the fancy edition of Dead Space 2, you would have got yourself a little replica plasma cutter, one of the game's more memorable weapons. As is, it's useless, but this guy will show you how to turn it into a laser gun. That can set stuff on fire. More »
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The Wii's sensor bar is a flimsy little thing. It's pretty weak, too. What it needs, then, is MORE POWER, and that's exactly what these two handymen are proposing. More »
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Confusing headline, I know, because this is going to take some explaining. This is the SLG 3000, and it apparently can make old games played on a new TV look as good as they were originally designed. More »
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This is a Neo Geo. A working, fully armed and operational Neo Geo. Made entirely of finely-crafted walnut. I don't know the precise moment master craftsmen and video games got together, but it's a union worth celebrating. More »
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Everything is now digital. This sentence, for example, doesn't exist in tangible space. But there was a time when you could reach out and touch everything. There was a time when paper was king. More »
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Paying tribute to Portal, ulyssanov built himself this custom PC case based on the game that goes above and beyond mere tribute. One could almost say it was a...triumph. More »
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And no, don't make a Game Boy Advance joke, you smart-ass. Hyperkin's Supaboy is an upcoming handheld unit that's actually a Super Nintendo. Like, you have to insert Super Nintendo cartridges to play it. More »
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A couple months back a Minecraft enthusiast/do-it-yourselfer figured he needed improved seccurity in his apartment. "Unfortunately for me my building does not allow dogs so a big scary animal was not an option," he writes. Then, boom! he got this idea. More »
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If you like video games and animated series Adventure Time, no doubt one of your favourite characters will be Beemo, Jake and Finn's adorable little talking Game Boy...console...thing. More »
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Zachariah Perry Cruse, you have made perhaps the greatest thing ever. I want one in my kitchen. Keep my bread in it. So when I make toast, it feels like I'm receiving a GREAT TREASURE. More »
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Using water as a cooling solution for computer hardware is usually only required if you're building a PC capable of time travel. You do not need it for the humble Nintendo Wii. More »
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These days it seems breathing on your gaming hardware is enough to void your warranty, so there's something cathartic about watching a man turn a 3DS from a single unit into hundreds of tiny, tiny pieces. More »
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When el8id games on his PS3, he doesn't use a regular Bluetooth headset. He uses a military-issue helmet from the 1980s, making him look more like "Maverick" than "some guy playing a video game". More »
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Sharpening a divide between the version of the games industry they like and the version in which they don't want to participate, Nintendo has stated that it doesn't want to work with "garage" developers. More »
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The GameCube was a fantastic little machine that never quite lived up to its potential. Even though the Wii can play GameCube games, don't toss your console out. You can convert it to hold office supplies. More »
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