http://cache.kotaku.com/assets/base/img/thumbs140x140/kotaku.com.png http://kotaku.com/tag/do it yourself http://kotaku.com/tag/do it yourself

The original Nintendo Entertainment System controller is a thing of beauty, an exercise in simple elegance and efficiency. Apparently that's exactly what Reddit user Cybergern's friend Jocke was looking for in a coffee table, so he built this. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5790818&view=rss&microfeed=true

Getting handmade gifts for Christmas was a real drag as a child, but now that we're older we can appreciate the work that goes into creating a custom Sonic the Hedgehog Sackboy. Can you do-it-yourself? More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5701369&view=rss&microfeed=true

Minecraft is a game about building things that runs on your computer. One man is building a working computer inside the game that runs on his computer. At this point it's okay if your head explodes. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5650027&view=rss&microfeed=true

What drives a man to create a pointillism portrait of Princess Peach using 1,080 plastic bottle caps? It's all about love. Find out how to do it yourself at Instructables. Thanks Andrew! More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5635003&view=rss&microfeed=true

Just in time for Halloween, Gearbox Software's Jeffrey "botman" Broome created this rather attractive papercraft Borderlands Psycho Bandit mask, and he's sharing the plans with everyone willing to take a moderate hit to their printer's ink cartridges. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5632845&view=rss&microfeed=true

To celebrate the launch of video game repair guides, do-it-yourself repair website iFixit is tearing down old video game consoles all week long. Today they give us a peek at what's inside the classic Atari 2600. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5627469&view=rss&microfeed=true

Do-it-yourself electronics repair website iFixit is putting repair power in the hands of players, with the release of more than 200 different crowd-sourced repair manuals for twenty-four game consoles, with parts available to get the job done mostly right. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5625510&view=rss&microfeed=true

Frustrated by the lack of a premium collector's edition for Sega's Bayonetta, Kotakuite SonicTHP took matters into his own hands, gathering some of the rarest Bayonetta swag to craft his very own CE. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5441495&view=rss&microfeed=true

In the long and storied history of Atari 2600-themed lighting projects there have been countless interesting creations, but only one Atari 2600 lamp deserves to be called the Ultimate. This is that lamp. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5130514&view=rss&microfeed=true

Mashade.com is a newly launched website from Blockade Entertainment and GorillaSpot, Inc. that allows users to quickly edit their own video game trailer mashups. Take video assets from partners such as EA, Take 2, Sega, Codemasters, and Ubisoft, drop them into the editor, add sound clips, music, text, and effects, and you end up with something relatively horrible, as seen below. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5036454&view=rss&microfeed=true

My consoles absolutely hate Ben Heck. Every time he releases a new mod, such as this gorgeous PlayStation 3 laptop, similar to his Xbox 360 Elite laptop from awhile back, I tend to spend many hours sitting in my living room, eyes moving curious from consoles to the cabinet where I keep my (barely used) tools. With my degree of electronics knowledge, this is the game console equivalent of having someone quietly staring first at you, and then at a loaded gun in front of them, over and over again. Luckily for them I've yet to work up the nerve, though I do have an extra PSone sitting around gathering dust. I think I just heard it whimper. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=378540&view=rss&microfeed=true

What better way to transport yourself back to the time of arcade dominance than an actual time machine? Simon Jansen obviously has too much time on his hands, being the man behind the ASCII recreation of the original Star Wars film, and now we know where he's been getting all of that time. Not only did he build his own version of Doctor Who's Tardis, he stuffed it with a folding MAME cabinet so he could play games from the past! Jansen has painstakingly documented the entire process, including a picture of his lizard, which I am positive was integral to the project. If I lived in a bizarro world where I didn't need to work and sleep in order to survive, I would have two of these. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=371373&view=rss&microfeed=true