• portal makes beer better

    Get Your Portal Beer Stein

    I drink my beer out of plain glassware, but if you're a Portal fan and prefer to imbibe out of something a little heftier, these $14.99 beer steins are for you. It's a clever little twist on Portal's ... portals, and reasonably priced to boot.

    The Portal Stein [via Geekologie]

    11:30 AM on Sat May 10 2008
    By Maggie Greene
    4,351 views, 40 comments

    Latest by superdude4agze: Got mine today. Exactly as pictured. *waits for work to be over so I can have a brew* more »

  • iron man

    Iron Man Lives Again

    In case you haven't been paying attention, both the Iron Man movie and the game of the Iron Man movie are coming out tomorrow (or tonight at midnight), so you only have a few hours to complete your homemade suit of armor before heading out to the stores. Andrew Le already has his done, having painstakingly crafted this suit of armor in just six days.

    What the Armor is made out of is Poster board, what was used was Hot glue gun, masking tape and alot of paint. I started making it 6 days ago, and wanted to be best i can make it.
    So what drives a man to spend six days of his time to create this damn fine piece of work out of stuff just lying around the house? The answer, along with more pictures, after the jump. More »

    8:00 PM on Thu May 1 2008
    By Mike Fahey
    19,340 views, 71 comments

    Latest by F3ngles: Dad? [www.armorcast.com] more »

  • crafts

    Zelda Etched Glassware

    Who needs boring tumblers when you can prove to company exactly how geeky you are? Etsy seller saaio is offering these Zelda etched glass tumblers for $20 a pop. A little steep, but I'm a big fan of eclectic kitchenware sets. [via Wonderland]

    12:30 PM on Sun Apr 13 2008
    By Maggie Greene
    3,499 views, 69 comments

    Latest by AnonAMoose: Gahh I didnt think my post showed up. sry for the double..... shit i'm banned arent I. more »

  • crafts

    Get Your Very Own Crocheted Prinny/Witzbold

    Kotakuite BrynnFlynn let us know that there's an eBay auction going on currently for a Disagea Prinny ... or is that a Witzbold?:

    I was looking for something new and unique to crochet, and so I thought "Hey, why not make a little Prinny?" A few hours of mad crocheting and accidents later, I had a Prinny from the popular video game series Disgaea. Then I thought, "Hey, why not make it into a Witzbold?" Another hour of messing around with different yarns later, and I had a little replica of the infamous "Banhammer Wielder" from Kotaku.com, the most popular gaming website on the internet.

    And there's even a crocheted ban hammer to go with it. Awwww. It can be yours for the current low low bid of $5.99, which is way, way cheaper than most of the crocheted curiosities we post.

    Crocheted Prinny/Witzbold - HANDMADE!

    10:00 AM on Sun Mar 9 2008
    By Maggie Greene
    4,537 views, 83 comments

  • crafts

    Heavenly Swords Need No Metal

    While flipping through the internet this morning, we came across this pretty decent fan-made Heavenly Sword sword. We were a little surprised to find that it was made an a school's shop class, though.

    Instead of making some stupid cabinet or a DVD shelf like the rest of the class, I decided to make something a little more original...Ironical, I was the first one to get cut by my sword. I let a kid hold it and he got a little power hungry, started swinging it around and cut my in the arm. For a wooden sword, it sure cuts well.
    Don't tell his teacher. Here's a bonus shot: More »

    4:00 PM on Thu Mar 6 2008
    By Mark Wilson
    10,460 views, 50 comments

    Latest by freespeech: he probably still got a F because it was a weapon and not any weapon but a weapon from a more »

  • papercraft

    Papercraft: Dragon Quest Mimic

    It's been a while since our last papercraft and given the slow post GDC weekend I figured it would be a good time to pull out some cardstock and get our craft on. This week's offering comes from that bastion of papercraftery, Paperkraft.net. The model is of a Mimic chest from Dragon Quest VIII: Journey of the Cursed King. These feisty little guys like to disguise themselves as treasure chests and when you go to open them, they launch their attack. This is a fairly simple model for those of you just getting started in the fine art papercraft. For our more experienced crafters, you might try these Chromehound models.

    Dragon Quest VIII Mimic Papercraft [PaperKraft.net - Thanks, Sonia]

    8:00 AM on Sun Feb 24 2008
    By fdemarco
    5,715 views, 25 comments

    Most discussed AvidAbey: Holy crap, it's the Luggage! Where's Twoflower... more »

  • crafts

    Charming and Wee Wii Charms

    Kotakuite Joseph T. gave up the heads up on an Etsy seller with some really charming game related jewelry, including Wii charms, Wiimote earrings, 1up mushrooms, and all sorts of miniature food items (ok, so that's not gaming related); made out of Sculpey, the pieces are relatively faithful little renderings of the original and may be just the ticket for the gaming geek jewelry wearer in your life (Valentine's Day is right around the corner, after all). And compared to a lot of the game related crafts we see on Etsy, the price is right: $7 for a Wii charm, $10 for a pair of Wiimote earrings, and the rest of the offerings in the same range.

    12:30 PM on Sun Feb 10 2008
    By Maggie Greene
    2,346 views, 28 comments

    Latest by Shimmergeek: @Kiwi Kamikaze: The lasagne one looked amazing... :D more »

  • crafts

    SMB Cross-Stitch: Luigi's Revenge

    Luigi is mad as hell and he's not going to take it anymore! This vengeful cross stitch has shown up on one of my favorite video game craft websites SpriteStitch.com and was created by the site's owner John. If you'd like, you can even make it your very own as the piece is available for purchase on eBay for a mere $10 (for now). Since I'm poor, I'll be sending this along to Maggie along with an email begging her to make me one for free. If she doesn't agree, I'll simply blackmail her into it with those incriminating photos from the Kotaku Kompany Kristmas party. Oh wait, those were of me. Damn, I really need to stop drinking whiskey...

    Bitter Luigi cross stitch! [SpriteStitch]

    12:00 PM on Sat Feb 9 2008
    By fdemarco
    3,782 views, 53 comments

    Latest by geekgrrl: tremendous. when i was young i had a serious problem with mario always getting the princess. i rooted for luigi more »

  • littlebigplanet

    Media Molecule Gets Real Sackboy, Just Like Mom Used To Make

    The gang at Media Molecule may be growing a bit tired of looking at all those Sackboys in LittleBigPlanet, but their mothers sure aren't. One team member's mum knitted a stitch-perfect fabric recreation of the game's blank avatar, even taking the time to deck out the little cloth boy with a pair of star-shaped antennae. This is expert level stuff, the kind of thing we expect to be within mass production by the end of year (hint!).

    She then went the extra mile, recreating the Sackboy's Chinese dragon costume for the Media Molecule team members that like to play dress up with their dolls. Not that there's anything wrong with that...

    Sackboy Fo' Real [Media Molecule Blog]

    2:40 PM on Wed Feb 6 2008
    By Michael McWhertor
    4,719 views, 94 comments

    Latest by Assassin_Kensei: I want one of these so bad this game is going to be sweet . Imagine if they sold the more »