We should have gotten action figure tie-ins for every game Activision released on the Atari 2600, but we didn't, because marketers were stupid back then. Dan from Chicago Toy Collector makes up for the oversight with this killer custom G.I. Joes. Can you guess which figure goes with which game?
Console painter Ozcan continues to do what he does best
Last March boutique PC maker Digital Storm unveiled the Aventum
Back in May I praised the looks of a custom Xbox 360 controller created especially for Kotaku by the folks at The Controller Shop, and the verdict was nearly unanimous
Fighting game fans go great lengths to create their own custom arcade controllers, personalized weapons carved from raw passion to wage a war against all comers. What if the same ingenuity and passion were applied to a non-fighting game like StarCraft II? I think it would go a little something like this.
This amazing 1/6 replica of Atari's Star Wars Arcade cabinet features a real working control yoke, glowing coin slots, and a fully playable emulated version of the original game. The 1/6 replica of Luke has no soul.
After months sequestered in his secret underground lair, LEGO artist Baron von Brunk emerges with a massive Super Mario Bros. 3 airship that rivals any other block-meets-pixels creation I've seen. Behold its glory.
Not possessing a joystick featuring former Doobie Brothers front man and five-time Grammy award-winning singer / songwriter Michael…
Video game developers take great care in creating rules and restrictions that define the gameplay of their virtual worlds, but sometimes those rules aren't good enough. In today's rule-breaking edition of Speak Up on Kotaku, commenter Pibbles explores the joy of playing under your own self-imposed strictures.
For winning the Red Dead Redemption: Game of the Year Edition PSN event Rockstar Games held on November 18, Florida's Alvin Ogando walked away with a pair of custom PlayStation 3 controllers that look like someone tossed them in a clothes dryer with a black Sharpie. Congratulations?
While the plastic characters Toys For Bob created to populate the world of Skylanders: Spyro's Adventure are certainly cute, colorful, and well-made, zero points of articulation makes them less action figure, more tiny statue. Action figure customizer supreme Jin Saotome brings four Skylanders to life in a whole new…
With a built-in exercise bike and a sweet slingshot controller, this conceptual arcade cabinet from Kotaku reader Cobra would be the ultimate way to play Rockstar's school days sandbox game Bully.
Anatomy models of video game characters
Mega Man fan and Capcom community member Jin Saotome delivers a close approximation of what Mega Man characters sculpted by Halo action figure company McFarlane Toys would look like. As seen on Capcom Unity.
Zangief is more than meets the eye in this fan-made custom Transformer, complete with rust chest hair. Created by Deej at the Fanboy Forum. Thanks Benjamin!
Lurking deep within the darkened Bring Your Own PC room at PAX East, the pixel Black Mage case mod waits, lightning wand in hand, for the right moment to strike.
Model hobbyist and Gundam fan Angelo Guibone's custom Master Chief Zaku crossover not only appeals to two camps, its will probably appear in a proposal for Microsoft Tecmo Koei's Halo: Dynasty Warriors: Gundam: Combat Evolved at some point.
Homebrew action figure designer Donald "KodyKoala" Kennedy is working on a theme here - guts. As in Guts-Dozer, of Mega Man 2. And as in King Hippo's dunlop spare tire.
Tired of your boring old DS stylus? Is the Transformer's stylus a bit too much? Maybe you should look into a custom stylus from Shapeways.
Custom arcade game cabinet makers Dream Arcade present the ideal solution for those of you who'd rather shun your big-screen televisions for a more authentic arcade experience for Capcom's upcoming Street Fighter IV.
