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? » 11/21/13 8:00pm 11/21/13 8:00pm

LEGO really are amazing little blocks, aren't they? You can build insane contraptions out of bunches of them, including custom clocks. Custom clocks that actually work. » 1/29/13 9:00pm 1/29/13 9:00pm

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. » 7/05/12 4:00pm 7/05/12 4:00pm

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. » 5/08/12 8:30am 5/08/12 8:30am

Konami came close to a satisfying 3D Castlevania experience with Lord of Shadows, it was missing a certain something. Something that Nick "Nario" Hagman found in Minecraft by recreating the entire original game, block-by-block. » 4/10/12 1:30pm 4/10/12 1:30pm

I've seen many a custom arcade joystick in my days, but none moved me quite as much as the world's first and only Michael McDonald Arcade Fighting Joystick, now available on eBay.

Not possessing a joystick featuring former Doobie Brothers front man and five-time Grammy award-winning singer / songwriter Michael… » 2/20/12 3:45pm 2/20/12 3:45pm

Whoa. » 2/04/12 3:00pm 2/04/12 3:00pm

It might not seem familiar at first, but once you start wandering the corridors you'll realize that this is a faithful scale recreation of Resident Evil's Spencer Mansion crafted using the creation tools from Halo: Reach. » 12/05/11 5:00pm 12/05/11 5:00pm

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? » 11/29/11 1:20pm 11/29/11 1:20pm

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… » 11/28/11 2:00pm 11/28/11 2:00pm

Physical design, gameplay design, either way this custom Tron Light Cycles Board Game is a straight-up winner. Built by a modder to play with his sons, this one-of-a-kind, laser-etched board with tinted acrylic jet walls is like a Franklin Mint Chess Set from a very, very awesome future. » 4/06/11 11:30pm 4/06/11 11:30pm

SOCOM is a series that's all about cooperation, and in SOCOM 4 Zipper Interactive hands control of cooperative online multiplayer missions to the players, giving them free reign to create custom co-op campaigns. » 2/24/11 1:00pm 2/24/11 1:00pm

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. » 1/27/11 1:00pm 1/27/11 1:00pm