Laz, the creator, says the game is a "tribute", but as fans of the little Cheesehead will instantly recognise, this is no tribute. It's a remake in the vein of Bionic Commando Rearmed, and that is a good, good thing.

Now, bear in mind this is just one guy. Working alone, without the support/blessing of id. So even if it's not shut down by the rightful owners of the IP, it may/will probably never see the light of day in playable form.

But hey, even if it doesn't, be thankful for this awesome art, and for the daydreams it's inspired of what could be.

Below are some early, early clips. They're early! So be kind.

Commander Keen - 2D Platformer with an extra D thrown in [NZCGI]

Website The Zeonic Front decided to do something about it! Behold, "fixed" Bayonetta:

I don't want to play Bayonetta [The Zeonic Front]

CockPitStorage@2chGTForce(&Pro)Thread [FTフォース via はちま起稿]

You're going to need plenty of cardboard, foam and a working drill—yes, that Big Daddy drill spins—plus you're going to need to start, well, right about now. Krix's D.I.Y. Big Daddy took him a good seven weeks to build, but that includes things like built-in fans, the aforementioned spinning drill arm and a serious attention to detail.

I imagine you could probably knock out something in six weeks, six and a half, tops, using his method.

Really, Krix is a pro—or at least semi-pro—but his knowledge may be useful to you, even if you're just trying to sort out the problem of a functional drill bit or think your own Big Daddy costume's normal hand is a bit too stubby.

Big Daddy (BioShock) [Volpin Props via Make - thanks, Andrew!] [Image Credit]

Previously, you needed a copy of Twilight Princess to get this working, but with a recent system update, Nintendo closed that loophole. Not to worry. A new one has come along!

Lifehacker have a handy guide up showing you how to install the Homebrew Channel using this new exploit, and reckon from start to finish it should take you around 10 minutes. ALl you'll need are a Wii, an SD card formatted to FAT, a copy of a file called bannerbomb and the HackMii installer.

It doesn't look too complicated (there's even pictures!), but if you're a total novice - or the kind of person who truly values their Wii's warranty - you may want to give it a miss.

Those wondering what the Homebrew Channel actually does, well, it'll let you do things like:

- play homebrew games
- backup all your Wii games to a HDD
- play games via emulator
- play backup copies of your own games without the need for a modchip

Hack Your Wii for Homebrew without Twilight Princess [Lifehacker]

The SNES Portable sports a 2.5 inch screen, and according to darthchris13, the tricky part was getting all the SNES wiring into such a small casing. Nice work.

Une magnifique Nintendo SNES Portable et son emballage [Nowhere Else]

In the above clip, Lucho shows the fruits of his labor.

*applause*

Elotrolado via YouTube via Hack A Day via Gizmodo]

Both were stuck at their grandmother's house all day long, both itching to play Team Fortress 2. But his grandmother's house doesn't have internet or television!

"So, we decided to use our imaginations for once, and along with my brother," explains Steam user [TPG] Wade Wilson, "we decided to kinda go with the flow and create our own Team Fortress 2 RPG- Dungeons and Dragons style."

Wilson acted as dungeon master, and the game they created must have been enjoyable enough to warrant play when they got back home — AKA the land of internet and television.

"We played for around 8 hours when we had to go back home," he adds, "and I decided to stay over my cousins house and actually try to develop a full fledged game."

It's still in beta testing, and they're working out the kinks, but so far, so good says Wilson.

The Team Fortress 2 RPG (Unofficial!) [Official Site]

The radar monitors your outside temperature. The player indicators are links. The grenade icons launch programs. The ammo counters in the top-right show your unread emails and rss items. The health bar shows whatever music you're currently playing.

And neatest of all, the ammo counter on the battle rifle itself displays how much juice is left in your battery, should you use it on a laptop.

Rigging one of these desktops up isn't as hard as you think, so if this takes your fancy you'll find a how-to guide over at Lifehacker.

The Halo 3 HUD Desktop [Lifehacker]

It'll show you how to configure your phone, a laptop and your 360, then use them to commandeer an AT&T 3G signal and route it to your console, enabling you to connect to the service and even play games online. You won't get the best performance, it takes a little fiddling to get it running and apparently voids a warranty or two, but hey, some people are so desperate for this kind of thing that warnings will mean nothing.

3G For Xbox Live [2old2play]

Using the Wii's Homebrew Channel, a USB 2.0 hard drive and a few files, anyone feeling mildly adventurous (really, this doesn't sound that hard) can copy all their Wii games over onto the HDD, then run them straight off the same device. No more discs, no more disc-swapping.

Convenient! Shame the Xbox 360's recent "install" option didn't let you go this far.

Back Up and Play Your Wii Games From an External Hard Drive [Lifehacker]

At least, you can according to Maximum PC, who cobbled together the following rig for $509 (a bit over, we know, but close enough):

Motherboard: MSI P43 Neo3-F LGA 775
CPU: Intel Pentium E5200
Videocard: Powercolor AX4870 512MB
RAM: Crucial 2GB DDR2/800
Hard Drive: Western Digital Caviar SE WD3200AAJS
Optical Drive: Samsung SH-S223F
Case + Power Supply: Rosewill TU-155 II 500 Black

This system can not only play Crysis, but can - according to MPC's testing - play it at 1900x1200 at 36 frames per second on "high" settings (they couldn't try out anything higher, since the cheap rig had XP, which doesn't natively support Crysis' fancy DX10 graphic options)

If you're looking for an all-new PC, it's a little misleading, as it's leaving out the cost of stuff like a monitor, but if you're just after an upgrade, this shows that even in these dark economic times you can scrounge together an impressive gaming rig on the cheap.

Build a Kick-Ass $500 Gaming PC, Play Crysis at 40FPS! [Maximum PC]

Awesomely named website Paper Commander (YES!) has relatively simple models from the WC franchise available for download. You too can make these. Isn't that delightful? Of course it is. Silly.

Welcome!!! [Paper Commander via Make Thanks Mark!]

Lucky for any of you using the setup, there are ways to spruce things up a bit. Make the Media Centre a little easier on the eye. Our pals at Lifehacker can show you how, and if you don't mind downloading a few 50-100MB files and doing a little tinkering, then you too can make your 2001 machine look a little more 2009.

Customize XBMC with These Five Awesome Skins [Lifehacker]

The University of South Denmark's Kjeld Jensen has come up with the Casmobot, a robotic lawnmower that you control using the motion-sensitive accelerometer found within the Wii Remote. To steer the thing, you just tilt the controller. So, yes, you waggle it. Easy!

The Wiimote-Controlled Casmobot Mows Your Lawn [Gizmodo]

And once you've got hold of some, get hold of some arcade stick components (OK, that last bit's probably a bit harder) and throw 'em inside the Tupperware, wire everything up and hey presto. A Tupperware arcade stick. Cram a sandwich in there, keep the stick in the fridge overnight and you're set.

Tupperware Arcade Stick Throws Hadoukens, Totes Sammiches [Gizmodo]

Does it work? Apparently it does, as the device will be playable at the Tangible Tech Exhibition in San Francisco tomorrow, March 19th. Mapped onto the trumpet are all five Guitar Hero controller buttons, with the red, green and yellow played with the right hand, blue and orange with the left.

It even has a working "whammy bar," thanks to that mute plunger in the front. For a control-by-control map, read on.

Attention Trumpet Hero mod-makers: the band Chicago may be interested in acquiring your technology. Just a heads up.

Trumpet Hero Mod [Make]

Kotaku reader Steve has noticed that we don't shy away from posting pictures of video game-themed shoes. Or cakes. Or any internet flotsam and jetsam. Therefore, he's come to us to let his fellow readers know of his love for Katamari Damacy, painting on perfectly good Nike sneakers, and his girlfriend, the actual hardcore fan of the Prince of All Cosmos.

Classy stuff, Steve. Now get back to me on those Cho Aniki-custom Dunks. Just name your price.

Which is where the Mini-Mote comes in. Designed and built by DHREK - the same guy who made that hemp Remote & Nunchuk combo we showed you a while ago - it shrinks both primary Wii controllers down to a more manageable (if you're a child/dwarf) size.

You can find some terribly exhaustive instructions on how to build the Mini-Mote, along with plenty more pics, at the link below.

Wii-Mote mod tutorial part 1: Making BASE [DHRECK]

No, this 14 karat white gold preciousness isn't for sale — not even that fabulous Metroid-esque ring we posted so long ago — so don't go bugging Juno how you can get your hands on such a lovely bauble. Of course, if someone from Harmonix were to approve such a thing and, say, hand them out to deserving press and employees, then we'd be more likely to get our hands on one....

Until then, it's look with your eyes, not with your hands.

Rock Band Pendant [ThirdProjectJuno's Shineys]