A while back, prop master Eric Hart made a sword for a Legend of Zelda musical. But he decided that his replica wasn't good enough. So he made an even better one. Here's how he did it.

Mostly because it doesn't actually shoot anything. It's just a life-size replica. One that brings the N7 Valiant sniper rifle out of the game series and into the real world.

There are many excellent Commander Shepard cosplayers in the world. Each and every one of them them is to be commended for the sheer amount of time and effort they put into recreating and personalizing the commander's iconic N7 armor.

When I play Mass Effect, I'm really more of an Assault Rifle or Shotgun-guy, but I do love those heavy pistols. The sound they make, that punchy "pop" that causes so much damage.

Some time ago we shared the papercraft wonder that was Leo Firebrand's Fallout 3 homage: the laser pistol. Paper (and some papier-mâché for the gun handle) alone yielded a believable piece of the post-apocalypse.

This replica N7 pistol from upcoming Bioware game Mass Effect 3 was created for the Child's Play Charity auction by reader Bill Doran.

With Portal 2's arrival, lemons replaced cake as the game's edible meme. (If you don't know what I'm talking about, read up here) So before this one is totally played out, let's acknowledge one of its more creative applications: these prop lemon hand grenades, by flickr user ammnra.

The M8 Avenger rifle from Mass Effect, as constructed by Volpin Props and spied by reader Kai N. Check the link for many more images of its construction.

A3-21 Plasma Rifle from Fallout 3, assembled by Ryan Palser and painted by his wife, Dena. Loads more images on his Flickr account. Seen via Boing Boing.

Look closely, there's not a scrap of metal in this papercraft construction of Fallout 3's laser pistol. Artist Leo Firebrand used paper (and papier-mâché, for the grip) to make something that looks 100 percent capable of incinerating mole rats.