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Mechanical Tauntaun Costume Pushes It To The Galactic Outer Rim

6:40AM Jesus Diaz | At last, Star Wars fans all over the world would be able to go to their wedding on a tauntaun, to eat their tauntaun cake, and then carry their imaginary brides to a lovefest inside their tauntaun sleeping bags. More »
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Video Of Mario And Luigi Assaulting NY Cabbie

9:22AM Jesus Diaz | You know recession has reached a new low level when two Italian plumbers from Brooklyn go to Staten Island to beat a cabbie and steal his cash. Which is more or less what happened at a petrol station last Halloween. More »
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“Matt Damon” Shows Women Where Men’s Brains Are Once Again

2:40AM Jesus Diaz | This Gizmodo reader says his name is Ryan, but you are not fooling us, Matt Damon! And you are not going to get anywhere near pretty pixelated face girl for some makeout-y as long as you wear your pixeljunk outfit. More »
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Moron In Breathalyser Costume Busted For Driving Drunk

12:00PM Sean Fallon | Ever since I saw the breathalyser costume a few years ago, I knew it was only a matter of time before some frat boy was busted for drunk-driving wearing one. That day has arrived. More »
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The 8-Bit Low-Res Make-Up Is High-Res Clever

6:00AM Jesus Diaz | This 8-bit pixelated makeup and t-shirt is proof that you don’t have to be an extreme overachiever or look like a dork or a slut to enjoy Halloween. Veehee pretty. [Kindacarsick — Thanks Anna Jane Grossman] More »
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Disturbingly Cool “Big Head” Papercraft Halloween Costume

11:20PM Danny Allen | Inspired by the big head mode in retro video games, Eric Testroete created this trippy papercraft self portrait for Halloween last weekend. The geometric look uses 370 individual paper triangles, and here’s how he did it… More »
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Mario Costume With Built-In Sounds Effects Will Satisfy All Dorks

9:58AM Jesus Diaz | I know someone who apparently can’t resist the attraction of Mario. I can’t blame her. I don’t know if it is the moustache or the mushrooms, but I share the feeling. That’s why I like this sound-enabled Mario costume. More »
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iPup

2:20AM Mark Wilson | The iPup begs one question: Is this puppy wearing an iPhone, or is this iPhone wearing a puppy? [Cute Overload]
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The Great Gizmodo Halloween Roundup

12:00PM Chris Jacob | Since I’m feeling festive evening, I thought I would leave you with some of our Halloween posts. OK, really I just can’t pass up a chance to put up these masks of Chen and Blam again. Happy Halloween everyone! More »
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Ghostbuster Proton Pack Can Probably Hunt Real Ghosts

7:40AM Jesus Diaz | I am amazed at the work some people put in their Halloween costumes, like this Ghostbusters proton pack built with LEDs, an Arduino controller, and red and green lasers. I’m so lazy, I’m going to go as the Wolverine. More »