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Design

Put Good-Looking Game Controllers On Your Tree

8:00AM Chris Jacob | If you really want to put video-game controllers on your tree, please hang these up. They’re a much better option than dangling your filthy old Saturn controller by its cord. [Ponoko via Technabob]
Peripherals

Self-Explanatory

12:44AM Mark Wilson | See subject, IMDB quotes section for more. [Geek Stuff 4 U via UberGizmo]
Design

Joysticks And Rayguns Are The Latest Gadgets To Get Exploded

11:45AM Sean Fallon | Still not tired of the whole exploded t-shirt thing? Now you can add rayguns and joysticks to your collection for $US16. More »
Design

Vitruvian Voltron

5:40AM Mark Wilson | If only Leonardo da Vinci had 1980s cartoons as his muse, it would be Voltron representing Man’s innate tie to geometry and architecture. Live in that better world by purchasing this $US18 t-shirt or sniffing more Crayola. [ThinkGeek via RedFerret]
Design

Nu Pop Watches Make Being Hip Almost Worth The Inconvenience

1:27AM Mark Wilson | Ignore the site’s lame hip hop and its general theme of trying too hard, because these nu pop watches by designer Pascal Mouawad and musician Jermaine Dupri are pretty snazzy in their own right. $US145. [nupop via Whollysblog via bookofjoe]
Design

Da Vinci’s The Last Supper, Painted In 4000 Rubik’s Cube

8:00AM Mark Wilson | It took five people two months to recreate Leonardo Da Vinci’s The Last Supper in Rubik’s Cubes, but it will take those same five people the rest of their lives to solve it. [Popped Culture via firstcoastnews via Neatorama]
Design

Ecko Star Wars Watches, If You’re Not Fett Up Yet

12:40AM Mark Wilson | We can only imagine how much money there is to be made on a $US100 geek hoodies, which probably why Marc Ecko, teamed with Timex, is looking to release a line of Star Wars watches next. More »
Design

The Shark Still Looks Fake

5:20AM Mark Wilson | Strike fear into the hearts of men with the courteous Three Dimensions of Terror t-shirt ($10). Its 3D shark is kind enough to wait for its victims to put on glasses before commencing the attack. [Threadless via More »
Entertainment

New Astro Boy Trailer Makes Me Want This New Astro Boy Toy

3:15PM Danny Allen | Check out this wicked Astro Boy figurine recently spotted at Hong Kong’s Ani-Com show. I can’t wait for the big-screen CG reboot of everyone’s favourite Pinocchio-like android kid with arm canons. Speaking of which, new full-length trailer after the jump! More »