duck hunt

Design

Why Lightguns Are Restricted By Most Hunting Permits

2:00AM Mark Wilson | And with a bit of luck and a lot of practiced skill, the stoic hunter feeds his family for another day. Now commemorate the plebeian triumph with this $US19 shirt. [uneetee via Fashionably Geek]
Games

Electronic Games 1979: Addictive, Exciting, Primitive As Hell

5:20AM Mark Wilson | After the first Pong cabinet was placed in Andy Capp’s Cavern in 1972, video games exploded, reaching their full stride by the late ’70s. Here are some of the notable games/systems you played (or would have played) back then: More »
Games

Duck Huntin’ Shirt Protects Your Butt From Embarrassing, Painless Accident

12:50AM Mark Wilson | Look, I’m for the right to bear arms as much as the next guy—I just don’t like ducks.
Weapons

ST-2 Indoor Shooting Simulator Is Duck Hunt on Steroids

7:00AM Gizmodo US Edition | For the ultimate game of Duck Hunt, Marksman Training Systems is offering the ST-2 shooting simulator–the first on the market for shotgun and rifle shooting. Co-developed by the British Association for Shooting and Conservation, the simulator is so accurate that its used by Russian and Slovakian national clay shooting teams as a way to practice before the Olympics. More »
Gadgets

DIY Duck Hunt Lamp Still Has That Blasted Laughing Dog

6:00AM Gizmodo US Edition | When I look at the classic Nintendo Zapper I think of my younger days as a screaming, hot-headed 8-bit gamer, but not Fluffypants. No siree. The enterprising DIY lamp artist looked at the orange and grey plastic and saw a lamp. A few hours and one fabricated cardboard NES cartridge stand later, that laughing dog was back in action, ready to haunt my dreams once again. If this model played the level intro music I’d be tempted to break out the glue gun, but for now I’ll just marvel at its brilliance from afar. [Craftster via Boing Boing Gadgets] More »