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New Era Introduces Caps Celebrating Your 8-Bit Heros

New Era is traditionally known for its hats featuring logos of professional sports teams. But, starting in Japan, the company is introducing a Super Mario Bros. line featuring characters from the well-loved games represented as 8-bit sprites.


SNES Headphones Are The Best Way To Recycle Your Old Controllers

Forget Beats, Marshall or whatever the hell else cans you see people wandering around wearing. What you really, really need in your life is a pair of SNES headphones. Here’s how to make ‘em.


3D-Print Your Own Real-Life N64 GoldenEye Remote Mines

Ask anyone who was an avid gamer in the 1990s what the greatest console game of all time is, and a vast majority will say GoldenEye on the N64. Many of us lost a good chunk of our childhood to the game’s fantastic multiplayer mode and its wonderful weaponry, including the dastardly remote mines, which you can now enjoy in real life.


How Many Tetris Pieces Would You Need To Build A House?

It was the game that defined a revolution in handheld gaming, but during the countless hours you spent playing Tetris and neatly organising falling tetrominoes, did you ever stop and wonder how many of those pieces you’d need to build a full-size house? Probably not, after all what kid spends their time imagining about home engineering?


Apple Accidentally Approves A Gameboy Advance Emulator

Awesome Baby Names generator caught the Apple apps approval team napping, it seems, although not for very long.


Hacker Turns An NES Console Into An 8-Bit Gaming Laptop

Forget dropping thousands of dollars on the monstrously specced gaming laptops sold by the likes of Alienware. As long as you’re not itching to play the latest titles, you can look to the hacker who created this brilliant working NES laptop for some money-saving DIY inspiration.


Ben Heck Ends The Console Wars By Cramming Them All Into One Box

Hacker, modder and DIY extraordinaire Ben Heck has seemingly done the impossible with his latest project. For years, a fierce battle has raged between proponents of the big three gaming consoles, but to finally bring peace and civility to gaming forums across the land, Heck created an all-in-one console that combines a PS3, Xbox 360 and Wii U.


This Bluetooth Controller Is Fluent In Wii, Wii U And Android

When you tire of all the fancy motion controls and just want to enjoy some classic button-mashing gameplay on your Wii or Wii U, consider this wireless controller — particularly if you’re an Android gamer too. In addition to playing well with Nintendo’s hardware, this gamepad also cosies up to your smartphone or tablet.


This 8-Bit Annoying Person Remover Has Great Prank Potential

If you start wasting somebody’s time at NASA, this is how they’re going to get you out of their office. Or it’s how JPL engineer Mark Rober will anyway. This hacked Nintendo console will definitely put you on notice.


Carry Zelda’s Homework In This Fantastic Hylian Shield Backpack

It’s bad news if you’re a rabid Legend of Zelda fan. It turns out there’s only one of these brilliant Hylian shield backpacks available from Ivana Roso’s Etsy store. So if you’ve got $60 to spare, and are quick on the ‘Add to Cart’ draw, you can snatch it up and save your own princess from having to carry her books to class.