Tag Archives: design

Apple II. Famous computer. Used one back in 1st and 2nd grade. Ugly as shit, though. That’s why I wonder what someone is doing putting a gorgeous-looking Mac Mini inside an ugly old, dilapidated beige box such as this one. To each his own I guess. You know, making a case mod from old Apple hardware isn’t a hard task. ...

Two things can make a man fall to his knees: video games and women. That’s why when I saw designer Ashley Buerkett’s Mushroom Kingdom board game, I instantly fell in love. First off, let’s focus on the intricacies and details involved here. Two NES controllers, a castle, mushrooms and a landscape right out of Yoshi’s Island. To boot, it’s all ...

Goddamn would you look at the size of this thing. Two gigantic fans that look like they belong on the latest GeForce card and a battery that can be used to fend off potential attackers. iFixIt, a company that regularly goes inside brand new Macs to get a closer look at them, cracked open a brand-spankin’ new 17-inch unibody Macbook ...

How does one create such a juicy, delicious masterpiece of brickery? Sure, it doesn’t have 50,000 pieces and may not resemble a George Lucas-inspired spaceship, but hey, if there’s one thing humans love, it’s chicken. Delicious, slow-roasted chicken breast, glazed in honey and PVC plastic. Mmmmm. I wonder how Martin Jaspers, creator of this masterpiece, designed the oven. It’s very ...

No, no. Not the kind your ex-girlfriend gave you. Sheesh. The kind with the blue legs that taste delicious and melt in your mouth? Try again. Half-Life? No, no. That’s a headcrab. Guys and gals, I’m talking about the soda can crab. Look at this cute little bugger. Don’t you want to take him home and let him collect dust ...

Cellphones are a great convenience for us, but not so great for Mother Earth. See, cellphones pack lots of toxic, non-biodegradable chemicals and components. That’s why Samsung created Blue Earth, a cellie made from recycled plastic bottles that can be charged via solar panels on the back of the device. It’ll text, it’ll call, it’ll even tell you how many ...

Even though we act like adults, some of us are still kids at heart. The Kotaku boys have done a fantastic roundup of the current NYC Toy Fair and some of the goodies they found are enough to make guys of any age scream with joy. For instance, check out the detail on the Dead Space action figure of Isaac ...

Consider yourself a true Resident Evil fan? Did you change your name to Albert Wesker? If you consider yourself the “master of all lockpicking,” then break out that credit card and get ready to drain your bank account. Some dude on eBay is selling a bunch of official Biohazard/Resident Evil apparel and it won’t come cheap. You’ll find vests from ...

Want to impress that special gamer in your life? Show your significant other you care with these awesome-looking Starcraft II Valentine’s Day cards. There are high-resolution versions on Kotaku’s website in case you want to actually print one out to give to someone. I’m not sure how that’d go but if they play World of Warcraft, I’m pretty sure they’ll ...

For those of you with expanding book collections, here’s a way you can spice up your bookshelf without breaking the bank. Take similar sized books, use printer paper for a cover, draw dots on the spine and, finally, arrange them so they create a unique scene of some sort. Such a simple idea I never would have thought of doing. ...