Posts by tag: geek

but is it art? November 22, 2016 posted by

Art of ATARI – all your favorite classic game covers in one place

So, in 2016, the art on our game boxes is generally just grabbed from the game. There’s no real difference between what we see on the package and what we interact with on the disc (and if there is, that’s generally a problem). That wasn’t always the case, back in the day you had to imagine what the characters looked like, based on the box. Art of ATARI is the book that collects all that iconic art into one place.

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Art of ATARI – all your favorite classic game covers in one place
heh heh! September 29, 2016 posted by

Key Armory – one key to rule them all

So doors that you can open with your smartphone are the future but most of us don’t possess that technology in our everyday lives yet. That doesn’t mean that we can’t have really awesome keys. Get a literal Keyblade from the Key Armory, the key maker that turns geek fantasy swords into real world keys.

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Key Armory – one key to rule them all
Gadgets April 25, 2016 posted by

NES Paul – the original system can play again, music that is

Do you ever wonder what happened to all those original NES systems that we loved as kids? Are they floating around landfills? Still in your mom’s basement somewhere (that’s where mine is) or did they find new life through crafting? We can safely say that some of them are being used to today as the bodies for the NES Paul, the guitar with a gray box body.

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NES Paul – the original system can play again, music that is