Technabob » frankenstein http://technabob.com/blog Cool Gadgets, Gizmos, Games and Weird Science Tue, 14 Feb 2012 00:00:55 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Steampunk-Inspired Monster Arcade Cabinet http://technabob.com/blog/2009/09/29/steampunk-inspired-monster-arcade-cabinet/ http://technabob.com/blog/2009/09/29/steampunk-inspired-monster-arcade-cabinet/#comments Tue, 29 Sep 2009 12:43:13 +0000 Alisha K. http://technabob.com/blog/?p=20638 Arcade cabinets are just cool–there’s no way around that. However, when they’re built completely from the ground up, in a whole nifty steampunk motif, complete with a little touch of Frankenstein? Then they even make that ol’ Pac-Gentleman look… okay, that’s still pretty incredible, too.

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It plays games! It plays music! It’s equipped with Edison electric light, so don’t try to use a match on it! That’s what the warning label says, anyway, and it seems like sound advice. Though it’s always tempting to torch Frankenstein’s monster.

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Dedicated builder Doug Haffner has documented the entire experience on a website, and if you want to watch a great deal of Lost – that’s apparently how he kept himself entertained whilst carving and fitting – you too can produce your own monster arcade machine.

[via Geeky Gadgets]

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