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Woolygeeks’ Fuzzy, Felted Video Game Characters

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I think we can all agree that biggest problem with retro video game characters is all of those jagged edges. I mean really, you could cut your hands on those sharp pixel corners. So what’s the solution? How about smoothing them out and making them fuzzy?

At least that’s what…

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September 19th, 2009 by: Technabob

Stickable Sound Pads Turn Any Surface Into a Speaker

SoundPads by Sonic Impact are stickable little pads that “convert any thin-walled high-transmission surface into permanent stereo speakers.” That means you can stick these guys on a door, cabinet, table, box, desk, or even a poster- and have insta-speakers.

The site gives you fair warning that once these are stuck, they aren’t coming…

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July 30th, 2008 by: Karen M.

Q*Bert Qollects Quarters Quite Quickly

Q*Bert Qollects Quarters

I saw this poster over on eBay earlier today, and I thought it was really funny.

Designed as a promotional piece to encourage arcades to carry the classic game Q*Bert, somebody in the marketing department at Gottlieb got the bright idea to replace pretty much every letter they could with…

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September 15th, 2007 by: Technabob

Q*Bert + Quilt = Quiltbert

Q*Bert Quilt

Remember the expletive-spouting orange dude from 1980s arcade game, Q*bert? Well the strange little guy has now been immortalized in this awesome handmade video game quilt by Lenore, an artist over an Evil Mad Scientist Labs.

She’s done a valiant job recreating the details of the game, including the game’s…

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August 16th, 2007 by: Technabob

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