The Evolution of Video Game Controllers
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The complete evolutionary tree of the video game controller, tracking 82 species and 9 genera over four decades. Printed in rich indigo ink. My favorite is still the Intellivision controller which was basically a phone dialpad with a weird disc you used to move.
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Mainland USA, According to Common Sense
The sad thing is, I'm pretty sure all of these "jokes" are based on actual statistics from the US Census. The other sad thing is, I bet the 95% of us who couldn't name half of the color blocks when looking at a blank...
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Bexar Goods Leather-Wrapped NES Console
And you thought an NES console couldn't get any sexier. Bexar Goods has taken tech skins to luscious leather levels, wrapping a classic Nintendo Entertainment System in premium buck brown harness leather from Wickett...
The Secret Lives of Superheroes Prints
Greg-guillemin reigns supreme: Best Paparazzo Ever. I knew Wonder Woman's rack wasn't real. But I have to say, I definitely took it for silicone over Kleenex. Her tissue-molding skills are impressive. Superheros may pick...
Working Nintendo Controller Coffee Table
What holds feet, beer, and the controls that will drive your world-record-setting Tetris score? Feast your eyes on the fully-functional Nintendo Controller Coffee Table. Charles Lushear has entwined old school entertainment...
Evolution of the Bat-Signal Poster
Geez, 30 permutations of Batman's Bat-Signal from 1940 to 2012. I wish the stale logos of Ford and Chevrolet would take a page out of the progressive DC Comics' book. Maybe then I'd consider buying an American car as...
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FunKey S - World's Smallest Foldable Console
Oh FunKey S, you cute wittle bitty foldable console, you could not have crossed my path at a better time. I was recently forced to give up my flip phone for my first ever smartphone, and even though it's only been a week...
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Concealed Art NES & Pinball Data Art Prints
When you play NES you see graphics - rudimentary, 8-bit graphics, sure, but compared to what the gaming console "sees"? What appears on screen looks pretty amazing. Artist and software developer Michael Vogt thinks so...
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Better Than What's Really Inside Garage Door Decals
Best not to keep anything really good inside your garage because these snazzy garage door decals sporting vehicles, airplanes, animals, and scenes that are still probably better than whatever it is are sure going to draw...
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LEGO Art - Buildable Posters with Soundtracks
In September 2020 LEGO is releasing a series of buildable brick pop culture posters, each with an accompanying soundtrack. They're calling them LEGO Art. Here's hoping their interpretations of Andy Warhol's Marilyn Monroe...
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LEGO Nintendo Entertainment System
Complete with insertable Super Mario Bros. cartridge. Don't forget to blow first. LEGO's Nintendo Entertainment System drops on August 1, 2020, and even as someone who's not a Zack, Zack LEGO Maniac I gotta say, LEGO...
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Star Wars on Earth Prints
Stirring scenes from American history, meet stirring scenes from American sci-fi. This set of 4 Star Wars prints from Thirteenth Floor pits some of the Empire's worst villains against some of our own greatest war heroes...
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1980s Slang Chart Poster
While this 1980s Slang Chart poster gives me a happy jolt of nostalgia on a gray and sluggish morning, it also makes me feel elderly and moderately embarrassed. Not only do I know every single word the chart points out...