Geek In Me

by JC Fletcher via nintendowiifanboy.com

Joe D’s concept of a beautiful, Atari VCS-style Wiimote, Nunchuk, Perfect Shot, and Classic Controller makes us want to slap some wood veneer over the shiny white controllers right away. While thirty years and Jonathan Ive have clouded our minds, one look at something like this reminds us that real electronics look like furniture. Microsoft knows this!

Despite being one of the most obvious designs (in our minds), we didn’t see a woodgrain theme on the one decal site we checked, the popular DecalGirl. That means the market is wide open! We’re not sure, however, what’s going on with the lights. Electronics with lights? That’s crazy.





by Darren Murph via engadget.com

It’s tough for us to go six months without a newfangled approach to hacking the famed USB missile launcher, so it’s with great joy that we present to you this particular one. By utilizing a spare Wiimote, a USB-enabled PC, a USB missile launcher, a few strips of duct tape and a minor amount of programming knowledge, you too can craft an auto-aiming launcher which can find, aim at and attack IR targets.