Xbox 360 and Nintendo DS Want to be Like Wii
Way back in August, we reported that the Xbox 360 gaming console from Microsoft was going to upgrade their controllers with some Nintendo Wii-like motion conrol. Well unlike 90 percent of the rumors y...
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Look! Mario is Wandering the Windy City
In the case of Mario, we love seeing the little 8-bit guy out of the video game he calls home and into our real world in the form of pushpin Super Mario wall art, Super Mario castle brick benches and ...
Final Frame: Gamer Cupcakes Galore
Just one of the several wonderfully enticing gamer and tech related cupcakes showcased over at MyModernMet.com. Like pixel art, but a whole lot tastier!...
Design Flaws that Ruined Great Gadgets
Popular Mechanics published an article featuring five smart gadgets that were ruined—ruined!—by stupid design flaws. Clearly, this was a link we had to post and share. We went inside expec...
Show Your Love for Retro Video Games at Work
You know you love the retro sights and sounds of Space Invaders and Tetris. Your equally geeky buddies and—probably to your chagrin—your girlfriend know it too. But what about the guys at ...
DIY: Turn Your NES System Into Something Spectacular
Since we're going full-speed into our DIY month here at Unplggd and the rest of Apartment Therapy, I wanted to highlight one of my all time favorite DIY guides ever made, courtesy of the folks over at...
IDAPT Charger Makes Wires Dissappear
If Unplggd was a superhero—perhaps we'll call him The Unplggd Avenger—his platform would be to rid the world's homes of ugly tech and his only weakness, his Kryptonite we should say, would...
The Dark Knight—as an 8-bit Nintendo Game
No lie, I've still got an old Sega Genesis up and running to play games on. Sure, the XBOX 360 is a fun console to play—and I don't need to tell you about the Wii I don't have that I desperately...
Tech-Inspired Posters from a Brillant Young UK Designer
Olly Moss, a 21-year old UK artist, is probably best known for his popular t-shirt designs which have virally spread all across the interwebs (We posted his awesomely accurate AV T-Shirt a few months ...
Look! Pushpin Super Mario Wall Art
Using over 17,000 pins on a bulletin board, the students of the CIS Student Association created an homage to their favourite vid game hero (appears to be from Super Mario Bros. 3). Amazing, and comple...
'Slightly' Sweat-Absorbing Hemp-Wrapped Wii-Mote
Admittedly, we here at Unplggd always go for a clean, sleek form factor. We love the look of a nice aluminum Apple iMac, an elegant Bang & Olufsen television or the white, shiny Nintendo Wii. But if y...
Look! Retro Tech Felt Gear
Holiday shopping is in full swing, and you've got a friend or loved who is a little bit geeky, has a indie crafty streak and pines for the days of old tech like 8-bit gaming, audio tapes and floppy di...
Nintendo Keyless Entry System
This is not another useful hack of the Wii (like our post on How To: Wii-mote Control Your Curtains), but it's close. This hack from Instructables user action_owl takes advantage of a CD-Rom drive and...
Play NES, SNES and Sega Genesis Games On One Console
Time to clean out the attic! If you pack rats can get your hands on the boxes you packed, sealed and labeled with "GAME CARTRIDGES" back in 1994, you'll be happy to know that you can now play all of y...
Do You Leave Your Gaming Console On All the Time?
We'd like to think that most of the readers of the Apartment Therapy family of sites (That's all those links resting at the very top of this page) are in favor of making green choices in their life. S...
X-Biking: Like Wii Fit, But Xtreme
Having the willpower to exercise is not always easy, otherwise everybody would be perfectly toned and tight and Krispy Kreme doughnuts would sell through the roof. But playing video games? Well any ha...
How To: Camouflage Your Wii Sensor Bar
Honestly we didn't think that the Wii sensor bar, the thin bar that you probably put on top of your TV to read your Wii-motes' signals, was ever a mess to hide. Nintendo did a pretty good job of makin...
Free Gamer's Cross-Stitch Pattern
Got a diehard gamer or two in our household? Why not spruce of their gaming den with a bit of old fashioned cross stitch pattern decoration with a free cross-stitch pattern download from The Domestic ...
XBOX, Wii and Guitar Hero Cufflinks add Geek Flair to Chic Tablescapes
Being AT fans, we are no stranger to the tabletop catch-all dish. It's great on a desk to catch paperclips and wayward rubberbands, and it's great on a bedside table to catch rings and other late-nigh...
DIY Techie Costumes: Cheap and Original
Because Unplggd loves you, we don't want to see you be the 4th "The Dark Knight" Joker at any party this Halloween. Lucky for you, we've found these do-it-yourself tech-related costumes while scouring...
Handmade Nintendo DS Cases go Retro
You know how some people are Apple freaks? And how they'll buy anything with that half-bitten fruit stamped on it? (Kinda like this guy with his Apple cake!) We're beginning to think that there are al...
The Nintoaster: 8-bit Pop Carts?
As much as we liked our Wii and Xbox 360 (which we both sold to purchase a new Nikon D90...priorities), there was something missing from the newfangled games that couldn't compare to the halcyon days ...
Donkey Kong Jenga: A Tech Take on a Table-Top Favorite
I don't know why, but every single one of my friends is a Jenga fanatic. We've all got at least one game in our house. Some have colorful Jengas, some have truth-or-dare versions, and some even have a...
Retro Video Game Belt Buckles
It's that time of year: Labor Day has whizzed by and the holidays are fast approaching. We've already begun our shopping (only because of a great find we couldn't pass up). If you know a techie—...
Nintendo-Made Router Matches Your Wii
It's just a router. Nothing special. It takes your internet by ethernet and makes a wireless signal that your laptop or—gasp—your Wii can connect to from anywhere in your house. That Wii c...
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