With Christmas fast approaching (really), it’s time for geeks to start planning how they’re going to decorate their tree.
Once you’ve decided on the tree itself, you’ll need to work out what to hang off it.

Yes, you could stay fairly traditional and use baubles and candies, but how about decorating the tree with miniature replicas of [...]

While doing my regular trawl through geeky craft sites, I found these woolly tributes to Pac-Man and Mario.

Pac-Man Ghosts

Do you know how Tetris, Arkanoid, Pong, Super Mario and Sonic were created?
Amusement Magazine has the answer, it seems, with some stunning high resolution imagery of the fixtures and fittings required for each game.

Please don’t ask me how I stumbled across these, as I really can’t remember. I honestly wasn’t searching for people and groups singing a cappella versions and medleys of video games, but once I’d found one I had to find some more.
Yeah it’s Friday, whatever.
Sit back and enjoy:
1. Tetris

“The music of Daft Punk revisited on Vintage Game Systems”
Here we have 11 Daft Punk tracks covered using 8-bit gaming systems:

Around The World by The Listrix
Short Circuit by Random
Voyager by Zombectro
Revolution 909 by Note!
Aerodynamic by Je deviens dj en 3 jours
Superheroes by Stage7
Crescendolls by Flashbob
One More Time by Microchip
Teachers by Fluxxin
Indo Silver Club by Motone
Veridis [...]

Davie Bowie is already a legend, but now it turns out he is in every video game ever made!

Well, a lot of them anyway.

I might have to pass up on this one, folks. But hey, you never know – someone out there might just be enticed with this line of snackables that are gamer friendly. With a tag line like “Boost your game with Gamer Grub,” these snacks are sure to catch the attention of countless [...]

Last year, the UK’s Museum of Computing had to close because the University of Bath moved out of a campus in Swindon where the collection was housed.
Now, though, it’s received a new lease of life thanks to Swindon Borough Council which has offered the museum a three-year lease in the heart of the town.

Today I received an interesting email from Alex Winston whose company has been developing a virtual joystick application for the iPhone and iPod touch.
It’s a prototype that allows Wolfenstein 3D to be controlled from a second device connected up using a crossover audio cable.

If you’re serious about gaming then you’ll be wanting to get the best hardware to go with the latest games for your PC or console, and the VisionRacer VR3 could be just what you need for the ultimate driving and racing experience.
VRI Technology built in Logitech’s force feedback wheels and pedals to the smart seat [...]

This is a handsome creature now is it? :) I know you’d get several raves when you flash this mouse out in a network gaming arena. A great knight is as great only as his sword. Remember King Arthur? If he didn’t have Excalibur, I’m not sure he would [...]

Scrye Magazine, the longest-running periodical reporting on the collectible card game hobby and the leading print resource for secondary-market prices on Magic: The Gathering, will cease publication in April 2009 as announced in an email to former editors and contributors.
The last issue will be #131. The magazine launched in 1993. The fate of GamingReport.com, the [...]

I’m a sucker for addictive flash games. I don’t know about you, but I think the best video games are almost always simple and fun. Flash games tend to have both qualities.
Now, I know that Flash games often don’t have much depth. But that’s ok for me. I just [...]

Am I glad I didn’t cave in to buy a Nintendo DS light during the holidays, EVEN when they’re giving it away for US$85 with an old handheld game console trade-in? I sure am! LOL. I almost did when the daughter gave me a pout, but I held on strong and said… it’s [...]

Well, my house is now rich by one gaming gadget today.
I bought my son the PSP Madden ‘09 limited edition bundle as a Christmas gift. The shiny blue finish is really beautiful and, in my opinion, quite manly. Being the gadget freak that I am, I just couldn’t leave the PSP be without tinkering [...]

Perhaps one of the best things about the DS is the sheer variety of gameplay on offer, which means that over this Christmas you shouldn’t have any problem at all either finding a present for yourself or for a loved one!
This year, look out for the brilliant Professor Layton And The Curious Village for something [...]