Hasta La Gadget!

We’ve featured a few skins for the PlayStation 4 and the DualShock 4 controller. But if you’re looking for an easier and more affordable way to personalize your system, check out Flaming Toast’s decals for the DualShock 4′s light bar.

The decals feature designs etched out of black vinyl, letting the LEDs in the light bar illuminate the cut out. They can place letters…

patterns…

and best of all, your own custom design. You can ask Flaming Toast to etch your gaming clan’s tag, the logo of your favorite game etc. Here are a couple of examples:

Here’s how easy it is to apply the decal:

Head to Flaming Toast’s Twitter page for more shots of custom decals. Flaming Toast sells the decals for $4.25 (USD) per pair.

[via Polygon]

We’ve seen a model of an antique typewriter made out of LEGO. But this LEGO keyboard made by Jason Allemann actually works and is good enough for daily use. With the exception of the electronics and key membrane – both of which Jason took from a discarded keyboard – the entire device is made out of LEGO.

The base of the keyboard is pretty standard stuff. Jason’s genius shows in the key switches, which he made out of Technic axles and connectors.

It may not be news to LEGO fans, but I didn’t know that LEGO makes pieces that are printed with numbers and letters. However, the world’s most famous toy company hasn’t released pieces printed with other keyboard symbols, so Jason had to improvise. His ersatz caps lock key is my favorite. Of course, Jason can easily swap the keyboard’s pieces. Get to work on that Print Screen piece LEGO.

Jason should put together a DIY kit for the keyboard. I’d buy one. Piece a browser together and head to Jason’s website for more on his awesome mod.

[via The Brothers Brick]

Look at these beautiful playing cards that feature a Steampunk Cthulhu theme. They were created by Nat Iwata, an artist based in Vancouver. These are real works of art that you can play poker with.

This custom playing card set features awesome artwork on back, and the face cards include scenes and characters from Lovecraft’s story. Nat decided to create these Steampunk Cthulhu Resurrection cards as a follow up to his original Steampunk Cthulhu cards from about a year ago.

Nat has also made some custom Cthulhu coins that you can buy with the deck, which will complete your Cthulhu poker night or allow you to start one. Nat has really outdone himself with this set. I don’t know which is cooler, the cards or the coins.

He has already met his Kickstarter goal and it still has a couple of weeks to go. A pledge of at least $10(USD) will get you a deck of cards, while $15 will get you the cards and one coin.

[via Nerd Approved]

…or at least try to do so. The electronics repair specialists at iFixit put together a set of tools that will help you dust off and possibly even repair a variety of gadgets. It comes with spudgers, tweezers, cleaning swabs, and most importantly a 28-bit driver set that works with a variety of screw heads and sizes.

ThinkGeek says you can use the Refurbisher’s Toolkit to open up and clean practically any console. That includes the Xbox One, the PlayStation 4, as well as Nintendo and Sony handheld systems. The kit should also come in handy with some smartphones, laptops and desktop computers.

You can order the Refurbisher’s Toolkit from ThinkGeek for $100 (USD), $20 off its selling price on the iFixit store.

[via Boing Boing]

Check out the company guide book that employees at Nintendo receive. It’s a beautiful work of art. This guide gets handed out to people who get jobs at Nintendo.

These images come from Nintendo fan blog Before Mario. Apparently, Nintendo designs a new one every year. The 2014 edition takes visual cues from the company’s past as a producer of hanafuda cards. It features illustrations that show old-school Nintendo toys in hand-drawn style, and provides a detailed company history to new employees.

Apparently, you can still get one if you pass the first few stages of the hiring process, but don’t get a job. Consider it a parting gift.

This is beautiful nerdy stuff, but I can’t help thinking that Nintendo is looking too much like a wasteful government. They have having a tough time financially of late and yet they no doubt spend a ton of money on this kind of thing. Get your gaming act together first, then you can waste money and give out fancy gifts.

[via Kotaku]