Licensed Portal 2 turret replica to arrive later this year, leave ammo at home

Licensed Portal 2 Turret replica to arrive later this year, leave bullets at home

If an enthusiast-built Portal 2 turret piques your interest, Gaming Heads’ Valve-licensed miniature replica may very well force your wallet open. Modeled using Portal 2‘s in-game assets and cast in “high quality poly-stone,” these mini-turrets aim to intimidate intruders with a motion activated light-up eye. In addition to the stoically silent basic model, the company’s offering an exclusive edition, which plays sounds and voice samples from the game. Only 1,100 of these hand painted facsimiles will be produced (350 with sound, 750 without), but the company notes that other figures based on the adorable death machines are in the works. Pre-orders have already begun, so collectors will want to act fast — provided they’re ready to pony up $300-325, of course.

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PS3 game Journey to get retail treatment with Collector’s Edition

The small development studio known as thatgamecompany has pioneered a vision of redefining what a “video game” is. Its creations like Flow and Flower certainly have structure, gameplay mechanics, and goals to accomplish. But ask anyone what the story of either of these games is, or what happens if you die, and you’ll be waiting a long time for a solid response.

The latest creation is a downloadable game called Journey. The company’s creations are truly unique, and even though they may not be like anything you’ve ever played before, a lot of gamers – casual to hardcore – are becoming enamored with thatgamecompany’s style. So for the first time, it is branching out of the niche reach of the PlayStation Store and bringing its creations to a retail PS3 game that will launch later this summer for $29.99.

Although the title is ”
Journey: Collector’s Edition,” and it will be marketed as a retail version of the developer’s latest game, it includes complete editions of both Flow and Flower, as well as bonus content across all three games. In addition, customers who buy the retail disc will receive a free month of PlayStation Plus. No doubt Sony is banking on both newcomers to the franchise and the die-hard fans to make this venture profitable.

[via PlayStation Blog]


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Trackball Game Controller: Stuck Between a PC and a Console

When it comes to FPS gaming, I don’t think anything can top the ol’ mouse and keyboard combo if we’re looking at functionality. The sheer number of keys plus the accuracy of the mouse just can’t be beat. But if we’re talking about comfort, you can’t beat the console’s sidekick, the gamepad. What if there was a controller that combined the best of both worlds?

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Sadly, Peter Von Buskirk’s Trackball PC Game Controller is not that perfect amalgam. But it is a compromise with potential.  If you’ve used either a gamepad or a trackball then you know what to expect from this concept.

I like the controller a lot, but I have two complaints about it. First of all, why is this only being made for the PC and not for consoles? I think this will benefit not only the fans of the annual Shoot of Shooty: Men of Shooting fps games, but also strategy games and other games that require lots of pointing and browsing, games which are hard to implement on the console partly because of the lack of a mouse.

My second complaint is the location of the trackball. By placing it on the right, it exacerbates the weakness of gamepads – now you’ll have access to even less buttons because your right thumb is making sweet love to that sexy trackball. It would be fine if the left half of the controller had buttons, but there’s still a D-pad there.

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Von Buskirk setup a Kickstarter fundraiser for the controller; unfortunately as of this writing he’s only managed to raise about $12,000 (USD) out of his $125,000 goal, with only 8 days remaining to fulfill the quota. You can still pledge for the controller if you want – $36 is enough to reserve a unit – you won’t be charged if the fundraiser doesn’t meet it’s quota anyway so you don’t have anything to lose. I hope Von Buskirk keeps working on his controller even if his fundraiser fails. Maybe he’ll find the perfect compromise someday.


Mario on Yoshi: Yoshi’s Theme is Now Playing in Your Head

Who can forget Mario’s lovable and dependable green sidekick? Sorry Luigi, we’re still not talking about you. I’m talking about Yoshi, the omnivorous, egg-laying, ground stomping, tongue swinging dinosaur. Jacob Ashley immortalizes a familiar sight in many a gamer’s mind with this wood and acrylic piece.

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Ashley made the pixel art sculpture out of pine, acrylic and epoxy. He then hand painted it to make the two heroes look like they burst out of a TV in 1990.

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You can buy the sculpture at Yetee Gallery for $400 (USD), which is incidentally is also how much an original copy of Super Mario World costs today.

[via The Wooden Arcade via it8bit]


Space Invaders Gift Toppers Ready to Land on Presents Everywhere

Don’t these paper Space Invaders look amazing? They are all rainbow and pixelly just how I like ‘em. Perfect to put on top of a gift or just hang up on the wall. These bring back good memories of blasting aliens to smithereens. Plus, the handmade touch makes them much nicer than just plain old Space Invaders wrapping paper.
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They were made by Kate of Minieco who is a very talented paper knitter. I don’t think I could have done anywhere near as good of a job as she did, but if you want to try your hand at making these, she has instructions on her website.

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She suggests using them as gift toppers instead of bows, which is a great idea, but you could use them in any number of ways and they will look great. These are so good I can already hear the sound effects of the game rattling around in my head.

[via Geek Crafts via Neatorama]


Real Geek Fragrances Will Up Your Mana & Health

Smell Like Your Favorite Gaming Class

If there ever was a scent that told the world what a geek you are, this is it! ThinkGeek’s RPG scented oils let you choose to smell like your favorite fantasy game class: Fighter, Rogue, Mage, Claric, Paladin or Ranger. It’s perfect for any RPG-lover, whether you like to play Dungeons & Dragons, WOW or go out LARPing.