Rest In Piece PS2

So, apparently Sony has officially stopped manufacturing PlayStation 2's after selling over 150 million units, and also 6 years after its successor was released, the PS3.  Don't worry, don't feel bad I also had no idea they were still being made up until recently (seriously.. who would even use a PlayStation 2 still?)

"After over 150 million units sold, Sony has finally put the PlayStation 2 out to pasture.

Even now, as we bid the old bird farewell, the PS2 can hold its proverbial head high. Over 1.5 billion copies of nearly 11,000 titles were sold over the last 12 years. The 70 million PS3 sales to date pale in comparison the the numbers put up by the PS2. In fact, by the numbers, the PS2 is -- make that was -- the most successful console of all time."

Who cares? Goodnight sweet prince. 

My two favourite things combined: Bioshock Big Daddy LEGO

This is a Big Daddy sculpture from Bioshock built out of LEGO, by Finnish LEGO lover Pate-Keetongu.  The sculpture wasn't completely made from LEGO, it is built from pieces of the Lego from the  "Exo-Force flying mecha sets" and the hand drill is a piece from a "Rock Raiders set" from the late 1990's.

"The body is built of pieces from the Lego Exo-Force flying mecha sets, and the arms use ball joints and are movable. For the the builder used a "Big ball" or "Tectonic ball" piece, which is held onto the body with the bricks and tubes around it. The Big Daddy's hand drill is a piece of the classic Rock Raiders sets from the late 1990s."

I would definitely love to buy this as a set and built it however unfortunately it would not meet LEGO's target demographic, but I can always steal his design, ideas and build it myself dream.  That and buy other LEGO sets in the mean time.  The construction process and loads more pictures of the Big Daddy can be found on his blog.

The Humble Bundle

If you haven't heard of this by now, I feel bad for you. The Humble Bundle is a collection of games which you can get for any price you want, the price you pay is split between a couple of charities, several indie game developers and the website itself. The bundle includes Voxatron Alpha, several old games by the creators, Gish, and two more recently added games Blocks that matter and The Binding of Isaac) have been added on to the collection. There is only 2 days left to buy the Humble Bundle, and if you pay more than the average price of currently $5.25 you get two more awesome games. To buy all the games individually would cost around $35.

"Pay what you want. If you bought these games separately it would cost around $35 but we are letting you set the price. All of the games work great on Mac, Windows, and Linux."

To buy the game bundle (which can also be redeemed on Steam!), click here.

Of course if you don't want to donate to charity and indie game developers you can always play the demos for a couple of the games in the bundle. The Binding of Isaac demo and the Blocks That Matter demo.

New Games As Old NES Cartridges

72Pins, is a (not so well known) company which basically sells NES cartridges. The unique 'service' they provide is that they put new popular game stickers on the front of the cartridge and try to rip people off $20 each, now I'm not going to say this is a bad idea, but this is a bad idea. Despite this, each cartridge sells for $20 (not forgetting $14 for shipping), and depressingly many of the cartridges are out of stock.

I'm not going to lie, the artwork for some of the cartridges genuinely look really nice, but you could just print one of the stickers off and put it on a NES cartridge for under $10, alternatively you could remember that they serve absolutely no purpose and keep your money.

Visit their site to view more new games on old games or to buy these for just under $40 each. That made sense, right?