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Modding those consoles, who knows it better than the DIYer at the Ben Heck forum? We’ve seen novelties rolled out by him, and all have been appreciated. The latest from the forum is Sifuf’s Nintendo Sixtyfree Lite-R with a 5-inch screened portable N64, which too deserves a noted mention. Adorned in the original plastic makeover, the ultra-portable N64 mod has all the features and buttons of the actual controller but is more graceful with headphone jack space and C-button stick, but no batteries included.

Nintendo screwed over a lot of Earthbound fans by not releasing its sequel, Mother 3, in the states. Despite all the persistence the Earthbound community has demonstrated by forming petitions and massively spamming Nintendo Of America’s mail room, the folks at Nintendo feel that translating Mother 3 into English will not yield much profit in the states.

I love the pluck and moxie of the Internet's constabulary of modders who deign to cram the bloated guts of a long-dead console into the home built chassis of a portable, but it's always the lines that get me: ergonomic monstrosities cut from fiber board with lines and corners sharp enough to slice open the fleshy web between thumb and forefinger.

On July 19, 2008, seismologists across the globe experienced a strange phenomenon -- the needles on their trusty seismographs began to bounce ever so slightly. Some would blame it on tiny movements in our Earth's tectonic plates. Others would attribute it to faulty equipment. Those with an active internet connection and a penchant for gaming news, however, quickly discovered the cause of the activity -- simultaneous, powerful groans, uttered in response to an image of Sonic the Hedgehog, brandishing a broadsword.