Gone are the days of the Commodore’s reign in the gaming world. Or is it? A new rumor circulating this fine Memorial Day pegs claimed Commodore USA rights holder, Barry Altman, has a new trick up his sleeve in the form Eee PC Keyboard rival. I say claimed as Commodore Gaming has gone on the record to say that Barry Altman is basically full of crap when it comes to “his rights”. Not that Commodore Gaming has done anything interesting in the last decade...

I’ve often heard that kids who are bored are kids that get in trouble. Not a kid Nick Hagman decided that yes, he was bored. And yes, he was going to beat Super Mario a 1,001st time. Except this time he’d be a bit more creative and not use the typical Nintendo controller. This crafty chap took it upon himself to configure a Dance Dance Pad to take over button mashing duties and make a now easy game inexplicably difficult once again. As Nick points on in...

Need some retro mod to get your old greasy juices flowing? Happy to oblige you I am… The typewriter you see below was destined to a life of emptiness and dark corner sitting until SRK member “NeoBlood” got his hands on it. The transformation isn’t “way out there” like some gadget mods we’ve seen. Simple and functional is the name of the game here. But simple is ok, especially considering the games played with a joystick are...

Motorcycles aren’t something we typically cover here at Gadgetsteria as after all, we’re a gadget blog. But one thing in particular that gadget aficionados seem to be infatuated with is steampunk gadgets. The steampunk chopper (real name: Black Widow) you see above you — awesome. We’ll rationalize our decision to mention it on the fact that it has spark plugs, hence it’s an electronic of sorts. Fine by me. Would you ride off into the...

Some call it addiction, some call it passion. Whatever you call it, the Steampunk genre of gadget modding has a loyal following no less. We’ve some pretty determined and unique creations pass by here. But the Victorian Organ Command Desk that resides in Bruce and Melanie Rosenbaum’s house looks to be the best and most complete ‘punkified mod of a gadget I’ve seen yet. (Of course, I say that every time…) But this particular mod is but one...