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Boing Boing Gadgets: Real Gaming Medals
Finally, acknowledgement for all those cities I saved in Missile Command.
Boing Boing Gadgets just posted the above really cool, totally physical gaming medals. Perfect Christmas gift for the Gaming Is Serious Business player in your life, y/y?
Boing Boing Gadgets: You deserve a medal for your many victories.
See also:
Boing Boing: Katamari Damacy knitted baby hat (awww!)
Comments
Those are awesome. They remind me of the old Activision achievement patches. You had to get a certain score, take a picture of your TV with the game paused, and mail it in, and they'd send you one of these awesome things:
***BLING BLING***
very cool indeed.
I can't tell if these are really cool, or uber-lame. I have a feeling that these could only be worn on surplus military jackets, but then I feel like I'd look like the lead singer of My Chemical Romance. Would that be cool or not?
Sean: I'm of the opinion that weird + nerdy + real = stylish, even when all evidence points to the contrary. For example: owning an mp3 player that turns into a robot. Practical? No. Well-made? Not really. AWESOME? Yes.
Of course, as a test, maybe we should send some of these to Gerard Way to model for us?
MeLLoWDaDDee: That's a good point. I'd like a whole range of hardware-based medals, come to think of it. Such as "My Powerglove IS So Bad", "RIP, Sweet Bricked PS3, Choked On Its Own System Update" and "I Actually Own a Sega 32X."
GERARD WAY! That's that sad little fellla's name.
But what a trembly, sweet little voice!