Arcade Lounge

I missed out on the Pac-Man Moleskine notebook last year when it was released for his 30th anniversary. Thankfully I managed to find one a few days ago and now it’s arrived! There are some things I still like to do the old-fashioned way, and jotting things down in a notebook is one of them.

If you’ve owned a Moleskine notebook, you’ll know that they are like no other. With the Pac-Man theme, they’ve just got one better! Plus, being in yellow should make it a little easier to find amongst all my clutter…

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These pixelated playing cards are inspired by Space Invaders, bringing you some nostalgia from your childhood in card form. From the bringer of the Optimus Maximus Keyboard, Art Lebedev.

Made in Russia and costing 8 Euros ($12)

Space Invader playing cards

Coca-Cola’s famous can design just got pixelated and Space Invaded in a series of mockups by designer Erin McGuire. McGuire says her cans are a tribute to both Space Invaders and Space Invader (the Paris-based street artist).

It’s too bad these designs didn’t hit a few years earlier. The 30th anniversary of Space Invaders, back in 2008, would have been a perfect opportunity to convince Coke to make these awesome can designs real.

Check out the Diet and Zero versions on the Erin McGuire link above.

This sleek, cool coffee table is a great way to recycle redundant computer parts. It’s made from old motherboards placed on top of a traditional table design with transparent plastic on top.

Created by Chris Harrison, this table would be the talking point in any home and certainly is a innovative use of redundant equipment.

However, this is a one-off design and it’s home in the Human-Computer Interaction Institute over in Pittsburgh, USA.

This can only make you the envy of your mates when you wheel your gas BBQ out. After being accused of cheating for using gas that is. But once the shouts have died down and they see what’s fuelling your meat-heater, they’ll soon want their raw goods on your grill.

1. Take one stubby propane tank and some paint.

2. Paint.

3. Win.

See the Instructables guide for more info. Thanks Idedvovo, this is going straight to the top of my to-do list in the not-too-important section.

Many places like offices, schools and trains have an option for what to do when disasters like fires, earthquakes and tornadoes happen, but what do you do if there is an 8-bit emergency?  Never in your wildest dreams did you think that the Duck Hunt ducks would invade your home and try to kill you but you should be prepared in case they do!

Should an 8 bit emergency like this happen, just beak the glass and you’ll have access to a NES zapper with which to defend yourself and your loved ones!

Unfortunately this awesome emergency case isn’t available to improve the health & safety of your environment, rest assured if it was we would have one here in the surface tension office. This is a one off piece of art by etsy seller straitwurly and not surprisingly was sold almost as soon as it went on sale.

When was the last time you saw a clock gone so block? Probably in a ’80s computer game – this clock, made by the pixel people at Mustard, is so retro it makes your eyes water, but it does tell perfect time all the time; even if it does have its roots in the pixelated past.

8-bit style with pixellated corners and everything, yet still remaining deliciously analog. Little stubby minute and hour hands mark the passage of time, even if Magic Castles makes you think time has stopped.

Available from Play.com for £17.99