Let’s face it, the Guitar Hero games may be the best, but you look absolutely retarded while playing them with a tiny, plastic controller. Well, that’s a thing of the past. ArtGuitar, a leading designer of custom graphics for guitars, working with Peavey are bringing out the limited edition AG RiffMaster Guitar Controller for the PS2. (Where’s my Xbox 360 version!?)

That’s right, you guessed it right. This is an actual Peavey guitar modded with the PS2 guitar controller, so you actually look pretty darn badass while you nail that cruel solo from Hanger 18 in Expert mode! And the best part, all 17 of these are collectible masterpieces, with some fantastic artwork on them showcasing KISS, Megadeth, Ozzy Ozbourne, Pantera and Lynyrd Skynyrd - all yours for a low, low price of $399. Hey, if it looks this good when I’m playing one of the greatest games ever made, I’d pay $500!

Created from a real Peavey guitar, ArtGuitar has preserved the qualities found in the original makeup of the instrument. The guitar strings have been removed, but the headstock of the AG RiffMaster Guitar Controller, still sports real tuning pegs for an added visual appeal. Crafted from natural basswood, the body displays custom artwork showcasing 17 unique designs featuring five legendary rock bands. The neck created from hard rock maple, features five colored fret buttons located amongst true frets and position markers on a genuine fingerboard while the pickup consists of one humbucking and a scale length of 25.5″. The guitar controller also features premium 2.4GHz wireless technology for high-performance precision gaming.

There you go, off to max out your credit card yet again. Don’t worry, you’ll have even more great ways to spend your money, including official hard shell cases for your precious controller, Peavey logo barstool, guitar polish care kit, guitar stands and much, much more. Gotta love capitalism. And Guitar Hero, that’s a must!

Know the old saying, “Time is money”? And how they say, “Time flies when you are having fun”? Well, put two and two together and money sure as hell flies when you’re having fun. And there’s no greater sink for your money than a classic arcade machine sitting right in your living room, complete with all the classics you grew up with. And if that doesn’t convey how filthy rich you are, there’s nothing like rubbing everyone’s faces into the fact that your arcade machine is plated in 24-Karat Gold.

That’s right. The Official Game Haven presents to you the Crystalcade - the “most versatile, advanced and exciting fantasy-fun-center on the planet” that comes complete with a translucent polymer chassis and a spectacular light show on the inside, a 5.1 350W Dolby THX surround sound system with an 8″ subwoofer, a 160GB hard drive with Jukebox software and a ton of retro games, a 21″ flat screen monitor and the best damn arcade controllers we’ve ever seen in our lifetime. And yeah, that gold/chrome/platinum plating thing too.

Now we don’t know how much this thing costs (make that we don’t want to know), but if you know someone who has this baby, just drop us a note with their address and we’ll take care of the rest.

The Crystalcade [via GameoftheBlog]

A few days ago I was checking out some case mods posted by Joe from TheHappyGamer, until one of my hardcore Transformers friends showed me this beaut. A fully-transformable Optimus Prime PC case mod, packing a Core 2 Duo E6850, 2 overclocked GeForce 8800GTS, a staggering 1000W Power Supply Unit, and some seriously shiny lights. Congrats to John Mangus (god, even his last name screams Transformers fan) for his winning entry in ExtremeTech’s Case Mod Contest, your precious 300 hours of work certainly didn’t goto waste. Now if only the Indian film distributors here would hurry up and show Transformers the Movie so I don’t have to resort myself to watch some ugly Video CD “print”. Blargh.

Check out more entries to see how the other participants faired!

Case Modding for PC/Consoles is groovy and all, but what’s got me humping like a horny chimpanzee are those custom-fangled WiiMote cases. After all, the purpose of having cool stuff around is so that you can hold and swing it around, and not just stare at them until they collect dust, right?… Or, pretend for 5 minutes that last sentence held any pint of significance in our daily lives. Still with me? Exquisite!

Yeah, check that out. It’s called the Wii Combat Pack, and it’s ready to help you hack and slash some of those nasty vegetables in Cooking Mama, all Conan The Barbarian-style. Nice design and equally nice pricing – 20 US$! Couple that with worldwide shipping and I might actually consider picking this up along with my Wii console. Seriously, Nintendo better hurry and catch up with the market demand so that this thing can get cheaper to purchase from our ever-greedy gray market gooses here in India.

But wait, there’s more! Gaze at this mighty, mighty Power Glove attachment; doesn’t seem like it’s for sale, sadly. Shame too, as I can imagine some deranged 30-something year old with that thing, probably beating Fred Savage to death with it after seeing The Wizard. But seriously, that glove was, like, the bomb-diggity. That, and seeing Super Mario Bros. 3 in action on the big screen of all things. That’s right, before any of us had to lean on GameTrailers for our dose of video gaming footage, people were reduced to watching a crappy movie tie-in. Sheer madness.

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