Posted 09/29/08 at 06:09:20 PM by Tom Edwards
A man needs a place of his own, and when Thom Davis found using the family computer for his gaming pursuits to be less than ideal, he set about building the Seizure, the ultimate form-follows-function gaming rig. His goal was to create a rig that was gaming friendly, had no exposed wires, and looked good in the living room. We think he succeeded on all three counts.
While building the Seizure, Thom discovered that connector manufacturers definitely tend to think “inside the box,” and typically don’t make cables suitable for such a large rig, but with the assistance of a local electronics supply store, he was able to create the 6-foot cables he needed to complete the job.

More photos after the jump!
Posted 09/22/08 at 05:55:21 PM by Tom Edwards
Vic McGuire found a diamond in the rough when he set out to build his latest mod. While browsing through a computer store, he found a custom case with chrome-plated front air grills in the junk pile and an idea came to mind. After arduously sanding the rust off the grills, Vic had the basis for the HawgWild U.S.A.
Posted 08/07/08 at 06:25:08 PM by Nathan Edwards
The Mod Shop might be heading for the workshop in the sky, but that doesn't mean we're leaving our Gamers' Challenge contestants in the cold.
The contest prompt: Create your best mod featuring a brand, character (or characters), or theme from a game of your choice. Winner gets an all-expenses-paid trip to PAX.
We had a really hard time picking the winners for this one - they were all so good, we wish we could have chosen them all. But that's not how this works, so in the end our intrepid panel of judges had to pick just three: one Grand Prize winner, one Second Place, and a Juror's Prize for best first-time mod.

Hit the jump to meet the winners!
Posted 07/08/08 at 08:21:57 PM by Tom Edwards
Scott Dacus is such a big fan of Portal his ringtone is the game’s theme song, “Still Alive.” However, an even bigger fan of the game commissioned Scott to build this case as a gift for his wife. We think this man is a genius or headed for divorce court—either way, he’s our new hero!

Hit the jump for an up-close look at a case which will never threaten to stab you, and in fact cannot speak.
Posted 06/24/08 at 10:04:55 AM by Chris Moody
Nvidia has reiterated that it won’t provide open source drivers for Linux. They claim that there is no need for it. It does however provides binary Linux drivers and has open sourced a few drivers.
According to ZDnet Nvidia said in a statement: “NVIDIA supports Linux, as well as the Linux community and has long been praised for the quality of the NVIDIA Linux driver. NVIDIA’s fully featured Linux graphics driver is provided as binary-only because it contains intellectual property NVIDIA wishes to protect, both in hardware and in software,”, which was in response to developers’ direct criticism of hardware vendors that produce just closed source drivers.
So what's the beef? Read on, to find out more.

Posted 06/23/08 at 07:18:37 PM by Nathan Grayson
Is the gaming industry dying a slow, prolonged death? Probably not, but I got your attention, didn't I? Plus, the gaming industry might be dying after all, so everybody wins! Read on to find out all about it.
Posted 05/28/08 at 06:40:09 PM by Tom Edwards
The power of Satan compels you to check out Sheldon's Rig of the Month
Posted 04/29/08 at 03:38:51 PM by Tom Edwards
Ken Kirby celebrates his father-in-law's love of Dodge muscle cars with his bright green Super Bee mod.






