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Gamer mods his PS3, H.R. Giger style photo

I will admit the forward view of this Alien-inspired PS3 case mod looks a little foreign and lumpy, but turn it on its side as you see in the gallery, and pow, any fan of Ridley Scott's sublime horror film (or for that matter, any of the series) ought to be a little weak in the knees.

The guy behind the mod posted on the Llamma's Game Console forum as GivinTats, and explains that he used epoxy putty and a gloss finish to achieve the effect. He also mentions he would charge about $300 to do this mod for someone else, so if you're thinking you want one too, start counting your pennies. 

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CountingConflict's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/04/2009 08:24
CountingConflict
it looks like he stuck his ps3 in the microwave... i'll charge someone 5 bucks and a donut to do that.
elsteveo's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/04/2009 08:30
elsteveo
That looks pretty stupid.
Kylius's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/04/2009 08:41
Kylius
Nah, I'm not a massive fan either - I really hate the claws on the front.

Gotta give him props for effort though!
QSPN's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/04/2009 08:42
QSPN
That is horrible
zombiekiller13's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/04/2009 09:04
zombiekiller13
So, for $300, you can take your $400 machine and turn it into something that looks like an alien crapped on it? Whee?
Drach's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/04/2009 09:07
Drach
He should keep working on it, with a little more effort it could look real nice.
I <3 H.R. Giger and Alien. He's one of my favourite artists.
Rational Animal's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/04/2009 09:12
Rational Animal
LOL @ everyone's responses...admittedly, it looks terrible.

"i'll charge someone 5 bucks and a donut to do that."

I almost pissed myself.
Mr Wrighty 987's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/04/2009 09:30
Mr Wrighty 987
ewww that looks nasty and i bet it smells of piss too.
Squirrel Pope's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/04/2009 09:37
Squirrel Pope
Why do people do stuff life this? Now if it happens to die you can't possibly send it for repairs cause it will not come back like that. Now you will have to buy a whole new one (unless you like to risk and send it in like that) Now I have personally not heard many stories of PS3's dying but its not impossible.

Plus it does look like something that fell from an aliens ass
PappaDukes's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/04/2009 09:38
PappaDukes
That looks nasty alright, sick nasty! But seriously, that looks like ass.
mix's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/04/2009 10:10
mix
I'm with the "internet" on this, it looks....bleh
SephirothX's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/04/2009 10:37
SephirothX
while Aliens is one of my favorite films of all time.... this just looks bleh... Now if he could mod the blu-ray drive to shoot out like an Alien's second jaw, then it would be redeemable.
lix1l's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/04/2009 11:23
lix1l
WTF ? O.o
Holyetheline's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/04/2009 11:35
Holyetheline
Wow that's such a creepy mod.
Angry Damman's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/04/2009 12:17
Angry Damman
It does look sufficiently freaky, but I'm a little disappointed. When I first saw the picture of it I thought it was done in Evil Eead "Book of the Dead" style which. If you will, a "PS3 of the Dead". Sounds fitting, right?
necrozen's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/04/2009 12:45
necrozen
Giger's Alien still freaks me out. I think I was mentally scarred as a child from that movie. My parents didn't monitor what I watched, you see.

If I woke up half asleep and stumbled into the living room to rock some early morning Killzone, I'd probably scream, shit my pants, and fall into a fetal position if that was what I found under my TV.
poonster's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/04/2009 13:51
poonster
thats fucking ugly.
Chronic Logic's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/04/2009 15:55
Chronic Logic
Looks like somebody took a blowtorch to his PS3...
Namakubi's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/04/2009 23:55
Namakubi
Yeah, I get what he's going for, but it's pretty formless. It looks like bits and pieces of Giger's art and half of the crest from the Alien Queen's head. He should've thought out the underlying structure before sticking crap on it.
Loogibot's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/05/2009 15:44
Loogibot
As a fan of case mods and H.R.Giger's art, this is somewhat disappointing. I see what he tried to do, but the overall design is too cluttered and looks like he placed details of the artwork rather randomly, lacking coordination and function. I was hoping for a more interesting iteration, but whatever. Great, now I must seem pretentious and like a douche trying to criticize this...
Rainbowblack's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/06/2009 03:20
Rainbowblack
looks like someones took a dump on it and sculpted it
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