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Stuck with a defunct HD DVD drive that’s taking up precious space from your videogames and the Blu-rays? Got a need to inflict pain onto random strangers because your parents don’t love you enough? If you answered yes to both of those questions, then I have the perfect video for you!

This how-to guide from Instructables gives a detailed look at how to take the blue laser diode from the Xbox 360's HD DVD drive and turn it into a secondary weapon that attaches to Walther PPKs. What the video doesn’t show is what happens to all of the remaining pieces of the HD DVD drive. If I were to make this mod, I would sharpen up all of the plastic pieces into shivs to aid in my nerd rampage.

Or, you know, just use the gun.  

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Mxyzptlk's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/06/2009 05:06
Mxyzptlk
LAWSUITS INCOMING!
darkwhitehair's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/06/2009 05:08
darkwhitehair
will this also Red ring in your face... har har... Im so clever...
SnakeDude4Life's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/06/2009 05:48
SnakeDude4Life
Great!

Now all I need is the money for a HDDVD, a gun, a diode housing, a solder gun, a laser guide for the gun, driver circuit(with all extra bits.)

Oh...
Monodi's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/06/2009 06:00
Monodi
can you do this with other laser artifacts?
Vitamin Awesome's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/06/2009 06:00
Vitamin Awesome
Awesome, now I can start up that seedy Lasik Clinic like I always wanted.
Slique's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/06/2009 06:11
Slique
Now they just need to mod it to make an awesome 'pew pew' noise when fired.
Grimspoon's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/06/2009 06:46
Grimspoon
Wait, why is the HD DVD drive useless? My HD DVD's must have missed the memo stating that they have to stop working and looking fucking beautiful now that the format isn't supported...cause they still work and still look fucking beautiful.

Plus they cost like 5 bucks a pop, compared to their 30 dollar Blu Ray counterparts.

Just sayin'...
RonBurgandy2010's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/06/2009 06:50
RonBurgandy2010
@ Grimspoon
But there's like, what, 50 movies to choose from?


Also, I'm from the south, the gun will be the easy part :)
BlackSheep's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/06/2009 07:43
BlackSheep
it's those darn smarts that are hard to comes by.
Tehmtnlion's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/06/2009 07:59
Tehmtnlion
AWESOME!!!!!
AgentMOO's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/06/2009 08:01
AgentMOO
Hamza... You should make a hat out of one of these lasers. A shark with a fricking laser beam fears no one
BigPopaGamer's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/06/2009 08:32
BigPopaGamer
Holy cow. Best video of the week so far Hamza. What an awesome find.
Rational Animal's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/06/2009 09:06
Rational Animal
I think I'll just continue using it to play ridiculously under-priced content in 1080p with uncompressed 7.1 surround sound.
bobyoko's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/06/2009 11:08
bobyoko
awesome post, that looked like a simple build for such a cool toy. you could probably fit the same lens into a laser pointer as well.
Holyetheline's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/06/2009 11:21
Holyetheline
That is really cool but I can never see myself making one of these.
savagesaladin's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/06/2009 11:28
savagesaladin
He put it on a PPK? I've fired plenty of handguns, the PPK is one of the worst handguns I've ever fired. Inaccurate, painful to fire because of its design, the trigger requires several pounds of pressure to pull... Classic garbage. Give me a classic Colt 1911.
Hamza CTZ Aziz's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/06/2009 13:04
Hamza CTZ Aziz
Grimspoon: Jokes man! I'm looking to buy one myself when I see one for like $20. Hell, I still have a VCR player!
manbot's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/06/2009 13:59
manbot
A laser this powerful can cause permanent eye damage from milliseconds of exposure time. Even the beam reflected off a wall can cause permanent damage (albeit at a much slower rate). Making one of these is just stupid unless you have the proper safety equipment, and are trained with this class of laser.
Electro Lemon's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/06/2009 18:22
Electro Lemon
VCR is the wave of the motherfucking future, Hamza. Don't joke. You'll see.




You'll all see.
Fleet3000's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/07/2009 02:02
Fleet3000
dude, that's just awesome.
Grimspoon's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/07/2009 08:38
Grimspoon
Sorry Hamza, I just catch a lot of flak for enjoying a defunct format and have grown used to people hating it.
falinter's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/08/2009 13:52
falinter
I'm going to buy one just to brake it and burn peoples face off!



Also, 22 comments and 90+ thousand views? Come on people.
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