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What would consoles look like gone Steampunk?
4:47 PM on 12.26.2007, Colette Bennett 29 comments

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I am a complete sucker for certain eras, no doubt more than half of the reason I was completely obsessed with BioShock for months on end. Apparently I'm not alone, as Something Awful did up a recent Photoshop Phriday with elegant images of consoles reimagined as a part of their "A Better World" theme.

It hurts me that that the wooden DS does not exist. I would whip out a gold stylus and be snobby in public with all the pride my little heart could muster. I would also happily don three-piece suits and rock watch chains, but that's another story altogether.

[Via The Weekly Geek]


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MechaMonkey's Avatar
MechaMonkey at 12/26/2007 16:56
Steam is the wave of the future.
MrSadistic's Avatar
MrSadistic at 12/26/2007 16:57
Steampunk is overrated.
Neonie's Avatar
Neonie at 12/26/2007 16:58
That is the most beautiful DS I have ever seen.
BluDesign's Avatar
BluDesign at 12/26/2007 16:59
STOP NO!!!! TOO MUCH WIN!

arghhh!!!!

/dies
king3vbo's Avatar
king3vbo at 12/26/2007 17:01
SOOO MUCH WIIIIIIIIIIIIN!!!!!!!
DanielMachine's Avatar
DanielMachine at 12/26/2007 17:03
Aw. I thought that DS was real until I read the article. Now I'm sad.
vishusdelishus's Avatar
vishusdelishus at 12/26/2007 17:06
I'm an artist, and as such love seeing things like this. However....

Steampunk is played!
braulio09's Avatar
braulio09 at 12/26/2007 17:30
the iPod wins
Cheeburga's Avatar
Cheeburga at 12/26/2007 17:47
Colettes on a roll.
:]<3
DaedHead8's Avatar
DaedHead8 at 12/26/2007 18:01
I'd buy a DS for the third time if I could get one that looked like that.
Mista Smegheneghan's Avatar
Mista Smegheneghan at 12/26/2007 18:14
my god. that's freaking awesome! all we need now is a DS made entirely made out of metal (except for the screens) and we'd have the DS of the Past, Present and Future!
Professor Pew's Avatar
Professor Pew at 12/26/2007 18:44
What would Colette look like gone steampunk?



OH SHI-
Technophile's Avatar
Technophile at 12/26/2007 19:06
I <3 Steampunk...so sayeth the tiny bronze gears in my heart.
Fadakar's Avatar
Fadakar at 12/26/2007 20:13
@MrSadistic:
I hope you're being serious, because I agree.
Colette Bennett's Avatar
Colette Bennett at 12/26/2007 20:28
@Pew - Dude, that excited me. Just the thought :)
Tubatic's Avatar
Tubatic at 12/26/2007 20:46
I'd love The Wii set. An console to match your TV cabinet!
iliketuna's Avatar
iliketuna at 12/26/2007 21:25
my nintendog can't roll over without a mic on that steampunk ds!
Kapkomi's Avatar
Kapkomi at 12/26/2007 21:33
that's pretty badass
Thornnn's Avatar
Thornnn at 12/26/2007 21:51
Me Likey likey Ipod.
GENACON's Avatar
GENACON at 12/27/2007 01:48
The 1950s is one of my favourite eras.

So this touches me in all the right places.
Necros's Avatar
Necros at 12/27/2007 02:02
I dunno, half the appeal of the DS is the iPod-white finish, at least for me. However, I do have a retro-styled mono radio, complete with wooden finish.
ikiryou's Avatar
ikiryou at 12/27/2007 04:04
I prefer the coldness of stainless steel to brass. Brass just strikes me as being very suburban.
Zelnor's Avatar
Zelnor at 12/27/2007 04:53
I bet these people use a stolen prototype of a brain-computer interface.

How the hell do they do that ?
Lavallee017's Avatar
Lavallee017 at 12/27/2007 12:56
the iPod is so not a console...waste of effort, someone should have done the PSP steamed out
Fading Star's Avatar
Fading Star at 12/28/2007 17:20
We need a wooden DS...now!
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