Watch Sony Engineers Tear Down Sony’s VR Hardware
Teardowns are great because they let us peek not only at a product’s components, but also gain insight into the design decisions and implementations of hardware. For teardowns, we’re used
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Games
Casting Custom Resin Buttons for the Steam Deck
If you play games on multiple consoles, you’re probably familiar with the occasional bout of uncertainty that comes with each system’s unique button arrangement. They’re all more or less in
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Logic Gate Game Is Fun AND Educational
How well do you know your logic gates? For their final submission for STEM Projects class, [BKriet] gamified the situation using a Raspberry Pi Pico, some blinkenlights, and a not-insignificant
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Arduboy Mini is a Fresh Take on an 8-bit Favorite
We’ve always been big fans of the Arduboy here at Hackaday. When creator Kevin Bates showed us the original prototype back in 2014, the idea was to use his unique
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Merry Christmas! Rip and Tear!
If you want a little mayhem on your Christmas tree, you can check out [Sprite_tm]’s tiny PC Christmas ornament. With 3D printing, that isn’t such a tall order, but [Sprite]’s
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Cardboard Game Tokens Become Shiny Click-Clacks With DIY Treatment
Tabletop games and cardboard tokens go hand-in-hand for a good reason: they are economical and effective. However, their tactile attributes leave a little to be desired. There’s something really great
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Playdate Handheld Turned Typewriter
The Playdate is an interesting gaming system. It’s a handheld, has a black and white screen, and superficially reminds us a little bit of the original Game Boy, right down
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How To Be a Stinkin’ Chess Cheat — Sockfish
[James Stanley] enjoys chess, isn’t terribly good at it, and has some dubious scruples. At least, that’s the setup for building Sockfish, a shoe-to-Pi interface to let you cheat at
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The GameTank is the Latest and Greatest 8-bit Game Console
The NES, Atari 2600, the Apple II, the Commodore 64 and the TurboGrafx-16 are just some of the many game consoles and home computers built around the 6502 CPU. And
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Purpose-Built Plotter Pitches in to Solve Wordblitz on Your Phone
It seems like most hackers have never played a game without at least wondering how to cheat at it. It’s not that we’re a dishonest lot, at least not as
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