Tag: COSTUME

It's easy to earn our respect with adorably geeky children's costumes -- but if you're an adult playing dress-up, you've really got to go all out. Melissa Dunphy did just that with this incredible Krang costume for her husband, made with her own two hands. It talks. It moves. It's the best costume we've see this year. Check out the video after the break. ...

People take their Halloween costumes pretty seriously, but we think legendary modder Ben Heck should win the prize for geekiest creation this year. His 'Portal'-inspired shirt features a rear-facing camera that feeds video to a chest-mounted LCD, allowing you to look right "through" him. Watch Heck hack the whole thing together in the latest episode of the 'Ben Heck Show,' embedded after the ...

Parents often fret about video game addiction and the effects of violent games, but one super-geek dad has apparently realized how to address those concerns. Eleven-year-old Joseph DeRose loves gaming, so his perceptive father recently took part in -- and actively promoted -- his son's pastime by helping him to construct an incredibly cool Halloween costume. Relying on an incredibly steady ...

Police are on the lookout for two brothers. Occupation: plumbers, Clothing: overalls, Hobbies: saving princesses and collecting coins. Reports say they answer to these names: Mario and Luigi. No, this isn't breaking news from the Mushroom Kingdom (unless Staten Island just got a new nickname). According to the New York Daily News, Staten Island police are searching for four men (two were ...

If you've ever dressed up for Halloween, you've probably bumped into someone at a party or bar who's wearing the same costume as you. From experience, we can say it's a deflating feeling. While the holiday is practically upon us, you might want to quickly scan this list of popular costume searches before you head out into the night. What costumes are in this year? Well, CNET News reports ...

It's not uncommon for gamers to dress up like characters from their favorite video games. For the less ambitious (or more sane) of us, these declarations of loyalty are tough to understand, although plenty of fun to watch. If you think you've seen it all, think again, folks. Harrison Krix, a prop builder from Atlanta, Georgia, has created one of the most detailed and impressive video game ...