Geek Crafts

Ben Fry has made these incredibly intricate illustrations using Atari source codes. The Pac-Man Illustration, pictured above, is the most complicated of the set which are now available for purchase at his site, distellamap.

The whole set is amazing, I wouldn’t think that source codes could be considered “artwork” but these are really cool, and I could definitely see them framed somewhere in my house.

• Pac-Man Atari Source Code Illustration

Technabob posted this absolutely amazing Atari 2600 Console Cake by Cakes by the “Pound”, a bakery in Southern California that specializes in “custom designed edible works of art.” When I saw this picture, I thought that this was the most amazing cake I had ever seen. And then I clicked through to Cakes by the “Pound”s portfolio! Even if you aren’t into cakes, it’s definitely worth the time to take a look at some of their incredible creations. And yes, the entire cake is edible.

• Atari 2600 Console Cake on Technabob

Maybe it’s because I just watched “Pretty in Pink” but I am feeling the eighties right now, and what’s more eighties than an Atari related craft? Nothing. Nothing at all. I found the link to this totally retro Atari Joystick Lamp via Crafty Crafty, which led me to one of my new favorite sites, Instructables.

The lamp is made to look just like a gargantuan Atari joystick, and the shade is made up of images from game cartridges. Freaking awesome!

• Atari Joystick Lamp

This item is available on Etsy. The creator describes it thusly: “it is entirely needle felted out of wool fiber with sterling silver wire, chain and clasp”. I’ll be honest, I don’t know what most of that means - I don’t sew. I do know that is a cool craft though.

• Pong necklace on Etsy [via Wonderland]