My inspiration for making these were the “Tetrius Puzzle Game Magnets” from ThinkGeek. I had a TG gift certificate I had to spend and came across them. I thought they would be cool to put on the fridge or on my metal cabinet at work. As luck would have it, they were out of stock at the time and I started thinking… it should be easy to make something like that at home for much less than $10 for a set. So, what follows is how to make your own.

Thinkgeek store-bought plastic Tetris magnets	home-made geekcrafts Tetris magnets

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I saved the best for last. IKEA hacker posted this bjursta table hack by Eric. The table leaves pull out, revealing a Pac-Man sit-down MAME cabinet. Who wouldn’t want to play Pac-Man every night after dinner?

And thus ends Pac-Man week. Let’s hit the arcade!

• MAME dining table [via ikeahacker]

This is an interesting idea - it’s called Woodpixel. It’s a commercial product that lets you create your own pixel art. It comes with 100 wooden blocks with a different wood tone on each side and it comes with a holder to hold the 100 blocks in place. This would be a great way to make some classic/retro video game art. Their site shows a Space Invader, Mario, and a (poorly done) Pac-man Ghost. They are taking pre-orders now - no word on price. I bet it’s expensive though.

• Woodpixel.com