MetaFilter posts tagged with mods

Do the Wasteland Boogie

empath — Thu, 27 Nov 2008 09:51:54 -0800

Nintendo Entertainment System Hacks.

Effigy2000 — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 03:17:16 -0800

The Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) was the most popular console of the 80s but the unstoppable march of time and the introduction of more advanced 16 bit consoles inevitably ensured its demise. But you can't keep a good console down and now it's back, thanks to the work of some dedicated mods out there. But it's not quite how you remembered it. I mean, I don't remember the NES ever coming in the form of a belt, do you? Or a coffee table, for that matter. Those insane NES hackers have even gone and put an NES in an NES cartridge. There's also an NES in an NES controller, an NES in a lightgun, a wooden NES, an NES alarm clock, an NES wallet or finally, an NES guitar. Want to see more? Check this out.

Total Annihilation Modification Excitation!

Effigy2000 — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 20:55:07 -0800

Total Annihilation, released over ten years ago by the now defunct Cavedog Entertainment, was one of the most popular RTS games of its day. And it is still being played today, partly due to the mod community who have been working on keeping it alive through the release of patches, units and maps, a list of which you'll find inside. Total Annihilation: Twilight is the most balanced of all the TA mods. TABA includes unique features such as upgrading and new balance changes. FileUniverse contains over 3000 mods, races, maps, utilities and tutorials for TA and TA:Kingdoms. UnitUniverse has an archive of over 5,000 downloadable first and third party units. TA-Zone bills itself as the Ultimate TA Resource site, with a TA 1v1 Ladder, TA Replays and forums. D-Gun provides more links to information and files for playing Total Annihilation online. Switeck's Junkdrawer has many useful TA files, such as the TA Bugfix and AI Guide. Epic Class Productions has a large collection of gigantic 63x63-screen "Epic Maps" by James Beatty.

Bike Hacks

brain_drain — Thu, 18 Oct 2007 12:32:42 -0800

Bike Hacks! Bored with your generic two-wheeler? Check out this collection of funky bicycle modifications. My favorite is the grocery cart.

M.U.G.E.N: The 2D Fighting Game Engine

milquetoast — Sun, 17 Jun 2007 11:34:31 -0800

M.U.G.E.N [wikipedia] is a 2D fighting game engine, originally developed by Elecbyte and released in 1999. The engine is highly customizable; characters, backgrounds, and sound files -- whether from existing games or original works -- can be easily integrated. Some examples of the engine in action [youtube]: Homer Simpson vs. Peter Griffin, Ryu vs Popeye, Green Power Ranger vs Osama Bin Laden, Fat Albert vs Juggernaut, Marvin the Martian vs. Duck Dodgers. Also, game crossovers: Homer in NES Land, Thunder Force III vs. Duck Hunt. [mi] WARNING: some of the videos are very loud.

Grand Theft Delorean

jonson — Sat, 09 Jun 2007 11:56:49 -0800

Back To The Future, Hill Valley is a "from the ground up" conversion of the videogame Grand Theft Auto: Vice City, with the goal being to re-set the game in the world of Doc Brown, Marty McFly & Biff Tannen. Sample videos of the progress so far. Please note that Hoverboards don't work on water. Via.

The true Modfather?

PeterMcDermott — Mon, 20 Nov 2006 13:57:57 -0800

Roger Eagle is one of the great, unsung heroes of the British music scene. Over a period of twenty five years or so, he was responsible for not one, not two, but three legendary music venues, each of which defined their particular era. Still fondly remembered.

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sgt.serenity — Fri, 25 Aug 2006 17:08:47 -0800

" We are the Mods, We are the Mods , We are , We are , We are the Mods."

Ink That Stinks

milquetoast — Sat, 28 Jan 2006 10:35:33 -0800

Bad tattoos. More bad tattoos. Bad tattoos - don't let this happen to you! And, uh, this. And previously: Hanzi Smatter. Some pics, though no direct links, are NSFW.

Subculture, the meaning of style

adamgreenfield — Sat, 25 Sep 2004 08:30:49 -0800

For Westerners, the index case of subculture has to be the 1960s UK conflict between the razor-sharp, tailored mods and their mortal enemies, the greasy rockers.

Difference was critical to these first self-identified youth subcultures: difference in dress, in music, in drug of choice, in the favored mode of transport...everything. This obsessive focus on not just standing out, but standing out just so - on showing the world precisely the right angle of a hat, length of a coat, shortness of hair - has defined many a subculture since. We recognize b-boys, ganguro girls, and straightedge punks by such deployments, among many, many other identifiable groups. (It's not just a youth thing, either: leathermen and the delightfully recrudescent roller derby culture are largely adult phenomena.)

To a devotee of a given subculture, such matters, far from being a "narcissism of small differences," are a matter of pivotal import in framing how one presents oneself to the world: how we want to be seen, how we want others to understand us. But I'm getting older now, and further out of the loop, and I realize that just maybe I'm losing the ability to discern these differences in the people I pass walking down the street. I find myself asking, who and where are the new subcultures? And how do they choose to present themselves to us?

The Right Hand of Doom, with Kung Fu Grip

Hildago — Tue, 20 Jan 2004 21:34:18 -0800

"Anung un Rama, loose the Dragon, for this is the ending of days. You were born into this world for this purpose only. Deliver the world into Chaos. Wake your devil heart. Set upon your brow that crown of fire, for your coming of age is the death knell of man."

Brilliantcrank — Mon, 19 Jan 2004 09:11:21 -0800

"...Red 5 standing by..." Kate Horn documents her love and creation of the X-Wing Toyota Tercel. Note the license plate people, she's out on the road, armed with blasters and quiet possibly, the Force.

Natural Selection

Orange Goblin — Thu, 31 Jul 2003 15:50:56 -0800

Half Life 2 may be postponed , but there's something here to keep you going - Natural Selection. The site is currently sporting a spartan look because they just released a new version of this essential Half Life mod, which combines games such as Command and Conquer with that of action shooters. Visit The Ready Room for more info.

Spoon — Tue, 28 May 2002 07:32:52 -0800

Extreme Hi-Fi Buff. "...A further modification to loudspeakers that I found well worthwhile is to fill the cabinet with sulphur hexafluoride gas, SF6, in place of the air..."

stazen — Sun, 14 Jan 2001 23:27:28 -0800

Front Line Force is a brand-new mod for Half-Life, and in only a few months has become the fourth-most popular Half-Life mod with approximately 150 servers (behind the undisputed king Counter-Strike, TFC, and Deathmatch).

joeclark — Sun, 25 Jun 2000 10:29:38 -0800

«Êtes-vous un mod ou un rocker?» At the earsplitting industry schmoozefest I attended this week (which I am forbidden to link to because I blogged it at one of my sites), I beelined toward the more interesting-looking people. One fella had a full-on mod look. I listen to the show Mods & Rockers on CIUT, and I claim to understand Blow-Up. But I was impressed as hell by an explanation of the origin of the terms mod and rocker. It's the sort of cultural introduction I wish more people would write – after you teach yourself what a concept is, you document that self-teaching for others. Hey, it's the Internet gift kulcha, innit? (Also: Mod films!)