The MaruBot Football League table can use up to four players, each controlling one of the four robots. I don't really know how much fun is this to play, but I would just do it to see the cute robot's faces. [IR Robot via ChipChick]

There's something awesome about this mini-arcade machine and I want to build one so badly that I even ignored the fact that this video was filmed in a bathroom. [YouTube via Boing Boing]

Created by Atari founders and all-around gaming legends Nolan Bushnell and Ted Dabney, Computer Space came out in November of 1971, a full year before Pong hit the streets. The gameplay seems like sort of a mix of Asteroids and Space Invaders, with a rotational thruster (that phrase will never cease to sound filthy) controlling a rocketship (it's just getting dirtier) trying to take down a UFO (well, if a UFO is a euphamism, I don't want to know what it's referring to).

There's a green and a yellow version for sale, and the price is currently hovering around $1500 and $2500, respectively, but it's kind of an awesome-looking piece of furniture even if you're not into classic gaming. If you like those uncomfortable egg-chairs, this'll fit right in with your aesthetic. [Technabob]

Games2U puts PS3s, Wii and Xbox 360 games inside of a van and delivers it, letting 20 people play no matter where you are. We can imagine it being useful for kids' birthday parties, tailgating parties or funerals; especially since the company also offers laser tag and giant hamster balls.

And if you think this is a good and viable business opportunity, they even offer franchise options to set one up where you live. [G2u via Kotaku]

The home experience always felt half-baked and watered down—but that was also in the days before everybody had a 46-inch TV and you had to share a single display for multiple people. Now, it's coming to Xbox 360 and people have giant TVs, but there's no twin-stick to play it. Yet, anyway.

But you can build it! (Oh yeah, that was the point of this post.) All you have to do is find two tube-like candy containers and some arcade buttons, then re-wire your Xbox 360 controller like so. Done! And so worthwhile. [Gamerbook via 1UP via Kotaku]

Other that the vibration functions, it's a pretty typical arcade stick, featuring turbo modes and four memory buttons that can be programmed with complicated stick/button maneuvers reaching up to 20 steps apiece. (That's like the whole Konami Code in one button press.)

It doesn't look like the stick is on sale just yet, but what do you think, have you been missing the impact of a full-out Hadouken on your fingertips? [XCM]

The Price: $6 for full version, with a free Lite version to try as well.

The Verdict: I miss arcades! Galaga Remix does a great job at bringing one of the tried-and-true game forms of our time—the shoot-shit-in-space-that's-falling-at-your-ship form—and does it up right.

The classic version is great, but I actually prefer the remix—mainly because the fundamentals of the game are completely unchanged. The remix adds power-ups, boss battles and the ability to save your game to start back up at the level you achieved when you had to quit playing before.

You've got three options for controls, which is nice: three virtual buttons you can tap to move left/right and fire, a slider that you can drag like the iPhone's default unlock slider to move your ship, or accelerometer tilting. As you might expect, the accelerometer control is a little awkward, but the other two methods are actually very intuitive.

One weird thing: the controls, and the game in general, feel much more responsive on the updated Remix version than they do in the classic one. This is a shame.

But like I said, the Remix is pretty faithful to the original—with the same great sound effects and music (which are both totally awesome throughout), so it's a fun diversion. And like several of Namco's other games which were initially released with sluggish performance, an update could fix it.

Overall, a great game.

Gameplay video via Touch Arcade:

Totally faithful Galaga gameplay, with excellent sound and music

Lots of options for controls, which are responsive

Continue feature in Remix lets you pick up where you left off

Classic version runs slower and is less responsive than Remix

Using a few Xbox 360 controllers, Happ joysticks and 14 buttons, one modder built two Mad Catz Fightsticks of his own...in a pair of shoeboxes. Apparently Nike boxes can withstand the wear and tear of intense SFIV sessions (but if not, they're not all that difficult to service).

I'm pretty keen on the design, but I'd probably rip those boxes a new one trying to fend off the 2D onslaught of Matt Buchanan. [Kotaku]

These aren't some weird scam knock-offs. The Capcom-sanctioned cabinets made their public debut at a recent SFIV event. Each system one-of-a-kind, the work of various participating design companies. Proceeds from the sales go to charity.

Keeping in mind the free shipping on all of these cabinets, you have more than a few excuses to place a bid and fill your home with a sadly dated but still tempting dedicated full-out arcade cabinet.

Note: We're only linking one auction page, scroll to the bottom for the related cabinets that are up for sale. [eBay via Kotaku]

UPDATE: Ahh, there's a catch. It does appear that the joysticks/buttons do not work. You need to provide your own controller along with something to read the SFIV game.

The graphics and the music are just spot on, the controls simple, and the purpose is clear: Kick goons' ass either as the good old shortie-panties of Nightowl or the sex-queen-on-two-long-legs Silk Spectre, who is like a superhero version of Virginia Bell, without the pasties.

The game is not a masterpiece, but it has plenty of charm. Enough that I wish the Watchmen production team actually released a version of this for the iPhone, Android, and Windows Mobile. [Kotaku]

Aside from all the vintage game machines (including Playboy pinball), the folks at J & C Studios also have a nice cell tower replica you can use, creating an RF field next to your coffee mug for the tiniest tumors.

[J&C Studios via TechnaBob and BBG]

The hangUP coat hooks are available in 3UP and 4UP versions and come with customizable ball-top colors. You can also request the board to be made of a different material, though the standard is black Walnut. So far no price, but they're available at Arcade Lounge. [Arcade Lounge via Nerd Approved]

The universe really threw us a curve. Instead of the faint signal we hoped to find, here was this booming noise six times louder than anyone had predicted.

According to NASA, "the source of this cosmic radio background remains a mystery". It's not primordial stars, it's not any known radio source, and in fact, the problem here is that there is "not enough radio galaxies to account for the signal". In other words, nothing in the known cosmos is capable of producing this deafening sound. University of Maryland at College Park's Dale Fixsen—part of NASA's ARCADE team— says, that to get this kind of signal, "you'd have to pack [radio galaxies] into the universe like sardines. There wouldn't be any space left between one galaxy and the next". So in more scientific terms: They don't have a flying frak about what the hell this may be.

The sound has been detected by ARCADE, a balloon-borne probe which is chilled to 2.7 degrees above absolute zero. The instrument itself is inside a tank of 500 gallons of liquid helium to reach that temperature, which is the same temperature as the cosmic microwave background radiation.

Needless to say, plugging into this completely unexpected and mysterious alien iPod playlist has made scientists at the Goddard Space Flight Center more excited than Jason Chen at the Las Vegas' Adult Entertainment Expo. [NASA]

For those who already have a PC of their own to stick inside, the table is a available gutted of its computer components but still packing all of the joysticks and handy ports. In this bare bones configuration, the table runs about $4,000. Fully loaded with the PC and two packs of games, the system is priced at $4,900. (Those prices include delivery and VAT in the UK.)

Of course, there are other options if your cheap or like your MAME furniture in black. But this Surface Tension table is the most stylish tabletop arcade setup we've seen yet. [Surface Tension via Bornrich]