Video game characters might be able to throw barrels at their enemies, find the treasure, and rescue the princess, but that doesn't mean they're happy. In the webcomic Dear Inner Demons, the heroes and foes of retro games reveal their mental angst.

It's going to be impossible to beat the glorious nerdness level in this wedding cake, which uses projectors to animate Mario on his quest to beat Donkey Kong and rescue Pauline. Unless they find a way to modify the sugar molecules to act as color displays.

Not everyone has the time to painstakingly brew the perfect cup of coffee each morning. That's why simple capsule coffee machines from Keurig and Nespresso have become so popular. And if you're embarrassed at taking a shortcut for your morning brew, you can distract your judgemental coffee snob friends with this…

Artist BazNet takes Donkey Kong's classic ladders and levels and adapts them for all geeky occasions. Head to the arcade version of Westeros where a Mario-sized Ned and Robert dodge Rhaegar Targaryen's dragonfire. Pop in while Indiana Jones navigates around the pixellated ghosts of the Ark or while Ice King Kong…

If when you close your eyes each night in bed you see visions of pixelated arcade apes performing game-like quests, you can be sure you are a true gamer at heart. And now that we've cleared that up, you might as well embrace it, and indulge yourself with a little Donkey Kong-inspired interior decor.

Don't get us wrong, we're totally blown away by Photobucket user gpinzone's retro gaming-themed bathroom that incorporates elements from Super Mario, Donkey Kong, and Pac-Man. We just can't help but feel they missed a fantastic opportunity to turn the throne into a functional warp pipe that sucks down more than just…

The eggheads at Think Geek have, once again, dug into our collective back-brain and given us something we didn't know we wanted: propaganda posters for games like Joust, Donkey Kong, and Tron.

Your shelves officially suck compared to these. They're Donkey Kong shelves, complete with a monkey, NES, SNES and N64. Oh, and the N64 only has Goldeneye as opposed to a full collection of games. Awesome. [Sprite Stitch via TDW]

Attempting to revive GameCube games that didn't do so well, Nintendo is bringing back a few titles—including Pikmin and Mario Power Tennis—that are better suited for the Wii with its enhanced motion controls.

Lego. Mindstorms RCX. Donkey Kong. Rolling barrels. Donkey Kong throws rolling barrels. Mario jumps. And jumps. And jumps. All synchronized. Dan Kressin even generated the game start tune with Lego. After seeing it in action-and hearing the rattling noise it makes-I want this on the wall of my bedroom, as my alarm…

The Computer Game Museum in Berlin has accomplished two things to make fanboys, such as ourselves, very moist. Firstly, they have created a museum dedicated to computer games and secondly, the institution has produced a mahoosive reconstruction of the classic Donkey Kong game using scaffolding. That is large. Lap it…

Costco's selling this Nintendo classic arcade cabinet. Since you can get Mario Bros. Donkey Kong and DK Jr variations on Game Boy, what you're actually paying $3000 for is the orange paint and amazing cabinet art. Twin joysticks, and a 19 inch monitor round out the 250-pound pre-8-bit-era game machine.

If your youth was anything like ours, it was full of Kool Aid, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, and lots and lots of Game & Watch. Marvel at how they can condense the day's advanced technology into something that costs $8.99 and comes in a keychain.

Japanese collectible toys are generally cool to the Nth degree, especially when based on either whippy turds or video games. In the latter category comes a brand new range of build-it-yourself mosaics from TomyTec, all of which depict classic Nintendo characters.