Custom Rockstar Table Tennis 360

Posted Aug 26th 2006 1:00PM by Ken Weeks
Filed under: Hacks / mods, Fan stuff

Give Llamma.com credit for coming up with a Rockstar-commissioned Table Tennis case mod that goes beyond the usual paint job and faceplate. One of these babies is destined for a future give-away, but if you have the time and desire to build your own ping pong prize, they provide a list of supplies and directions.

[Thanks AoE]

360 goes portable, LAN party in a box

Posted Aug 18th 2006 9:30AM by Richard Mitchell
Filed under: Hacks / mods, Fan stuff

MC360 XBMC Superman Returns theme

Posted Jul 31st 2006 4:00AM by Ken Weeks
Filed under: Hacks / mods

The lameness of most of the themes available on Marketplace (shift a color here, shift a color there) makes this sweet Blackbolt Superman Returns theme for the MC360 XBMC skin look that much cooler. Once again the hacking community puts the pros to shame. Put some effort in it Microsoft, especially if you're going to charge us for this stuff.

Get your custom hand-painted faceplate

Posted Jul 30th 2006 5:30AM by Ken Weeks
Filed under: Hacks / mods

Professional artist Pavel Dolgov is selling custom hand-painted 360 faceplates on eBay. Send him an "inspiration picture" along with $100 and you'll get a one-of-a-kind piece of art to grace your console. Provide the blank faceplate yourself and save $17. Of course, you could always head down to the craft store and make your own masterpiece, but it's tough to enjoy the post-mortem appreciation when you're the one who has to croak.

FIFA World Cup faceplate for cheap

Posted Jul 28th 2006 3:00AM by Ken Weeks
Filed under: Peripherals, Hacks / mods

Good news for soccer fans and people who buy Christmas decorations on December 26: Play-Asia has the formerly $25 "official" FIFA World Cup 2006 faceplate for post-Cup price of $6.90 (plus $4 S&H).

[Thanks TaQeight]

Xbox 360 tissue-dispensing alarm clock

Posted Jul 27th 2006 1:30AM by Ken Weeks
Filed under: Hacks / mods, Fan stuff

Jordan Keeling, one of the snot-nosed morons (he takes it as a compliment) behind smashsomestuff.com created this oddly familiar tissue-dispensing alarm clock in honor of this blog. Thanks man. There's no clock display shown in this case mod pic, but he says the ring of light functions as a snooze button. Time to re-purpose that Core System, especially if you suffer from a runny nose.

Screw chrome! Silver is the real bling

Posted Jul 20th 2006 10:00AM by Richard Mitchell
Filed under: Peripherals, Hacks / mods

Our fine friends at Luxist have dropped the curtain on this swanky piece of 360 luxury: a solid silver faceplate. The faceplate is made by (presumably very rich) Christofle -- the name just begs to be italicized -- and designed by (also presumably very rich) Andree Putman. There will only be five (count 'em, five) manufactured in the whole wide world, and, at a cool €1000 ($1250), you'll be hard pressed to get one any time soon. Still, if you're dying to be the King of Bling or...um...the Duke of Krunk, you can go check them out in the Collette boutique in Paris.

[Via Luxist]

Ruby Red 360 Euro Case

Posted Jul 20th 2006 1:00AM by Ken Weeks
Filed under: Hacks / mods

XCM is trying to decide whether or not to put their "Euro" case mod into full scale production. Should they?

You got Sega Saturn in my 360!

Posted Jul 19th 2006 9:30AM by Richard Mitchell
Filed under: How-tos, Peripherals, Hacks / mods

Let your chrome glow

Posted Jul 18th 2006 3:15PM by Richard Mitchell
Filed under: Peripherals, Hacks / mods

It looks like the long awaited chrome controller shell from Team Xtender is nearing production. More than just a shell, this mod puts LEDs in each button, making your controller glow like radioactive skittles. Who wouldn't want that?

See a nice glowing shot after the break.

Continue reading Let your chrome glow

360 controllers get crunchy candy shell [update 1]

Posted Jul 10th 2006 4:30PM by Richard Mitchell
Filed under: Peripherals, Hacks / mods

If chrome isn't your thing, you might like the Fantasy360 controller shells from Xtreme Enterprise. The shells come in all kinds of Skittle-licious colors as well as black and white. The shells look more or less like the colored, semi-transparent S controllers for the original Xbox. They should be available by the end of the month, and I can only assume that Xtreme Enterprises won't be liable if you attempt to eat your scrumptious looking controller.

The read link points to Xbox-Scene, as Xtreme Enterprise's Xbox website was down at the time of this writing.

[Via Xbox-Scene]

Update 1: The site is back up. Click here or hit the read link.

Pimp my 360: chrome edition

Posted Jul 6th 2006 1:30PM by Richard Mitchell
Filed under: Hacks / mods

TeamXtender has released the XCM 360 Full Chrome Case mod. Those dying to be the king of bling can pick it up now from DecalGirl. It's sure to be a hit a parties and attract more fingerprints than an iPod and PSP put together.

As an added bonus, the chrome case goes great with the chrome controller shell. Anybody plan on picking this up?

[Via Xbox-Scene]

More liquid cooling goodness

Posted Jun 26th 2006 12:30PM by Richard Mitchell
Filed under: News, Hacks / mods

Liquid cooling is the new black it seems. The boys at Xbox-Scene give us the first glimpse at a do-it-yourself liquid cooling kit for the Xbox 360. While it may not be as "cool" as the internally cooled 360 we covered last week, this kit from Koolance promises to keep your 'box frosty for the incredibly affordable price of US $394.99.

An undertaking of this magnitude can be very difficult and Koolance warns that it is "not for the faint of heart." Let me ask all the modders out there: for that price, how cool does your 360 need to be?

Naughty Faceplates

Posted Jun 22nd 2006 1:15PM by Richard Mitchell
Filed under: Dead or Alive 4, Hacks / mods, Fan stuff

Xboxic got some interesting faceplates today from an unidentified source. These Dead or Alive faceplates are almost definitely unofficial but they certainly are, um, eye catching. There are also Scarface and Blue Dragon faceplates in there for some reason.

As far as I know, these aren't available at retail. Of course, there's nothing to stop you from making them yourself.

Anybody have any other special faceplate designs they'd like to share with the rest of the class?

Hit the read link to see more (technically safe for work, but still pretty risqué).

Water + 360 = Cool

Posted Jun 20th 2006 11:30AM by Richard Mitchell
Filed under: Hacks / mods

Behold the internally water cooled 360. As noted by Xbox-Scene, there have been other -- more Frankensteinian -- water cooled 360s, but this is the first to be completely internal. All the hardware is inside the case itself. No easy task, to be sure. Dano2k0, creator of the mod, explains his inspiration:

"It had been talked about in the past about having a complete internal watercooling system and everyone doubted it would ever be possible due to the lack of space. This is when i got the idea of pulling off the impossible, and it hit my requirements perfect, a completly [sic] portable solution with the cooling needs i was after, in the exact same original sized case."

 One time, I tried to cool my 360 by pouring water into the disc drive ... it didn't work.

[Thanks Revadarth and GP2S]

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