There’s a certain sort of person who covers their clothing in pins, and I have not been one of them since the Tunnel Snakes confiscated my fraternal jean jacket after failing to earn my crimson wings with the Overseer’s daughter. That said, Super Mandolini’s Arcade Button Badges — made of real buttons chipped out of an arcade case like candy-colored teeth from a skeleton — have caused me to reappraise the plain loose folds and dangling tongues of fabric in my wardrobe. So drab. My look could be notably improved by affixing a “Punch” button to my shirt kuffr, a “Kick” to my Kick to my chucks, a “Block” to my fly. Anyone’s would.
And that Two Player button? As a particular Gizmodo reader brilliantly commented, it would make a fine DIY pin for gamer-friendly “No on Proposition 8″ activists. Or, for that matter, “Yes on Proposition 8″ campaigners, with the aid of a single red line diagonally stroked through the middle… although really, people. If you’re thinking of defacing that lovely two player button for such a purpose, it’s time to re-examine your affiliations, gaming and political alike. After all, you can’t spell “gamer” without the “gay.” Sixteen euros gets you a pack of ten.
Arcade Buttons [Super Mandolini via Gizmodo]
Update: I guess they aren’t real arcade buttons after all, which is a terrible disappointment.
Ummm, not real arcade buttons. They’d be much cooler if they were, but these are just regular old buttons with an image of an arcade button printed on them. Read the fine print! Neat idea, though.
Wouldn’t cost that much to buy a real arcade button and take it apart to make a button this way. I think one- and two-player start buttons run about $3.50…
Thanks alot John that’s $16 I’ll never see again. i mean who charges that much for pin buttons?? I have a damn badge machine!