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Saint Nintendo

A Gamecube in a wooden reliquary.While reading Make Blog. I came across this handmade GameCube reliquary that I so wish I had for my own home. Gamers and A/V enthusiasts are always trying to find attractive and efficient ways of integrating game consoles into their home theater systems, and this is the most lovely and apt solution I've seen.

Perhaps you haven't heard of Saint Nintendo, so I'm reprinting his life story here:

Born Marius Nintendus, Saint Nintendo was born approximately 284 A.D. to a noble Roman family. He is often depicted as a child, although his martyrdom is said to have occurred after he reached full manhood.

One day, Marius Nintendus was chosen to attend the Roman games as part of a festival in honor of the Emporer. But Marius Nintendus chose to bypass the games in order to indulge in the simple pleasures he so loved, such as collecting stray coins along the streets of Rome and, of course, hunting wild mushrooms.

Marius Nintendus was later called upon by the Prefect to account for his whereabouts during the games. The famous question posed to Nintendus translates roughly to, "Why were you not at the play station at the appointed hour?" Unsatisfied with Nintendus's response, the Prefect ordered that he be publicly tortured and put to death. Marius Nintendus last, inspiring words were said to have been, "But I shall always have the higher score."

Marius Nintendus is the patron saint of truffle pigs.

Comments (1)

Joomla:

Hey man

can you write more about this idea.

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