Game console carved from a tree

Brandon sez, "I'm currently studying in Leiden in the Netherlands and upon exploring just outside the south side of town, I discovered this handsome sculpture of an arcade machine carved out of a tree trunk. The URL carved into it leads to a Dutch art group called Uitschot. For those who are unfamiliar with Dutch (not that I'm fluent), 'boom' (rhymes with 'home') means 'tree.'"'

Beeld 14: Gameboom. (Brandon)

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BFR

Apparenty this statue is for ‘Citykids who are allergic to nature, dragged along by their parents, but who would rather be gaming’
Anonymous

And “Uitschot” means trash people as in people living in trailers, with mullets and shooting road signs.
Anonymous

the graphics suck.
Anonymous

Sorry but Boom does not rhyme with Thuis or Huis …..you should reaklly brush up your dutch …or is it Netherlandish already ????
JJR1971

I hear the sound effects are bad; the voice emulator only produces very wooden dialogue.
Tdawwg

Duh-yam, that’s cool. Love the unintended pun with boom!
Brainspore

Does it take wooden nickels?
zmower

New improved Log!
I want you so (doesn’t Everybody?)
Anonymous

Does it play Boom?
Doomstalk

That’s more of an arcade cabinet than a game console.
Anonymous

I doubt it even works!