Over on Boing Boing Gadgets, our John's found this delightful video: "A working Gameboy costume built buy a cosplayer at Ohayocon 2009, replete with built-in emulator, which is accessed by hammering the d-pad perpendicular to his junk."
Working GameBoy costume with playable Tetris-torso — Boing Boing Gadgets
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