Awesome Retro

Set in Rapture before the fall, Bioshock 2’s Multiplayer mode gets an official debut trailer; just like single player, you’ll get to play Big Daddy when the game comes out early 2010.

8-Bit Vintners mixes geeks and grapes with their inaugural 2007 vintage, Player 1: it’s a blend of wines from vineyards in Eastern Washington, including Syrah, Tempranillo and Malbec.

Hand-tooled and printed, ThinkGeek had to start from scratch since no factory exists for this authentic 50s-60s Slide Rule; it measures 12.5″ and comes in a vinyl sleeve with retro box.

Due out 9/9/09, Abbey Road Remastered is the result of a four year effort that used new tech alongside vintage equipment; the result is the highest fidelity Beatles catalog ever.

Issued to Japanese police, the Doryu 2-16 Pistol Camera features a grip with trigger that gives new meaning to shooting pictures; it’s a 16 mm movie camera with Nikkor 25mm lens.

If you prefer Rick Astley over Rokysopp, this Cassette-shaped 4-port USB Hub lets you wax nostalgic over the 80s while Facebooking; it’s authentic down to the rotating ribbon wheels.

Dr. Grordbort is back with The Righteous Bison; WETA’s latest raygun prop is their slickest yet, with a sharp, rakish profile, steampunk accents and a gothic-style engraved handle.

The Shelby Daytona Coupe MKII goes legit, carrying not only the Shelby name but a CSX 9000 chassis number; improvements include visibility, suspension, noise and cooling.

Hokey mysticism meets pasty nerdology with this pack of 78 8-Bit Tarot Cards; based on the Rider-Waite Deck, each is designed at 88 x 152 pixels using the 9-bit Mac OS color palette.

It’s complete nonsense, but what beautiful nonsense it is: Birdy Nam Nam puts Daft Punk and Heavy Metal in a blender and spits out robots, sneakers, sugar cubes and sarcophagi.

Perfect for messy eaters, these retro-style placemats will let you dine in the company of turntables, cassette tapes, boom boxes and TV test patterns; each is laminated with transparent foil.

Move over, Bugatti: the 1931 Miller V16 was the cream of the crop for a line of Indy-bred racing cars, and the only with a 16-cylinder engine; it’ll auction at RM Auctions next month.

These Deadstock Metal Flipouts are the real vintage deal: created in the 30s-70s and in storage until recently, they sport round metal frames with both clear and tinted flip-up lenses.

Jeff Brewer of CoolRockets takes fanciful spaceships of yesteryear and turns them into real-life, resin-casted models; each is hand-finished and comes with a collector’s card. Thanks, Chuck!

A little bit over-hyped, but still a huge boon to PC gamers, LucasArts is releasing a slew of their classic games on Steam Wednesday; look you’ll see The Dig, Indiana Jones and more.

Holy Mother of God, Ian Leino’s Chariots Retired is a must-wear for kids of the 80s: Transformers, the A-Team, Knight Rider, Ghostbusters, Air Wolf and more — today only at TeeFury.

Mega 64’s Oregon Trail revisits the travels of pioneers past, but it’s not all buffalo-huntin’ fun: it includes death by measles, flatulent dysentery bouts and a truly epic fording of a river.

Two of geekdom’s greatest loves unite in Michael Hickox’s Lego Arcade, a stop motion video using Lego pieces to recreate classic arcade games and set to the original sound effects.

Niles Z. gives Atari 2600 cartridges a second lease on life with his Atari Wallets; clips, neodymium magnets and wires keep things in place, but we most like the original (still playable) chip.

Blingvaders puts the 1980s on ice and lets you rep the 2600 in style: each necklace sports a a pixelated Space Invader studded with fake gems, and comes in either gold or silver.

The Pocket Retro Game Emulator is 5 consoles in 1: play NES, SNES, GBA, Genesis and Neo Geo roms on its 2.8″ screen with 4GB of storage, a mini SD slot, TV out and stereo speakers.

$10 lets you replay one of the best games in Square Enix’s stable: Final Fantasy VII is available on PSN, giving both old-school gamers and new initiates a chance to loathe Sephiroth.

We’ve all seen Toyota’s modernized FJ Cruiser, but ICON actually builds original Landcruisers (albeit with modern tech); you can customize everything from the color to the wheelbase.