Nerds, it seems, are beset by an overwhelming compulsion to geek-brand the surface of everything they own, from their Princess Leia poster covered walls, to the Geordi La Forge visor they wear all day for no particular reason.  It’s this compulsion that has given rise to case modding, aka “putting computers inside stuff that usually wouldn’t have a computer in them”.  To the modding community’s credit, there have been some truly amazing case mods created over the years, but, as anyone who’s ever watched the Oscars knows, celebrating excellence and genuine achievement tends to be very goddamn boring, so here’s a bunch of really retarded cases we found instead…

10) The Skull-Covered Masses

Before we hit on the more high-concept examples, we thought it important to acknowledge the many, many, many case mods out there that aren’t terrible in any particularly special or unique way, but are nonetheless as appealing to look at as a video of your mom shaving her armpits.  These mods are what happen when dudes who’ve never been within 10-feet of a female try to do something creative.  Everything’s covered in mucus-like blobs, bad airbrushing and the skulls…there are so many skulls.

                                               Oh my god!  Where did they get Satan's PC?!

9) The Shitty PC

                                          Who knew an 8-year-old could handle a PC mod?

It’s a rare breed that’s willing to put dozens of hours into a project that wouldn’t elicit a laugh from anyone over the age or IQ of 10.  Apparently whoever made this was under the false impression that if he just kept painting fake poop the case would eventually become awesome.  We’re actually surprised he found the restraint to stop before the entire thing was brown.

8) The Pumpkin PC

While this is kind of cute, we’re pretty sure most computer experts advise against incasing you computer in something that’ll become a mass of festering mush within a week.  But what if you’re looking for the cachet, style and sophistication of a pumpkin-shaped computer without the fuss or muss?  Fear not, that’s why the Cyber Pumpkin exists.  Yes, it actually exists.  Really.

                                                 It may look cool, but the pies aren't great.

7) The Taped to a Fat Guy’s Balls PC

                                        By nerd standards his fashion sense isn't all that bad.

Science hasn’t yet perfected a force field that prevents human contact, but until then pulling apart your computer and making it into a wearable suit will work in a pinch.  The warmth of the motherboard and the gentle vibration of the hard drive is all you need to keep you warm at night.

6) The Hamster Prison PC

You know what most computers don’t have enough of inside them?  Rodent droppings.  This one is basically a scale model of our inevitable horrifying dystopian future in which we’ll all be confined to plastic tubes and surrounded by giant computers.  Looking on the bright side though at least the average American will finally get some exercise once our cyber overlords install the exercise wheels.

5) The Beaver PC

                                         Hairy stuffed beavers, right here at Gameist.com

For those who find it important to know the computer they use to download hentai once had a soul.  Up in Canada the Beaverputer outsells Dell 2-to-1.

4) The Naked Keanu PC

                                                      We feel dirty just looking at this.

“Come downstairs honey!  I have something to show you!”

“Oh…wow!  What is it?”

“It’s a PC case mod!  What do you think?”

“Oh my!  Well…it certainly looks like you put a lot of effort into it.  One question though, what’s that thing sticking out of the front?”

“Ah, I thought you’d notice that!  It’s a scale model of a naked Keanu Reeves.”

“I’m leaving you Tom.”

3) The Coffin PC

The ancient Egyptians believed the items buried with a person could be taken with them into the afterlife; a theory which will be proven if the guy who built this thing manages to update his Twitter after he’s buried.  At the very least being able to play a few rounds of Far Cry 2 on the casket would liven up the usual funeral proceedings.

2) The Ladyparts PC

                               It's hard to say which way nerds would find her more arousing.

Sure, all nerds love their computers, but what about those few who are in love with their computers?  Of course man-computer love is a taboo that should never be broken, but suppose for a minute your computer looked like a bountiful half-naked woman?  Problem solved!  Unsurprisingly there are quite a few of these gems out there.

                                                                 God-dammit Japan.

Fun Fact: In Japan there’s a law stating that every electronic device must either be shaped like, or able to display images of underwear-clad anime girls.  It’s true.  Look it up.

1) And the Winner is…

                                                             Case modding perfected.

It’s not just anyone who gets up in the morning and decides to cut the outline of a distended anus out of the side of their PC.  We here at Gameist salute the brave individual that dug down deep and found the childishness and poor taste necessary to make this case a reality.  We patiently await your upcoming Tubgirl themed mod sir.

Well that’s that.  We’d like to thank the case modding community for inspiring this article, and to all those out there that dream of building a life-sized Seven of Nine case mod made out of Lego or stuffing a computer inside a muskrat, we say good luck and God speed.

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