Nintendo / C64 purse is runway-caliber fashion accessory

Look: there are purses, and then there are purses. Well, this one is none of those things. It's a decent looking bag to begin with, but then... well, things get really fantastic. Jeri Ellsworth took it upon herself to cram a Nintendo-on-a-chip and a Commodore 64-on-a-chip (her own creation) into the bag, along with an LCD. Then she connected up some NES controllers, which are velcroed onto the outside of the bag. The result looks awesome, and is also actually useable. We haven't heard anything about these guys being offered for sale, but we're fairly certain that the august House of Dior will probably be ringing her up any day now. Seriously: this thing is a work of art. There's a video of Jeri talking about her creation after the break.

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[Kaitian @ Apr 24th 2009 3:26PM]

Sell it to Paris Hilton for a couple million smacks. She'll buy anything that makes her look ahead of the trend. :D

[*Just some girl @ Apr 24th 2009 3:47PM]

Yikes.

you couldn't pay me enough to carry that around.

[Jake B @ Apr 24th 2009 4:16PM]

For real. Sh*t is weak. Would way rather emulate some Nintendo on a nice sexy phone.

[Dave @ Apr 24th 2009 3:28PM]

Great. Now I want a purse.

[DrHockey @ Apr 24th 2009 3:29PM]

My wife has been saying she wants a new bag. May not be what she had in mind but...

[DucatiGuy @ Apr 24th 2009 3:36PM]

and they wonder why Americans are so behind in the technology race...

[j0e @ Apr 24th 2009 3:35PM]

That thing is ugly...but I want it.

[Tintivilo @ Apr 24th 2009 3:42PM]

The bag material looks like my dining room placemats rolled up

[vmod32 @ Apr 24th 2009 3:49PM]

I was just thinking th same thing... That thing is ugly as hell, and really not that great of an "invention". whoopie and lcd screen glued to a purse with some controllers hanging out. Anyone with half a brain could make one of these.

[hemmy @ Apr 24th 2009 11:25PM]

@vmod:

First, anyone with half a brain couldn't. Secondly, Jeri actually designed the c64-on-a-chip, it is her invention. So no, your average tart is going to be remotely capable of putting something like that together.

Personally, I think it's quite cool. But then again, I grew up using a c64 and I loved the damn thing.

[jlopez_15 @ Apr 24th 2009 3:42PM]

@ Kaitian

To quote Paris herself: "That's hot!"

[Jonathan @ Apr 24th 2009 3:48PM]

I've got to get off my ass and mod my xbox into a live chicken.

[Matt @ Apr 24th 2009 3:56PM]

Ahhh, Joust. I had that game, was annoyed there was never an ending.

[Dave Clark @ Apr 25th 2009 9:15AM]

Like most of the classic video games of the '80s, the ending is When You Die.

[Alec @ Apr 24th 2009 3:59PM]

All I have to say is why.

[Uchiha Sasuke @ Apr 24th 2009 4:10PM]

I saw Jeri Ellsworth at PAX 2008. She's really nice and down to earth but the fact that she can outgeek any guys who comment in Engadget is a major turn on. The sad thing is she probably knows her way more with a circuit board than a guy. :(

[John Sullivan @ Apr 24th 2009 5:17PM]

Agreed-- I just watched another video of her showing off her chops and I've gotta say: she may be the sexiest nerd I've ever fallen in love with after watching her YouTube video.

Yep. She is.

[Nyle @ Apr 24th 2009 5:53PM]

Now put an Amiga on a chip and I'll be carrying a "Man Bag"

[Clark @ Apr 24th 2009 4:28PM]

Would rather have her.

[steve @ Apr 24th 2009 4:40PM]

ill be willing to carry a man bag if its one of those

[Michael B @ Apr 24th 2009 4:47PM]

Where is the keyboard?

[Clyde Berry @ Apr 24th 2009 4:55PM]

Hideously ugly purse. I still want it.

[Hackettman @ Apr 24th 2009 5:25PM]

This is a guy magnet...... Id have every confidence to go up to a girl with nintendo hanging off her person....

[tod @ Apr 24th 2009 8:36PM]

Yeah this is cool. Jerri brought it with her to Notacon and let people play with it. 8-)

[Mark @ Apr 24th 2009 5:50PM]

Hmm, this might just make shopping with the gf more interesting....

[bobartig @ Apr 24th 2009 5:55PM]

So, how do I marry this woman?

[versionII @ Apr 24th 2009 6:00PM]

Hey honey...lets go shopping..

OH Man...

I got the new Mario Game..

COOL lets gooo!!!

[Chris @ Apr 24th 2009 6:44PM]

@00:35

that guy's laugh made me vomit

[Agent .25i @ Apr 24th 2009 6:44PM]

JOUST! So many quarters spent on that game, so worth it. Oh! and Arkanoid, another gobbler of allowance. And Shinobi... Ok I need to stop.

[010111 @ Apr 24th 2009 7:03PM]

"The result looks awesome, and is also actually useable."

not as a purse it isn't. looks like it holds less than a wallet.

in which case it is 'purse' only in the sense that they needed something stereotypically feminine to attach some crap to so people would pay any attention at all to this.

exact same set-up ... in a cereal box the exact same size as this 'purse'... no one would care. at all.

but put have a girl put it in a purse? that is practically the neckbeard siren call.

[Kree @ Apr 25th 2009 10:19PM]

You must have a pretty huge wallet then. I've also seen plenty of purses smaller than that one.

[Marc @ Apr 24th 2009 10:59PM]

Throw this thing on a fanny pack and its sold.

[unnamedXD @ Apr 25th 2009 5:24AM]

you could do a screen to recive data from a bluethoot

[Laptop Bags @ Apr 27th 2009 10:52AM]

Keep this off the Mother's Day gift list.


www.careerbags.com

[Tabajara Labs @ Apr 27th 2009 1:13PM]

I'd die for this girl...

[BraveJhawk @ May 21st 2009 2:34PM]

I love Joust! Sadly my wife doesn't like to carry a purse. :(