Forget castles: Sand makes great gaming-themed sculptures ...

As August slowly creeps along, we find ourselves coming closer to the end of summer. You could spend your last sunny days outside enjoying the fleeting moments of warm afternoons with leaf-covered trees gently swaying in the wind. Or you could spend them inside looking at this gallery of gaming-themed sand sculptures!

And don?t pull an Anakin Skywalker and tell me how much you hate sand! I know you don?t despise it more than having to go outside, you stereotypical gamers you. And I say that with the greatest level of endearment.

10 gaming-themed?sand?sculptures

Enjoy your last bit of summer indoors with these gaming-themed sand sculptures.

http://nerdreactor.com/2011/08/08/uncharted-3-drakes-deception-goes-to-the-beach-and-plays-with-sand/

Uncharted 3 features a lot of desert, so turning it into a sand sculpture is incredibly appropriate.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/playstationblog/4932126833/

Sackboy from Sony?s LittleBigPlanet franchise.

http://kotaku.com/307051/koopa-sand-sculpture

A koopa from Super Mario Bros.

http://walyou.com/pacman-sand-sculpture-design/

A Pac Man maze brought to life thanks to the wonders of sand.

http://s297.photobucket.com/albums/mm207/bevjane62/?start=160

Not about a specific game, but this sculpture offers a pretty cool visual. Of course, that car is probably going to run over that poor gamer.

http://kotaku.com/226241/lost-planet-contest-finalists-now-pick-winners

The Master Sword from the Legend of Zelda.

http://geek-news.mtv.com/2011/05/30/top-ten-geeky-sandcastles-and-sand-sculptures/

Blocks from Super Mario Bros.

http://kotaku.com/226241/lost-planet-contest-finalists-now-pick-winners

Pyramid Head from Silent Hill 2. Not sure what that robot?s all about, though.

http://imgur.com/a/ARVMk

Mario jumping in front of a Game Boy playing Super Mario Land, with a little Space Invaders thrown in there.

http://godeveausculpture.carbonmade.com/projects/3160794#8

A collection of 8-bit icons, including Mario, Mega Man, and Link, by Guy-Olivier Deveau.

Source: http://venturebeat.com/2012/08/20/gaming-themed-sand-sculptures/

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