Halloween costume ideas - for the Mac crowd

Gordon Freeman from Half-Life 2: Rescue the world from wrong, tightly trim your beard, and good luck finding glasses like those.

Peter Griffin from Family Guy (inspired by the Family Guy Random Quote Generator Widget): This costume probably will work best with heavier set guys (or girls).

Drug Addict from the game, Detox
Use your imagination or memory to become a dead ringer for a Jared Leto or whichever addict you'd like to be. I'll get you started with some ideas but you can go wild from here: scarred arms, dark circles around eyes, carrying a dvd of "Requiem for a Dream," stained pants... This is fun. isn't it?!

Amju from the Amju Games
You have some choices here: you can either go as Amju, the Farm Girl, Amju the Golfer or Amju the Pool Shark. You'll need a dress, a red wig (unless you have bright red hair), some stuffed animals and REALLY BIG EYES! and a golf club, pool cue or pitchfork depending on which Amju you pick.

Gish from Gish
In the game, Gish, the main character is not your average hero, so a costume of Gish will definitely NOT be average either - not in the slightest, believe me. Gish is a ball of tar which is a relatively non-elaborate costume, so this should be easy to achieve: black trash bags or rags, black rope or non-toxic glue.

Disease Causing Bacteria, from Dr. Germ
If you have OCD about germs and micro-organisms and diseases, I wouldn't recommend wearing this germ costume. If you can handle the germ idea, this could be a fun outfit to get creative. Be inventive, and if you know a good makeup artist, they can go wild here and help you SCARE!

Necromancer from Diablo II
Though people might shun you even if you are the guy with the snazziest costume, it's nothing personal.

Pac Man
Yup, the ole pie with one piece missing trick. Just don't tell Namco about it or they might send you a cease and desist letter.

Soldier from America's Army
Not very PC these days but it's better than wearing Mickey Mouse ears.

Monty from Kill Monty
If you dressed up as Monty for a costume party, people will laugh at you. Just kidding. They'd be able to spot you from a mile away especially if you have some (fake) blood "tastefully" splattered on your suit. Stop monkeying around and work on your costume. Remember to bring a banana gun.

Flux from Airburst
One of my very favorite games is Airburst and Airburst Extreme. Flux is probably the cutest game sprite ever living on balloons high above the earth in this game and will never lose his cuteness. Watch out for helicopters wanting to land on your head.

Professor Fizzwizzle from Professor Fizzwizzle
If you're a tech guy, I have a feeling it won't take much alteration to look like Prof. Fizzwizzle. Just grab a lab coat somewhere, match haircolor and voila! Prof FW!

Boxer from Universal Boxing Manager
Hopefully you live in a place where you won't get too chilled wearing just shorts and gloves. I recommend working out now but I sincerely suggest that you go as a boxer if people will be able to handle looking at your naked torso.

Gnome Warrior from WoW
Be prepared to be the warrior that makes Gnomeragan proud of you. Also, bring your best weapons with you to the party and plan to proliferate!

Tiger Woods from Tiger Woods PGA Tour 2005
Time to wear your really uncomfortable golf shoes and dress up to look like your favorite golfer, Tiger Woods. Oh, and remember to bring your balls.

Wizard from Abracadabra
You gotta be fairly short in height to get away with this impersonation. Who wouldn't want to be a wizard for Halloween? Having a big nose will help, btw. The hat is brilliant and you can wear a glittery robe with nothing underneath!

iPod
The obvious. Just be prepared to wear diapers.

Apple
Dress up to resemble your favorite company's logo but try to create a round 3D version, ok?

If you absolutely get stuck and the clock is ticking on October 31 sometime in the late afternoon, and you still don't have a costume, go as Steve Jobs. This costume is easy: black turtleneck, jeans and nikes. An ipod would also be a nice touch.

Have a fun, safe, and happy Halloween.