You know I did something similar once. I was on the phone with my friend Ronald, and both of us were playing through the last part of Secret of Mana, just to see who could beat the game faster. The S-O-B beat me by a mere 30 seconds!
Oh and I saw it again recently--the real-life replica of Squall's gunblade from FF8. For those of you in the South Florida area, there's a store at Dolphin Mall called the Dolphin Jewelry Exchange. There's a section towards the back of the store where you can buy replicas of weapons from various movies and books (i.e. Lord of the Rings, Harry Potter, etc). It is there where you can buy the Gunblade replica. I asked the lady about it and she told me that someone requested it to be custom-made, however they decided to cancel the order at the last minute.
Oh and get this, the Gunblade isn't the only FF-themed weapon replica they have! They also had a replica of Cloud's Buster Sword from FF7, and Paine's sword from FFX-2.