It’s always great to see nerds in love. It’s not surprising that those passionate about the geeky things they love would be similarly passionate about the people they love. When it comes to marriage proposals, leave it up to the…
Check Out This Astounding LEGO Turing Machine
This coming Saturday will be the 100th birthday of Alan Turing, the English mathematician famous for helping to break the German Enigma encryption during World War II. Though the man died in 1954, his legacy as one of the founders…
Watch This Insta-Kill Weapon Battle Royale
Whether it’s a throwing knife, a headshot, or a plasma sword, insta-kill weapons are powerful, yet limited, weapons. They normally take a bit of skill to wield properly, and will more than likely get a new player killed as he…
Listen to the Portal DLC Cave Johnson Quotes – All 26 Minutes of Them
The Portal 2 downloadable content (DLC) that was released this week isn’t just a custom map maker. Ok, it pretty much is, but Valve has never been a company to simply throw something out to make a quick dime. It’s…
Enjoy a Sexy Wookie Bubble Bath For Star Wars Day
Happy Star Wars Day! Every May 4th is designated by geeks all over the world as Star Wars day. Why you ask? May 4th. May the 4th be with you. Get it? Yeah. Now that you are appropriately bemused and/or…
Star Trek: The Next Generation on Blu-ray in July
CBS this week announced the release date for the Blu-ray edition of the first season of Star Trek: The Next Generation. A six-disc Blu-ray set will be released on July 24. The show has been remastered from original film elements…
Watch the First Two Seasons of Star Trek – All at Once
For those of you who just can’t wait for the next Star Trek film, YouTube user twilight1138 has got a fix for you. The user posted a video of the first 56 episodes of the original Star Trek series, complete…
Grandma Takes a Lightsaber to Dubstep [VIDEO]
With the EA’s Star Wars: The Old Republic MMO on hold today due to a patch-related mix-up, you may be hard-up for your Star Wars fix. You’ll be happy, then, to see this video portraying one older woman’s lightsaber skills:…
Print Your Own Transforming Chess Robot
The design for this chess-transformer was first posted on Thingiverse, a MakerBot, Industries website that allows users to post digital designs for objects that can be printed using a 3D printer, such as a MakerBot. Thingiverse user cymon designed the…
Doctor Who RPG Recounts the 11th Doctor’s Adventures
College Humor has released a parody video of what a Doctor Who RPG would look like, and I love it. It’s done in the style of Japanese role-playing games (JRPGs) as they appeared on the Super Nintendo. The clip recounts…
‘Real’ Tricorder Created by Canadian Inventor
Peter Jansen, a PhD graduate in cognitive science from McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario, has been working towards an inexpensive, fully-functional device modeled after the ‘tricorder’ devices from the Star Trek TV series. Jansen envisions a world where children and…
Battlestar Galactica Viper Simulator Created by High School Students
Although the new Battlestar Galactica series Blood and Chrome is in trouble, that hasn’t stopped die-hard fans of the series from taking their fandom to new heights. Five Marin County, California high school students are creating a motion-controlled flight simulator…