Geeks, Nerds and Pointdexters
Lightsabers on a Segway
So, I guess this is for the lazier Jedi.Apparently, Star Wars fan videos never get old.
Posted By: mdb777 - Tue May 05, 2009 -
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Category: Boredom, Fads, Geeks, Nerds and Pointdexters
World’s Largest-Ever Model Rocket Launch
Okay, "model rockets" are about a foot long, right? This thing is something the North Korean military aspires toward!
Posted By: Paul - Thu Apr 30, 2009 -
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Category: Explosives, Geeks, Nerds and Pointdexters, World Records, Weapons
8-Bit Weapon
Video game music as full-length songs? Yes, it's a whole weird subculture.Here are two examples from the group 8-Bit Weapon.
Posted By: Paul - Sun Feb 01, 2009 -
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Category: Games, Geeks, Nerds and Pointdexters, Music
“U”: The Klingon Opera
Posted By: Paul - Fri Jan 30, 2009 -
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Category: Eccentrics, Geeks, Nerds and Pointdexters, Languages, Science Fiction, Opera
The King of Kong
Surely there's not a lot of things weirder than obsessive videogame world-record competitions...
Posted By: Paul - Thu Jan 29, 2009 -
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Category: Contests, Races and Other Competitions, Eccentrics, Games, Geeks, Nerds and Pointdexters, Documentaries, 1980s
The 10th Victim
This article in today's NEW YORK TIMES tells us about "Street Wars," a game played in urban environments by players determined to "kill" each other. Several precedents for this game are cited in the article, but the writer misses the most important and primal one: A 1953 story by famed and beloved SF writer Robert Sheckley, titled "The Seventh Victim."The story was later filmed as THE 10TH VICTIM. Its most famous scene: Ursula Andress using guns concealed in her bra, as seen in the second clip below.
Posted By: Paul - Sat Sep 27, 2008 -
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Category: Explosives, Games, Roleplayers and Re-enactors, Geeks, Nerds and Pointdexters, Guns, Literature, Science Fiction, Movies, Sexuality, Sex Symbols, War, Weapons, 1950s, 1960s, Women, Yesterday’s Tomorrows
Perfectible Worlds
[Photo copyright by Sage Sohier.]
Posted By: Paul - Sat Aug 02, 2008 -
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Category: Eccentrics, Collectors, Geeks, Nerds and Pointdexters, Photography and Photographers, Books, Roleplayers and Re-enactors
Get Your Geek On
Posted By: Paul - Fri Aug 01, 2008 -
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Category: Business, Products, Conventions, Geeks, Nerds and Pointdexters, Hospitals, Literature, Fantasy, Science Fiction, Pop Culture, Comics
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