Remember Caine, that kid who built a cardboard arcade and thanks to it, amassed over $200ks in donations to persue a future degree in engineering? Well, things have certainly gone very well for him, so well in fact, that a new foundation was launched in his honor to help kids just like him develop the […]
Here’s an interesting idea we haven’t seen before: take the travel channel and combine it with a food network. What does that recipe look like? How about a show that eats its way through neighborhoods across the country, getting to know the cities based on their food. Now that’s full of awesomesauce, if you ask […]
If Star Wars was given a Macross treatment, this is about how it would look. This fan-made short has me wanting a whole series now! [Pascal Ramseier]
Ever wonder why you keep seeing Fry from “Futurama” popping up in internet memes? Or Captain Picard expressing his disdain? Or why Boromir from “The Lord of the Rings” keeps on warning you that One Does Not Simply do something? Well, YouTuber hatinhand edited a 4 1/2-minute video depicting some of teh interwebz’ most popular […]
I love weird games as well, and I totally agree with the points this guy is making in the video. What about you guys? Do you like playing weird games? What is your favorite one? Let us know in the comments section below! [KotakuNYC]
Etsy user FatCatCrafts makes “functional and fun pincushion cats” that might be the purrrrfect gift for the geek who loves to sew in your life. Here are some of our favorites. [FatCatCrafts | Via NA]
Toymaker Donald Kennedy took about 50 hours to make this custom Hungry Hungry Hippos game, replacing each hippo with a handmade Koopa Kid monstrosity. Initially I was going to use Koopa Troopas, but I decided that using the Koopa Kids would give it an extra flare. Each Hippo took about 10 hours to complete, and […]
A few days ago, I noticed some photos posted on a friend’s wall on Facebook. Peng Tiong had managed to pull off hosting an enormous LAN gaming party at my old residential college, International House (IH). He got a number of people that would have never classified themselves as geeks (or nerds or whatever derivation […]
Listen to J.R.R. Tolkien as he reads “Namárië,” an elvish poem that was first published in The Fellowship of the Ring, Book 2. Namárië is a reduced form of á na márië, which means “be well”, a formula usually used for greetings and for farewells among the elvish people. [Silmarilllion]
I saw this image on Geek & Sundry and I really want it as like…a sticker. Or an iron-on/stitch-on patch. Or maybe a t-shirt? I don’t care I want it in merchandise damn it! I also remember seeing a meme that said “Let’s bring back books. If someone brings you back to their room and […]