Nerdy Bits: Lady Rocketeer, DIY Comic Lanterns, Team Unicorn, Pixar Phoenix and MOAR!!!
Every day the internet produces an astounding amount of goodies and gems. Most hilarious, some amusing, but all worth at least a few seconds of your time. We here at Nerd Bastards try to bring you the best bits of news and nerdery the webz has to offer, with a bit of snark thrown in. But sometimes not everything makes the cut. Monday through Friday we’ll be bringing you our inbox leftovers, our forgotten bookmarks, the nerdy bits that simply slipped through the cracks. You can submit items to Nerdy Bits by emailing us at nerdybits@nerdbastards.com
ABOVE: Cosplayer Riddle salutes the iconic Rocketeer with her feminine take on the character. [Pix and Words]
This super cool N64 controller has been given a NES make-over by designer Zoki64. Check out Nerd Approved for other images and a video!
The gals of the International House of Geek give a tutorial on how to make these nerdy comic book inspired lanterns. Perfect for that romantic Valentine’s Day dinner you’ll be having by yourself in your mom’s basement.
As if coffee could get any better! With this LEGO mug from ThinkGeek, you can build while you drink the nectar of the caffeinated gods! Uh, but I’d be careful not to get too excited by what you’re building. You don’t want to spill your coffee.
PEPP-ER-ON-I!!! PEPP-ER-ON-I! [Obvious Winner]
This XKCD is actually not new. It came across my Twitter feed today and I felt it needed to be shared, especially because as nerds, we tend to feel like crap about ourselves. So here’s a reminder that you’re wonderful. Aw.
The rest of you mashup artists can just GO HOME because Phil Postma has pwned you all with his superhero/Pixar combos. [Nerd Approved]
TARDIS coasters from ThinkGeek! Whatever, I’m just waiting for someone to make me a wine glass that’s bigger on the inside so that no one knows how much Shiraz I’m imbibing.
The ladies of Team Unicorn are being super teases and only giving us a 30 second look into their new video “For the Win.”
This video game retrospective of Aliens goes all the way back to the 1982 Atari game. Really crazy to see the Commodore 64 graphics, computers have come a long way in just a few decades!
Despite the fact that BlackBerry is a dead company walking, they’re very smart to capitalize on the nerdlove we all have for Neil Gaiman. His “Keep Moving” project was also one of the most beautiful things I saw happen on Twitter last week.
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G4 Announces Cancellation of ‘X-Play’ & ‘Attack Of The Show’
It’s the end of a nerdy era over at G4 TV. Today the network announced the cancellation of two of it’s longest running shows, Attack of the Show and X-Play.There’s not been any official word on what will replace the shows and it’s anyone’s guess at this point.
G4 posted the announcement on it’s web page:
G4′s two longest-running and defining series, Attack of the Show! and X-Play, will be ending their run at the end of 2012. Both shows will include original episodes through the end of the year, and will look back at their most memorable moments as we lead up to their final episodes. A rotating lineup of guest co-hosts including John Barrowman, Michael Ian Black, Josh Myers, Paul Scheer, Rob Huebel and Horatio Sanz will join AOTS hosts Candace Bailey and Sara Underwood, and X-Play hosts Morgan Webb and Blair Herter as part of the farewell shows.
With well over a thousand episodes each, Attack of the Show! and X-Play have defined gamer culture for a generation, serving as the launch pad for prominent personalities including Kevin Pereira, Olivia Munn, Chris Hardwick and Adam Sessler. Attack of the Show! debuted March 28, 2005 and from the start was the ultimate guide to everything cool and new in the world of technology, web culture, gaming and pop culture. X-Play made its debut almost two years earlier, on April 28, 2003 (on G4′s previous incarnation: TechTV), and immediately became the go-to destination for young men seeking the latest video game news, honest reviews, hands-on demos and exclusive video game trailers and footage. The year-end celebration will take you back through highlights of these landmark shows’ history, including its exclusive live-from-the-floor coverage of San Diego Comic-Con and E3.
Both long-running shows helped define, as well as expand, the pop culture and gaming TV experience for a generation. We hope you’ve had as much fun watching them as we have had making them, and sincerely hope you join us in bidding a fond farewell to Attack of the Show and X-Play’s as we look back over the next two months and head towards each series’ finale.
Now the question remains as to what will replace these shows. I only ever really watched the channel, on purpose that is, for Attack of the Show‘s coverage of Comic Con. Looking over what is left at G4 one can only wonder if there are replacement shows in the works or retools of the two canceled shows coming with a complete wipe of the existing programs.
What do I think will happen? Sadly, I think that G4 is going to go “Reality” shows, old movies, and repeats of old television shows.
What’s your take on this announcement? Let us know in the comments section below.
Via: G4
Nerdy Bits: Chocolate Dalek, Homemade TARDIS Control Room, TV Characters’ Business Cards Imagined, Real Bag of Holding, And MOAR!
Every day the internet produces an astounding amount of goodies and gems. Most hilarious, some amusing, but all worth at least a few seconds of your time. We here at Nerd Bastards try to bring you the best bits of news and nerdery the webz has to offer, with a bit of snark thrown in. But sometimes not everything makes the cut. Monday through Friday we’ll be bringing you our inbox leftovers, our forgotten bookmarks, the nerdy bits that simply slipped through the cracks. You can submit items to Nerdy Bits by emailing us at nerdybits@nerdbastards.com
ABOVE: Chocolate sculpture inspired by Daleks. It will exterminate… your diet (I’m here all week folks) [GeeksAreSexy]
X-Wing made out of left over beet cans. Well, that’s one way to recycle empty beer cans. If it were me, I’d take to the recycle center and claim my nickles. [ObviousWinner]
Pacman Lamps. Each lamp includes a wireless remote control, which lets you set your ghost to one of sixteen colors. So, you get all the classic ghosts ((Blinky, Inky, Pinky, Clyde) and then some. I’d choose my own color and name the new ghost Susan. I ask you to respect my life my choices. [Technabob]
To say George R.R. Martin’s Game of Thrones series is expansive, would be an understatement. It’s hard as hell to keep track of who’s who, what happened when, and where. Well, now there’s an app for that. This GoT guide helps you sort through over 450 characters and 380 locations complete with interactive maps. It’s available for the whole series or individually for each book, and even includes an anti-spoiler feature so you won’t get information you shouldn’t have yet. [NerdApproved]
ThinkGeek’s Dragonscale Bag of Holder. Now you can cram all of your books, pens, and tablets, laptop, not to mention your scrolls, wands, and potions into a single messenger bag that just got a +5 to Charisma! [ThinkGeek]
Homemade TARDIS control room. Pfft. An imaginarium would have been much cheaper. Also, are those pie pans on the wall? Crap, now I want pie. [DailyUnique]
TV character’ business cards imagined. Completely accurate to their respective persons, and thus very funny. Imma steel the Barney Stinson one. [Imgur]
Don Cheadle reprises his role as the deranged Captain Planet. Best part is when he and Ma-Ti have a heart to heart. [FunnyorDie]
“Ganon can eat my Deku nuts!” Why being a henchman in Zelda universe would suck. [Cracked]
Cool things the Mars Curiosity rover could find (parody of “dumb ways to die”. Prolly the cutest video you’ll watch all day. [TheMarySue]
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