Kick-Ass teaser trailer, you guys: Look, nerds, I'm sorry. Everyone pretty much hates you guys. There has certainly been a wave of pro-nerd sentiment over the past few years, but the world stands pretty much unchanged. It's going to be... CONTINUE READING KICK-ASS LOOKS KICK-PRETTY GOOD!»
Posted on November 11, 2009 in
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Tags: Aaron Johnson | Chloe Moretz | Christopher Mintz Plasse | Clark Duke | Kick-Ass | Mark Millar | Nerds | Nicolas Cage
Some nerd programmed a secret level on Mario Brothers and had the coins spell out "Will You Marry Me?" for his girlfriend. Oh, nerds. Always with the being nerds. This is one of those stories they will tell their nerd... CONTINUE READING THAT'S YOUR WEDDING PROPOSAL: SUPER MARIO WORLD PROPOSAL»
Posted on October 19, 2009 in
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Tags: Nerds | Super Mario Bros. | Videogames | Wedding
What's happenin', dogs! You down with OPP? Cool guys. Cooler girls. Let's rap for a second. I know that no one understands what it's like. Your parents DEFINITELY don't understand. Your teachers TOTALLY don't get it. Even with some of... CONTINUE READING VIDEOGUM'S TEEN KORNER: GET BULLY SMART»
Posted on October 14, 2009 in
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Tags: Bullies | Nerds | Self Defense
[Ed. note: due to a Netflix Error, the Hunt is postponed for a week. Boo hoo, I'm sure. We're all devastated.] On a day like today, with Couples Retreat making headlines as the number one movie in the country and... CONTINUE READING WE SHOULD ALL BE SO LUCKY AS TO FIND SOMETHING IN THIS WORLD THAT MAKES US HAPPY, PARTS FOUR-A AND FOUR-B»
Posted on October 12, 2009 in ,
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Tags: ClownCore | Clowns | NeoGeo | Nerds
I had never realized that Sonic and Tails were high school rivals who used the chaos emeralds (which were not chaos emeralds, probably?) to fight over who should or should not be in detention. And are not gay, but... CONTINUE READING KIDS NARRATE VIDEO GAMES INTO THEIR OWN INSANE STORYLINES THE DARNDEST THINGS»
Posted on September 24, 2009 in
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Tags: Adventure | Kids | Nerds | Sonic The Hedgehog
The number one Google result for The Tonight Show is The Jay Leno Show? Well that's just not right! Now, I don't know how the Internet works (I know it has something to do with JPEGS and mainframes), but... CONTINUE READING HEY NERDS, FIX THIS»
Posted on September 18, 2009 in
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Tags: Conan O'Brien | Google | Jay Leno | Nerds | The Jay Leno Show | The Tonight Show
This guy knows what I'm talking about. Let's all put on our nicest t-shirts and our formal balloon shorts and carpe this diem! (Thanks for the tip, Shabutie.)... CONTINUE READING TGIF, RIGHT, YOU GUYS?»
Posted on September 18, 2009 in
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Tags: Dance Offs | Nerds
This footage from a 1980s computer fair is mesmerizing. I was going to say that they don't make nerds like they used to, but they basically do.... CONTINUE READING COMPUTER NERD PARKING LOT»
Posted on September 14, 2009 in
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Tags: 1980s | Computers | Nerds
It is easy to poke fun at the 2nd and 3rd place competitors in the 2009 Pokemon Championships (whatever that is), because they've dedicated their lives to something that seems pointless and silly and nerdy and come up short,... CONTINUE READING WE SHOULD ALL BECOME CHAMPIONS OF SOMETHING»
Posted on September 11, 2009 in
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Tags: Nerds | Pokemon
Oh man, how mad are you that this guy already has your name? You probably just finished all of the legal paperwork to have it changed this morning and were about to head down to the courthouse after you finished... CONTINUE READING THAT'S YOUR NAME: JULIUS ANDREAS GIMLI ARN MACGYVER CHEWBACKA HIGHLANDER ELESSAR-JANKOV»
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Tags: Julius Andreas Gimli Arn MacGyver Chewbacka Highlander Elessar-Jankov | Nerds | Norway | Superfans
Today, in IMAX theaters around the country, audiences who have reserved tickets on-line will finally be able to see 16 minutes of James Cameron's Avatar in the anamorphic-3D format for which it was intended. The movie, years in the making,... CONTINUE READING YOUR GUIDE TO CELEBRATING AVATAR DAY»
Posted on August 21, 2009 in
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Tags: 3D | Aliens | Avatar | Avatar Day | Funtimes | James Cameron | Nerds | Pizza | Space
BASICALLY. Touchable holography? Get out of this town! Hahaha, baby elephant! In your pocket! The future is here, my ninjas. BALLIN'! That is pretty magical, if you think about it. But somehow it doesn't seem that magical in watching this... CONTINUE READING WHO WANTS TO HAVE SEX WITH A HOLOGRAM?»
Posted on August 7, 2009 in
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Tags: Future | Holograms | Max Headroom | Nerds | Touchable Holography
Nerds, cut it out! I know that you figure that life has been hard enough, what with the always being picked last and shoved into lockers and stuff and that you deserve to be free to find your fun... CONTINUE READING TINY IPHONE STEERING WHEEL IS TINY REMINDER OF WHY NERDS ARE LONELY»
Posted on August 5, 2009 in ,
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Tags: Advice | iPhone | iPods | Nerds
This weekend marked the end of Comic-Con: 2009. Of course, amidst all the Lost spoilers, and Avatar screenings, and Tron teaser trailers, and Green Hornet car displayings were hundreds of adults dressed in costumes. On the one hand, I genuinely... CONTINUE READING COMIC-CON 2009: ADULTS WEAR THE DARNDEST THINGS»
Posted on July 27, 2009 in
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Tags: Comic-Con | Costumes | Gene Simmons | It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia | Kristen Stewart | Nerds | New Moon | Robert Pattinson | Seth MacFarlane | Stan Lee | Taylor Lautner | Twilight
WASSUP POGS! Yo, as you probably heard on da grapevine, this week is Comi-Con, which is the world's greatest place for all of the coolest posters for movies that won't come out for three years. It's basically like the Juggalo's... CONTINUE READING VIDEOGUM'S TEEN KORNER: COMIC-CON 2009 (IN YOUR PANTS)»
Posted on July 24, 2009 in ,
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Tags: Andy Samberg | Avatar | Comic-Con | James Cameron | Johnny Depp | Kristen Bell | Kristen Stewart | Megan Fox | Nerds | New Moon | Robert Pattinson | Seth Rogen | Taylor Lautner | Tim Burton | Twilight
As Lost enters its final season, fans will have a chance to bid on props from the show, like Mr. Ecko's club and Hurley's lottery ticket. Just make sure there is room to store this stuff in your parents' basement.... CONTINUE READING WE'VE GOT TO GO BACK TO THE AUCTION!»
Posted on July 22, 2009 in
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Tags: Lost | Nerds
LunaTwilight is a forthcoming line of Twilight cosmetics, duh, so that the nerds can look so pretty and dead while they brush their hair before falling asleep alone in a pile of cats.... CONTINUE READING ALL DRESSED UP LIKE TWLIGHT AND NOWHERE TO GO»
Posted on July 1, 2009 in
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Tags: Fashion | Nerds | Twilight | Vampires
Twilight Cruise, OK, sure. You've got to do something between dinner and the midnight buffet. But Twilight summer school complete with Twilight prom? No, David Blaine. From MTV (Via Film Drunk): After all the time that I've spent covering the... CONTINUE READING TWILIGHT FANS CLOSING IN ON STAR TREK FANS FOR TITLE OF SADDEST FANS»
Posted on June 30, 2009 in
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Tags: Nerds | Twilight
And it ends with a World of Warcraft gay pride dance party? This is an important reminder that sometimes nerds are the best. The best part of this (uh, besides all of it?) is that this is the 5th annual... CONTINUE READING WORLD OF WARCRAFT GAY PRIDE PARADE»
Posted on June 24, 2009 in ,
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Tags: Homosexuals | Nerds | World Of Warcraft
John Hodgman was the keynote speaker at this weekend's Radio & TV Correspondents' Dinner in Washington DC, following President Barack Obama, which is insane. Not that he was the keynote speaker, but just that he followed the president, and that... CONTINUE READING JOHN HODGMAN'S LEGENDARY SPEECH ON NERD RIGHTS»
Posted on June 22, 2009 in ,
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Tags: Barack Obama | Jocks | John Hodgman | Nerds | Radio & TV Correspondents' Dinner
A cappella is for nerds. Period. You can do an a cappella cover of any song and it will never change that. You can do an a cappella cover of R. Kelly's "Sex Weed." You can do an a... CONTINUE READING NICE TRY, NERDS»
Posted on June 10, 2009 in , ,
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Tags: A Cappella Groups | Nerds | The Lonely Island
Gizmodo compares the the size of the new Starship Enterprise from JJ Abrams Star Trek (probably the best movie ever made, basically*) to the previous Enterprise, as well as other spaceships in sci-fi movie/TV history. It makes for a fun... CONTINUE READING A FUN STAR TREK TEST»
Posted on May 15, 2009 in
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Tags: Battlestar Galactica | JJ Abrams | Nerds | Star Trek
Wolverine, like all the X-Men mutants, feels at odds with the world. He did not choose to have his powers, they chose him, and yet he is hated. No matter his deep well of humanity, or his simple desire to... CONTINUE READING REAL LIFE WOLVERINE CLAWS DUDE WALKS THE MUTANT'S LONELY PATH»
Posted on May 5, 2009 in
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Tags: Nerds | Wolverine: Origins
Next December, James Cameron's 3D adventure Avatar will finally be released in theaters. That is still months away, but this weekend, the New York Times wrote an article about the movie's potential to be a revolutionary new experience in movie... CONTINUE READING JAMES CAMERON'S AVATAR IS ALREADY BREAKING NERDS' MINDS»
Posted on April 27, 2009 in
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Tags: Avatar | James Cameron | Nerds
Hugh Jackman has taken a moment out of his busy pants-peeing schedule (these pants aren't going to pee themselves!) to introduce a Wolverine: Origins contest: Oh boy! Obviously, winning this contest could easily make some nerd's year. I know that.... CONTINUE READING LET'S MAP BOMB THE WOLVERINE: ORIGINS PREMIERE»
Posted on April 2, 2009 in
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Tags: Hugh Jackman | MGMT | Nerds | of Montreal | Wolverine: Origins
