The RZA to Produce Kanye and Jay Z’s ‘Watch the Throne’

Soulja Suckered Us All

Tuesday, 2nd August 2011
Posted in NERDCORE, Pop Culture
Tags: SODMG, Soulja Boy

Have ye not had enough of Soulja Boy? Eh? Neither have we, apparently, because there’s actually new SB news worth reporting. On this one I’m gonna go with my instinct, or what seems painfully obvious now — especially after all the reports of extravagant gifts and partying and plane-purchasing.

How to be ALL THE BATMEN in Arkham City

Tuesday, 2nd August 2011
Posted in Blog Archive, Gaming
Tags: arkham city, batman, batman beyond, Batmen, beyond, DLC, gamestop, pre-order

Batman Geeks, take note: This is how you pay tribute to Batman–by namedropping all of them! First, take a look at this picture below.

If that doesn’t fill you with some kind of collective nerdgasm I don’t know what will. Batman Beyond. Frank Miller’s the Dark Knight Returns. Batman the Animated Series. All these iterations of Batmen can be played in Arkham Asylum, for the low low price of—probably several hundred dollars. Keep Reading

Ice-T and Body Count Drop New Track for Gears of War 3

Tuesday, 2nd August 2011
Posted in Blog Archive, Gaming, NERDCORE
Tags: Body Count, Gears, gears of war, Gears of war 3, horde, Horde mode, Ice, ice-t, nerdcore, T, War

Going to be honest; I knew Ice-T was a G4M3R with a capital G, but metalhead?

Back at E3 he announced that he was reuniting with his buddies from Body Count to make a song for Gears of War 3, and now we’ve got a glimpse of it. Ladies and gentlemen Keep Reading

YTCracker Says: Hacking Ain’t All that Hard

Tuesday, 2nd August 2011
Posted in Pop Culture
Tags: blog, blogs, hacking, human, social networks, technology, ytcracker

That’s according to his new blog, at least, in which the famed nerdcore hip hopper dispelled certain notions about hacking:

Personally, the most common misconception i find people have about what constitutes hacking by the general public is they feel it requires some exceptional and unique technical prowess. in reality, hacking is all about PEOPLE.

Meet the New Ultimate Spider-Man Surprise! He’s—

Tuesday, 2nd August 2011
Posted in Blog Archive, Pop Culture
Tags: 2099, community, donald glover, legacy, miles, miles morales, morales, peter parker, spider, Spider-Man

—-Not Peter Parker.
Okay, we’ll get to the more important part here, we just didn’t want to spoil the surprise for you die-hard comics fans out there. Possible Comic spoilers below! Keep Reading

Women Wants to Replace Blind Eye with Digital Webcam

Tuesday, 2nd August 2011
Posted in Blog Archive, Technology
Tags: camera, camera eye, car crash, cybernetics, eyeball, mad science, science

A CHALLENGE AWAITS for you Jace Hall Show Fans.

We’ve heard some incredible stories lately about how people have recovered from horrible, ordinarily life-debilitating accidents. Here’s the latest potential story in waiting though–and you could be a part of it. Keep Reading

Harrison Ford and Chewbacca’s Bitter Reunion on Jimmy Kimmel Live

Monday, 1st August 2011
Posted in Offbeat, Pop Culture
Tags: Chewbacca, Harrison Ford, Jimmy Kimmel, star wars

If you didn’t catch it, Harrison Ford was on Jimmy Kimmel’s show last week promoting the new Geek-tastic Cowboys and Aliens – and took some time to reunite with an old f(r)iend. So yeah, by now you’ve probably seen it — but we have a nifty image capture of Harrison looking real Keep Reading

Wax’s New Single Shows Love for A Certain Gamecube Classic

Monday, 1st August 2011
Posted in NERDCORE, Pop Culture
Tags: EOM Coins, Luigi's Mansion, Wax

New Island Def Jam rapper Wax has released his new single, ‘Coins’, which samples bits from the Gamecube classic (is the Gamecube old enough to have anything related to it be called ‘classic’??) Luigi’s Mansion Keep Reading

#Thoughtsongaming: Gaming, Obesity, and our Good Health

Monday, 1st August 2011
Posted in Blog Archive, Offbeat
Tags: chris stephens, exercise, gaming, healthy, lifestyle, obesity

By R. Bryant Francis

I really, really wish tragic things would stop happening over the weekend, I’d like to devote this hashtag to happier causes.

Sadly, I don’t get that luxury. On Saturday the internet went into a collective firestorm over the death of “Xbox Addict” Chris Staniforth, a british twenty year old who suffered what’s known as deep vein thrombosis–a blood clot which can quickly cut off blood flow and block the lungs. DVT usually strikes down victims of long plane flights, who can sit for upwards of 12 hours without any movement. Chris would sit for up to twenty hours playing Xbox, a fact the media has been quick to pick up on. Keep Reading

Meet Noah: The 8-Year Old MvC3 player who will destroy your soul

Monday, 1st August 2011
Posted in Blog Archive, Gaming, Offbeat
Tags: 2011, capcom, dante, evo, Evo2011, hulk, kid, marvel, mvc3, noah, sentinel, tournament, wesker

At the EVO 2011 fighting game tournament over the weekend, the world got introduced to Noah, an 8-year old gamer who decided to challenge a bunch of 18-35 year olds in the Marvel Versus Capcom 3 tournament. You’ve got to admire his gumption, but there’s no way he could even stand a chance, in this circuit, right?

Wrong. Noah made it into the top 48 in the tournament, and was featured on the tourney livestream in a soul-crushingly awesome match where he destroys his opponent–and as you can hear, apparently perfected someone in a previous match. Keep Reading

MC Frontalot Drops First Single from ‘Dropped’, Other Songs Leak

Monday, 1st August 2011
Posted in NERDCORE, Offbeat, Pop Culture
Tags: Critical Hit, Dropped, MC frontalot

Though there’s still another 3 or so weeks to go before the album comes out, nerdcore pioneer MC Frontalot just released the first single from Dropped, “Critical Hit.” Keep Reading

Norway Retail Chain Pulls Violent Video Games Off the Shelves

Monday, 1st August 2011
Posted in Blog Archive
Tags: chain, controversy, culture, gaming, oslo tragedy, video game retailers

Written by: Paul Nyhart

And so it begins…

By now most everyone is familiar with the tragedy that occured in Oslo a little over a week ago. Now, a major retail chain is pulling violent video games off the Keep Reading

Correction: Soulja Boy Actually Didn’t Buy A Jet, but Here’s A Video of His Party

Monday, 1st August 2011
Posted in NERDCORE, Pop Culture
Tags: Crank Dat, plane, Soulja Boy

We toldja last week that Soulja Boy had purchased a $35 million jet for his birthday, with some super-elaborate trimmings priced at an additional $20 million attached (Italian leather seats, a travertine tiled floor, hardwood cabinets, four stocked bars and a number of flat screen TVs to be specific).

Crook Tries to Steal Cop Car, Claims Batman Told Him to Do It

Monday, 1st August 2011
Posted in Blog Archive, Offbeat, Pop Culture
Tags: batman, cops, cowardly, criminal, dark knight, dark knight rises, dumb, dumb criminal, lot, pittsburgh, stupid, superstitious

Usually the best way to solve almost ANY problem is with the logic puzzle “What Would Batman Do?” Invoking Batman is statistically proven to solve problem-solving abilities by 64%, and studies have shown that bringing Batman in the classroom will help generate our next generation of critical thinkers.

Except for this gentleman. He invoked Batman and just made himself look like an idiot. Keep Reading

Dear Valve: At least bring her in for an interview

Monday, 1st August 2011
Posted in Blog Archive, Offbeat, Pop Culture
Tags: erin, gabe, gabe newell, Half life, job, left 4 dead, newell, TF2, valve

There are many ways to get a job. You can reply to a posting. You can have a friend who knows a guy at the company get you an introduction. You can kick in the door and disarm the bomb under the boss’s desk and get hired on the spot with no qualifications whatsoever. (How I got this job.)

I disarmed it with this, by the way.

Or, you can make a video.