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Electronic Arts Drops Online Pass Program, Causes Internet to Worry Over...
Well, folks, EA’s finally gone and dropped their Online Pass program. In case you weren’t aware that this was a thing, the publisher was essentially holding multiplayer and similar video game features...
View ArticleNew Pacific Rim Trailer Keeps Us Salivating [Video]
There are two kinds of people here at the Geekosystem office: Those that can’t wait for Pacific Rim to come out on July 12th, and those that can’t wait but are kind of tired of hearing about from the...
View ArticleHere Comes A New Challenger! The Tobias Funke/Capcom Mashup The Internet Has...
Yesterday, we were almost giddy over the news that you can now green screen Arrested Development‘s Tobias Funke (doctor, actor, and the world’s first analrapist) into any video through the promotional...
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Shaq Registers “Shaqfighter” Trademark for Potential New Game, World...
Like so many of you, I’ve lost count of the nights I’ve found myself sleepless, lost in thought, wondering if the universe will ever see fit to grace our small, grey lives with a follow-up to Shaq-Fu....
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LEGO Swiss Army Knife Can’t Cut Anything, Is Still Pretty Amazing
Using just LEGO and Bionicle pieces, builder Robiwan Kenobi has crafted the LEGO answer to any problem – the LEGO Swiss Army knife. The contraption features a LEGO blade, saw, toothpick and what looks...
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Want to Be Better at Math? A Jolt of Electricity to the Brain Might Do the Trick
If you’re not great at doing math in your head, you’re in pretty good company around these parts. In general, too — an estimated 20% of otherwise healthy adults regularly struggle to do basic...
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The Little Rover That Could: Opportunity Breaks NASA’s Driving Distance Record
With all the hubbub surrounding the landing of the Curiosity rover, folks tend to forget that it’s not the only device operating on the planet. The Opportunity rover’s still kicking up there, for...
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New Periodic Table Song’s the Best One Since Tom Lehrer’s “The Elements” [Video]
I’m a big fan of “The Elements” by Tom Lehrer. You might not know the name, though you really should, but you’ve likely heard the song at some point. It’s literally just Lehrer singing the elements on...
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Calling Out Sick From Work? Here Are Some Excuses Not to Use
Summer is on its way, which means it’s just about time to start converting your sick leave into three day weekends for the coming months. How to make sure your boss doesn’t call your bluff, though?...
View ArticleSteven Spielberg’s Duel is Also the World’s Worst Driving Instruction Video
Apparently, today is the day that I share with the Internet my deep and abiding love of the 1971 Steven Spielberg movie Duel. Based on a Richard Matheson short story, Duel is a simple, bare bones...
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Amazon Studios Passes on Zombieland Pilot, Internet Collectively Breathes a...
It wouldn’t be an inaccurate statement to say that the prospect of a Zombieland show over at Amazon initially piqued the interest of pretty much everyone here. Like, the movie, but a show? Sign us up!...
View ArticleBatman: Arkham Origins Teaser Shows Off Awesome Deathstroke Fight [Video]
Batman: Arkham Origins is set to launch October 25th, 2013, and this recently dropped teaser shows off some impressive CG, a grizzled Batman, and a really, really cool take on Deathstroke. Between you...
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Geekolinks: 5/17
How to secretly change your relationship status on Facebook (GeekSugar) Once again, the Internet falls for Daily Currant parody article (Mediaite) Don’t be that guy who trips on stage at graduation...
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Nintendo Now Set to Profit From All Those Let’s Play Videos on YouTube
In a move that’s going to have them receiving curses from a very vocal minority of people, Nintendo’s now going to profit from user-generated videos that people upload to YouTube. As in, all those...
View ArticleJ.J. Abrams is Bound to Confuse Star Trek and Star Wars [Video]
One of the issues that people have with J.J. Abrams on both Star Wars and Star Trek is the idea that he’s going to end up confusing the two somehow. What, exactly, does that mean? It’s hard to say,...
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Joss Whedon Straight Up Confirms Scarlet Witch and Quicksilver for Avengers...
Hollywood and the film industry at large are notoriously wary of spilling the beans about, well, anything. They’d rather not confirm anything. Teasing up until the very last minute is more their...
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Sun Continues Impressive Activity, Tosses Coronal Mass Ejections at Earth
If you weren’t already aware, the Sun’s been seeing a whole lot of action of late. Like, it’s still being the Sun, but it’s also putting out incredible X-class solar flares, complete with coronal mass...
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Valve Releases Entirely Community-Made Team Fortress 2 Update
If you haven’t played Team Fortress 2, you should really go do that. The team-based shooter video game’s found a kind of longevity that publishers and developers that aren’t Valve dream about. TF2‘s...
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Google Media Player FCC Filing Includes Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy...
We don’t know a lot about the Google-built media player, other than the fact that Google made it, and it’s a media player, but the device’s FCC filing does reveal one interesting tidbit: The model...
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Geekolinks: 5/18
7 reasons to love Craig Ferguson (GeekSugar) Fishing derby insists on lie detector tests for winners (SportsGrid) Sanditon RP so popular that Twitter mistakes accounts for spam (The Daily Dot) Maddow...
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