10 Best Noble Steeds

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Beneath the heroes, there are always the noble creatures they ride on: The valiant steeds they can count on to carry them places, lug their stuff, kill the bad guys, and above all, be their friends.

This Power Grid celebrates the ten noblest steeds in geekdom — and we are using that term loosely to include egg-spouting dinosaurs and Oreo-eating giant ants in addition to your standard heroic horse-types.

Shadowfax

Here's the deal with Shadowfax, as far as I can remember: After escaping from Isenguard, Gandalf goes to Rohan and is like "Dudes. You've got to mobilize against Saruman." And Theoden... Read on...

Yoshi

With his debut in Super Mario World, Yoshi was an instant hit. His ability to eat enemies and lay eggs (despite being a "he") was quite useful to players trying to navigate their way through... Read on...

Swift

Swift is that fox from David the Gnome . He was David's animal friend, always available to ferry the miniature forest doctor on his rounds, even to the India and the Himalayas, unfazed by... Read on...

Buckbeak

Buckbeak , of Harry Potter origins, can probably bee seen primarily as the steed of Sirius Black , although he has also belonged to Rubeus Hagrid and Harry himself. Buckbeak is a hippogriff,... Read on...

Appa

Appa is the animal guide of Aang , the messianic hero of Avatar: The Last Airbender . He is a sky bison, a race of six legged buffalo-like animals that can telepathically control the... Read on...

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The Unintentional Hilarity of Twitter Spam Bots

Back Alley Internet is a recurring column in which we explore some of the weirder corners of the Internet and see what we can drudge up for your amusement and education. This week: We study the legions of Twitter bots that trawl the trending topics and spit out some unintentionally hilarious tweets.

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Eric Limer You have to tew two tutus?! I have to tew two tutus too!
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Max The Pizza and Pasta Foundation supports the federal SAUCE act. Ask your congressman to put some SAUCE on it!
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Eric Limer I like how if you make a mistake typing a popular URL, invariably the site you find is all "YOU'RE WINNER!" It's uplifting for a second.
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Max Spam for work involves a false teeth supplier and someone looking to buy magnetic plates.
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Eric Limer So that improv show was definitely a good idea. Ben Schwartz, Zach Woods, Justin Long, AND Adam Scott. #EverythingWentBetterThanExpected
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Max Got a lot crossed off my to-do list tonight, and I'm starting to feel significantly less freaked about about, well, life.
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Eric Limer I need trephination like I need a hole in the head.
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Max AIM CHAT: I like you, too. *belushis*
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Eric Limer Listening to Call Me Maybe and cropping screengrabs of Twitter bots. It's times like this that I really love my job.
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James Plafke Popular rapper Ladies Love Removed Eyes.
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Eric Limer I am genuinely enjoying using So.cl to make weird picture mash-ups. I just made a collage of becks. http://t.co/ulGbDbwn
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Eric Limer This Facebook IPO coverage needs to stop cuz I'm seriously sick of seeing Zuckerberg staring creepily at me from the top of every story.
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Max Put on your poodle skirts and choose your favorite syrup because we're gonna have a sock-hop at the iHop.
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James Plafke I just threatened my mom to email me something by telling her I'd discuss with her all the lady celebrities I'd have sex with.
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Max New Hallmark Card: "I held an extended conversation with you without being able to remember your name" Inside: "I'm sorry."
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Eric Limer To any of you bros who might like to ice me, I encourage you to act on that urge, bro.
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Eric Limer If anyone is looking for some totally garbled, nigh-incomprehensible ad copy, I'm your man.
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Eric Limer What? None of my Facebook friends are on So.cl? How can this be?!
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Eric Limer "Does this mustache look creepy? Experts are blind; can't tell."
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Rollin Bishop Lin Beifong is suddenly one of the best things about Legend of Korra.
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