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Car Full of Zombies Confuses Paramedics

by Susana Polo | 11:33 am, July 11th

It’s a classic case of police profiling, or DWD. Driving while dead.

Well, actually it’s not, but if you are on your way to a zombie event, and you get in a car crash, you are going to confuse (and scare) the heck out of your paramedics. This is exactly what happened to five people in Portland, Oregon this Friday.

Sgt. Greg Stewart said people who witnessed the crash initially thought the victims’ injuries were much more serious, because of the zombie costumes.

“We’re glad that everyone is alive, despite being ‘undead’,”

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Geekolinks

Geekolinks: 6/26

by Susana Polo | 4:02 pm, June 26th

Pixtar Wars (Sillof’s Workshop)

LA’s Rush Hour Puppet Show (The LA Times)

Video Games Keep Kid From Going Blind in One Eye (Kotaku)

Fictional Drugs and Their Real-Wold Equivalents (SciFi Wire)

30 Facts From 30 Games That You Don’t Know (1Up)

Mickey Mouse, With Bugs (Neatorama)

Lightning Strikes 3 Chicago Towers at the Same Time (Craig Shimala)

(image via Bleeding Cool, and why you should be nice to your letterer.)

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This Exists

The Periodic Table of The Empire Strikes Back

by Susana Polo | 5:26 pm, May 22nd

As you may have noticed, this week marks the 30th anniversary of the theatrical release of Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back. Yes, it was thirty years go this weekend that everyone found out that Vader was really Luke’s father.

I’m sorry… too soon for spoilers?

Anyway, Scifi Wire has drummed up this tribute to the classic: The Periodic Table of Empire Strikes Back Elements. Full pic below.

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Hard Core Video of the Day: Octopus Kills Shark

by Susana Polo | 2:01 pm, May 14th

No, we’re not talking about a Syfy Channel exclusive movie. National Geographic has posted footage taken from a zoo aquarium tank where keepers decided to introduce some Spiny Dogfish Sharks. According to the narrator, they were hoping that their sharks, despite their omni-carnivorous diets, wouldn’t decided to make a meal of their Giant Pacific Octopus.

And then shark corpses kept showing up at the bottom of the tank. Understandably eager to know what was killing their animals, the keepers set up some cameras, and the footage they captured is below.

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Coming Soon

Filming on The Hobbit Movie to Begin in June July

by Susana Polo | 5:05 pm, March 17th

Ian McKellen‘s, erm… quaint official site has confirmed that Guillermo del Toro‘s The Hobbit will begin filming in New Zealand this ~~June~~ July.

The Hobbit’s, two films, start shooting in New Zealand in June. Filming will take over a year. Casting in Los Angeles, New York City and London has started.

Update: McKellen has since changed his webpage to read “July.”

Considering the length of the shoot (and IMDB) Part I will probably release in 2012, and the films will likely be shot at the same time, just like LotR before them.

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14 of the Best Geekiest Beers

Given beer's pervasive place in human history, it's not surprising that the geeky pastimes of drinkers would eventually rub off on the beers themselves. The result is a veritable cornucopia of nerdy beers, 14 of which are right here.

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Eric Limer I'm trying to come up with a control scheme where I can use my xbox 360 controller for leisurely web surfing. It's....interesting.
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James Plafke For a show about a sport I don't really dig, Friday Night Lights is an alright show.
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Eric Limer Just spent a few hours playing Kyntt. Stunning, cute little game. Highly recommended.
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Max Wanna create work flows, wanna make it all work work work.
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James Plafke I am jealous Elmo got to make out with Kristin Chenoweth.
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Eric Limer I swear under my breath A LOT. This must make people near by me very uncomfortable. That being said, I have no intentions of stopping.
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Max Court is now in session at the Burp Castle.
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Eric Limer I don't look at my finances as often as I should which is the main reason why I don't often want to look at my finances.
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Max Desert PolyBus: The game where you drive to Reno and then die.
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Eric Limer If I wrote a webcomic, every strip would be titled "Get it? GET IT?!"
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Max Got chili oil on my hands and face. It hurts. A lot.
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Eric Limer Suddenly I remember what I hate about PC gaming. Mainly never having a computer that can actually do it.
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James Plafke The halftime show taught me that football-watching men drinking beer who love seeing muscular men beat each other up really like to vogue.
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Max Pestering your friends at 8am is how you show you care, right? #hopeso
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Eric Limer Twitter is like RiffTrax for EVERYTHING.
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James Plafke I know global warming is scary, but not having a winter was pretty cool. I didn't have to spend money on shoes for the snow.
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Eric Limer I hereby apologize to all persons --past, present and future-- who have the misfortune of hearing me "sing" dubstep songs.
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Max Even Facebook's Timeline thinks I could have done more with my life.
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Max I did that thing where Facebook turns your Timeline into a movie. Mine had pictures of ducks and foliage set to really dramatic music.
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Max "But I don't wanna go to the dog show!"
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