The British Defence Secretary has called on retailers to ban a forthcoming installment of Medal of Honor that allows players to control Taliban characters. The option is not available in the main game storyline, but rather the multiplayer online option in which one side can (and in fact must) play as the Taliban against US [...]
When I was a kid, cheese was a no-no. Unlike the typical American family, the only cheese we had was of the soy variety; my mother was allergic, and my father just thought it wasn’t nutritious enough to be a mainstay in our refrigerator. So, in those rare visits to family members, especially during the [...]
Thanks to ArcAttack, rock and roll concerts no longer need to be postponed by massive thunderstorms. All they need is the new lighting proof MIDI guitar, and of course, a giant Faraday cage suit to keep from getting cooked. While ArcAttack has had guitars in their act before, this is the first time the Tesla [...]
Totally untrue (at least in 2011), but still funny: [Via]
-Psychologist Claims Today’s Superheroes Are Bad Influences On Children Psychologist Sharon Lamb thinks that todays superheroes send the wrong messages to young boys. -WTF Star Wars Costumes Some pretty crazy and funny Star Wars costumes. -Apple may be looking to lock out unauthorized iOS users Apple has applied for a patent on a method to [...]
By Sterling “Chip” Camden Contributing Writer, [GAS] Leo Laporte, the famed technogeek personality and self-proclaimed web whore, has shuttered his Google Buzz account after Buzz mysteriously dropped fifteen of his posts over about two weeks. Laporte considers this event a wake-up call to the transitory nature of social media content that’s hosted by someone else, [...]
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Starting tomorrow, August 23rd, MythBusters’ sexy co-host, Kari Byron, will be hosting a new Science Channel show that will aim to get middle school kids excited about science. The show will air daily from 4 to 5pm with no commercial interruptions. Now how awesome is that? [Via [H]]
While the original Star Trek: TNG theme is an instrumental piece, Youtube user qcotms changed all that by composing some lyrics to put on top of the song. He also did the same for a bunch of other popular sci-fi series. You can check all of them out on his Youtube channel.
Youtube user Disasteradio loved the original double rainbow video so much that he decided to make it even more intense by creating this awesome 2001: A Space Odyssey / Double Rainbow mashup. Enjoy! [Via Neatogeek]
If you missed the Perseids meteor shower a few weeks ago, check out this awesome time-lapse video by Henry Jun Wah Lee who captured the event on his 5D Mk II Camera for you to enjoy. Gear: 5D Mk II, EF 16-35mm L. Settings: f/2.8, 6400 ISO, 20 second exposures. Edit: If you really want [...]
Hey! It looks like Dr. Phil Plait, the guy behind the Bad Astronomy blog, one of our favorite blogs here at G.A.S., just got his own TV Show! In Bad Universe, Dr. Plait will be looking to debunk some of the most popular myths perpetuated by the media about the universe. The show’s delivery looks [...]
