Wasssssupppppppp: 8 Years later

8 years ago, a funny Budweiser ad went viral, infecting the whole planet with the “Wassup” meme. Now, the same dudes who were part of the original commercial have been brought back together to shout “Wassup” once again. Yes, we know, as almost everything published online recently, there’s an underlying political message to the video. […]



Real Consequences for Virtual Theft

by Casey Lynn Contributing Writer, [GAS] On the heels of the story about a woman “killing” her virtual husband, here’s another reminder that what happens in virtual worlds doesn’t always stay in virtual worlds. The story is that one teenage Dutch boy forced another teenage Dutch boy to hand over his virtual property in the […]

October Zombie Update [Public Service Advisory]

By Jimmy Rogers Contributing Writer, [GAS] As you may be aware, zombies are a constant threat to be reconed with if we are to maintain our way of life.  Therefore, we’ve decided to update you on this month’s happenings in all things zombie related. First up, October 18th was the date of a monumental zombie […]



Grab the Knife and Get Carving, Geek Style

By Jimmy Rogers Contributing Writer, [GAS] Do you need to geek up your Halloween festivities?  Why not look to the most classic of all Halloween traditions…the pumpkin! This ungodly looking creature is actually a replica of “The Predator” carved onto the face of a pumpkin.  Created by Villafane Studios, it is a true pumpkin masterpiece, […]

Woman arrested for killing virtual reality husband

By Mark O’Neill Contributing Writer, [GAS] I don’t know what is making me more speechless – the fact that the woman is facing serious jail time for this offense or that the story made it onto CNN.   “Obama and McCain?  Who CARES?!  We’ve got virtual reality murder HERE!  Let’s go with this!” So, as CNN […]

The lost art of Morse code

By Mark O’Neill Contributing Writer, [GAS] I’ve taken up a new hobby recently and that’s learning Morse code.   I’ve been wanting to learn this lost art for a long time, and was finally inspired to get started by this Art Of Manliness article, which supplied a printable card of all the Morse code characters for […]

1000’s of Total Strangers Fight Epic Balloon Battle

What do you get when you give a bunch of total strangers a MP3 file in which they are guided to a secret location and told that once arrived, they will have to simulate an epic battle to the death? This is what you get: The folks of Improv Everywhere are behind this, and they […]

But Some of My Favorite Words Have Four Letters!

by Casey Lynn Contributing Writer, [GAS] The USPTO recently awarded a new patent to Microsoft: automatic censorship of audio data for broadcast. Simply put, it’s a way to detect “undesired words or phrases” in a speech audio stream and automatically garble them. Just imagine! No longer must we live in a world in which our […]