Dammit, I keep getting Foongus!
This illustration by Maicon MCN is available as a print on Society6 for $17.
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Google Maps will never step being incredibly useful. In the latest bit of awesome, a Map of the Dead has been built on the back of Maps to display information that will help you and your friends survive the eventual zombie apocalypse (or you know, ebola outbreak).
Just plug in your address to find the nearest food, fuel, gun and liquor stores for looting, hospitals, campgrounds – you name it. The map also shows the “danger zones” with high concentrations of people. It’s probably best to stock up on supplies and get out of those areas as quickly as possible. Go ahead and use this map to outline your zombie emergency plan now before it’s too late.
(Map of the Dead via Geekologie)
It’s not alright at all. One does not simply rock their body into Mordor.
Watch a completely insane video of CGI Lord of the Rings characters jamming to the Backstreet Boys after the break.
A new exhibition featuring LEGO adaptations of 11 iconic buildings is currently running at the National Building Museum in Washington DC through September 3. Entitled Lego Architecture: Towering Ambition, the collection is made up of 15.5 million LEGO bricks, and includes adaptations of the Burj Khalifa, the Petronas Towers, and the Empire State Building – all of which were created by architect Adam Reed Tucker, who is also one of only 11 LEGO Certified Professionals on earth.
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I once stole a teddy bear from a toy store. I was all of two and I didn’t know any better so my Mom went back inside and paid for him, but if I saw these in a store today, then I’m sure they’d be the ones I’d try to pilfer. I love them and their adorable lack of pants.
Not only do they each sport the appropriately colored blue or yellow tunic, but their expressions are perfect. Kirk is the charmingly handsome ladies bear and Spock has pointy ears and his signature frowny eyebrows. Each measures 13.5″ tall and is sold individually. Now you have to face your own personal Kobayashi Maru and decide which one to purchase. It’s a no win situation. Buy them both.
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ThinkGeek is offering this make-your-own zombie action figure kit for only $39.99. That’s 33% off the list price!
Each DIY Zombie Customizable Action Figure Kit is chock full of parts. You’ll get 3 whole bodies plus some extra replacement limbs (in varying degree of decomposition). Put together the figures you want, mix and match the included clothes, and then paint ‘em up! You’ll have your own tiny zombie horde in no time. The DIY Zombie Customizable Action Figure Kit even comes with an instructional DVD to show you tips and tricks and all that. We’d love to write more, but it’s time for Dr. Decay-Face Grossman (our lead zombie) and friends to invade a certain pink dream house. There will be no survivors!
Zombie figures stand around 8-inches tall.
DIY Zombie Customizable Action Figure Kit—$59.99 $39.99 (33% off)
Clearly, Mario has lost his mind. However, if the controller still has any effect, his insanity would probably make the game a hell of a lot easier to conquer.
Hit the jump to watch his downward spiral.
When you’ve got the opportunity to ask a guy like Joss Whedon questions you occasionally have to hit him with the hard stuff. Whitney Matheson at PopCandy did just that in a recent interview. Since Whedon knows both characters so well, she asked who would win in a fight between vamp slayer Buffy and kick-butt spy Black Widow? Because Whedon is Whedon, he answered thusly:
Metalsmith Michael Craughwell fashioned this amazing 33.5-pound replica of Dante’s Rebellion sword from Devil May Cry—and he’ll do the same for you if you are willing to pony up $850 (plus whatever medical bills come along with wielding this thing).
Watch him set the sword aflame in the dramatic video after the break.
In East L.A, nine-year-old Caine spent an entire summer building a cardboard arcade. He used boxes from his dad’s auto parts store and taped together everything he could imagine. He cleverly developed a claw game, games with hoops, and waited for the customers to come. He even made tickets and had little prizes.
Nirvan Mullick stumbled upon the Caine’s Arcade and was so impressed by what Caine had built that he decided to make a short film about it. He also organized a flashmob to visit the arcade—and if that bit of the video doesn’t make you feel warm and mushy, you might need to oil your robotic innards.
Watch the short film about Caine’s Arcade after the break.
