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Video: OMFG! Tesla Coils Do Super Mario Brothers Theme

2007-11-07T22:00:35Z

Oh Tesla, woe that you didn't have a better PR agency. Just imagine had you won over Edison, all of our appliances would be wireless, we'd have more fun watching the cats get at the electronics (mmm cripsy kitty), and fireworks would have gone the way of my virginity...

Ask-a-Fanboy: How to get into somebody's pants

2007-10-09T21:05:25Z

A new Ask-aFanboy is up in the comics section. You owe it to yourself to kick back, get a cup of coffee and or vodka and laugh your ass off. If you can't laugh your ass off, evidently there are some crazy people out there doing something called fight-doo-doo or something like that. In total admitted ignorance, I predict that it started in California and has something to do with making someone other than me fabulously wealthy.

Anywho, send new questions to the Boy Blunder, care of GayGamer Castle. Oh hell, just email me.

Reminder: Ask-a-Fanboy

2007-09-24T18:44:57Z

Tomorrow is Ask-A-Fanboy, which is of course a weekly holiday in Estonia, and the GayGamer Castle. Why don't you celebrate by asking a few questions. Any topic is valid, no subject taboo. For the love of god I need something to do tonight other than look at porn!!!

Ask-a-Fanboy

2007-09-18T17:57:10Z

Ask-a-Fanboy is up in the usual place. This week I tackle such pressing issues as whether or not someone could survive attacking Boy of Tomorrow, my preferred reading material, and my favourite classic TV. Oh and drag queens, large drag queens.

Reminder: Ask-a-Fanboy tomorrow

2007-09-17T19:00:34Z

There's still time to get in all those wild a crazy questions you like to ask me. I'm not very scary and I don't bite (much and I'm really really sorry for the bruises I left on that guy's neck I met last night at the club. oops!). Simply open up your favourite email client and shoot one off...

Rough Trade Friday

2007-09-14T19:40:12Z

Its that time again, and Boy of Tomorrow and I get a little kinkier than usual, exploring two dark worlds we normally aren't allowed near - television and *gasp!* an actual book! With Words! And No Pictures! (You see, Barnes & Noble told us we were banned for life, particularly for that little stunt with the penguin and the gerbil) Head over to the usual place to check us out.

Today's safety word is "Gere."

A Gentle Reminder: Ask-a-Fanboy

2007-09-10T18:42:04Z

Oh gentle reader, whom I adore, tomorrow is another edition of Ask-a-Fanboy, and I can't abuse you properly if I don't get good material. I know how you like to be hurt, hurt real good, and I can help you get what you need. Send me questions about anything. I'll be honest with you. It only hurts at first, then you get used to it, as we do this more often. Trust me you'll like it.

Ask-a-Fanboy: The Boy Blunder

2007-09-04T21:05:21Z

Heading down to Austin TX for the Austin GDC. I expect y'all to behave. In the mean time I've answered a few of your more burning questions. I reckon I'll get me a mean steak and be surrounded by hot UT boys. You may invoke your jealousy now.

Keep sending in questions for next week.

Mosey on over to the comics section and check it out, ya hear?

Ask-a-Fanboy: The Boy Blunder Returns

2007-08-28T19:23:42Z

I got so many questions last week, I barely had time to play with my Wii last week. Oh, that and Bioshock. I'm going to lose my day job because of that game...

Today's questions all have something to do with making choices. Evidently some people haven't figured out how to have their cake and eat it too. Head over to the comics section to check it out...

Remember to keep submitting questions! I'd hate to have to answer one of Boy of Tomorrow's love life questions...I only have so many bytes after all.

Ask-a-Fanboy, or The Boy Blunder Unbound

2007-08-21T20:00:46Z

Today we launch Ask-a-Fanboy, GayGamer's own advice column, with a special Boy Blunder twist. Every Tuesday we will bringing you the advice you never knew you needed. So, keep those questions coming.

Today's questions all have something to do with lacking something, either information, a clue, a sex life...so head over to the comics section and check it out.

Reminder!! New Feature: Ask-a-Fanboy Tuesday

2007-08-20T15:30:31Z

Starting this upcoming Tuesday in the comics section we will be launching a new weekly feature: Ask-a-Fanboy.

What is it? Its all about that special advice that only a fanboy can give.
What can I ask? Anything at all.
When do I need to get my questions in by? Anytime is good, but I'll cut off submissions for a given week's column by Monday at noon.
Why are you torturing me thusly? You deserve it.
Who is letting you do this? I snuck into the GG castle behind Fruit Brute when he wasn't looking.
Where do I send questions? To the Boy Blunder subject: Ask-a-Fanboy
What the hell does this have to do with comics? You'll see.

So I need lots of questions...on anything.

Go on. Get to it.

Damn it stop playing with your Wii and start asking questions.

Rough Trade Friday

2007-08-17T21:10:18Z

We're getting all down and dirty today in the comics section. Both Boy of Tomorrow and I tackle the sticky issue of the Swamp Thing. I take a look at the long and twisted history of Swamp Thing and the key importance it plays in the DC Universe. Boy of Tomorrow pans a bad movie.

Does anyone want to give me a shower after we're done frolicking in the mud?

Rough Trade Friday: Retro Sci-Fi Invasion

2007-08-10T16:44:20Z

Ahh, galactic domination. Ray guns. Tight spandex costumes. Formula plots. Hot men. Hot women (so I'm told). Visions of an ideal tomorrow. Recently resurrected Boy of Tommorow and I explore the finer side of the far future in Rough Trade this week. BoT hits Fear Agent, whilst I tap Flash Gordon. You can read all about it in the comics section.

All hail Ming!

Safety word: "Freddie Mercury"

What Comic Books Taught Me About Hatred

2007-08-06T15:28:59Z

Comics taught me a lot about how to deal with life. In some respects more than classical authors such as: Ovid, Boethius, Plato, Homer and Danielle Steel. I learned how to use misdirection and a spiffy pair of glasses to hide my True Identity™. I learned how to fall properly into radioactive goo so as to not get cancer and only get spiffy powers. I learned that from tragedy, with dedication, perseverance and tight spandex that I can teach my enemies to fear me.

Many of you know that our site has been down because of an attack. Which sucks, because I had a lot to write about Quakecon. But it gave me time to reflect on why these things happen and how I am supposed to react to it.

The most important lesson I learned from comics though relates to hatred. I learned that any group that is sufficiently different is a target for ignorance. Skin color, sexuality, mutant abilities, whatever the cause, if you are different, you will be hated. You see, gay people tend to love superheroes because we get it. We know what is like to hide your True Identity™. The need to blend in, the protection of banality. But it is a lie. We are different, and we're hated because of it.

I also learned, largely due to Stan Lee, that the responsibility for dealing with hatred directed at me is in my hands. I could rant and rage and take matters into my own hands, like Magneto. In truth that probably could accomplish some good. Or, I could choose to be like Charles Xavier and the X-Men. I could choose to love and defend those people that hate me. This really isn't altruism, in my opinion, it is about what I allow to consume me. I choose love over hatred.

I have no idea if they will catch whomever did this. In many respects I don't care. But I can promise you this, if anyone anywhere hates me for what I am, my response is simple. Let's go have coffee and talk. Explain to me where you're coming from, and I will attempt to do the same. Its okay to disagree, and we'll probably not change each others minds. But I will not react to hatred with more hatred, only love and coffee.

You can probably tell I'm the comics nerd here at GayGamer.net. Check out the comics section for my normal snarky fare.

Quakecon 2007: id annouces new franchise RAGE

2007-08-04T01:36:37Z

I've been hanging around Quakecon for two days now and finally something interesting happened, well, aside from me handing out deordorant to random smelly gamers. In in combination press conference/keynote address, id CEO Todd Hollingshead and id co-founder John Carmack unveiled the title of their next franchise--RAGE. If you saw the teaser footage from Apple's WWDC, you've actually seen the game, though at the time it was merely pitched as a technology demo. RAGE is a post-apolcalyptic Road Warrior style game, heavy on driving and adventure elements. Utilising id's Tech 5 new engine that enables silmultaneous platform development on OS X, PC, xbox 360 and PS3, Carmack promises a significantly less dark game, with "sunny outside environments" but with id's special little flair we've all come to love.

The project is being drivin by id veteran Tim Willits. Already in development for two years, and over 20 million spent already, both Hollingshead and Carmack are very enthusiastic and say it is a radical departure from id's usual business model and a "significant risk" but they both believe strongly in the project. At least two more years of development remain, and the final game will occupy 2 crammed DVDs or one Blu-ray disk.

Tech 5 allows for an innovative new way of doing development, with artists able to change surfaces and produce beautiful art with no impact on programmers and no source control needed.

Carmack alse revealed that elements of Tech 5 have made its way into Enemy Territory: Quake Wars in the form of mega-textures. ET: Quake Wars now has a release date of October 2, 2007.