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Wrist-Mounted Crossbow? Yes Please!

12:35PM November 3, 2011 | Kyle Wagner

You know what’s awesome? Wrist-mounted anything. Literally anything that’s a thing is probably cooler on your wrist. Clocks? Yeah. Phones? Maybe. Ice cream cones? Sure! And homemade, laser-sighted crossbows? Yeah, I want a piece of that, and you do too. More »


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Weapon Of Ice Destruction: A Snowball Launching Crossbow

4:20AM October 25, 2011 | Andrew Liszewski

There was a time when all a man needed for a good snowball fight was dry gloves and some fresh powder. These days you need to step up your game, with weapons specifically engineered for winter warfare like this crossbow designed to hurl balls of snow instead of arrows. More »


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The Pump Action Slingshot Crossbow: ‘I Killed Them All’

4:50AM October 11, 2011 | Brian Barrett

We’ve been big supporters of everyone’s favourite bald, t-shirted, vaguely Eastern European slingshot madman since the early days, which is why we’re especially glad to see him a) with a fancy new intro reel and b) killing all of them. More »


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The Slingshot Madman Makes Death Portable

1:40AM September 13, 2011 | Brian Barrett

Our appreciation for bald, vaguely Eastern European, totally insane slingshot purveyor Joerg Sprave is long-established and unbounded. And he apparently loves his fans right back, if this extremely dangerous, reasonably-sized death-by-wood-and-rubber contraption is any indication. More »


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Crossbow Vengeance, Tablet Attempts, And Other Stories We Didn’t Post

5:00PM September 1, 2011 | Brian Barrett

So much news passes before our collective eyes every day that we couldn’t possibly cover it all. Mostly because much of it isn’t worth covering! But here are a some borderline tidbits we passed on, just in case. More »


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Very Lucky Boy Catches Crossbow Bolt To The Face, Sans Death

11:00AM July 1, 2011 | Sam Biddle

Getting shot in the face with nearly anything other than pixie dust or a Super Soaker usually brings about a pretty swift death. Not so for English teen Lewis Tavernier, who put a bolt into his skull by accident. Whoops! More »


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Watch The Insane Slingshot God Get Medieval

11:40PM June 14, 2011 | Brian Barrett

The bald, t-shirted European who brought us the terrifying Crossbow Machete and the whimsical-but-terrifying Gatling Slingshot Crossbow has returned. Joy! Meet his positively Dark Aged way to cause extreme pain with wood, lead and rubber. More »


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Would Sir Like A Mini Crossbow To Match His Mini Cannon?

12:40AM April 19, 2011 | Kat Hannaford

The same dude who chiselled a mini cannon has turned his attention to another medieval weapon – the crossbow. Will it be enough for mini-Robin Hood to slay the mini-Sheriff of Nottingham? More »


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Crossbow Machete: Most Badass Way To Accidentally Kill Someone

12:00AM March 31, 2011 | Brian Barrett

If you happen across a giant bald man of some vague Eastern European provenance wearing a blue ESPRIT t-shirt, do not provoke him. Because chances are he is carrying on his person the most ridiculous weapon of the modern age: the crossbow machete. Don’t try this at home, or outside, or anywhere, ever. More »


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Ye Olde Poste Office Robbed By Crossbow Wielding Menace

3:20AM December 31, 2010 | Sam Biddle

The wormhole that produced the motel-thieving musketeer hasn’t closed yet—two more time travelling brigands have appeared, this time holding up a post office with a crossbow. We expect a catapult raid against a 7-11 sometime over the weekend. More »