This Ghostbusters Proton Pack Backpack Can Cross My Stream Anytime

Snarky attitude? Check. Advanced degree in parapsychology? Check. Proton Pack? Close enough! This Proton Pack Backpack, friends, is about as close to being Peter Venkman as we’re all going to get. And it’s wonderful.


May 19, 2010
Entertainment

The Ghostbusters Return To The New York Public Library

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Sure, the ghost special effects somehow have gotten worse in the last 20 years, but it’s pretty much impossible to not be charmed by the Ghostbusters returning to the New York Public Library.


February 24, 2010
Gaming

Wiimote Proton Pack Mod Shows Both Dedication And Indifference For Graphical Capability

This man, Jack Rossi, created a simulation proton pack + thrower so he can play the Wii version of Ghostbusters with as much realism as possible. This is the result.


February 9, 2010
Software

Genie Effect Should Be Renamed Ghost Trap Effect

Who you gonna call? Steve Jobs, that’s who. [Nerdist]


October 31, 2009
Geek Out

Ghostbuster Proton Pack Can Probably Hunt Real Ghosts

I am amazed at the work some people put in their Halloween costumes, like this Ghostbusters proton pack built with LEDs, an Arduino controller, and red and green lasers. I’m so lazy, I’m going to go as the Wolverine.


August 21, 2009
Geek Out

Who You Gonna Call? Who?

If Jayzeus appears in your house, you better have a Proton Pack, wand, and trap ready. Or you can invite Him for drinks, and He’ll multiply your caipirinhas for free, all night long. [The Chive]


June 12, 2009
Entertainment

Entertainment Geekly: Ghostbusters on Blu-Ray!

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Next week, Ghostbusters is being released on Blu-ray. You should definitely buy it.


May 29, 2009
Geek Out

Dan Aykroyd, Paranormal Researcher and Ghostbuster

Dan Aykroyd at the American Society for Psychical Research in New York. [NY Times]


March 20, 2009

Pac-Man Calls the Ghostbusters, Again

Two weeks ago, we spotted a t-shirt in which Pac-Man decided to use Ghostbusters technology to spook those ghosts once and for all. Today, he does it again.


March 7, 2009

Pac-Man Ain’t Afraid of No Ghosts

The mash-up was there all along, staring us in the face. Yet over the billions of years life has taken to evolve, it’s just now that we’re uniting Pac-Man and Ghostbusters in one t-shirt.