Gaming

Appblaster: Explosive Fun Or Expensive Dumb?

Gizmodo AU

We’ve known about the AppBlaster for some time now, but last week, one landed on my desk. Armed only with an iPhone 3GS, I set to seeing whether a plastic AR gun could really make my real world shooting dreams come true.


June 2, 2011
Geek Out

Cute Mini Guns As Small As Matches Can Actually Shoot Bullets

These guns are all hand-made replicas of real guns…only they’re shrunken and miniaturised 4 to 4.5 times the regular size. Alexander Perfiliev, the master minigunmaker, has been building these beautiful guns for 30 years.


January 30, 2011
Geek Out

This Gigantic Revolver Shoots Shotgun Shells

“The Raging Judge”, as this gun is called, is insane. Though it has the look of a comically oversized revolver, it’s actually capable of shooting 28 gauge shotgun shells. Which make this gun really freaking huge and scary and ridiculous.


January 16, 2011
Geek Out

Hunter Becomes Hunted: A Fox Shoots A Man

When a fox was shot by a hunter, it didn’t die. Instead, when the hunter tried to finish the fox off with the butt of his gun, the animal pulled the trigger of the gun and shot the hunter right back.


December 19, 2010
Science

NASA Engineers Propose Combining A Rail Gun And A Scramjet To Fire Spacecraft Into Orbit

NASA has been working on creating a new, cheaper method to launch spacecrafts. Their latest proposal involves train tracks, a rail gun and a scramjet. Here’s what they’re trying to do:


Geek Out

The TSA Let A Loaded Gun Get On An Aeroplane

A man accidentally brought his loaded .40 calibre gun onto the aeroplane. He didn’t know he had it. Neither did the TSA, who completely missed it during its scan and allowed it to be brought onboard. Apparently, this happens a lot.


December 9, 2010

The 19th Century Vampire Killing Kit: When Dagger/Gun/Cross Combos Were Socially Acceptable

Somewhere in between wooden stakes and Blade’s katanas, the art of vampire hunting reached its apex with this ivory kit. Particularly its spring-loaded pistol that was also a dagger. And also also a gun. Buffy, eat your heart out.