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Yes. Paintballing Is Bad For Your Breast Implants

Last weekend, a 26-year-old woman decided to go paintballing with some friends. She got shot. It happens. But while in surgery, it was found that the fire she took tore through one of her breast implants. What??


July 23, 2011
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You Wouldn’t Believe Paintball Guns Could Make Art Like This

If you can ignore the blatant advertising (DO THE DEW DUDES), you’ll see the masterful skill of painting ball art, I mean, paintball art. It’s amazing, the guys literally fire paintball guns to create astonishingly detailed portraits of two fine Americans.


June 10, 2011
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Behold! The Bastard Child Of Paintball Guns And Super Soakers

The Xploderz water gun brings all the hurt of a paintball gun, but no mess. Instead, when that pellet tags you, you’re greeted with a blast of water. Which probably feels quite refreshing in warm weather.


June 6, 2011
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Paintballing And Nerf Combined To Make This Water Gun

Playing with xploderz looks like shooting paintballs only without the paint. Or the pain, even after flying at your target from 26 metres away. Check them out for anywhere from 15 to 70 US bucks. [Amazon via The Awesomer]


May 12, 2011
Geek Out

Watch This 840-Barrel Paintball Gun Make Art In 1/8th Of A Second

To anyone wondering why on earth you’d want to build a paintball gun capable of firing 840 barrels’ worth of ammo in 1/8th of a second, well, I bet you don’t get why we went to the moon either.


February 26, 2011
Gadgets

Paintball Robots!

A madcap inventor is seeking $US15,000 on Kickstarter to bring these paintballin’ robots to life. With stair-climbing wheels and a rotating top, they could be used to spice up 10 Things I Hate About You homages or actual combat. Or both, at the same time!


August 27, 2010
Entertainment

All The Single (Legged) Ladies: If You Like It Then You Should Put A Machine Gun On It

Filmmaker and pioneering cyborg Rob Spence – famed for his camera eyeball implantan eligible young woman is looking for an eligible young woman. Who’s missing a leg. So he can give her a paintball machine gun. That she will attach to her leg.


July 8, 2010

Automated Paintball Sentry Vs Little Brother: Not A Fair Fight

Look, kid, I know you need to defend yourself. But a little plastic sword? You can’t bring a knife to a gunfight.


May 2, 2010

Inkjet Facade Printer: Paintballs Are World’s Coolest Toner

There’s always a guerrilla undercurrent with graffiti, but the Facade Printer, which tattoos images onto buildings with paintballs, really makes that explicit. And judging by its work, I’d say it has pretty good aim.


April 24, 2010

Staring Down The Barrel Of An MK-19 Grenade Nerf Launcher

If you’re someone who confuses paintball war with real war, you’ll be verrrrry interested in this MK-19 belt-fed Nerf launcher. This DIY shoots 2.5 rockets/second, weighs 45kg and guarantees that everyone wants to be on your team.