The good news: Scientists have developed a Star Trek-like phaser that can be set to stun. The bad news: It only works on worms, so far. More »
You knew this day would come. With the reimagined Star Trek movie on the horizon, Paramount had to release an official phaser app—as not to be outdone by all those lightsabers.
Those Brazilians seem to have a problem with gaming and kidnapping. This time it was a crazy guy who used a Sega Light Phaser—from the good old Master System—to kidnap a woman for ten hours.
Apparently, sometimes lightning comes in ball form, slowly falling out of the sky and exploding on contact. Unsurprisingly, people want to turn lightning balls into weapons. Oh, humanity.
Field and Stream’s 28 rules for gunfighting may be fantastic if you’re ever caught in a firefight, but what if you’re going to be in a laser gun fight? What then? Updated
A serious Star Trek fan and collector died recently, and an anonymous tipster sent us pictures of the Star Trek memorabilia he left behind. Here’s a heads up to dedicated Trekkies everywhere: These items will be appearing on eBay next week, so check out the gallery on the next page; maybe there’s something you’d care to bid on.
There are prop replica phasers, communicators and a pinball machine in the lot, all in pristine condition, and some are autographed by William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy and Patrick Stewart. There’s no information about pricing, but these precious artifacts probably won’t be cheap.
