Bunch of Nerds now has a family! Well, we always have had family, but, now our blog officially does. Playthrough.net used to be one of the crucial community sites for those involved in the games industry quality assurance field before a tragic, tragic database crash mid-Summer 2006. Shortly after Bunch of Nerds’ quite successful launch (less than 3 months ago WOO!), the decision was made to break off our nerdy posting about the games industry gossip that rolled across our tables daily and turn Playthrough into our outlet for all things gamey. So it’s here, kind of. We are still cleaning up some small bugs here and there, but, you get the gist. So all those interested in lots of gamer-centric jibba jabba from a couple of nerds, feel free to give a visit to Playthrough and give them a virtual wedgie for us.

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Bunch of Nerds under construction
It’s been a slow week, mainly because we got the sick idea in our head to attempt not only updating all of our WordPress plugins, but also update to the latest WP version AND clean up the layout of BoN. Naturally things went wrong and hey, here we are, 95% into changing the layout of this here monster.

High-speed photos of small items being destroyed
Porn for photo nerds, we found a nifty little gallery of ordinary items, like eggs and cigarettes being destroyed by golf clubs while being photographed using high-resolution, high-speed gear.

American McGee says Wii is the only truly next-gen console
American keeps reminding us that he’s a punk in the gaming industries circle-pit of life and damn if we don’t agree.

Giant archive of television theme songs and ringtones
We’re a sucker for classy ringtones and what’s more classier than classic television theme songs? Nothing, that’s what. We’re still looking for that Arrested Development ringtone, which I still haven’t gotten my hands on yet!

Grid Wars creator asked nicely to cease and desist
Sure it was a fine piece of homebrew gaming goodness and we love Geometry Wars over here, but, alas, it began hitting a little to close to home according to Bizarre Creations, the owners of the Geometry Wars IP. No legal blows were throw and relations remain good on both sides. Maybe we’ll see Geometry Wars on Windows Vista?? Hmmm hmmmm???

Hi all, many apologies for the lack of posts yesterday (Wed) and today (Thur). We are currently making some layout changes and updating some blog system files, which of course always ends up being more work than initially expected. We’ll be back later tonight or tomorrow with your regular fix for all things nerd. Thanks for your patience. (Note to self, never read a calender before having your morning coffee).

Update 2: Internet Explorer sucks.

Update 1: Sorry for the weirdness folks, things went sour (again) so we’re firefighting some bugs that have popped up.

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Videos of Sonic Youth’s “Little Trouble Girl” and “Diamond Sea”
We continue our love of all things Sonic Youth with two music videos from one of our top Sonic Youth albums, “Washing Machine”.

Sega Dreamcast watch dropping September 2006
This beautiful Sega Dreamcast shaped diecast watch has the Dreamcast community rushing to place their pre-orders. A bit pricey, but, try convincing a true fan they’re spending too much money on imports.

Hindenburg disaster newsreel from the silent-era
Oh the humanity!! The Hindenburg disaster was one of the first examples of sensationalist news reporting. If only Fox News had HALF the class of these folks.

40% of World of Warcraft players are addicted
Duh.

Coke and Pepsi must reveal their recipes or risk being banned in India
India mixing their politics and their soda again (happens about every 3-4 years). Seems their politicians need a some kickbacks, I guess it’s been a rough year.

Spam stock tracker shows you shouldn’t invest in spam stocks
Joshua Cyr proves to us what I had hoped everyone would have already known.

Rockstar releases the debut trailer for upcoming PS2 title Bully
Jack Thompson’s blood pressure goes up a notch, Take Two’s stock price still below $10.65, world wonders who the next development studio to be laid off will be.

Star Trek mashed up to perform Monty Python’s Knights of the Round Table
Scenes of the cast of the original Star Trek get remixed into a music video for Monty Python’s “Knights of the Round Table”.

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