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NASA tests metal ballista, space harpoon for Comet Nucleus mission

Chris Burns, Dec 16th 2011 Discuss [5]

This week the coolest team of space explorers on the planet at NASA have announced their next raging action and adventure television episode called "Space Harpoons!" - or that's what you might think if you'd not read too deeply into their press release which details not only "The Comet Nucleus Sample Return Mission," but both the fantastically powerful metal ballista and space harpoon they're currently testing out for it. Scientists at the Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md. are currently in early stages of testing a harpoon of epic proportions, able to collect samples of materials from the surface layers of a comet. What they're currently testing out is how hard their six foot tall crossbow will have to fire a harpoon with its 1/2 inch thick bow string to blast through enough layers of rock on the surface of the space bodies it intends to study. Read The Full Story

Pump action slingshot revealed by slingshot aficionado Joerg Sprave

Shane McGlaun, Oct 10th 2011 Discuss [1]

I know the hazards of melee combat with a hoard of ravenous zombies is significant so when the invasion comes, you want a ranged weapon. You also want a weapon that is quiet so all the other zombies don’t come running. That weapon needs to be fast loading too so you can take out multiple enemies before they eat your eyeballs like marshmallows. Read The Full Story

Joerg Sprave shows off new slingshot and blows up tiny beer keg

Shane McGlaun, Sep 26th 2011 Discuss [0]

Geeks are always out to ply their geek trade no matter if that is waxing up their car, playing video games, or showing of their latest sling shot inventions like our slingshot madman Joerg Sprave. Not too long ago Joerg was showing us a new slingshot that was a crossbow bullpup design. That slingshot worked pretty well and had some impressive power behind it. Read The Full Story

Joerg Sprave unveils compact bullpup crossbow slingshot

Shane McGlaun, Sep 13th 2011 Discuss [1]

That master of slingshot disaster Joerg Sprave has posted a new video to his YouTube account showing off his latest creation. This time around, he is shooting normal ball bearings out of what he calls the compact bullpup crossbow slingshot rather than exotic ammo like saw blades or iPhones. I will admit up front I had to watch the video twice because the cute ninja zombie killing cats in the background distracting me. That one cat was all "what was that!" when Sprave finally fired the slingshot. Read The Full Story

BlizzCon 2011 Tickets On Sale Tomorrow!

Chris Burns, May 20th 2011 Discuss [1]

It's that time again all you lovers of the greatest MMORPG creators since the beginning of time, Blizzard Entertainment is having their yearly convention in Anaheim California at the Anaheim Convention Center. This is Blizzcon, a celebration of all sorts of gaming communities around the earth centering around Warcraft, StarCraft, and Diablo! You know what that means, ladies and gentlemen, they'd better have some Diablo III updates for us or I'm going to pull my own head off! Read The Full Story

Ubisoft’s Far Cry 2 DLC to be released soon

Brenda Stokes, Nov 21st 2008 Discuss [0]

Ubisoft will be releasing a DLC pack for Far Cry 2 and it looks like you won't have to wait very long for the update. In fact, before November ends, you should be able to get the DLC, which is called "The Fortune's Pack." Read The Full Story

Wii Crossbow – makes Crossbow Training more interesting

James Allan Brady, Mar 10th 2008 Discuss [0]

Not only does it act as a gun for playing Wii games that could use that type of functionality, such as Link’s Crossbow Training, the game that comes with Nintendo’s Wii Zapper. It also offers up a laser sight and a ping pong ball-tipped arrow that actually fires. Read The Full Story

WiiZapper gaming gun to get Europe release pre-Christmas

Chris Davies, Oct 30th 2007 Discuss [1]

This Christmas, bring the joy of gunishment into your home. That's the message Nintendo will be (covertly) sending to European households, with the 7th December release of their Wii-Zapper gun frame for the Wii console. Basically a white plastic holder into which the numchuck and Wiimote clip into, the peripheral will be bundled with Link's Crossbow Training and utilise your existing controllers. Read The Full Story

Link’s Crossbow Training – Screenshots revealed

Chris Scott Barr, Oct 15th 2007 Discuss [0]

Do you remember when we got the scoop on the upcoming Wii Zapper? It was rumored that along with the Zapper you'll get a free Zelda game that was solely based around the crossbow. We've finally got some screenshots (and confirmatin) of said game. Read The Full Story

Rumor – Wii Zapper to be bundled with new Zelda game

Chris Scott Barr, Sep 11th 2007 Discuss [1]

Nintendo teased us by finally unveiling the Wii Zapper back in July, it's been two months now, and we're finally starting to hear rumors about its imminent release, along with a new Zelda game. Read The Full Story

Windows Mobile 6 announced

Chris Davies, Feb 8th 2007 Discuss [0]

In a move that has surprised schedule-lovers everywhere, Microsoft has prematurely lifted the embargo on Windows Mobile 6 and announced the mobile OS upgrade prior to its scheduled launch at 3GSM on Monday. We've covered this Smartphone refresh before, under its codename 'Crossbow', but now we get to hear from testers who have been using it for the past month or so as to whether it's a decent update (and, of course, whether it will hold up against the iPhone). Available in three varieties, Classic, Standard and Professional (covering non-phone PDAs, non-touchscreen smartphones and touchscreen smartphones respectively), from initial reports it seem Microsoft has concentrated on making the user experience as clean as possible. Seems like a sensible move; the OS has traditionally been praised with one hand for its power and functionality, but simultaneously spanked with the other for being a relative pain in the bottom to use. Mail, Contacts & Phone and Live Messenger have all been vastly improved. Check out pocketnow.com's video of the OS in action after the cut, together with more screenshots and links to some first impressions. Read The Full Story

HTC Vox seems hardware ready

Chris Davies, Feb 1st 2007 Discuss [0]

After the Photoshop specials last week, all we really wanted was to see how the HTC Vox looks in the flesh plastic. And courtesy of Lucretius over at moblog we now have some pictures of the keyboard-sliding super-smartphone, which interestingly enough appears to be running Crossbow, the latest incarnation of the Windows Mobile OS. He has plenty more photos and some hardware information, albeit of this pre-release model, on his site, so if you're planning to pick up a new smartphone over the next few months then you'll likely want to check it out. Read The Full Story