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The Cray computers are about the most beautiful computers being designed to this day. Throughout the history of the Cray they’ve never let go of the retro-futuristic sci-fi aesthetic that makes them drool worthy geek-porn. They were fast machines, they filled entire rooms and some even provided bench seating! Now that home computers are faster and smaller than ever you don’t hear too much about the mind-blowing successes of Cray but if this was a few decades a go you can bet you’d be reading about these supercomputers in your geek mags. The Cray-2 pictured here came out in 1985 in competition with the slightly slower but quite comparable Cray X-MP. It was a pet project of Seymour Cray, who worked on it tirelessly for 6 years, enduring many bumps and scrapes along the way. 

The Cray computers are about the most beautiful computers being designed to this day. Throughout the history of the Cray they’ve never let go of the retro-futuristic sci-fi aesthetic that makes them drool worthy geek-porn. They were fast machines, they filled entire rooms and some even provided bench seating! Now that home computers are faster and smaller than ever you don’t hear too much about the mind-blowing successes of Cray but if this was a few decades a go you can bet you’d be reading about these supercomputers in your geek mags.

The Cray-2 pictured here came out in 1985 in competition with the slightly slower but quite comparable Cray X-MP. It was a pet project of Seymour Cray, who worked on it tirelessly for 6 years, enduring many bumps and scrapes along the way. 

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The one of us with 2 X chromosomes fell in LOVE with the r2d2 skirt. If you want one you can bet that you’ll be waiting in a pretty substantial line if you want to get your claws on it. How can you resist though?

This amazingly fashionable geek pride pieces are designed by New York’s Ashley Mertz (aka GoChaseRabbits). Thank goodness some nerdy people got into the fashion industry.

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From the same genius minds that brought you the atomic ukulele comes something even cooler… Celentano Woord Works creates really crafty four stringed instruments. Not sure if they’re for sure or for impressing crowds. Either way, the will truly “rock”

From the same genius minds that brought you the atomic ukulele comes something even cooler… Celentano Woord Works creates really crafty four stringed instruments. Not sure if they’re for sure or for impressing crowds. Either way, the will truly “rock”

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Just couldn’t resist… Cred: Gavin Aung Than

Just couldn’t resist…

Cred: Gavin Aung Than

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Dude, Where's My At-At At?

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Wordburglar is killing it with his new album 3rdburglar (dropped May 15th). It’s chalk full of original raps, beats and a few pleasingly geeky references to Star Wars, Comic Books and such. Make sure to check out the tracks “Fred Broca” and “Drawings With Words.” Actually, the whole album is rad, buy it all and play it extensively. 

(Source: urbnet.bandcamp.com)

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I say, if nRd and gK ever had a kid, this is the bed time story they’d be reading to her or him. It’s a heart warming tale of single parenthood… well, as heartwarming as the a story about the galaxy’s greatest Dark Lord can be. Still, just look at that jedi duo? Aren’t they cute?

You can use the force (and a mastercard) to grab your copy on ThinkGeek then check out Jeffrey Brown’s site too for more geeking out.

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FLCL was a very short lived Japanese anime series that still managed to make it’s way over to America, appearing on the Cartoon Network’s Adult Swim a couple of times. It’s basically about this boy, Naoti, who gets hit by a scooter being driven by Haruko Haruhara, whom later becomes the family’s maid. Then, magically, giant robots from the Medical Mechanica company start coming out of Naoti’s head. Canti (pictured above) is the first of these, a tv-screened. It’s a pretty sweet series. It involves a space pirate, weaponized guitars, galactic adventures, and robots. Above and beyond being able to pick the series up on DVD you can also find it on Netflix, Hulu and iTunes.

FLCL was a very short lived Japanese anime series that still managed to make it’s way over to America, appearing on the Cartoon Network’s Adult Swim a couple of times. It’s basically about this boy, Naoti, who gets hit by a scooter being driven by Haruko Haruhara, whom later becomes the family’s maid. Then, magically, giant robots from the Medical Mechanica company start coming out of Naoti’s head. Canti (pictured above) is the first of these, a tv-screened.

It’s a pretty sweet series. It involves a space pirate, weaponized guitars, galactic adventures, and robots. Above and beyond being able to pick the series up on DVD you can also find it on Netflix, Hulu and iTunes.

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Dreaming about our retro-arcade and all the best games we’d have there…

  • 1942
  • Afterburner II
  • Asteroids
  • Bad Dudes
  • Battlezone
  • Berzerk
  • Bosconian
  • Bubble Bobble
  • Bump N Jump
  • BurgerTime
  • Centipede
  • Championship Sprint
  • Computer Space
  • Crystal Castles
  • Defender
  • Dig Dug
  • Donkey Kong
  • Double Dragon
  • Enduro Racer
  • Frogger
  • Galaga
  • Gauntlet
  • Ghosts And Goblins
  • Gorf
  • Hang-on
  • Joust
  • Karate Champ
  • Kung Fu Master
  • Missile Command
  • Mortal Kombat
  • Motos
  • Ms Pac-man
  • Night Driver
  • Ninja Princess
  • Outrun
  • Pac-man
  • Pac-mania
  • Phoenix
  • Pole Position
  • Pong
  • Q-bert
  • Rampage
  • Robotron
  • Rush N Attack
  • Sinistar
  • Space Harrier
  • Space Invaders
  • Star Castle
  • Stargate
  • Street Fighter
  • Top Gunner
  • Wizard Of War
  • Xevious
  • Zaxxon

Okay, we did this pretty quick but bare with us… We desperately miss all the classic arcades in Calgary.

Photo Cred: Check out arcadenation’s page for tons of great arcade photos.

nRd vs gK in the best Pac-Man
nRd: Which version of Pac-Man is your favourite?
gK: The original arcade version including Pac-Man and Ms. Pac-Man and everything. The conversions to video game machines were notoriously bad for the most part, especially the Atari version. But the conversions of Ms. Pac-Man seemed to be a lot better in general. Commodore did a good conversion of both Pac-Man and Ms. Pac-Man. So, the original arcade version of Pac-Man is my favourite but the Commodore version of Pac-Mania (where you can jump over) is my favourite. There's three different versions but the Commodore is the most playable although the graphics are a bit inferior.
nRd: I like the arcade version. You just can't beat the original, the way it was intended with bugs and all. I also know it the best. I know the ghost's behaviours and some of the tricks so that makes it more enjoyable. Although, I learned to play Pac-Man on my graphing calculator of all things because math class was usually too boring. The version Google did is pretty fun but has some weird difficult turns in it that don't make much sense. Where did you first play Pac-Man?
gK: On an arcade system somewhere, none of the video game systems had come out yet.
nRd: Do you prefer fast or slow play?
gK: I dunno, they both have their problems. The speed has to be just right.
nRd: I like the faster ones just because you need to just get into the zone. The arcade version they have at Boogie's is pretty fast... it's also more difficult.
gK: Whatever, it's just a classic... so many versions work. It's almost impossible to go wrong.