Since a long, long time ago, back in 1972, a bitter war has gathered two formidable armies on the fields of Slippery Rock, Penn., just a stone's throw from I-79. The armies measure in the thousands, and the battle lasts for the first two weeks of August, although the exact dates do change to accommodate the school year. (Hey, school is serious stuff and even medieval knights have to get their ...

In honor of AOL's Geek Awards on Aug. 18, we've declared it Geek History Month. Embrace your roots, as we revisit some important events in technology, gaming, sci-fi and more. The construction of Space Shuttle Enterprise is probably one of the greatest achievements accomplished in the name of geekdom. Not only was the orbiter the first re-usable space shuttle, a rocket type which has since ...

In honor of AOL's Geek Awards on Aug. 18, we've declared it Geek History Month. Embrace your roots, as we revisit some important events in technology, gaming, sci-fi and more. Just like the friend that only wishes you Happy Birthday after everyone else filled your Facebook wall with greetings, we're a little late on this one. However, in our defense, both of the men we want to celebrate ...

In honor of AOL's Geek Awards on Aug. 18, we've declared it Geek History Month. Embrace your roots, as we revisit some important events in technology, gaming, sci-fi and more. Just 20 years ago, the Internet was a graphic-less connection between a few computers that ran Windows 3.0. It had about as much computing power as a bargain-bin cell phone. Most of its users were computer science ...

In honor of AOL's Geek Awards on Aug. 18, we've declared it Geek History Month. Embrace your roots, as we revisit some important events in technology, gaming, sci-fi and more. You can't visit any anime, comic book or otherwise-geek-related convention without noticing the members of the steampunk crowd, with their corsets, monocles, waxed mustaches and Victorian-era hats. The reason we're ...

Share digg_url = 'http://www.asylum.com/2010/07/12/funniest-last-words-voltaire-oscar-wilde-jack-daniels-gandhi-hegel-hilton/'; Steven Wright once said that he wished the first word he spoke was "quote." Then, right before he died he could say, "Unquote." While that would be the greatest last word ever uttered, we have to be realistic here and admit no one could be that cool, lest the universe ...

If you are a dedicated follower of weird news, you're probably well aware that a 60-foot statue of Jesus was recently hit by lightning. The sculpture, better known as the "King of Kings" statue, Touchdown Jesus or Big Butter Jesus, was burned to the ground, sending the Internet into a frenzy of bad jokes about God's parenting skills. But this is not just a freak occurrence or the predictable ...

While we still don't have that sweet hoverboard from "Back to the Future," we really can't blame scientists for not trying. In the past couple of months, there have been so many awesome technological innovations that we're certain we'll soon be flying to work in an Iron Man suit. As you're reading this article, hundreds of scientists around the world are furiously working on ways to make you ...