John Carmack, founder of ID software, gives the world-first preview of the new ID Tech 5 platform, which allows artists to draw over highly detailed 3-D environments.
Dan Walmsley visits New York to check out some famous locations from Ghostbusters, a truly nerdy film. Unfortunately, he tries to recount the details from memory and largely fails.
Dan Walmsley visits San Francisco's Fort Mason Center to check out the 4th annual RoboGames. See robots with flamethrowers, pincers, hammers and more fight to the death in a bulletproof cage.
Karin Muiznieks has a strong Love. A powerful Love. A Love whose upward arc is exponential in nature. A Love which demands to be plotted in detail on an LCD.
Paul Verhoeven reviews Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows from a space station in the 1950s.
In other news, Planet Nerd is now clearly smoking the bad crack.