Fanboys

MacHEADS: The Movie Interview

Kobi Shely and his brother Ron are obsessed with Apple, but they don't camp out in line for the latest "i" product. Where as most Apple followers are excited by iMacs, iPhones or even the occasional Newton, Kobi and Ron are more fans of the fanboys— intrigued by the "Macheads." MacHEADS: The Movie is their half-funny, half-disturbing documentary on the subject a year and a half in the making. Just last week, they put the final touches on the film to ready it for distribution. More »

11:00 AM on Mon May 26 2008
By Mark Wilson
13,687 views, 91 comments

Latest by LindsayJoy's MBP is into S+M: @se.blackheart: You know, after reading your comment I re-read this thread, and I agree, it was very entertaining. more »

stupid or funny?

Asian Blogstar Flames Back Apple, iPhone Fanboys

I have to confess that I still can't get Xiaxue—the amazingly popular Asian blogstar who slammed the iPhone in favor of a Chinese knock-off earlier this month. At first I told Matt that I thought she was a completely dumbtastic bozo but, after seeing this, I think she may be the biggest toe-curling comedy genius since Ricky Gervais. There's something awkwardly funny about her reply to the Apple fanboys' flaming that made me laugh out loud. Wait until the end of the video and everything will make sense. Kind of. What do you think? Stupid moron or comedy genius? (Update: I just saw the previous episode on her series, a NSFW six-minute visit to a sex shop, including her take on toys and penis extender systems. She's definitely funny.) More »

6:00 AM on Thu Apr 24 2008
By Jesus Diaz
13,370 views, 86 comments

Latest by ninjatales: Where's my 2nd post? more »

star wars

Death Star Wedding Cake Wins Fanboy of the Year Award, Sets Grounds for Divorce

I got this picture from our Tips mailbox just after reading Wired's article on Fanboys, Ernie Cline's odyssey of a group of diehard Star Wars fans who break into Skywalker Ranch to steal a copy of Episode I before opening day. Reader Rye Clifton explained what it is, much to Addy's disbelief: More »

8:00 AM on Tue Apr 22 2008
By Jesus Diaz
108,778 views, 52 comments

gadgets

Why Apple Fanboys Think Reporters Are Licking Someone's Balls

The problem with fanboys is that it's never enough—no matter how breathlessly one lauds a gadget, pointing out the smallest of flaws inevitably triggers a tidal wave of email accusing you of sucking the competition's teat (or worse). Mossberg calls it "The Doctrine of Insufficient Adulation." Turns out, there's a scientific explanation for fanboys' maddeningly narrow worldview, Farhad Manjoo explains his new book about the death of objective reality, True Enough. Oh, and congrats, Apple fanboys you're among the worst:

But many fans of Apple often seem to want more. They care little for honest opinion. They want to pick up the paper and see in it a reflection of their own nearly religious zeal for the thing they love. They don't want a review. They want a hagiography.

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8:00 PM on Tue Mar 18 2008
By matt buchanan
10,280 views, 91 comments

Latest by n/a: Apple anything is a status symbol to the VAST majority of the faithful, nothing more. They deny that until the cows come home but it's true. Apple is to most people now what BMW was to yuppies in more »

fanboys

Get Your Holiday Hostilities Out in Our Video Game Console Flamewar Thread

Christmas is over, which means we have another year before we start getting pressured into this "goodwill towards men" bullticky that's shoved down our throats every December. Good! In order to celebrate our return to unrestrained hostility towards each other, let's discuss video game consoles. Did you get a Wii for Christmas? Lame. I'm an Xbox 360 man myself. The Wii gets boring after a month and the PS3 still doesn't have any games that make the investment seem worthwhile, although I might change my tune when Final Fantasy XIII drops in like 2010. But at that point there'll be a PS3 Slim available for like $199, so it'll finally be worth it. Right, fanboys? More »

12:55 PM on Wed Dec 26 2007
By Adam Frucci
10,477 views, 225 comments

Latest by n/a: Someone tell me when Microsoft actually builds or programs a non-buggy product or anything that is from MS world....please don't brag how uncrappy your 360 is or awesome windows is. Just check your history or just ask some old tech more »

rapper fanboy

Geek Couture: PS2 Inspired Bling Edition

Even the jewelers at Tiffany's would be impressed by the mix of precious stones and metals thrown into this PS2 controller neck pendant. The ridiculously geeky piece is constructed from 18k white gold, with 68.34ct of black diamonds lining the controller's surface. More »

1:30 PM on Sun Nov 25 2007
By Haroon Malik
6,422 views, 20 comments

gigantic mistakes

Zune Tattoo Guy Legally Changing His Name to 'Microsoft Zune,' is Clearly Insane

Zune Tattoo guy, the Lothario who's made small, small waves in the blogosphere for getting Zune tattoos on both arms, has a real name: Steven Smith. The issue is, no one cares, and they all just call him Zune Tattoo Guy. Well, he wants to make it easier for us to make fun of him, so he's legally changing his name to Microsoft Zune. No joke. Sure, it'll be embarrassing for him now, but just imagine what his life will be like in 15 years when nobody can remember what the Zune was. Awkward! [ZuneScene via GadgetLab]

9:15 AM on Mon Nov 5 2007
By Adam Frucci
9,846 views, 105 comments

Latest by DaSmith: Life? What life? more »

attack

CD Fanboys Are Ready to Kick Ass, Slice Sausage

When most of us look at this Russian group CD-ROM cult, we're silently relieved that the Cold War is over. I mean, how does one defend against assailants armored with the best hits of the 80s, 90s and today? Your only real defense is to make friends over a bottle of wine and some cured meats. Hit the jump for a photo if we're talking complete nonsense to you (which we should be). More »

10:53 AM on Mon Oct 29 2007
By Mark Wilson
2,658 views, 17 comments

iphone

Bill Maher Rips iPhone Fanboys a New One

Leave it to Bill Maher to bring us down to earth about the frickin' iPhone. Thanks, Bill. We needed that. Well, at least the "nerd tax" was reduced by $100. [Real Time with Bill Maher, via HBO]

11:15 AM on Mon Sep 17 2007
By Charlie White
81,518 views, 49 comments

for the fanboys

Lego Evangelion Unit 01 Probably Unintentionally Commemorates a Soon-to-Be-Released Special Edition Box Set

Giz Japan shares our love of Lego and Neon Genesis Evangelion, so they sent us some shots of this grey Unit 01 built by mumu-san. Like Giz Japan's editors, we'd like to see some purple blocks in the interest of being faithful (and probably more attractive), but overall it looks pretty good. Really though, what we'd like to see is a giant LEGO Pen-Pen. Like two stories. At least. More »

3:31 AM on Fri Jul 20 2007
By Matt Buchanan
9,138 views, 11 comments

sassy fanboys

Hide-a-Pod Keeps Your iPod Undesirable By Hiding it in a Zune

Now, this is just mean. Some Apple-loving pranksters have created the "Hide-a-Pod," an anti-theft device for the iPod that disguises it in something no gadget thief would want: a Zune. Sure, the Zune might not be all that social, but somehow I think that the types of people who steal devices off you in the subway aren't ones to discriminate by brand. If you really want to protect your iPod (or Zune), you should hollow out something that nobody wants, like a book of Buffy the Vampire fan fiction or something. [Hide-a-Pod]

12:00 PM on Mon Jul 16 2007
By Adam Frucci
8,572 views, 30 comments

Latest by DarthWind: I have a Black Halo 3 Zune & I love it, I think a 2.0 will better compete with iPood. I think they should do parody comps with Zune & iPood instead of Mac v. PC. The only prob/ with more »

microsoft

Fanboy #1 Gets Zune Tattoo #2

~~I didn't get it before, and really don't get it now.~~ I get it! This is just iPod counter culture! More »

10:41 PM on Tue Jun 19 2007
By Brian Lam
12,334 views, 41 comments

get your fix, fanboys

3D iPhone QuickTour

For those who've been listening to us rant about multitouch, accelerometers and IR sensing, but have completely ignored the brainwashing Apple content, hit the link for Apple's new 3D QuickTours of the iPhone. More »

1:50 PM on Sun Jun 17 2007
By Mark Wilson
8,884 views, 8 comments

sorry fanboys

Fake Steve Jobs More Relevant Than The Real One?

Yesterday, in the CNN Money/Business 2.0 poll "Who Matters Most", Fake Steve Jobs was ranking higher than the real Steve Jobs. More »

2:00 PM on Sun Jun 10 2007
By Mark Wilson
5,452 views, 6 comments

gallery for fanboys

Every Exclusive Halo 3 Zune Photo

I'm really bad at Halo. But I can see all the Halo-themed videos, photos, and songs on the Special Edition Zune going a long way toward making this Zune pantsworthy for the fanboys. More »

9:07 AM on Thu May 17 2007
By Brian Lam
5,187 views, 14 comments

home entertainment

Format War Soldiers: Sync'd HD-DVD Purchase by Fanboys Spike Amazon Rank, Blu-Rayers Set To Retaliate

This morning, we wrote about a stat that Europe's HD-DVD title sales had spiked and surpassed Blu-ray sales. That's wrong. That writer actually used US data, so we updated our post. But what about that US spike? It didn't have anything to do, actually, with the fact that HD-DVD has over 100k non-Xbox players in the field. That would have revealed itself with a more gradual climb in the charts. More »

8:56 PM on Tue Apr 17 2007
By Brian Lam
11,214 views, 45 comments

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