61 Frames Per Second by John Constantine Today in Nerve's videogame blog: We put the fighting behind us with Mirror's Edge and reminisce about the modal powers of Mario Paint.
The Remote Island by Bryan Christian Today on Nerve's TV blog: Possible Gossip Girl season two spoilers include Chuck Bass threeway. Plus: Zach Braff leaving the show that wouldn't die.
Scanner by Emily Farris Today on Nerve's culture blog: Scanner Nicole falls for the world's biggest nerd.
Dating Confessions by You "I want to dump my good-looking, clean-cut, polite boyfriend... for my awkward, goofy, nerdy and crass friend. Because I want to be with someone more like myself."
As if in my own benediction ceremony, I would lay out all of the Queen albums,
flush next to each other, in order of release, on my bedroom floor. The 45s from
each album would lay on top of them, in the lower right-hand corner, also in
order of release, from bottom to top.
I would then stand in front of this, drinking
a wine cooler, as if I were Noah in the Ten Commandments movie, congratulating
myself, clasping my arms behind my back, as if this was my ark, my own creation;
that I had, as if through my sheer accumulation and arrangement of these objects,
some part of creating them.
Actually, back then, I am sure that I thought I had
created them, at least in the form of the configuration I was looking at, and
the Bartles & Jaymes tasted sweet going down my throat, and with my room clean
and vacuumed, I would lie on my bed, jerking off.
