So the Oculus Rift is fantastic. If you've used it in its original incarnation, you know that it's incredible. It's virtual reality done better than you've ever seen it before. It's revolutionary. And it's nothing compared to what's coming next. I mean Oh. My. God.

It's no science fiction anymore: clumping photons into molecules, scientists have discovered a completely new form of matter that works just like the lightsabers in Star Wars. "The physics of what's happening is similar to what we see in the movies," said one of the researchers.

Given enough force you can probably kill with anything you want—so it's not surprising to see these custom Lego shotgun shells inflicting such damage on metal and plastic. If any of these hit your soft flesh on the right place, it would be way more lethal than any brick left on any rug.

Explosives and destructible blocks have always played an important role in Minecraft, so it was only a matter of time before some blockheads recreated Hudson's classic multiplayer maze game Bomberman utilizing Mojang's building blocks. Let's blow some shit up!

Friend of the site Matt Hawkins spotted this unbelievable R2D2 unit at PAX Prime earlier this month.

If anyone ever asks you whether or not iPad apps are difficult or not, show that human this clip. And do it, pronto.

There's a pretty cool maze at Chicago's Navy Pier that, deep within its bowels, includes a video game of sorts.