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10 Games Geeks Play

forbes.com — Who says geeks can't be jocks too? While most are not competing at the Olympics next month, the summer is full of game and sports events just for serious techies, including a Segway Polo championship and a slew of hacker-friendly games at Defcon in August. Here's a roundup of geek sports worthy of a few hours away from the computer monitor.

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  • MidnightTofuRun, on 07/27/2008, -6/+59buried for furthering the stereotype
    • joegibes, on 07/29/2008, -2/+3I agree; this list is lame, except for DDI.
    • pciulla, on 07/29/2008, -1/+3the only cool one was being locked in a jail cell and trying to escape...all the others....um no
    • CrushThemTorg, on 07/29/2008, -0/+1Buzzword Survivor sounds pretty testing, I would be all about that.
  • Tanktunker, on 07/27/2008, -2/+116Buried for forbes.
    Fix your godamn slideshow system, it's impossible to stop it.
    • DeFex, on 07/29/2008, -0/+5Control w
    • Surfrock66, on 07/29/2008, -0/+12Best part? There's always a static bouncing off page where you click to open the slideshow. Link to that, assholes; when I open 30 links while taking a break at work, and get to this tab and it's advanced to the 16th slide in "Photos of 30 women who should never wear a bikini again" it basically ruins my day.
    • zip000, on 07/29/2008, -0/+1When I click on stop, the slideshow stops.
      • HonoredMule, on 07/29/2008, -0/+4When I click on next, the slideshow starts again. Also, half the point of tabbed browsing is to be able to open a bunch of tabs and NOT wait for each one to open individually. Having to rush to stop the slideshow from navigating away from the page before I ever select the tab effectively defeats that advantage.
  • junkstuff1, on 07/27/2008, -3/+6611: WoW

    Also, buried for Forbes slideshow.
  • MRAS, on 07/27/2008, -4/+25dugg for Dance Dance Immolation
  • Oddish, on 07/29/2008, -1/+43I refuse to subject myself to another one of Forbes' retarded slideshows.
  • Hax0rJimDuggan, on 07/29/2008, -4/+14Don't digg up this hairy horse *****.
    • eigenweasel, on 07/29/2008, -1/+2Just for information, are you suggesting that the article is:
      (i) The ***** of a hairy horse?
      (ii) A horse-***** which is itself hairy?
      Just curious :)
  • jarjarwang, on 07/29/2008, -6/+25Buried for Wii sports.
  • ErrorLoading, on 07/29/2008, -0/+24I clicked the link to here and saw they were outside and immediately knew this article was a bunch of *****.
  • Phocion55, on 07/29/2008, -2/+25As a self-proclaimed "geek" who played rugby for 8 years......this is a bit inaccurate.
  • gamerfreak1203, on 07/29/2008, -17/+5Screw you guys. Two of my friends died watching forbes slideshows.
    • Lucifugerising, on 07/29/2008, -0/+7Thats not funny any more...
      • GeneralFailure0, on 07/29/2008, -2/+11Yeah, dude, two of my friends died overusing a joke on the internet.
      • BuddingMonkey, on 07/29/2008, -3/+3it was never funny
  • Mr.Gone, on 07/29/2008, -0/+25Wait, Buzzword Survivor? Gringo Warrior? What kinds of sports are those!?
    • zip000, on 07/29/2008, -0/+4The Buzzword Survivor actually sounds really really horrible. I wouldn't last 10 minutes.
  • trumpcard, on 07/29/2008, -0/+15Diggers are geeks ? Oh give me a break.
  • gibson850, on 07/29/2008, -2/+10Buried for Guitar Hero tournaments, because I've played in one.
  • Smokeydabear, on 07/29/2008, -1/+6Whenever I see Forbes and a list, I cry, it is such a pain in the ass to go through the thing.
  • Sparuuto, on 07/29/2008, -2/+7Buried for misleading title >_>
  • Dkrainey, on 07/29/2008, -1/+11Helmets on a Segway???? Does your mom make you wear those?
    Dont want to get in an accident at 3 miles an hour.
  • skatcat, on 07/29/2008, -1/+5Funny find. A Segway is probably cheaper than a Polo pony...
  • gzappia, on 07/29/2008, -1/+4i hate this slideshow crap so much :/
  • LeonidasStokely, on 07/29/2008, -1/+5Buried for ***** slidewhow.
  • BuddingMonkey, on 07/29/2008, -0/+2Nice Cammie-o Forbes!

    It was so bad I had to share it...
  • Treblex, on 07/29/2008, -0/+5What? I've never played any of those games...
  • ryannerd, on 07/29/2008, -0/+3Texting as a sport/competition?!? What's next underwater surgery?
  • Dkrainey, on 07/29/2008, -2/+0It is not fun unless someone gets hurt
  • blah247, on 07/29/2008, -2/+0Based on what I do for a living I could be categorized as a 'geek'. Then again I've always found sport ***** to be my favorite activity.
  • AJayD, on 07/29/2008, -0/+4Seriously if you play Segway Polo you don't deserve legs anymore, break 'em.
  • scalemodlgiant, on 07/29/2008, -0/+15"Players must build robot-controlled guns that can distinguish between black and white targets in a special shooting gallery."

    Great, we're teaching the robots to be racist.
  • bigpixl, on 07/29/2008, -3/+1I prefer football or ultimate frisbee.

    /shrugs
  • Lucifugerising, on 07/29/2008, -0/+6This isnt a geek list it's more of for people with wierd ass hobbies.
  • tehnico, on 07/29/2008, -5/+2I'm a geek. I play football, ultimate frisbee, and I work out too. I then cap off a long night watching reruns of Airwolf, trying to slay the ***** dragons in the optional quests in "Record of Lodoss War" since beating the game is easy with the Mana to Flesh ancient engraved on a Dragon Sword, or catching The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension. In the morning, the ultimate geek warp, nerding out over every favre related article I can find to see if he's been traded yet. If not, I refresh my news feeders every 2 minutes (since gay ass netnewswire refuses to refresh anything sooner than 30 minutes, but it's free, so wtf).
  • Zuggy, on 07/29/2008, -0/+1That wasn't a pic of the mystery box challenge, that was a pic of the lock picking contest.
  • Gazaar, on 07/29/2008, -0/+6buried for buried's sake.
  • lotsotech, on 07/29/2008, -0/+0A little disappointed there was no mention of SCA combat or something like Amtgard. Intrinsically geeky, but still physically taxing.
  • visarya, on 07/29/2008, -0/+2i thought there will be only video games
  • lauraT1987, on 07/29/2008, -0/+1The rubix cube is pretty geeky!!!
  • b4rb3qu3, on 07/29/2008, -4/+13***** you, two of my friends died using the Forbes Slideshow.


    1. Segway Polo
    2. Texting
    3. Speedcabling
    4. Dance Dance Immolation
    5. Mystery Challenge
    6. Robot Wars
    7. Guitar Hero Competition
    8. Wii Sports
    9. Buzzword Survivor
    10. Gringo Warrior
  • revjustin2, on 07/29/2008, -1/+4What the hell is a "geek" these days anyways?
    • dandonia, on 07/29/2008, -0/+1geek = the guy who fixes your computer when it crashes.
  • nathanww, on 07/29/2008, -0/+2They should have had FIRST in there. Nothing quite like sprinting across a gym to deliver a software update 30 seconds before your match starts
  • HydrogenOxide, on 07/29/2008, -0/+4Buried for lack of Wisest Wizard.
  • achoi, on 07/29/2008, -0/+5I was expecting to see things like frisbee golf, not speed cabling. Or 'buzzword survivor.' wtf?
  • jzuska, on 07/29/2008, -0/+2Burried for slideshow.
  • ry4nsm1th, on 07/29/2008, -0/+2Terrible list.
  • bizsumpark182, on 07/29/2008, -0/+3Since Wii Sports is on there does that mean that all soccer moms and grandmas are geeks then as well.
  • TinTin42, on 07/29/2008, -1/+4masturbation should be number 1. in the list.
  • bipolarruledout, on 07/29/2008, -0/+2Buried for being a Forbes article.
  • pitchblack16, on 07/29/2008, -0/+3oh ***** me, segway polo and texting, you gotta be ***** kidding me. gives these kids a football or a bat or something, dont let them be subjected to this kind of torture, please, somebody help these poor souls.
  • bohemian03, on 07/29/2008, -0/+1they're not geeky but sure they're interesting lol
  • elementop, on 07/29/2008, -0/+2Lame.

    I'm a geek, but the sports I enjoy are things like whitewater kayaking, rock climbing, mountain biking, skijoring or roller blading with my Siberian Husky and flying my airplane. Not all geeks -- or even *most* geeks anymore -- buy their pants to fit their favorite chair.
  • morningchai, on 07/29/2008, -0/+1Digg Labs? ;)
  • Necrid21, on 07/29/2008, -0/+1lol @ Players must build robot-controlled guns that can distinguish between black and white targets in a special shooting gallery.
  • vperez, on 07/29/2008, -0/+3***** lists on Forbes
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