Have you seen “The Hangover 2″ yet?  If not, you might want to go while you can and enjoy Ed Helms tattoo while it still exists.  The tattoo artist is now months away from winning a lawsuit that would require Warner Bros. to digitally scrub the offending ink from Ed’s face when the film is released on DVD.   In other news, apparently they still make DVDs.

This week the nerds try hard to talk about the brand new entry in the Duke Nukem franchise, but end up talking instead about the Club Med style vacation spot in Arizona where you can pay to act like Duke Nukem.  Because quite frankly, if you’ve never wakeboarded while shooting an AK-47, you’re just not a man.

So if you were in charge of the tourist bureau in Des Plains Illinois, and they put you in charge of merchandise, what would YOU come up with?  Suffice to say it would probably be better than the tshirt slogan they really did come up with.  Although on the plus side, they’re probably going to do a brisk business in the San Fernando Valley.

All that plus, porn mode on your iPhone?, Roger Ebert has an app, and what actually happened to “Gay Girl From Damascus”

What happens when you tie pork fat to a computer keyboard and let birds peck at it?  You get the most unique (and according to one of the nerds, boring) Twitter feed ever.  Meet Valdemars Dudums, the man behind Hungry Birds.  You can also catch up with Morgan Spurlock this week.  The man behind Super Size Me has made a documentary about product placement in films, but ran in to a bit of money trouble since no one would sponsor it.  (no, we’re not kidding) .  The nerds look at how he found his way through, and do a verbal compare and contrast essay on the similarities and differences of Mr. Spurlock and another well known button pushing documentarian.

Why would anyone, much less the US government build a version of a Star Wars AT-AT walker?  Believe it or not, this is actually being talked about.  That is, it was until the sharks in Lucasfilm’s legal department caught wind of it.  (good thing he never made a film about electricity or dialysis machines)  Crashboy reminds us of the awesomeness of Gene Roddenberry, while Art questions the wisdom of bipedal automatons.

All that plus, the sneak preview of Battlefield 3, a Russian dead alien hoax, and the best (and perhaps only) Super Mario marriage proposal ever.

But it’s not all about love this week.  After all, we do need to geek out just a little bit.  Crashboy takes us into the geekdom of his past and refreshes our memory on the joys of Police Quest, now that the entire series is being re released for PC.  Then Art shows us an iPhone app that allows you to make your confession directly into your smartphone.  The Vatican however isn’t too thrilled about replacing your local priest with a small gadget.

All that plus, an update on the attention seeking prof with the camera in the back of his head, whether or not you really need to be worried about geotagging, and just exactly how did those spiky dinosaurs have sex?

All on the official podcast of faking an orgasm, Lesser Nerds.

Crashboy seems to have found a new passion, and it’s Hey Tell, the push to talk instant voice messaging service for the iPhone.  We give it a try to see if it actually has real world applications, or is the app equivalent of the fondue pot.  Then we look at some people who have way too much time on their hands: first up, the scientists who decided to turn a gene off in mice to make them more aggressive, and then, the physics nerd who fully calculated the planetary specs of Azeroth and determined the planet from World Of Warcraft has a diameter of exactly…. 8 miles! (Coincidentally, also the closest he’s been to a girl)

It wouldn’t be an episode of LN without a brief mention of Facebook.  This week saw a rather optimistic study out of the University of Texas which speculates the social media giant actually makes us MORE social offline, not less.  The nerds discuss exactly what this means, as well as how Texans define the word “social”

All that plus, cars that talk to each other, Samsung’s less that fabulous Galaxy, and yet another difficult week for the world’s unluckiest man!

Although we give short shrift to all things political this week, we did have to pause to marvel at the sheer audacity of the New York congressman who attempted to win his debate by placing his opponent’s ex-wife in the front row!  Not that it worked. In fact, he might have had better luck with Suzette, a chatbot program that fooled judges into thinking it was human by distracting them.

It turns out space may very well be the final frontier for some lucky volunteers..  this according to NASA who have announced plans for their “100 Year Spaceship.”  (interpretation? one way trip).  But for the less intrepid space lover, you could instead opt for the full operating manual of the USS Enterprise which was released this week!

All that plus, Angry Bird plushies (you heard us), why Facebook users should be nervous on December 11th, and the most disturbing personal collection we’ve ever come across – all on Winona Ryder’s preferred podcast, Lesser Nerds.

From the pages of “Duh” magazine this week, it seems Ashton Kutcher has little Twitter influence – a development that has Art trying to define the word “influence.”  One place that does have a little bit of influence on the interweb is Facebook.  Alas, their influence waned on Thursday when they actually went down for three hours.  Wanna know why?  The nerds suggest you don’t ask.  Facebook might have another bad week seeing as how The Social Network opens Friday.

Ever wonder why it’s hard to concentrate when you only hear one half of a conversation, instead of both?  Scientists wondered too, so they did what scientists do… they released a study.  Scientists also appointed someone to talk to aliens this week should they ever come a’knocking.  So meet Mazlan Othman, our designated “Take us to your leader” person… BREAKING NEWS… (or not)

All that plus a Texts From Last Night update.  All on the official podcast of the hipster backlash, Lesser Nerds.

So this week’s season finale is jam packed with goodness.  For example, did you hear the one about the guy who guessed the exact price correctly on “The Price Is Right”  Turns out, working as a weatherman has more upsides than one would imagine.  And for those of you who think “The Price is Right” is only watched by old people, well, you might want to keep an eye on those same people on Facebook… The site still has no good way of dealing with people when they die.  And it’s bound to happen.  Especially if they heed the billboard now on display in New Jersey encouraging old people to kill themselves. (then again, they’re living in New Jersey, so it’s not a bad idea)  And speaking of old people who should think about assisted suicide, how about that Dick Cheney!

We also revisit the topic of electric cars, now that GM is making the smart decision to guarantee its electric car batteries for longer than their gas powered cousins!  So you and your cougar girlfriend can go to make out point all you want, especially now that scientists have tried to explain what makes a cougar a cougar.

All that plus, what the hell is a QR code,  how much is Marilyn Monroe’s death house going for, and one more Ask Art for the road.  All on the season finale of Lesser Nerds.

The nerds are getting down to business this week.  For example, just how much time and money was lost this week when Google turned it’s homepage into a Pac-Man emulator? More importantly, does anyone care?  If anyone does, it might well be a go getter like Alec Brownstein… the young whippersnapper who landed himself a job by appealing to the hubris of his potential employers.  How did it turn out?  We ask him ourselves!

Business is booming for the info ladies of Bangladesh – those two wheeled mavens of  modern tech who pedal their way through the townships doling out advice on anything from crop diseases to contraception. (two topics related only through alliteration)

Bill Gates used to be in the business of seeing the future (before HE started ridding the world of crop diseases).  So, ten years ago when he made some bold predictions about the future of computers, how well did he do?  The nerds have a look.  For example, did he predict the end of instant messaging?

Plus, the best phony Twitter accounts, William Shatner gives Art a touch of Tourette Syndrome, and how we might be able to tell which space pioneer pleased the ladies more.  Oh, and if you thought vajazzling was gone… think again.