Body of King Koopa's Ancestors Discovered

See that picture? That is none other than the skeleton of a new meiolaniid species, Stupendemys. Its shell was ELEVEN feet long and SEVEN feet wide. Combining its fortress like body with its clubbed tail and horned head, gamers can only assume one thing...

The Koopas were real.

The Kappa has some similar features, but it's a water spirit which conflicts with the fire nature of the Koopas.

Cryptozoologists/dorks believe that Bowser and the rest of the Koopa family were originally modeled after Kappas of Japanese folklore. However, the much more reasonable world of science gives us all the evidence we need to conclude that eleven foot turtles existed alongside humans as recently as 3,000 years ago.

Their ability to throw hammers and breathe fire is still under skeptic debate.

Artist rendition of a "real" Bowser.

Video Game Store for Sale On eBay

Looking to start your own video game store in Grand Junction, Colorado? Have $30,000 to blow on re-buying your childhood? Look no further!

Many a video game enthusiast meanders about on eBay with dreams of forking down the cash for that NIB NES, but a cool $30,000 will get you an entire video game store! The owners of a Grand Junction gaming store are closing up shop on September 1st and are looking for that loaded gamer to take their decade spanning inventory off their hands.

Products in the store cover just about every major system released in the US with oodles of accessories to boot. The overall worth of the merchandise is listed on the eBay page as $60,000 and the owners are asking for half of that.

So if you're interested in owning a business out in God's country or just filling up all those IKEA shelves in your grandmother's basement simply click here to check out the auction. And happy bidding!

A Mega, Mega Man Wallpaper

Looking for something to replace that Buffy wallpaper you've been clinging to for the past decade? Look no further than this massive collage of everyone Mega Man has murdered over the years brought to you by artist Kinniku.

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Super Mario Wedding Proposal

Brace yeselves hopeless romantics.

Geeky boyfriend Brad Smith was ready to pop the question to his girlfriend, but wanted to do it in an especially nerdy fashion. Click the video above to watch as his lady plays through a customized Super Mario World level that pops the question via coins!

Bravo Mr. Smith, bravo.

Disney to buy Marvel for $4 billion

The Walt Disney Corp. will acquire Marvel Entertainment, according to the BBC. The deal will include Marvel's wealth of over 5,000 characters. It will be interesting to see how this deal will affect theme parks, as several Marvel character based rides are in Six Flags and Universal theme parks, rivals of Walt Disney World.

"We believe that adding Marvel to Disney's unique portfolio of brands provides significant opportunities for long-term growth and value creation," Disney president and chief executive Robert Iger said. I'm sure this guarantees at lease a pair of mouse ears hidden in Spider-Man 4.

"Disney is the perfect home for Marvel's fantastic library of characters given its proven ability to expand content creation and licensing businesses," said Marvel chief executive Ike Perlmutter.

It's only a matter of time to see what impact the acquisition of a major company, by a major company, will have on the content.

Back to the Future & Jurassic Park triologies coming to Blu-Ray?

NERD ALERT:

Someone in cahoots with Universal Studios (if truthful) is going to be getting a giant hug for letting some very exciting news slip. According to Nuke The Fridge, an inside source has revealed that both the Back to the Future and Jurassic Park trilogies are going to be getting their well deserved HD debuts next year.

"'Nuke The Fridge,' you didn't hear this from me, but I just got word from Universal of a upcoming release of Back To The Future and Jurassic Park Blu-Ray release," said the source.

So can we trust this insider? Well, he didn't know to use "an" instead of "a" when preceding a vowel. But the news is just too tempting to not believe. The source claims that both sets will be released between October and November 2010.

'Three Keyboard Cat Moon' shirt is so pimptastic

If you've been following up on nerd trends over the past few months, you undoubtedly know who Keyboard Cat is. Additionally you should be aware of Three Wolf Moon, a shirt on Amazon that is so heinously 1993, it's a must have. Well thanks to Threadless.com, you can have a hybrid shirt called Three Keyboard Cat Moon. These two nerd icons work together majestically , and for $20, you'll be the envy of your whole town.