We’re bug crazy. We might be called Gearfuse today, but tomorrow we’ll be called Bugfuse.

What happens when a radioactive mutant goes berserk on a stairwell in an abandoned and destroyed hotel? Nothing, really. I stumbled upon this guy while feverishly searching for a fusion battery. I took some potshots at him and went for a pick pocket, neither one achieving any success. When I loaded out and came back, the mutie was gone.

Not quite as impending as the exploits found in the game, but defintely a surefire way to rid the player of any immersion he/she once had. Again, nice job by the QA team at Bethesda Softworks.

Ryan was showing me some video of a hornet killing a cicada whilst we discussed posts about bugs. Then, I suddenly stumbled upon this video of a glowing trilobite beetle. Watch how it lights up in the dark like a raver’s glowstick. The ‘net doesn’t say too much about the creature but I did find this information on Mahalo:

The Trilobite Beetle is a beetle from Borneo that resembles the extinct Trilobite. The short YouTube video of the oddly shaped insect has been viewed more than 200,000 times. Borneo, Southeast Asian island on which the beetle resides, is renowned for its abundant flora and fauna.

I’d like to scoop 20 of these suckers up and throw them in a jar with some grass and air holes. Boom. Instant DIY night light.

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Resistance 2 is quite the game. I picked up my copy yesterday and while I very much enjoy it, it currently possess a critical flaw that detracts from enjoying the game with a friend. If you log in to the game with two controllers and you try to play split-screen co-op or deathmatch online, it automatically disconnects you (and rather quickly I might add) from the game. This is a huge issue primarily because I bought the game to play with my roommates in split-screen mode. Now we’re stuck handing the controller over each round and it gets boring watching other people play the Chicago level over and over again without being able to hop into the action.

In other words, Sony and Insomniac Games need to fix this, stat.

I noticed that this is starting to become a trend. Release a PS3 or Xbox 360 game full of bugs, wait 1.5 months and patch accordingly. Not cool. I’d rather wait another month for a title to be released if it means less bugs and reliable online play. Wouldn’t you?

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Can’t wait to play the upcoming expansion Wrath Of The Lich King for World Of Warcraft? Blizzard understands and has offered a chance win an invitation to the upcoming Wrath of the Lich King beta on their website. Unlike the Burning Crusade beta invite process, Blizzard wants to limit their invitations. Only players who have expressed active interest in participating and actually testing the game as opposed to other beta testers who neglect to report bugs.

When the time comes, the beta will be open for many. But until then, this is your one and only chance at playing the expansion to get the one-up on all of your buddies who desperately want in on the beta as well.

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Mosquito bites suck. There are no if-ands-or-buts about it. Aside from the possibility of contracting malaria or dingue fever, those bumps itch like hell. Leave it to the geeks to create a cool solution to this problem.

The Dynamo Mosquito-Repellent LED Flashlight makes for a sweet flashlight, and it only costs $9. So the LED works great, you just turn the crank and the need for batteries is erased, so how does the repellant work? No one knows. Not even the product site gives us some kind of insight as to why they claim that to be a funtion. Do LEDs repell insects? Please, do tell. –Nik Gomez

Dynamo Mosquito-Repellent LED Flashlight [via Gizmowatch]