Gearfuse

Imagine if we could actually see the cursors being used by everyone checking out Google Maps. The world would be flooded with flags and cursors. Just completely flooded. 4chan would make sure of that.

But since we can’t see every single cursor, we’ll have to settle for just a single spectacle. The Computer Mouse Cursor Bench, officaly called the Urban Cursor project, provides a taste of what could have been, if Google had decided to use a different cursor method than the traditional mouse.

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A globe-trotting Twitter user discovered this Google Street View image of a bunch of nerds LARPing it up for the cameras. They’re prepared for dragon slaying, princess slaying and immortality, but are they prepared for eternal embarrassment? Next, on “LARPing to the Oldies”.

I live right across the PA border, but I haven’t seen anything like this around here. Those cats in Pittsburgh know what’s going down.

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