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<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="http://nerve.com/CS/utility/FeedStylesheets/rss.xsl" media="screen"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"><channel><title>Scanner : gamer</title><link>http://nerve.com/CS/blogs/scanner/archive/tags/gamer/default.aspx</link><description>Tags: gamer</description><dc:language>en</dc:language><generator>CommunityServer 2007.1 (Build: 20910.1126)</generator><item><title>The Gamer Next Door Models Your Last-Minute Gifts</title><link>http://nerve.com/CS/blogs/scanner/archive/2008/12/22/the-gamer-next-door-models-your-last-minute-gifts.aspx</link><pubDate>Mon, 22 Dec 2008 21:34:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">bd485f5c-a45b-491f-8e52-c79e7f680fc3:158707</guid><dc:creator>Brian Fairbanks</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><wfw:commentRss xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/">http://nerve.com/CS/blogs/scanner/rsscomments.aspx?PostID=158707</wfw:commentRss><comments>http://nerve.com/CS/blogs/scanner/archive/2008/12/22/the-gamer-next-door-models-your-last-minute-gifts.aspx#comments</comments><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;font size="2"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.nerve.com/CS/blogs/scanner/2008/12/16-22/jo%20garcia.jpg"&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.nerve.com/CS/blogs/scanner/2008/12/16-22/jo%20garcia.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font size="2"&gt;The best part about buying lingerie for yourself and/or your loved one is that it&amp;#39;s a gift that gives and receives. Oh, and it&amp;#39;s considerably more thoughtful than other clothing purchases.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font size="2"&gt;&lt;i&gt;Playboy&lt;/i&gt;&amp;#39;s Gamer Next Door shows you what you need to know...&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font size="2"&gt;&lt;object height="295" width="480"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/rTy6zAsm6vU&amp;amp;hl=en&amp;amp;fs=1"&gt;&lt;param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/rTy6zAsm6vU&amp;amp;hl=en&amp;amp;fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" height="295" width="480"&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font size="2"&gt;Poorly edited, written (or &amp;quot;ad libbed&amp;quot;), shot, and... good Lord... did she just say &amp;quot;innerestin&amp;#39;&amp;quot;? Indeed. &lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font size="2"&gt;Also, she doesn&amp;#39;t feel &amp;quot;very green&amp;quot; by donating books to the Salvation Army? My dear, that&amp;#39;s known as &amp;quot;recycling.&amp;quot; Other than that, we, um, enjoyed the costuming in this film production and the realization that Rayman&amp;#39;s Raving Rabbits is the first game we can play with our asses.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font size="2"&gt;Via &lt;a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rTy6zAsm6vU" target="_blank"&gt;YouTube&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font size="2"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;&lt;font size="2"&gt;Related:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;h4 class="CommonSearchResultName"&gt;&lt;font size="2"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.nerve.com/CS/blogs/scanner/archive/2008/12/04/if-the-casting-director-asks-you-to-remove-your-clothes-it-may-be-a-porn-audition.aspx"&gt;If The Casting Director Asks You To Remove Your Clothes, It May Be A Porn Audition&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/h4&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font size="2"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;h4 class="CommonSearchResultName"&gt;&lt;font size="2"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.nerve.com/CS/blogs/scanner/archive/2008/12/18/your-frenemy-s-christmas-gift-the-artifical-virginity-hymen.aspx"&gt;Your Frenemy&amp;#39;s Christmas Gift: The Artifical Virginity Hymen&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/h4&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font size="2"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;h4 class="CommonSearchResultName"&gt;&lt;font size="2"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.nerve.com/CS/blogs/scanner/archive/2008/12/17/the-day-hugh-hefner-almost-swallowed-a-sex-toy.aspx"&gt;The Day Hugh Hefner Almost Swallowed a Sex Toy&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/h4&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font size="2"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;h4 class="CommonSearchResultName"&gt;&lt;font size="2"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.nerve.com/CS/blogs/scanner/archive/2008/12/17/italians-find-your-g-spot-promptly-lose-it-again.aspx"&gt;Italians Find Your G-Spot, Promptly Lose It Again&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/h4&gt;&lt;img src="http://nerve.com/CS/aggbug.aspx?PostID=158707" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description><category domain="http://nerve.com/CS/blogs/scanner/archive/tags/video+of+the+day/default.aspx">video of the day</category><category domain="http://nerve.com/CS/blogs/scanner/archive/tags/playboy/default.aspx">playboy</category><category domain="http://nerve.com/CS/blogs/scanner/archive/tags/Christmas/default.aspx">Christmas</category><category domain="http://nerve.com/CS/blogs/scanner/archive/tags/youtube/default.aspx">youtube</category><category domain="http://nerve.com/CS/blogs/scanner/archive/tags/video+game/default.aspx">video game</category><category domain="http://nerve.com/CS/blogs/scanner/archive/tags/girls+next+door/default.aspx">girls next door</category><category domain="http://nerve.com/CS/blogs/scanner/archive/tags/playboy+bunnies/default.aspx">playboy bunnies</category><category domain="http://nerve.com/CS/blogs/scanner/archive/tags/gamer/default.aspx">gamer</category><category domain="http://nerve.com/CS/blogs/scanner/archive/tags/modell/default.aspx">modell</category><category domain="http://nerve.com/CS/blogs/scanner/archive/tags/jo+garcia/default.aspx">jo garcia</category><category domain="http://nerve.com/CS/blogs/scanner/archive/tags/christmas+list/default.aspx">christmas list</category></item><item><title>Ayn Rand Dating Site: Worst Form of Hell or Best Idea Ever?</title><link>http://nerve.com/CS/blogs/scanner/archive/2008/11/20/ayn-rand-dating-site-worst-form-or-hell-or-the-best-idea-ever.aspx</link><pubDate>Thu, 20 Nov 2008 21:57:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">bd485f5c-a45b-491f-8e52-c79e7f680fc3:148688</guid><dc:creator>Brian Fairbanks</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><wfw:commentRss xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/">http://nerve.com/CS/blogs/scanner/rsscomments.aspx?PostID=148688</wfw:commentRss><comments>http://nerve.com/CS/blogs/scanner/archive/2008/11/20/ayn-rand-dating-site-worst-form-or-hell-or-the-best-idea-ever.aspx#comments</comments><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;font size="2"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.nerve.com/CS/blogs/scanner/2009/02/ayn.jpg"&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.nerve.com/CS/blogs/scanner/2009/02/ayn.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font size="2"&gt;That headline may be a bit misleading, so let&amp;#39;s clarify. &lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;font size="2"&gt;The question
is, which side are we on, the side that thinks an Ayn Rand matchmaking
site is the scariest thing ever or the side that sees this as a great way to
keep crazy egomaniacs away from Nerve and other dating sites, and
therefore out of our gene pool?&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;font size="2"&gt;When we read about this in last week&amp;#39;s New York, part of us thought it was funny-- &amp;quot;look at these freaks in their freak kingdom! They&amp;#39;re so direct and honest, they&amp;#39;re like World of Warcraft nerds with their &amp;#39;Must be a level 2,030,394 gamer or don&amp;#39;t IM me.&amp;#39; It&amp;#39;s almost adorable!&amp;quot; Then we started thinking about it: this may be the greatest dating site ever. Why hadn&amp;#39;t we thought of it before? Create a bunch of dating sites that would attract the scary types away from Nerve and the rest of the supposedly &amp;quot;general&amp;quot; dating sites, leaving only (potentially) decent candidates.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font size="2"&gt;If you don&amp;#39;t believe us, just take a gander at the quality profiles already created for The Atlasphere:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font size="2"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;b&gt;Michael, &lt;/b&gt;&lt;i&gt;Naples, Florida&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Long ago a very dear friend, Angie, turned me on to Ayn Rand and &lt;i&gt;Atlas Shrugged.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  


  

  

  

  



  

  
	&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font size="2"&gt;&lt;i&gt;Parenthetically, she also turned me on in other ways. Alas, our relationship remained Platonic.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  


  

  

  

  



  

  
	&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font size="2"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;b&gt;Contact Me If You … :&lt;/b&gt; are Angie.
&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font size="2"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font size="2"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;b&gt;dpvabc,&lt;/b&gt; &lt;i&gt;Edmonton, Canada&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
My name is Daniel. I consider myself to be a born-again egoist and I
have dedicated the rest of my life to self-improvement. People see me
as a socially inept loner because I tend to avoid superficial
conversation but actually I love talking to people who like to think
(the problem being I don’t know very many).&amp;nbsp;
&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font size="2"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font size="2"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;b&gt;thustotyrants, &lt;/b&gt;&lt;i&gt;Selden, New York&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
[I am] short, stark, and mansome.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  


  

  

  

  



  

  
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