The Best Fictional Doomsday Devices

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on Thursday November 13, 2008 @01:41AM from the doom-proof dept.

Ostracus writes to tell us that Wired has an interesting summary of some of the best fictional doomsday devices. These devices have featured heavily in movies, television, and fiction; their list includes favorites from Dr. Strangelove to Futurama. What devices have they missed? "By the time Futurama's sci-fi satire hit the scene, creator Matt Groening had the doomsday-device shtick down. Case in point: the Spheroboom. This highly explosive space/time-bending device isn't just the prized jewel of the show's mad scientist, Professor Farnsworth. It also destroys anyone/anything not wearing a 'Doom-proof Platinum Vest.'"

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ICE-9 by Anonymous Coward · 2008-11-13 01:47 · Score: 5, Insightful

ice-9: Maybe not intended to be a doomsday device, but it sure turned out to be one!
knew it had to happen by lambent · 2008-11-13 01:59 · Score: 5, Insightful

/. had for long been one of the last holdouts against this type of "journalistic" garbage.
glad to see you lasted so long, guys. sad to see you give in and publicize this useless junk.
articles like this with absolutely no substance at all don't belong here. i may as well just go look at reddit or fark for this type of stuff.