Gamers May Get a Charge Out of the Gauss Rifle

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Posted by Soulskill on Wednesday September 05, 2012 @04:11PM from the i'll-order-a-dozen dept.

Zothecula writes "Well, Patrick Priebe might have outdone himself with this one. In the past, the German cyberpunk weapons-maker has brought us such creations as a wrist-mounted mini-crossbow, a laser-sighted rotary-saw-blade-shooting crossbow, and a flame-throwing glove. His latest nasty futuristic device? A video game-inspired electromagnetic weapon, called the Gauss Rifle."

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Power density strikes again... (Score:4, Insightful)

by fuzzyfuzzyfungus ( 1223518 ) writes: on Wednesday September 05, 2012 @04:24PM (#41238979) Journal

As with electric cars and aircraft, the power density of boring, smelly chemical fuels are just stubbornly competitive with electric tricks...
It's a pity, because they are much more entertaining; but it's persistently the case.

Re:Rail gun ? (Score:4, Insightful)

by darthdavid ( 835069 ) writes: on Wednesday September 05, 2012 @04:58PM (#41239333) Homepage Journal

Gauss rifles had been around since the star league, as with most things the Clan versions were just better than their IS equivalents.

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