Pirate Journalism

We interrupt your regularly scheduled Geek Strand for this important expose on naked women in 3D.

Playboy jumps on the bandwagon with some 3D DDs. Unfortunately, the 60s-style technology does little to enhance the 2010 Playmate of the Year's assets. But, hey, it is still a collectible. Go out and buy one.

3D has been the “in” word for technology. Any movie that can even slightly justify it (“Step Up 3D”? Come on, are you serious) is trying to use the third dimension to sell some extra tickets (not to mention the extra $3-$5 bucks for the special glasses). Cell phones and computer screens are trying the same thing, and then, if you just spent a couple grand on a new HDTV, you had better go do it again for the 3DHDTV they are marketing this year. Finally, Playboy has jumped on the bandwagon with a 3D centerfold for the 2010 Playmate of the Year. However, just the centerfold, and the “True Blood” ad that wraps it are in 3D. All the rest of the book is your garden-variety 2D nudie pics.

Hef said he wanted to do a 3D centerfold ever since he started Playboy and the technology is finally good enough. However, the June Playboy 3D issue uses the old 3D technology from back in the 60s.

Now, back in the 90s, there was a comic boo called “Solar,” and it released a 3D gimmick with some new glasses (somewhere half way between the red/blue paper ones and the REAL3D ones you get in theaters now.) Now, not only did this work spectacularly on the comics made for it, but it worked, to a slightly lesser extent, on any comic book or image. More over, there was no red/blue ghosts on the image, so you could view the 3D issues of “Solar” without the glasses just fine. One has to wonder why this or a better technology wasn’t used? (Of course, the 3D effect does help the lady’s assets stand out well enough).

Christopher Huff is an unrepentant geek living, writing and playing on the Grand Strand. You can learn more about him and his writing at www.piratejournalism.com. Comments can be sent to chris@alternatives.sc