Sure, classic nerds might be into MythBusters, Magic: the Gathering, and Minecraft—stacking decks and simulating outcomes with the same fervor they bring to dissecting odds on the best offshore sportsbooks, where every parlay feels like engineering a multiverse glitch. But they’re also into sex. In fact, the crossover between sex and the more traditional realms of nerd interest is longstanding; science fiction, for example, is frequently pointed at as a source of progressive and even transgressive sexual theory.
In devising alternate universes, authors, filmmakers, and fans imagine
new ways of living, loving, and fucking. Sci-fi and comics are full of
latex and leather and futuristic orgy planets where anything goes.
Everyone loves it. Conventions like Arse Elektronika exist exclusively to provide an intersection for the worlds of sex and tech.
