Get this straight: Olivia Munn is a nerd. There was some confusion on this point when she took over co-hosting duties on G4's Attack of the Show! in early 2006. The network's rough equivalent to E! News, Attack of the Show! covers entertainment for a mostly male and fairly geeky audience. "They were saying, 'Yeah, she's hot, but does she know anything about video games?'" Olivia recalls. "I have a complex about being pretty enough, so when I heard that, I was like, 'Thank you!'" She admits video games were her weak suit, but she holds firm on her tech acumen. When bored, she'll tweak her PC, which is easier than a Mac to "break apart and do a bunch of shit to. I'll put in more memory or a new fan." At this point in our chat she touted her new handheld thingy, then fretted over syncing it with her old whatsit. We just nodded and let her finish - she's a talker, this one. On her other G4 show, Formula D, she follows the pro drifting circuit. "I think I'm a great driver," she says, as if we assumed she isn't. "People in the car with me get scared, but I'm totally in control." She confesses that she recently got a speeding ticket but was more chafed by the cop's social skills than the fine. "He recognized me and asked me on a date. But he was giving me a ticket, so I said no. Then he gave me his business card and asked if I would hire him to be my bodyguard. How lame is that?"
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