Portal machinima in Minecraft

Very impressive - - Portal machinima in Minecraft.

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Insanely Twisted Planet gameplay video

Here's ten minutes of Insanely Twisted Planet gameplay. Like I said before, the art is tremendous, but the gameplay's not my style.

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Safari Disco Club

Enjoy the total lunacy of the video for Yelle's "Safari Disco Club," which then transitions into the more straightforward video for "Que veux-tu."

Super Mario Bros. with modern sound effects

I know this was posted everywhere earlier this week, but on the off chance you haven't heard it, it's well worth a listen - - Super Mario Bros. "if sound designers had the capabilities in the early 80s that we have nowadays."

And from the same Youtube user, Clash of the Puggles:



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Unusual retelling of Inception

Cartoon Brew explains:

Wolfgang Matzl remade Inception with vintage paper cut-outs, shot frame-by-frame on his digital camera, for the Done In 60 Seconds competition (where entrants recreate a movie in no more than a minute). His film was one of the 10 finalists in Berlin, Germany.

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New cartoon by Graham Annable

The latest macabre video by Graham Annable.

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New trailer for Insanely Twisted Shadow Planet

The gameplay doesn't look like my cup of tea, but I certainly love the art in Insanely Twisted Shadow Planet. Via.

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Freeride Mountain Biking

Insane freeride mountain biking in China's Gobi Desert.

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Cute puppet in the video for Lauri Ylönen's "Heavy"

Jacob Petersson created a cute puppet for the video for Lauri Ylönen's Heavy.

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Red Bull's Cliff Diving Series

Teaser video for Red Bull's Cliff Diving World Series 2011. The locations includes castles and a cave.

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Slow Loris really likes his tiny umbrella

Video of a slow loris and his security umbrella. Via.

*Previously: Slow loris loves getting tickled.

Skiing while wearing a jetpack

Watch as Troy Hartman skis while wearing a jetpack. 50% throttle yielded a speed of 47 mph. Via.

Gameplay footage from American McGee’s Alice: Madness Returns

Gameplay footage from American McGee’s Alice: Madness Returns (the art and design look fantastic, especially in combat, but it also contains the jumping games I dreaded):

More Alice: Madness Returns Videos

More Alice: Madness Returns Videos

More Alice: Madness Returns Videos

Via.

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Here's what happens when you fill an ant colony with concrete

Here's what happens when you fill an ant colony with concrete and then excavate the results. Apparently the segments is from this longer film about ants:



Via.

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Improv Everywhere: King Philip IV of Spain autograph signing

Improv Everywhere:

For our latest mission we staged an unauthorized autograph signing in the Metropolitan Museum of Art with an actor who bears a striking resemblance to King Philip IV of Spain. Standing in front of the 400-year-old Velázquez painting, the “King” greeted museum patrons and offered free signed 8×10 photos.

Tron mod for Team Fortress 2

Tron mod for Team Fortress 2 (the mod kicks in at 30 seconds). Via.

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Dozens of bald eagles in a backyard

Apparently a common occurrence - - bald eagles gathering in a backyard in Alaska. They're attracted by red salmon.

Relatedly, here's what it looks like when a bald eagle hits the windshield of a truck doing 60 (it survived).

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There's nothing scarier than a little girl in a hallway

Watch as people react to spotting this little girl standing in a hotel hallway. Via these sites.

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Trailer for the Tron Uprising animated series

Solid-looking trailer for Disney XD's upcoming Tron Uprising animated series. Note the last name in the credits and imagine Pee-wee Herman in the Tron world:



Via.

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College Humor parodies Star Wars

Funny dialog between Leia and her Stormtrooper prisoners in this College Humor video. Via.

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