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Weirdest Gaming Cameos

Weirdest Gaming Cameos

(PG-13: Language) Ever since it was possible to discern faces in video games, celebs have been showing up as either themselves or as characters. But not every in-game appearance makes sense, as AlltimeGaming points out. That creepy Burger King product placement, eesh.

Sven Helbig: Abendglühen

Sven Helbig: Abendglühen

Director Sebastian Linda’s video for Sven Helbig’s ethereal track Abendglühen (Evening Glow) bends time as its subjects seemingly defy gravity through the use of slow-motion and other visual trickery. From the album I Eat the Sun and Drink the Rain.

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Brass Jack Desktop Puzzle

Brass Jack Desktop Puzzle
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Each of Craighill’s metal desk puzzles does double duty as a pint-sized work of art and a brain-teaser. The six-piece puzzle measures 3″ x 3″ x 3″, weighs about a pound, and is milled from solid cartridge brass in Massachusetts.

Zelda: Breath of the Wild (Trailer 2)

Zelda: Breath of the Wild (Trailer 2)

Hyrule is long gone, and Ganon runs wild yet again. But like clockwork, the Dragonborn a Hero of Time rises to the occasion. The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild drops 3/3/17 for the Wii U and the Switch.

Weird Al: Squeeze Box

Weird Al: Squeeze Box

The ultimate collection for fans of the ultimate parody songwriter. Get all 14 of “Weird Al” Yankovic’s studio albumns on CD or Vinyl, packed inside of an accordion case along with a 100-page collector’s book. Upgraded sets include lots of extra goodies.

Dystopia Playing Cards

Dystopia Playing Cards

Joker and the Thief’s latest playing cards are inspired by the post-apocalyptic, fuel-obsessed future of Mad Max. Each face card and joker features intricate hand-illustrated designs, and the card backs portray a massive V8 engine as the false god of their dystopian universe.

Billy Jean: Fingerstyle Cover

Billy Jean: Fingerstyle Cover

Musician Alexandr Misko performs a wonderful fingerstyle guitar arrangement of the King of Pop’s massive hit, infusing new life into the 1982 track. His covers of The Cranberries’ Zombie and System of a Down’s Chop Suey! are equally sublime. (Thanks Nathan!)

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Horizon Zero Dawn (Trailer 2)

Horizon Zero Dawn (Trailer 2)

The latest trailer for post-historic adventure RPG Horizon Zero Dawn is a collection of cinematic clips from the game. An outcast since birth, heroine Aloy learned to hunt the Machines, but she will soon find out that these creatures are much more than meets the eye.

iBoy (Trailer)

iBoy (Trailer)

Bill Milner, Maisie Williams, Rory Kinnear, and Miranda Richardson star in this Netflix original film about a boy who finds himself with strange powers after being attacked by thugs, and bits of his smartphone end up wedged in his brain. Based on the book by Kevin Brooks.

2CELLOS: Game of Thrones

2CELLOS: Game of Thrones

We’re gonna be waiting a really long time for the final episodes of Game of Thrones to arrive. For now, we’ll have to satisfy our craving with Stjepan and Luka’s powerful and emotionally-charged arrangement of The Rains of Castamere and the Game of Thrones theme.

Chevy LEGO Batmobile

Chevy LEGO Batmobile

Chevrolet took wraps off its latest car – the Batmobile from the LEGO Batman Movie. They’re marketing it just like their other cars, and we bet if you did pay them $48 million, they’d figure out a way to make you one. For now, we’ll just have to settle for this. Or THIS.

VSQ: True Love Waits

VSQ: True Love Waits

Another great cover by the Vitamin String Quartet. This time we’ve got Radiohead’s True Love Waits, which they recorded as well as Burn the Witch. If they sound familiar, that’s because they also recorded Motion Picture Soundtrack for Westworld.

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Super Mario Odyssey (Trailer)

Super Mario Odyssey (Trailer)

For his first game on the new Nintendo Switch, Mario heads off on an adventure of epic proportions, from expansive urban settings, to colorful and cartoony worlds we’re more used to seeing our plumber in.

Mondo Jurassic Park Enamel Pins

Mondo Jurassic Park Enamel Pins
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Graphic designer Alan Hynes designed five enamel pins for Mondo based on the dinosaur enclosure icons in Jurassic Park. There’s one each for the T-Rex, velociraptor, triceratops, brachiosaurus and dilophosaurus paddocks. They’re $10 each or $40 as a set.

Classical Music Mashup II

Classical Music Mashup II

YouTuber Grant Woolard is back with another classical mashup cover. Featuring 52 of your great-great-grandpappy’s jams from the OGiest of OG beatmakers such as Beethoven, Liszt, Strauss and Sousa.

Lexus Sport Yacht Concept

Lexus Sport Yacht Concept

A one-of-a-kind luxury boat from automaker Lexus, designed to provide its passengers with an extravagant seafaring experience. It’s powered by a pair of 5.0-liter V8 engines from their RC F, GS F and LC 500, producing a total of 880hp, and has a carbon fiber composite hull.

Somebody I Used to Know in the ’80s

Somebody I Used to Know in the ’80s

Bring out the hairspray and leather jackets. We’re hitting the club with the latest mix from aural time traveler Tronicbox. It’s Gotye’s Somebody That I Used to Know, a ’90s song that came out in 2011, remixed to sound like it’s from 1984.

WWE Mutants Action Figures

WWE Mutants Action Figures
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The WWE Mutants line consists of six pro wrestlers with mutated forms, including a four-armed Brock Lesnar, a steel-skinned John Cena and of course a half-man, half-scorpion Sting. You win Mattel. Take our money. Also available as a set.

Butterfly Knife Tricks

Butterfly Knife Tricks

We’ve always wanted to do that cool thing where you spin a butterfly knife like a badass, but instead we’d probably end up just cutting off all of our fingers. Kuma Films introduces us to balisong master Curtis Crowe, who has no such problems.

Yet Another 10 Bets You’ll Win

Yet Another 10 Bets You’ll Win

Quirkology catalogs another two handfuls of bets you can be reasonably certain you’ll win, bilking your friends out of their hard earned cash, and quickly turning them into enemies. Probably better to bet them a beer instead of money.

Fender American Professional Guitars

Fender American Professional Guitars

Fender presents a massive new series of guitars designed for working musicians. The extensive collection features new Stratocasters, Telecasters, Jazzmasters, Jazz Basses, along with two new models – the Jazzmaster and Jaguar. In all, there are 16 models in 11 colors.

Lamont Landers: Funk Medley

Lamont Landers: Funk Medley

Lamont Landers and his bandmates Bowen Robertson, Jaraven Moe Hill, and Kevin Canada turn in an awesome medley of Earth, Wind & Fire, Sly and the Family Stone, and a dash of funky love makin’ tossed in for good measure. Want some mo? Try on some Bill Withers.

Super Retro Boy

Super Retro Boy

Retro-bit’s new handheld gaming system lets you play Game Boy, Game Boy Advance, and Game Boy color cartridges all on a shiny new backlit screen that’s bigger and brighter than Nintendo’s originals, and touts a rechargeable battery. Drops Q3 2017 for about $80.

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