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Bird Food

Bird Food

In Richard Keane’s short animated film, a man finds out precisely why you want to pay heed to that “don’t feed the birds” sign at the park, when he gives a small crumb to a couple of cute and squeaky avians, and then things escalate quickly.

SWTOR: Knights of the Fallen Empire

SWTOR: Knights of the Fallen Empire

The cinematic trailer for an upcoming expansion of the MMORPG Star Wars: The Old Republic is an ominous short film about the Emperor of the Eternal Empire and his twin sons. Knights of the Fallen Empire drops 10/27/15.

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Kung Fu Panda 3 (Trailer)

Kung Fu Panda 3 (Trailer)

The inept Dragon Warrior returns with his master and friends in Kung Fu Panda 3. Po finally meets his father, Li, played by Bryan Cranston. You don’t even have to look at them to know that they’re related. Just listen.

The Secret Life of Pets (Trailer)

The Secret Life of Pets (Trailer)

From the makers of Despicable Me comes a new animated comedy about what pets do behind their masters’ backs. Starring comedians Louis C.K., Kevin Hart, Albert Brooks, Eric Stonestreet, Jenny Slate, Hannibal Buress and more.

How Age of Ultron Should’ve Ended 2

How Age of Ultron Should’ve Ended 2

After pointing out what Ultron should have done in Avengers: Age of Ultron, How It Should Have Ended demonstrates how the heroes could have made their lives easier, if time and licensing (and stupidity) were not issues.

REW DAY

REW DAY

In animator Svilen Dimitrov’s short film, we start out at the end of a man’s life, but we are transported through the events that led up to his demise, as his day plays out in reverse order. We wish we could play it backwards now.

The Stunt Lads Ep. 2

The Stunt Lads Ep. 2

(PG-13 Language) The Stunt Lads is a hilarious virtual reality show set in Grand Theft Auto V. It’s about three poor stuntmen risking their lives so they can become famous and risk their lives some more. First episode here. Theme song here.

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Is Star Wars Nerdier than Star Trek?

Is Star Wars Nerdier than Star Trek?

Capt. Picard and the NCC-1701-D fight Darth Vader and the Death Star in a battle to determine who’s dorkier. Is it the jargon-spewing slumber party or the cult of rave toys? All we know is we wish there was a Star Riker show.

Racing for Rupees

Racing for Rupees

The Legend of Zelda‘s hero Link needs a new shield, but the one he wants is too darn expensive. So the Hero of Time goes off on a money-hunting spree. YouTuber Callegos-Y’s 3D animated short is as funny as it is polished.

Justice League: Gods & Monsters

Justice League: Gods & Monsters

A direct-to-video animated movie featuring twisted versions of Superman, Batman and Wonder Woman. To promote the movie, DC and Machinima are releasing an animated short film for each character.

Zootropolis (Teaser)

Zootropolis (Teaser)

The animation studio behind Wreck-It Ralph, Big Hero 6 and Frozen is back with its latest flick, a story about a world in which humans never existed, and animals evolved the intelligence to build a civilization instead.

Spinning Daggers

Spinning Daggers

Artist Benjamin Ducroz created a series or small wooden sculptures from layers based on sine and triangle waves. When spun, they work like zoetropes, resulting in some trippy, morphing organic shapes.

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Mussel Beach

Mussel Beach

Stop-motion master PES grills some mussels that he picked up from Muscle Beach. They’re really meaty, but we’re not sure if we’d want to eat them. A funny commercial for Lipton iced tea. What was the tea made of?!

Positronic

Positronic

A band of animated puppets play soothing music while a sock puppet discusses the formation of positrons and electrons in a thunderstorm in the music video for Positronic, by electronic artist Ryan Mauskopf aka Professor Soap.

Opiuo: Quack Fat

Opiuo: Quack Fat

Video artists Dropbear created the stop-motion animation for Opiuo’s electro-funk track Quack Fat using 240 audio cassettes, 5,600 feet of video tape, 108 floppy discs and an old Sony Walkman. The tapes and discs make good pixels.

How Age of Ultron Should’ve Ended 1

How Age of Ultron Should’ve Ended 1

There’s a lot of head-scratching moments in Age of Ultron, but How It Should Have Ended focuses on the most important one, showing how simple it should have been for Ultron to beat the Avengers. So… part 2 is a DC movie?

The Good Dinosaur (Teaser)

The Good Dinosaur (Teaser)

Pixar’s The Good Dinosaur is set in an alternate universe where dinosaurs didn’t die and eventually came to coexist with man. It follows a young human boy who befriends an Apatosaurus named Arlo. Coming this Thanksgiving.

Adult Swim: Super Dino Boys

Adult Swim: Super Dino Boys

This series of Adult Swim segways by Paul Robertson plays out like the greatest 16-bit console game ever, with brilliant character design that will have you grinning ear to ear, and wishing it were playable. Watch the entire playlist.

Castle Griffinsteed

Castle Griffinsteed

(PG-13 Language) “A dead end. A choice. One could go left, or one could possibly go ri– oh coins! Coins!” The hilarious gamer Jerma985 plays through a short adventure that he himself made using GameGuru.

The A-Z of YouTube

The A-Z of YouTube

YouTube celebrates its 10th birthday with an alphabetical, animated compilation of some of its most popular videos and genres, set to Blackalicious’ Alphabet Aerobics. YouTube, you da real MVP.

LEGO: First Person Shooter

LEGO: First Person Shooter

LEGO already has a lot of video games, but here’s a fun look at how Portal, Skyrim, BioShock and Counter-Strike might have looked like if LEGO owned them. A well-made short by YouTuber andrewmfilms.

How Do Greenhouse Gases Work?

How Do Greenhouse Gases Work?

The always informative Minute Earth teamed up with the animators at Kurzgesagt to explain the importance of Earth’s atmosphere, and the problems that greenhouse gases cause for the stability of our oh-so-important solar shield.

It Was a Good Day in Los Santos

It Was a Good Day in Los Santos

(PG-13 Language) “Today I didn’t even have to use my A.K. I got to say it was a good day.” YouTuber nekocekoBiH recreated the music video for Ice Cube’s It Was a Good Day in Grand Theft Auto V. Watch them side-by-side here.

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