Short Film: Zapping
Aritz Aizpurua’s Zapping is a hilarious animated short about modern civilization’s silly obsession with remotes–and our resultant inability to simple walk over and turn the TV on.
Aritz Aizpurua’s Zapping is a hilarious animated short about modern civilization’s silly obsession with remotes–and our resultant inability to simple walk over and turn the TV on.
Similar to the Honda Insight’s dash, Ford’s Fusion Hybrid features a SmartGauge cluster which features two customizable LCD displays which show MPG, fuel levels and more.
Stormrise is now available, and with it this launch trailer gives a proper introduction; it’s a mix of cinematic world-ending voiceovers and a breakdown of the game’s various features.
The second teaser for Astro Boy is up, and squeezes in quite a few new goodies in only 30 seconds: you’ll hear Astro Boy’s voice for the first time as well as meet Dr. Tenma and Cora.
Iron Man vs. Bruce Lee is an odd smackdown, but we’re still glad Patrick Bolvin created this awesome stop-motion video; a mystery third (and fourth) party is revealed at the end.
There’s so much action in this launch trailer for BattleForge that it gets us dizzy (in a good way); it’s a card-based strategy game with 200 initial cards and an an auction/trading system.
A new, meatier trailer is up for Monsters vs. Aliens: the first half is focused mostly on Ginormica, but you’ll learn more about all the characters (including the big, bad alien invaders).
It’s amazing just how often the Batman logo has changed over the years, but this excellent video by Rodrigo Rojas starts from 1941 and takes us through various comics and films.
Due out this June, Spore’s Galactic Adventures expansion adds further depth to the space phase; this Captain Trailer focuses on a single avatar, which ain’t a bad thing.
G.I. Joyride isn’t the deepest of games, but for an iPhone app it’s good for a quick romp; your goal is to keep an APC moving and upright as you face hills and enemies. Thanks, Alex!
Set to Rokysopps’ “Remind Me,” Tomas Nilsson has created a modern version of Little Red Riding Hood; filled with schematics and statistics, it’s more infographic than fairy tale.
Part social experiment, part tech demo, filmmakers in Dusseldorf recently equipped a man with a camouflage suit to drive home the point that people treat the homeless as invisible.
This latest Fly High trailer for Wheelman has us even more excited over the Burnout meets GTA hybrid; Vin Diesel’s character carjacks by leaping from one vehicle to the next. Thanks, Janne!
It’s not often a story manages to be mundane and heavy at the same time, let alone do it all in 12 minutes; Forever’s Not So Long answers an age-old question with surprising grace.
GlueFO 2.0 is a sticky remake of Asteroids, where your ammo comes from the targets themselves; although controlling your ship is easy, it’s balanced by the frenetic pace of the game.
If you liked Forrest Gump in One Minute, the U of York folks are back with Kill Bill in One Minute; it includes both Part 1 and Part 2, all in a single, glorious hack-and-slash filled take.
An oldie (but a goodie), this fictional Old Glory ad from Saturday Night Live stars the unflappable Sam Waterston selling the most necessary of protections: Robot Attack Insurance.
The Year One has summer flick written all over it: it’s billed as the first road trip (ever), with Jack Black and Michael Cera playing a pair of hunter-gatherers during Biblical times.
Every office has “that” coworker: you know, the guy who nobody wants to talk to; Auto Tuning is immensely annoying, but we can’t stop cracking up every time he whips out that mic.
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