Posts Written by Paul Strauss

Set after the conclusion of Halo 3, Master Chief is back to kick off the first in a whole new trilogy. We’re hopeful that 343 Industries carries the Bungie torch with pride in this Q4 2012 release.

If it wasn’t cool enough to own the entire Back to the Future trilogy on Blu-ray for a great price, they’ve thrown in a tiny Hot Wheels version of the DeLorean to sweeten the deal.

It’s WWDC week, so when we saw the title of this video, we thought it might be legit. It’s not. But that doesn’t make the magical new iPad features in this video any less fun.

Want to drive one of your pals really insane? Next time you’re in the locker room, sneak up behind him with a little extra shampoo, and let the wacky hijinks ensue. Now lather, rinse, repeat. Repeat.

According the the Guinness Book, the Australians hold the current record with 57 cars doing simultaneous donuts, but we think this earlier 29 car British record-breaker was way cooler.

For some reason, this twisty 10-inch wall clock reminds us of Inception. However, in this world, the time is the same no matter which level you’re on. Also available in a larger Roman numeral model.

Scott, a dude inspired by Jonathan Crawford, has created a sick playable flamethrower trombone, made from plumbing, torch, and compressed air parts, with fire on demand. (Thanks Steve!)

Capable of nailing your enemies from up to 85 feet away (YMMV), Xploderz toy guns fire gel pellets filled with water instead of paint. Not quite as mean as paintballs, but they still get your point across.

The classic snowboarding game gets a fresh coating of powdery snow in the franchise reboot due in early 2012. In the new game, landing big tricks can even reshape the landscape.

Created by Thomas Mills of ifsodoso, this incredible bookshelf incorporates a cozy reading nook in its interior ring, with storage for 400 books, along with integrated accent and reading lights.

Just because you’re a little kid doesn’t mean you can’t dream of the day you’ll be tearing down the road in a convertible Mustang, with a girl on your arm, drifting around cones. Actually, why wait?

Lara Croft’s ascent from frightened young woman to hardened survivor is explored in the “Turning Point” trailer for Tomb Raider; we see her washed ashore on a dark island after a brutal storm at sea.

A cutthroat little business woman doesn’t let anyone get a freebie in this cleverly crafted animation from student Kyu-bum Lee. The only bad thing about the cartoon is just how short it is.

Intentionally built out of materials and colors that don’t match, the Onitsuka Tiger X-Caliber kicks in collaboration with the Koi Klub are roguishly stylish, with canvas, suede and mutlitonal laces.

Over the course of about a month, Photographer Josh Owens (aka “mindrelic”) shot this dizzying and dramatic time-lapse footage from various hotel balconies around New York City.

Andrea Ponti’s entry into Fujitsu’s A LIFE with Future Computing competition envisions a laptop that’s got large solar panels built into both the lid and under a transparent touch-sensitive keyboard.

The guys behind this brain-twisting video describe the clip as what might happen if the time-bending game Braid were a first-person shooter. Confused? Ask the creators your questions over on Reddit.

The Fine Brothers have amassed an amusing collection of opinions from kids in the latest installment of Kids React: this time the subject is the poptart cat that farts a rainbow, aka Nyan Cat.

Bunk the dog recently celebrated his second birthday. In celebration of the big day, his owners gave him a roomful of balloons and let him go to town… and Bunk + balloons = a poppin’ good time.

Insomnia unveils a juicy 5+ minutes of multiplayer footage from the Trainyard level, set in Bogota, Colombia. We can’t wait to get our hands on the insane new homing rocket-launcher, the Firestorm.

Check out the beats in this video made only with the sounds from a Specialized bike. The only processing effects used were compressor, distortion, delay and EQ. (Thanks Roger!)

This 18″ x 24″ poster offers 282 sobriquets from the world of rap music, arranged according to semantics. Each poster is signed by the artists and numbered from the master edition.

For Improv Everywhere’s latest mission, 23 actors and 2 dogs infiltrated a public space near the entrance to Prospect Park in Park Slope, Brooklyn, and went on “mute” at coordinated intervals.