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Birds and metal music. You’d think that the two wouldn’t go well together, but we know better. YouTube user aliquidcow dubbed his band’s music over this almighty cock‘s powerful crow.

(Slightly NSFW) The hand-drawn gang from Archie comes to life. But this time their slapstick humor and ideal, average lives are nowhere to be seen, replaced by a dark reality. Perhaps too dark.

(NSFW for one f-bomb) Check out all the gratuitous amounts of energy you’ll have after drinking Powerthirst – enough to punch wild cats in the face. Bonus: buy it on their website. (Thanks Kelley!)

The Epic Meal Time dude gets together with YouTube VFX master Freddie Wong to render up a bunch of guns, special effects, and laughs in this collab-o vide-o. Bonus: No disgusting food.

Craigslist is the 21st century classifieds, but it could still use an analog interface. The Craig HD app gives you the familiar newspaper look, and even lets you encircle the entries to mark them.

It may not sound all that impressive, but we think this colorful, minute long video of a truck magically lighting up by reanimatr is cool. Now we want to know why all trucks can’t look like this.

From the man that brought us the literal Halo Reach trailer (and tons more) comes the literal Dead Island trailer. It’s actually mostly side comments instead of narration, but it’s still funny.

The Man in Black’s essential, gritty prison albums are back on vinyl – the way they were meant to be heard. Get locked up in Folsom or San Quentin. No turntable? Nab the CDs – but you won’t be as cool.

Is it just us, or does it just take a dramatic, gritty, emotionally gut-wrenching, crime-filled underdog from Boston story to get a surefire Oscar nod these days? The guys at ImprovAsylum think so too.

The producers, actors and author George R.R. Martin himself give us a tour of some of the places – as well as their culture and atmosphere – we’ll see in the epic new HBO TV fantasy series.

When we were in school, our marching bands played John Philip Sousa marches. Now, they get to play Rage Against the Machine… and the guys in George Mason U.’s Green Machine do it with vigor.

(NSFW: Language) You’re probably sick and tired of anything zombie-related by now, but trust us, you really have to watch this short film by Spencer Susser, because it is totally worth it.

This is Jimmy the cat. He has polydactyly, a defect characterized by extra digits. But as you can see he doesn’t let it get him down, He’d appreciate it if you gave his video a thumbs up too.

(NSFW: Language) Iron Mike talks about his Oscar favorites with film critic Leonard Maltin. Or not. But he’s right – not only should Pigeon Whisperer be nominated, it should win all the categories.

Two tiny taekwondo jins going at it in the cutest martial arts fight we’ve ever seen. They can only do a generic kick with their little legs, and their protective gear is hilariously oversized.

2 Player Productions is making a documentary of Minecraft, and they’ve shared the first 20 minutes of the video. You can donate to their Kickstarter fund to help them finish it. Bonuses await donors.

You’ve heard of the Brazilian Michael Jackson, now listen and be amazed by the…other American Axl Rose. Seriously though this dude sounds almost exactly the same as the Guns N’ Roses frontman.

This nifty site lets you take your photographs and turn them into painterly masterpieces with a few simple strokes of your mouse. Once you’re done, you can share your creations with the world.

Good close-up magic makes our brains hurt. Justin Flom’s musical trickery doesn’t disappoint, as he perfectly syncs up his card draws with his musical soundtrack. (Thanks, Justin!)

Almost 30 years after Elliot helped E.T. to phone home, his planetary brothers and sisters return to Earth… to kick our asses and rip our limbs off. Our only hope: Operation Reese’s Pieces.

An epic mashup by British rapper Dan Bull, who combined the dramatic music from the Dead Island trailer with the climactic Winchester scene in Shaun of the Dead – played in reverse of course.

Ever wonder what Duke Nukem would say if he was a nice guy? Wonder no more. Mega64 met with Jon St. John – the voice behind the action hero – and made him say pleasant lines in Duke’s voice.

It all started when Redditor hannahisapalindrome posted this picture, and in typical viral fashion we now have more examples and twisted takes on the meme. It even has its own website now.