Awesome Videos

This action-packed multiplayer debut trailer for the Ghostbusters game shows there’s nothing like catching ghosts with a bunch of friends; just be sure you don’t cross those streams!

This dizzyingly cool music video for Cortney Tidwell’s Watusii is the polar coordinate version of Still Run; it’s shot with a circle-track system which essentially is a stage on wheels.

The artists at Transmutant are neighbors we’d love to have, even with their pink flying Land Rovers and giant, four-legged robots; Don’t Panic has a quirky interview with the troupe here.

Check out this excellent preview video for inFAMOUS; it gives some background on your character (he’s a bike messenger) as well as the implications of good/bad moral choices.

Curiosity killed the cat, or in this case, the robot: Luke Randall’s Reach is about a cute, waddling robot (WALL-E, anyone?) and its ill-advised battles with its tragically short power cord.

Critics have been calling the new Star Trek a fresh reboot of the franchise, but CollegeHumor’s My Favorite Movie reveals uncanny similarities to another sci-fi franchise.

We’re loving this hypnotic music video for indie band BrotherSister’s Still Run; it shows a continuously shifting landscape that starts off serene but gets pretty dicey towards the end.

Will/AyesDyef has a brilliant Team Fortress 2 / N64 Super Smash Bros. mashup that matches shot-for-shot the intro of the latter, albeit using the zany characters of the former.

Most of us have heard tales of the 24 hour daylight in the Arctic Circle, but Never Ending Sun shows the sun as it bounces along the horizon. It’s set to music by Avi Hochberg.

Mega Shark vs. Giant Octopus is a campy, low-budget horror flick with harbinger of hammy acting Lorenzo Lamas; we were sold the moment the shark ate the Golden Gate Bridge.

Che-Wei Wang’s 3.16 Billion Cycles clock will fall apart after 100 years; a 60rpm motor drives a cascading array of wheels, the last of which causes the outer arc to fall in a century.

This Forgotten Secret trailer for White Knight Chronicles starts off with butterflies and ballroom dancing; in other words, it’s ripe for all the slick sword-swinging mayhem afterwards.

Born out of a swine flu discussion, Jer Thorp’s Just Landed is another Twitter mashup, but this time using “just landed/arrived in” tweets and the user’s hometown to track their movements.

Created by Japan based creative studio WOW for Citizen’s booth at Baselworld, Infinity takes time-lapse photography to the next level with mesmerizing CG that reminds us of DTESS.

Basically a 21st century version of Running Man, Gamer is a near future film about gamers who control death row inmates in combat; cheesy or cult classic? We’ll find out 9/4.

We hope you didn’t miss last night’s premiere of Weaponizers on the Discovery Channel; it’s a blast-tastic mashup of Robowars and Mad Max, with a dash of Top Gear thrown in.

Named after masters of splatter Jackson Pollock and Willem de Kooning, Oscar G. Torres’ Jackoon robot actually uses a camera that lets it paint a predetermined image.

Some of you have already guessed it, but Samsung finally reveals the trickery behind their OmniaHD viral video; the best part starts at 1:40, where you see the video as it’s being filmed.

Forever vaporware due to 3D Realms’ closure, Duke Nukem Forever goes out with one last bang in this video; it’s unfinished work, but still pretty sweet. Note: NSFW nudity at 0:49.

WorldBike is open source for bicycles: it’s a network of designers who offer free plans for high-strength, longer-wheelbase bikes that are well-suited to the needs of the developing world.

Alright, so nobody really loves traffic, but I Love Traffic gives us a peek into the harried lives of traffic lights; it starts off easy but quickly turns frenetic, making accidents a near inevitability.

Forgotten Places breathes life into decaying buildings with slow tracking shots that are hauntingly beautiful; if you like grunge, this video is oozing with rust, grime, and even bullet holes.

On display at the 2009 Maker Faire from 5/30-5/31, Charlie Bucket’s Fluid Sculpture is as mesmerizing as it is a bit grotesque; it’s a mixture of mineral oil, water and dye. Thanks, K!

Yes, that’s a question mark in our title: we really doubt this video is in-game footage for Beyond Good & Evil 2, but even if it’s pre-rendered, it puts Mirror’s Edge’s parkour to shame.

Hello, fanboy flame war bait: the same folks who brought us the Death Star over San Francisco video are back, this time pitting the Death Star vs. Star Trek’s USS Enterprise.

The extended trailer for Terminator: Salvation features new dialogue, mostly between Sam Worthington and Anton Yelchin; it also includes Christian Bale’s familiar running monologue.