Awesome Videos

That’s one giant creak for mankind: Toshiba has sent a biodegradable Space Chair up 98,268 feet using balloons and 4 GPS systems; it was filmed using Toshiba IK-HR1S cameras.

Aptly set to Peter Gabriel’s “Sledgehammer” (also stop-motion), watch as a Suzuki GSX-R assembles itself; it took 30 hours to film, but the ending is the coolest: the bike ran on first start-up.

There’s nothing conceptually new in this Skydiving & Combat trailer, but it shows off all things awesome about Just Cause 2: skydiving, parachuting, grappling, and kick-assing.

Zombies and vampires go mainstream with this seemingly made-for-Disney promo trailer for The Slayers; it’s inspired by kids-vs-monsters flicks like The Goonies and Monster Squad.

This Developers Diary for Darksiders dishes the dirt on the coolest horseman, War, along with the story: it’s literally a conspiracy of biblical proportions between Heaven and Hell.

Bill Owen’s NVIDIA ION Cube PC is a working work-of-art: the aluminum and acrylic case rotates 360 degrees on a pedestal, with an Atom CPU running on an ION 330 motherboard.

America may have healthcare issues, but thank Miyamato that you’re not being pilled and probed by Nintendo: Dr. Mario with Lyrics is a NSFW musical skit about STDs in the ER.

Ubisoft’s Assassin’s Creed: Lineage short film reaches its conclusion with Episodes 2 and 3, with Giovanni traveling first to Venice and then finally to Rome. Watch all three episodes here.

Grown Ups is either your dream or nightmare come true: in theaters 6/25/10, the ensemble comedy stars Adam Sandler, Chris Rock, David Spade, Rob Schneider, and Kevin James.

Because epic hair deserves an equally epic footage: media producer A. Tobias flips his wig with this Slow Motion Dreadlock Video, shot on a high-speed camera at 6,800 fps.

This Dynasty video for Final Fantasy XIII is a franchise puff piece with a few bits of new gameplay, but the news at the end is worth the wait: the game arrives in North America 3/9/2010.

The EyeWriter Project helps ALS-sufferer and LA graffiti artist Tony Quan to create again; it’s a low-cost ($50) eye-tracking apparatus that uses the PS Eye and open source software.

Literally blast your Bach with Symphony: available 2010, it takes your music collection and turns it into a 3D arcade shooter with destructible everything thanks to a physics/collision system.

TV spots for games are a dime a dozen, but we like the morbid creativity of this Eyes of Death ad for Assassin’s Creed II; it shows the lives of Ezio’s victims flashing before his eyes.

2010 isn’t just beginning of a year but the end of a decade: Newsweek celebrates 2000-2009 with The Decade in 7 Minutes, a rapid fire montage that goes from Y2K to Michael J.

So much for hush-hush, as Seth MacFarlane’s Secret is out: Family Guy, American Dad, and The Cleveland Show are less about equal rights and more about equal nights (on Fox).

Its may be a prototype gameplay trailer, but Seven Haunted Seas is no scurvy dog: it’s an action RPG in development that resembles Monkey Island (gatling gun pirate captain FTW!).

Horrible Turn is the cherubic prequel to Dr. Horrible; although unofficial, it’s also a 60 minute, all-wonderflonium fan-made musical with high production values and a dash of evil.

Similar to the Steadicams used in Hollywood, the iSteady Shot uses a two-axis gimbal to reduce camera shake, resulting in ultra-smooth iPhone and Nano movies; demo movie here.

Ambiguous Endings resolves movies and TV shows that may be best left as cliffhangers; No Country for Old Men, The Wrestler, and The Sopranos end on no uncertain terms.

This Grappler dev diary for Just Cause 2 has us hooked on its many (often sadistic) uses; tether enemies and vehicles (or enemies to vehicles) or juggle ’em in midair like a yo-yo.

Based on the comic books, this first teaser for Kick-Ass easily drop-kicks its way into our geeky hearts; it’s about teenagers who decide to become real-life superheroes (sans powers).

Atom’s Star Wars Gangsta Rap: Chronicles features MCs Vader, Luke, Leia, and more; often lewd but surprisingly pithy, Yoda may be feenin’ to be talla, but boy can that mini-Jedi holla.