Awesome Videos

In theaters 11/25/09, The Road’s second trailer is light on new revelations but still delivers; we catch glimpses of more action sequences as well as heartening father and son dialog.

Thanks, Tim, for ruining all things happy and fluffy: Between uses seamless transitions to turn mundane things like stuffed animals and kids playing on beaches into terrifying objects.

This latest No Ordinary Mission trailer for Just Cause 2 is literally goes above, beyond and off rooftops: it’s a look at the game’s ridiculously cool (and somewhat sadistic) sandbox gameplay.

AIDA not only acts as a navigator but uses facial expressions to suggest how to drive more safely and efficiently; in other words, the ultimate backseat driver (albeit one that rides shotgun).

A potent mix of sports and history, Invictus is the true story of how Nelson Mandela (Morgan Freeman) and a rugby team captain (Matt Damon) bring political change to South Africa.

DJ in the Googleplex: Google Music integrates jams into its search results, letting you play and buy full tracks from sources that include iLike, Lala, Imeem, Rhapsody and Pandora.

Our condolences to fans who did not die in the Staples Center Collapse: yes, it’s an Onion parody, this time skewering the Los Angeles Clippers with a fate worse than death: a shutout.

Now available: Ratchet & Clank Future: A Crack In Time concludes the Future trilogy and goes out with a Qwark-laden bang in the launch trailer above; it’s also Insomniac’s last 60fps game.

Cobbled together from junk parts, Iain Sharp’s real-life, analog version of Atari’s 1979 Lunar Lander game is out of this world; it’s powered by a pair of old PCs and Sharp’s own software.

Turn your speakers down: this brilliant Pulp Fiction Audio Mix turns sound clips from the movie into a percussive performance a-la Stomp, albeit with slightly more profane instruments.

Filled with over two minutes of gameplay, Torchlight’s launch trailer is a no-frills affair that leaves no dungeon unturned; it’s now available on Steam both as a full game and a demo.

Professional air guitarists finally have an instrument worthy of their lightweight talents: the Electronic Rock Guitar t-shirt is actually playable and includes a mini amp and magnetic picks.

The official domestic trailer for James Cameron’s Avatar is up; a teaser it ain’t, with over three minutes of somewhat weighty dialog, flying Na’Vi, and Sigourney Weaver looking pissed.

Even if you take The Machine at face value (The Matrix w/puppets), it’s hard to miss its morality play angle; it’s otherwise a gorgeous stop-motion film styled like an old-time nickel arcade.

Blood may be thicker than water, but with family members dabbling in synthetic blood, interspecies dating, and cereal sales, we’d just as soon get back in our coffins after this Vampire Reunion.

Available on 10/29/09 on PSN: Zombie Tycoon is an undead remix of Rollercoaster Tycoon for the PSP where you’ll control three zombie squads as you terrorize 10 puzzle-filled cities.

Coming to a customer service desk near you, the Happiness Hat is disturbing yet awesome: a servo motor moves a metal spike into the head whenever it notices you’re not smiling.

Best product tie-in ever: Eddie Riggs makes a cameo on Adult Swim’s Metalocalypse, moonlighting (of course) as a totally metal roadie for Dethklok — well, everyone but Murderface.

The Aprilia RSV4 R costs almost $8k less than the factory RSV4 with cheaper chassis parts and less carbon fiber, but it’s a sweet deal: it keeps the 999cc V-4 and weighs only 11 lbs more.

NSFW: we admit that Smokin’ Aces 2: Assassins’ Ball is sexy, somewhat dumb fun, but anyone who liked the original is going to love this new trailer; the prequel arrives on DVD 1/19.

Google fires a huge shot across the bow of other GPS devices and apps with Google Maps Navigation; available only on Android 2.0, it includes 3D views, turn-by-turn navi and auto rerouting.

With Windows 7 now out, R.U.S.E. shows that its multi-touch gameplay is no sleight of hand: this finger-laden trailer swaps Surface tables for monitors and actual in-game footage.

Time to toss out the donuts: Android 2.0 (Eclair) is now official; along with SDK support, it features two-way contacts sync, HTML5 support, a unified inbox, and much, much more.