Awesome Videos

Starting and ending with a bang, this music video for Lenny Kravitz’ Let Love Rule seems to be over before it’s even begun; hint: the star of the show is actually in the credits.

Permanently stay on vacation (and drive your coworkers nuts) with these Caribbean Finger Drums; they feature eight touch-sensitive pads, good for one octave of a complete scale.

On a scale of 1-10, this Developer Walkthrough for Splinter Cell: Conviction scores a Jack Bauer; it covers the seamless storyline delivery, interrogation tactics and the new sticky cam.

It sounds like car geek speak gone amok, but this indecipherable Turbo Encabulator video is actually an ode to one of engineering’s oldest inside jokes: read the full history at Wikipedia.

Crytek’s CryENGINE 3 game development platform is now available to devs; it features PS3, Xbox 360 and DX9/DX10 support and a redesigned sandbox editor with real-time Live Create.

Mel Gibson is in full bad-ass form in Edge of Darkness, a suspense/thriller about a father who loses his daughter; in theaters 01/29/10, it’s a bit of Payback mixed with Conspiracy Theory.

A boon to Monty Python fans everywhere, Hand of Above is an art project in Liverpool which superimposes a giant hand over live crowd videos on a billboard: squish, poke, fling!

A next-gen Stylophone, the Stylophone Beatbox features samples from UK beatbox champ MC Zani as well as percussion and steel drum sounds; also: record and scratch functions.

Yellow Cake starts off innocently enough, but this mid-century style cartoon quickly morphs into something far more post-modern and disturbing with inequality, unrest and war.

Coming to PSN 10/15, Mushroom Wars looks a bit like Pikmin but is a fast-paced RTS with upgradable bases and weaponry; it’ll offer campaign, skirmish and local multiplayer modes.

We normally jump at the chance for a roadtrip, but Google Streetview Guys is the antithesis of Harold & Kumar: no male bonding, no burgers, and no foreseeable end in sight.

Let the fur-lined hunting caps fly: this intro video for DJ Hero takes the classic DJ battle to epic heights, with collapsing overpasses, out of control semis and hordes of breakdancers.

The Split Pea Peanut Lighter is the world’s smallest production lighter; made out of stainless steel, it stands 1.3″ tall with a 0.5″ diameter and runs on standard lighter fluid. Thanks, Alex!

Using a Power Wheels truck, flux83 puts other dads to shame with a Warthog conversion for his kid; it’ll seat up to two mini-Spartans and includes a Vulcan made out of PVC pipes.

This Sacred Ashes trailer for Dragon Age: Origins may be cinematic, but we enjoyed the tag-team, LOTR-style combat and face time with a dragon; note to self: do NOT piss off the ladies.

Modest Mouse’s trippy but impressive Whale Song music video begins with a Da Vinci style device and only gets stranger from there; it mixes live action, stop motion and other effects.

One year after its debut teaser, AureaSection has released a second Naumauchia teaser in glorious HD; it’s a space combat game with up to 8 players and is due out later this year.

Filmed with the RED ONE, Riese is a dystopic steampunk web series about a girl and her wolf; it’s also a sci-fi who’s who with a cast from Stargate, BSG, Smallville and Sanctuary.

8-bit seems next-gen with 15 Pixel Street Fighter: created for GameCity, a UK games festival, it’s hyper minimalist pixel art that also includes Noby Noby Boy and PaRappa the Rapper.

It uses NESp, a Chinese PMP, but this hacked NES Cartridge still rocks our plumber’s socks: it plays NES/GB games and sports a 2.8″ TFT LCD, 4GB storage, FM radio, and TV out.

With two Shaun of the Dead alums (Bill Nighy and Nick Frost) plus Philip Seymour Hoffman, we’re having a hard time tuning out Pirate Radio; based on a true story, it’ll debut 11/13.

COMBO is a live-action, stop-motion animation by urban artists Blu and David Ellise; shot over the course of a week in Italy, it can actually be looped infinitely (it’s played twice above).

Dust off that PS2: Jax and Daxter: The Lost Frontier (also available for PSP) hits store shelves 11/3; this Brink trailer has all the makings of a rip-roaring adventure movie a-la PotC.