Awesome Videos

Available 9/30 on the PS3, Katamari Forever gives the Prince new moves such as the Prince Hop and King Shock while players can use cel-shading, wood grain and other graphic filters.

Nathan Sawaya’s LEGO cello not only is roughly the size of a real cello, but can be played, too–just don’t’ expect it to sound like one; watch the time lapse, brick-by-brick video above.

Despite ten eons of human evolution and goofy space togas, one thing remains the same: The Infinitisphereb is a look into the distant future and its not-so-distant take on tech support.

“Epic” barely begins to describe Cloverbrawl, a Smash Bros.-powered Cloverfield parody that manages to squeeze in Star Fox, Fallout, Bioshock, Half Life, and cake (Part 1, Part 2).

Visual editor Michael Bartolomeo’s Cross Country Timelapse is a near continuous recording of his drive from San Francisco to Washington, D.C.; a picture is taken every 10 seconds.

SCEA’s Rick Marks goes in-depth with the PS3’s motion tracking tech; cool: controller position awareness, which makes everything from calligraphy to tennis games more realistic.

Yesterday’s 2009 Emmys were pure wonderflonium, with both Dr. Horrible and Captain Hammer (aka NPH and Nathan Fillion) taking jabs at the joys of watching videos online.

Using VDMX and reflective surfaces, Tron Legacy’s art crew would do well to watch Emmett Feldman’s Laser Cave; it’s a projection-mapped extravaganza that takes 2D to 3D heights.

Flameknight7 combines two of the world’s most terrifying things into a single mod for Left 4 Dead: Teletubbies and zombies are a true vision of hell, especially when they catch on fire.

Four friends, a remote island, advanced parasite research: yup, it’s another horror flick, but we’re loving this gory trailer for Growth; the movie was shot using a RED ONE camera.

You’re not much of a shock trooper if you haven’t pulled the trigger on Halo 3: ODST, but here’s the intro (Part 1, 2) if you need convincing; we reiterate that Nathan Fillion is the man.

It’s got adventure, it’s got comedy, it’s got giant hovercraft called The Spirit of Freedom: we promise this Escape from Metro City clip for Astro Boy will rock your rocket-powered socks.

Okay, last Arkham Asylum video: this Insane Gameplay trailer is just too good to pass up, with visceral body blows and epic chained attacks making this a first-class bat brawler.

Created for Esquire’s Ultimate Bachelor Pad, the CueLight Pool Table turns a billiards game into a Michael Bay movie: projected flames, water and other effects follow your every move.

Part cell-shaded RPG shooter, part Mad Max fantasy, GameTrailers tries to get to the heart of Borderlands; one thing’s for sure: the game is fast-paced, frenetic and filled with guns.

If you can forgive the atrocious voice acting, this supposedly leaked trailer for The Witcher 2 reveals day/night cycles, bloodier finishing moves and use of the Havok physics engine.

This Competitive Multiplayer trailer for Operation Flashpoint 2 shows off Command, Infiltrate, Attack and Defend gameplay–in other words, blowing up stuff, and blowing it up good.

This new Percy Jackson & the Olympians trailer is the teaser with 50 extra seconds, but they’re important: courtesy a bearded Pierce Brosnan, it drops several hints about the backstory.

Using Microsoft’s Photosynth project (e.g., the Obama Inauguration), U. of Washington researchers are piecing together entire cities using Flickr images–but in hours instead of years.

This Weazel News expose for The Ballad of Gay Tony smells like The Onion: who’s behind a wave of terrorism hitting Liberty City? Who cares, they’ve got stock footage of caves!

Apple fans are often criticized for living in a reality distortion field, but these edited (but unrepeated) clips of Jobs and gang at the recent 9/9/09 keynote make its source clear: Cupertino.

IBM’s Deep Blue may be a chess champ, but Queens University’s Deep Green is a hustler-in-training; the team is also working on human-friendly augmented reality pool.

An Awesome Book may be for kids, but Dallas Clayton’s message appeals to all ages: remarkably popular for an indie-published book, he donates one book for each one sold.