Awesome Videos

Stunningly beautiful (and perhaps a bit sad for Free Willy fans), Okinawa’s Kuroshio Sea is the world’s second largest aquarium; the video was shot using a Canon 5D Mark II.

This SDCC ’09 What’s New trailer for Left 4 Dead 2 shows off the game’s new infected (the spitter is gonna be a pain for campers), weapons (grenade launcher FTW) and locations.

We finally get some decent gameplay footage of Jack Black/Eddie Rigs in this Combat trailer for Brutal Legend; it looks totally metal, with axe swingin’, riff power-ups and more.

Harry Potter takes a back seat to Vegas’ most puffed-up performers in Douchebag Magicians; Criss Angel, Copperfield, and Blaine try their hand against Voldemort with messy results.

If you’re one of those peons still working towards their first GranTurismo, look away now: Maserati’s Design Driven shows off the Ultimate Garage along with 125 drool-inducing entries.

Samus shines again in this Metroid Prime Trilogy gameplay trailer; it includes the first two Gamecube games reworked for the Wii along with MP3 and is due out August 24th.

You’ve likely seen the JK Wedding Dance unless you live under a rock, but it’s worth a replay: “Forever” doesn’t sound all that bad after watching this ceremony. Thanks, everyone!

It’s the same teaser shown at last year’s SDCC, but we’re genuinely excited for Tron Legacy: Jeff Bridges reprises his role as Kevin Flynn but brings his son along for the ride.

These building facade projections just keep getting better and better: 555 KubiK is a step up from the Castle, with a pair of hands and sound effects adding to the already cool 3D trickery.

Star Wars: The Force Unleashed comes to the PC and Mac this Fall with Ultimate Sith Edition; it adds three new levels that’ll let you take on Obi-Wan, Boba Fett and Luke Skywalker.

Platune claims its Sand-X is the world’s fastest offroad vehicle, and with a 0-100kph of 2.8 s, we won’t argue; it’s basically a hybrid ATV and snowmobile designed to carve up sand dunes.

Directed by Shynola, the music video for Coldplay’s Strawberry Swing is some of the slickest stop motion we’ve ever seen–this despite being coated with chalk dust. Thanks, Travis!

We’re all aware of Dragon Age’s bloodiness, but the dwarves seem particularly well-suited to maximizing sanguinity at every swing of the axe: it’s always a good day to bleed.

Even a million bucks is beyond our comprehension, but WallStats and Mint.com try to put the trillion-dollar bailout in perspective above. The result: mind-numbing amounts of money.

Halo Legends is a direct-to-video, short story anime series (think Animatrix) with noteworthy roots: WB, Microsoft, as well as the directors for Cowboy Bebop, Ghost in the Shell and more.

This Lab Level gameplay trailer for Splosion Man is strangely addictive; anyone who likes fiery wanton destruction and big band, spy thriller-style music will definitely have a blast.

It looks and sounds dweebish, but we’d take The Shweeb for a spin; located in a New Zealand theme park, it’s a human-powered bicycle/monorail with speeds of up to 90 kph.

This walkthrough trailer for Alpha Protocol has us officially excited for the game: with custom weapons and abilities you can play as a technician, stealthy spy or soldier: it’s your choice.

Directed by David OReilly (of Please Say Something fame), this animated music video for U2’s I’ll Go Crazy is decidedly tamer and more sane, but no less mesmerizing to watch.

Slate.com’s “If Man Walked on the Moon Today” is both brilliant and goofy, with a modern Apollo landing filled with polls, pundits, politicians, and most importantly, Twitter.

Designed to address the lack of tactile feedback in touchscreens, CMU researchers are developing inflatable buttons; latex air bubbles hide behind a screen and puff-up on cue.

It’s an unlikely combo, but South Park Tower Defense promises to be as irreverent as the series with zombified citizens and a besieged City Wok; the game comes out 10/7 on XBLA.

Our arboreal friends are the last ones we’d think to be noisemakers, but Diego Stocco’s Music From A Tree brings their numerous twigs, branches and leaves to life with an array of mics.