Retailer H&M enlisted director Wes Anderson to apply his colorful, fastidious, and bittersweet style to their big holiday advert, which stars Adrien Brody as a train conductor who must break the news to his passengers they won’t make it home in time for Christmas.

Musician 331Erock cranks out an energetic electric guitar cover version of Ramin Djawadi’s hypnotic opening theme from the hit HBO series Westworld. We can’t get the image of a freshly-printed host being bathed in milky white liquid out of our minds now.

If you have to wear a tie to a formal event, it might as well be a really cool one. We like these dramatic designs from UK outfit Dapper Jack, which are crafted from carbon fiber woven with kevlar or polyester, then lined with satin for comfort and wearability.

Traffic circles (aka “roundabouts”) aren’t nearly as popular here in the U.S. as they are in the UK and other European cities. WIRED takes a look at the seemingly insane 7-circle Swindon roundabout, and how it manages to keep traffic flowing smoothly.

(PG-13: Language) “While the Watch men walk beyond The Wall, Qhorin falls to Jon to turn his cloak to the Free Folk. So while the Watch are fighting wights and things, Jon’s spooning ginger wilderlings.” Alt Shift X drops wildfire in his recap of HBO’s Game of Thrones.

Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun is a real-time tactical game in the vein of Commandos. Set in 17th century Japan, you control up to five members to defend the Shogun. Drops 12/7/16 for Windows, MacOS and Linux. Windows demo here.

Lessons from the Screenplay looks at the similarities in the scripts of Whiplash and Black Swan to see how one can tell a story about the obsessed artist – specifically the obsessed performer. Then he points out how their endings diverge to emphasize different points.

Time warp back to 1987 with this corny ABC Afterschool Special. Like all of these, the story has a simple moral: you can’t judge a book by its cover. Stars Doc from The Love Boat, Bug from Uncle Buck, the Governor from Benson, and Mrs. Willis from The Jeffersons.

Sesame Street goes trap with its trippy remix of sounds from everyone’s favorite cookie-addicted muppet and Eclectic Method. If your computer can handle it, try opening this video in four windows, then hitting play on each one. MP3 available here.

New Era Korea’s exclusive collaboration with the International Space Archives adopts designs, colors and patches from American and Russian space programs into down jackets, sweaters, fitted and snapback caps and t-shirts.

(PG-13: Language) Australian comedy duo Theo and Nathan Saidden aka Superwog are known for their bad attitudes and short fuses, so who better to staff a jumbo jet than these two guys with a unique perspective on “customer service?” They’re no better as doctors.

Graphic designer Ji Lee originally conceptualized this tongue-in-cheek clock for a school assignment. The concept became an online hit. Now Lee has figured out how to turn it into a mass produced product.

TaoFledermaus was playing around with some small magnets and decided to see what their movements would look like when captured at 4,000 fps with a prototype Chronos 1.4 camera. The resulting video reveals some of their strange and wonderful behaviors.

California-based Racing Heroes makes extremely detailed 1:18 (about 10″) scale models of classic sports cars, race cars and other related vehicles. Each model is assembled by hand and given realistic paint and finish.

We love seeing unusual machines work their magic to produce items we take for granted. Here’s a machine that takes spools of stiff wire and twists them into the interlocking rows of a chain-link fence, while another set of tools twists the loose ends together.

The rubber duckie is a fairly ubiquitous bathroom accessory, but why is it that we have these floating yellow ducks in our bathtubs? Today I Found Out explores the history of these squeaky playthings, and proves that everything sounds more important with a British accent.