"That is both the greatest, and worst thing I have ever seen."

I posted this on the Bendis Board and that was the first response I got. As it happens, it's a perfect summation.

Not for the squeamish or those of delicate sensibilities:

Kristen Schaal shoots her own face

in this ad for the new Android smart phone slash hand held gaming console



moar:

BOOM!!!

0_0

these freak me out. http://dogatch.jp/mameshibaworld/video.html

Dunno about Balrogs...

The new Dungeons and Dragons Red Box Advert

...is FUCKING METAL!!!

I was watching a show I refuse to admit to watching on Hulu just now and saw an advert for the Dungeons and Dragons red box... and totally had to share.

It's the billionth "aliens attack Earth movie...

...but I still kind of like the tone of the trailer.

The Dude Meets The Matrix

This is monumentally stupid

But it also becomes kind of zen if you watch it all the way through. About halfway through the lyrics even get pretty hilarious.

WTF BOOM

The greatest video game never made:

Even though this sprite-animated cartoon looks just like you're watching a video game, I recommend watching it all the way through. It's like underground video game psychedelia! Features guest appearance by Christopher Walken and John Goodman from The Big Lebowski!







Oh, and if you type "Paul Robertson" into YouTube you'll get all kinds of other freaky stuff he's done.

Holy shit, MORTAL KOMBAT by way of SE7EN

Nobody seems to know quite what this is yet, but it looks like a SE7EN-style overhaul of Mortal Kombat - either the set-up for a new game franchise or a teaser for an upcoming movie. Either way, it's surprisingly twisted and gory and it's got one really well-staged fight.

The Latest Obama Conspiracy Theory

is boss awesome

Was President Obama an extra in the video for Tag Team's Whoomp (There It Is) in 93?



1:00 in...


gawker article

God help us

The Scale of the Universe

I figure everyone's seen the genius Powers of Ten at some point in their life (if not, follow the link!) Here's a nice accompaniment with a touch more interactivity. Go feel humble:

THE SCALE OF THE UNIVERSE

This is in poor taste

Behold, the ultimate ruin-your-life prank to play on a plane! It's simple...

Just direct your laptop to THIS site and crank up the volume.



I'm sorry but it's funny ;P

Five glorious minutes of Ellis from L4D2

Ellis is my chosen character in Left 4 Dead 2. His hillbilly stories are no small part of it:

Quantum Physics for Dummies

Name as many characters and corresponding movies as you can

click to biggie

All that time travel screwing around finally catches up with Star Trek...

Was looking at the website for the upcoming Trek online game the other day and saw an interesting footnote. See, Trek's done time travel to death, but they've never had to deal with all the multiverse stuff that, say, Marvel and DC have - you know, where multiple versions of characters exist concurrently.

But as of the new movie creating a separate timeline...IT HAS BEGUN. From the FAQ:

Q: How does the new Star Trek movie affect Star Trek Online?
A: Star Trek Online exists in the Star Trek universe's "standard timeline," whereas the latest Star Trek movie exists in an alternate timeline created when Nero and Spock entered a singularity and were transported back in time. For a full explanation, please see our article explaining how Star Trek XI affects Star Trek Online.

And in the full article (which has movie spoilers if you haven't seen it):

In the movie, two characters travel back in time from the year 2387. When Nero arrives in the year 2233, he disrupts the time continuum, creating an alternate reality from the point of his arrival. Star Trek (the new movie) takes place in this alternate reality. This is explained in the film in a conversation between Uhura and Spock on the bridge of the Enterprise.

Star Trek Online is set in the "prime" Star Trek reality. This is the timeline of the five television series and the first 10 movies. It is the world in which the Gorn attacked Cestus III, Kirk fought Khan in the Mutara Nebula, Picard explored the galaxy, the Federation fought the Dominion War, Voyager was stranded in the Delta Quadrant and Captain Archer and the crew of the NX-01 showed us how it all began.

Events in the movie that happened in the prime timeline (the destruction of Romulus, and the disappearance of Spock and Nero) have affected STO. You can learn more about the aftermath of these events in the Path to 2409 and in STO itself.

So how can the movie and STO be in different realities? When working on Star Trek, screenwriters Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman referenced the theory of quantum mechanics, which allows for the simultaneous existence of parallel timelines and universes. Parallel universes are self-contained, separate realities that exist as a consequence of different choices and outcomes. This concept was explored in the TNG episode "Parallels," in which there were thousands of alternate timelines (and thousands of Enterprises!). It also is seen in the Mirror Universe, which is a darker take on the world of the Federation.

There are many, many stories to tell in the prime universe. The fallout of the destruction of Romulus and the upheaval that causes in the Alpha and Beta quadrants creates storytelling opportunities that we at Cryptic didn't even imagine when we first began working on STO. We're excited by the possibilities, and fans should be as well. The best is yet to come.

Just kind of interesting on a geeky level. I guess I'm Trek geek enough to be glad the "prime" universe is continuing :)