Filed under: Video — Malcolm Owen @ 10:56 am
Beatbox is usually something to be looked down by most people. Mainly because it’s done very basically or very badly. And then you get the occasional person that (a) does the whole Beatboxing thing, (b) does it well, and (c) uses comedy. Like, say, Beardyman. A fantastic example of which is the Kitchen Diaries…
3 Years, 700 Degrees Fahrenheit… Eh…
Filed under: Internet, Video — Malcolm Owen @ 9:19 pm
So. Ed Lau of the.[ED]ition found a blogpost by Michael Kwan, showing videos of how business meetings would happen if all of the participants were like the commenting masses on large forums and blogs. You know, “FIRST!”, “pwned”, “dugg”, that sort of thing. It’s a fantastic pair of video clips, that I can only say are worthy of sharing. However, because it’s already posted on those two blogs, I fear that I really shouldn’t just copy those posts. Instead, here’s another video from the same creators at CollegeHumor.com, whereby they wonder “If urban legends really did exist, what would the Casualty department of a hospital look like?”.
It’s extremely funny, and definitely worth a look, so long as you don’t mind a bit of blood…
Filed under: Gadgets, Gaming, Software, Video — Malcolm Owen @ 11:06 pm
Hi, I’m Johnny Lee, Welcome to Jac… No, wait…
Do you own a Wii? Do you own a Wiimote? Are you a really geeky person that needs to see the latest in future gaming technology using today’s tech? I’d suggest watching this…
Johnny Chug Lee has somehow managed to destroy everyone else’s normal thought patterns, bent time and space, and probably had a Happy Meal for breakfast, by making a damn realistic 3D effect with a Wiimote and some safety glasses.
It’s probably unrealistic for anything to be released in the short term that takes advantage of this idea, but I would absolutely love to see this used in the future. Imagine, a decent Time Crisis game where you have to actually duck or hide around a pillar. Metal Gear Solid with you peeking around the corner in first person view. Tetris with damn realistic blocks.
You want to play with Johnny’s tech? I thought you would…
[Via Penny-Arcade]
Filed under: Gaming, Video — Malcolm Owen @ 2:06 am
Comedy gold you want? Gaming goodness you crave? Video Fantasticness with a British Accent and No Breathing your kind of thing? Might I suggest, in a most likely NSFW way…
Zero Punctuation reviews were created by internet god Yahtzee (I keep expecting a C somewhere in that name for some reason…) where he talks about whatever the current game on everyone’s mind plays. He is a picky guy (like me), but this only aids his fast-moving comedy speech. A highly-barbed, tightly-compressed video of epic proportions, that I just wish I could ever be half as good as.
[Zero Punctuation arrives thanks to The Escapist]
Filed under: Gaming, Video — Malcolm Owen @ 12:00 pm
Gamers may well be aware of a little thing called Skate, also known as EA’s attempt on Tony Hawk’s life. If you’re not, the short version is a skateboarding game where the tricks are harder yet “more organic” to do than in the Tony Hawk games. As in you have to physically learn how to abuse the controller in order to get the right trick done, instead of pressing just a few buttons to get the same done in THPS…
Anyway, there’s a demo for Skate, which in itself isn’t much in terms of news. What is, though, is the fact that they (EA) have apparently made it easier to make game-videos to post online, so you can show off your favorite runs/tricks/wipeouts.
Cue this video, that seemingly looks like a poor player accidentally clipped a NPC skater, and fell over. If you watch again, look at the leg movements closely. It wasn’t just a clip. It was an aerial donkey kick to the face, with added plank.
Simultaneously, I think to myself “That’s evil” and “…Cool!”. I pity myself…
[From Postal, whom does stuff for Electronista]
Filed under: Japan, Video — Malcolm Owen @ 9:26 am
Chimp A-Pan is a well trained animal. It can ride a train, buy tickets, do sit-ups in a contest, all whilst pulling around a bulldog. Amazingly well trained. The chimp, that is. Not the dog.
This time, the challenge is to get to a cake shop and buy a package. But with 5 dogs this time. Hilarity ensues…
[Via Dethroner, you god among blogs you..]
Filed under: Japan, Video — Malcolm Owen @ 8:20 pm
Imagine, if you will, that you have to run along a conveyer-belt rolling towards you to a finish line a short distance away. But you must eat cookies at various parts along the way. And the belt speeds up after each cookie is eaten. And you have only 30 seconds to do it in.
Oh, and if you fail, you end up in some hot water (literally, not figuratively speaking here). Fail to keep up with the conveyer, fall over or anything like that? Fall into the hot water near the start line. Stay on the conveyer for 30 seconds without completing all tasks and crossing the finishing line? The conveyer abruptly stops, making you fall over, a big banner unfurls, and the conveyer starts again at full speed, throwing you into the aforementioned hot water.
Yes, it’s probably painful and humiliating to the contestants. Yes, only the Japanese could think of this sort of competition. And yes, it is fun to watch.
[Via TV In Japan]
Filed under: Apple, Tech, Video — Malcolm Owen @ 9:46 pm
Ladies and Gentlemen, we now have a productive excuse to hit our computers. The Macbook has a weird motion sensor inside it, supposedly for detecting a fall and bracing the moving parts for impact. VirtueDesktops uses and abuses this feature, allowing you to change the virtual desktop you’re using without having to select some tiny icon or by some archaic keyboard shortcut. Yes, you can smack your laptop, and it will change for you. Proof? Here’s a video I did…
Sadly, the VirtueDesktops software has had work stopped on it, so no newer updates on the already great software. No harm in downloading it, though.
Filed under: Internet, Video — Malcolm Owen @ 3:03 pm
So, it’s been rumored in some places that The Pirate Bay, that famous torrent site, would launch some sort of video or music sharing site for some time now. Not much of a jump, going from torrenting to video/music sharing, really. However, the main question would be in what form this idea would take.
At last, someone’s had a clue about this. Zero Paid have been in contact with “The Bay”, and have found it will be like Youtube, except without the censorship. The name? The Video Bay, funnily enough, although at the time of writing it’s closed to everyone bar admin and beta testers.
The question has now changed to: How angry do you think the RI/MPAA et al will be once it goes live?
Filed under: Video — Malcolm Owen @ 10:32 am
Ever since some guys discovered Youtube, there’s always been some random idiots mouthing to some semi depressing or overtly pop/hip-hop song, in an attempt to become semi-famous in their peer group using a skill that doesn’t really require that much talent to do. Trying to become famous, the easy way. What many of these people don’t know is that it’s not the song you sing, it’s not how well you can mouth the words, it’s all about the execution, the final product.
Cue some people in an office somewhere, doing a “Lip Dub” of Flagpole Sitta by the user amandalynferri.
[Via One Digital Life, via Steve Garfield]