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Spark on CBC Radio

Alright, I’m a very bad Canadian. I’m only just now discovering this incredible series. So sue me. Well… ok don’t sue me even though I’ve created this almost-logo above from some image snatched randomly on Google Image search, thus committing many an old-media faux-pas.
Spark is a radio show / podcast from the CBC, hosted by […]

Giant NES Controller

Giant NES Controller - Attack of the show’s stupidly monster one.

Giant NES controller coffee table - beautiful woodworked coffee table sized controller. And yes, fully functional.

Super Lego Mario (Level 1) - Well ok this has nothing to do with giant controllers but hey, this must have taken hours. Fans rule!

Say It With Me: “MEME”

So, we start with this 17 seconds of joy:

Zombie Kid Likes Turtles
Beautiful. Remixes ensue. The celebrity sing-along was my personal fave.
Now, the TV station picks up on it and says: “Why the hell is everyone so excited about this? Those remixes are getting massive attention! Let’s do the ULTIMATE remix and do an actual full […]

Oh Yeah… People!

More amazing work from Draxtor Despres:

Non Profit Commons: the Second Coming of SL - While corporations may be fleeing SL, the non-profits are coming in droves….One group in particular has set out to coordinate the efforts of over 60 socially active organizations from all over the globe. So: as the SL brand is still evolving, […]

We Are The Strange - The Entire Film

Original version of the animated feature film “We are the Strange” 88 minutes : Presented in Str8nime
Get the 2 DVD set here!
http://www.filmbaby.com/films/1961
or here
http://www.amazon.com/We-Are-Strange-M-dot/dp/B000V6LT8U
All other language versions herehttp://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=1BD10C7B6DA3385E
Accolades and awards:
Sundance Film Festival Official Selection 2007
Golden Prize “Most Groundbreaking Film” Fantasia Film Festival Montreal 2007
Silver Prize “Best Animated Film” Fantasia Film Festival Montreal 2007
“Best Feature Film” HDFEST […]

Frozen Moments In The Virtual World

Visit Mexico, Ruta Maya
Machinima by Kronos Kirkorian
Music by Dizzy Banjo
This is a fun promo put together for a Second Life® project from the Mexico Tourism Board. For those of you having gone through the experience of wandering Second Life not finding anything impressive, hopefully this will point you in the right direction. (Well, this […]

10 Simple Steps to Your Very Own Virtual Sweatshop

“Invisible Threads”
10 Simple Steps to your very own Virtual Sweatshop with Telematic Manufacturing
Original Concept by Jeff Crouse & Stephanie Rothenberg
Video Directed by Annie Ok, Jeff Crouse & Stephanie Rothenberg
Machinima by Annie Ok
Live Footage by Stephanie Rothenberg & Broken Branchez Productions
Invisible Threads installation at New Frontier on Main at Sundance ‘08
Invisble Threads was made possible by […]

Old Media Becomes New Media

David Rumsey has digitized 17,000 historical maps. You can now walk around them in Second Life, as well as cross-reference and remix them. The 3D build comes courtesy of the geniuses over at Centric, but it’s Rumsey that deserves credit for having a vision to do something truly remarkable. He’s taken a huge collection of […]

3D iTunes

What can I say? I love these guys, ever since I saw this:

Now they’re selling an album full of music from within the virtual world. How can you not love that?

Food Court Musical

The world would be so much better if it was a musical.

Well. Maybe not “better” so much as “weirder”. But hey, I like weird.