Yes folks, Blizzard has finally announced that the multiplayer beta for StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty has now begun. Unfortunately, this is a closed beta, but if you were lucky enough to get an invite, the downloader is available through Battle.net. Please note that even though StarCraft II hasn’t been released yet (it is planned […]
In a far away solar system, on a small planet much like our own, lived the Euwins, kind little creatures who enjoyed a peaceful existence. Then one day, out of nowhere, a massive tidal wave appeared and nearly washed away their entire city! In order to rebuild their city, the Euwins need your help!
There seem to be two main requirements for a social-based internet site to catch on with the online public: it should do one task very simply, and it should attract enough users to reach a critical mass. Chatroulette.com is not a particularly great site, neither is it a useful one. It will probably never change […]
Procrastination: Because sometimes, the only way you can get something done is to do something else first. Procrastination was made in 2007 as a graduation film project by a team of student from the London-based Royal College of Art. Enjoy! Congratuations, by watching this video, you just exercised your right to procrastinate!
To break the world record of the largest stick bomb chain reaction, Tim Fort (warning: this link will make your eyes bleed) built a montage of 2,250 sticks. He then set the apparatus off and caught the whole thing on tape. Check it out: [Via BoingBoing]
Since I don’t speak German, I can only guess about what’s going on here, but I’m pretty sure that each and every one of you, at one point or another in your childhood, imagined yourself in a similar situation. [Via Neatorama]
For those of you who are fans of geeky cakes, check out this absolutely amazing Jabba the Hutt cake made especially for Flickr user icruise_flickr’s birthday. This is my birthday cake this year — Jabba the Hutt. A friend of the family kindly made this for us and I think she did a fantastic job […]
Produced by the folks at RealtimeUK, the following animation was first made in 3dsmax and then rendered in Vray. Lastly, post-production visuals were added via After Effects. Let’s just say that the end result is quite stunning, to say the least. Check it out:
A hilarious prank by American comedian Tom Mabe. Enjoy!
A four hour cyber-war simulation suggests the United States response could be severely lacking if such an event became reality. The Cyber Shockwave event, organized by the Bipartisan Policy Center, says that new laws are needed to give the federal government greater controls over privately controlled computers in the event of an attack. It also […]