Kid plays Star Wars Cantina Band Song on Gigantic Harp
What can I say? The force is strong with this one! [Via Newlaunches]
Category Archives: Music & Movies
In Search of Airness: Video of the Austin Air Guitar Preliminaries
Enjoy this brief glimpse into the world of competitive air guitar. Filmed by us last Wednesday at the Alamo Drafthouse Ritz Theatre in Austin, Texas, these guys are just the preliminary qualifiers for the international air guitar championship. Relive the only good part of the 1980s that’s still good today as the long hair flies. […]
Star Trek Character or Erectile Dysfunction Pill?
It doesn’t often happen that the funniest thing I’ve seen all day would be a mental_floss quiz, but that happened today. And I thought of you. Can you identify whether ten names are Star Trek characters or erectile dysfunction medications? I couldn’t; my score fell within the margin of error for random guesses, which is […]
Droids
I need to see this movie again. I must have missed this part the first time I saw Star Wars. Of course that was a long time ago in a town far far away, and I was a bit drunk at the time. [via Gorilla Mask]
Iron Man vs. Bruce Lee
It’s toy-on-toy action! I was rooting for Bruce Lee the entire time.
Official: Guitar Hero gets DJ edition
It’s been a badly kept secret, but the games-playing world now has the first official confirmation that there will be a DJ-based spinoff from the Guitar Hero franchise. The game’s site has just launched, though it doesn’t tell us anything other than that it will be available for X-Box, Playstation and Wii. The game will […]
Vulcans Will Beam to Star Trek Screening
The town of Vulcan, Alberta, has about 2,000 residents. They are, of course, Vulcans. The Vulcan Tourism and Trek Centre has been lobbying for the town to host the premiere of Star Trek XI for a couple of years now. Paramount said no. Leonard Nimoy, the only original cast member who will appear in the […]
What’s in the Box?: An Half-Life 2 Inspired Short
Unfortunately, I can’t tell you much about this short film because there’s almost no details around. The only thing I know is that, just like Escape From City 17, this is another amateur-made half-life 2 inspired flick that looks pretty darn promising. Enjoy!
The Evolution of the Batman Icon
Over 65 years of the iconic batman logo, in a little over two minutes.
2009 Hugo Award Nominations
By Casey Lynn Contributing Writer, [GAS] There are two major literary awards in the science fiction and fantasy genre–the Nebulas, given by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America, and the Hugos, voted on by the members of Worldcon (which will be held this August in Montreal). The Hugo nominees were announced yesterday, and […]