Lego has survived many battles in the great toy wars over the years, which probably helps explain why The Lego Movie finally came into existence earlier this year. If nothing else, this glorious short film by Adam Brown reminds us there are other types of plastic building toys out there with their own stories to tell: » 10/15/14 1:00pm 10/15/14 1:00pm

Using a modded Laser Optimus Prime and a set of Make Toys's custom Constructicons, YouTube's Harris Loureiro created a stop-motion action scene that's far more appealing than anything Michael Bay could put on film. » 7/02/14 3:30pm 7/02/14 3:30pm

This brotherly throwdown is the work of Jordan Tseng, 17, who writes in the video's YouTube introduction, "I'm going to have the University entrance examination [in] 2 weeks." Yeah. Just go ahead and pass him already. » 1/12/14 4:00pm 1/12/14 4:00pm

Jake Roper of Vsauce3 included six awesome facts about the Dreamcast in the latest stop in his stop-motion teardown trip through console history, so you didn't have to feel as bad about watching console porn. » 12/23/13 4:03pm 12/23/13 4:03pm

The Irate Gamer spent nearly 60 hours creating this stop-motion action figure Christmas spectacular, when he could have just filmed my office for an hour on any given Saturday. » 12/16/13 6:47pm 12/16/13 6:47pm

What goes on inside the head of a child playing with a couple of LEGO ninja? Stop-motion animator supreme Counter656 gives us a thrilling peek. » 10/07/13 11:30am 10/07/13 11:30am

Drawing a realistic 3D Yoshi from Mario Kart with chalk is one thing, but the way the fine folks at the AweMeChannel animated and put him into a real-life street scene is quite spectacular. » 9/04/13 9:20am 9/04/13 9:20am

There's a clarity to this version of the Donkey Kong arcade game that the original arcade cabinet just can't match. Something about using thousands of perler beads instead of sprites, I'd imagine. » 7/26/13 11:30am 7/26/13 11:30am

YouTuber and artist Jonny Lawrence put together this neat stop motion video featuring his hand battling what looks like Akuma from Street Fighter. » 5/06/13 3:00pm 5/06/13 3:00pm

Do you hate spending weekends in the office? Talk to Michael Birken. He spent nearly a year's worth of weekends and holidays at his, filming this ridiculous post-it note stop-motion homage to arcade classics Ms. Pac-Man and Donkey Kong. » 4/02/13 5:30pm 4/02/13 5:30pm

Look at this video. Look at it. Look at how much time must have gone into painstakingly creating every one of Mario's movements. » 12/03/12 12:00pm 12/03/12 12:00pm

It might not be as difficult a game as you remember, but the stop motion animation is just as amusing.

It just takes a lot of set-up to get there. Kind of like trying to find the Princess. » 7/24/12 12:00pm 7/24/12 12:00pm

This stop-motion horror game is downright creepy. It reminds me a lot of Limbo » 6/25/12 11:15am 6/25/12 11:15am, given this somewhat vague description from the student project:

I don't know how you play board games, but this is how dubstep artists do it. Chopped up and ground like meat. I'm sure there are some gameplay rules embedded in there somehow.

Delta Heavy - Get By (Official Video) [YouTube via Reddit] » 5/09/12 12:00pm 5/09/12 12:00pm