The Harsh Reality of Questing In RPGs
Accepting and completing a quest doesn't always go as smoothly as planned.
Eight Crazy Hacking Scenes That Shouldn't Exist
Hack the planet! And I thought Hugh Jackman's dancing scene with the 3D cubes from the 2001 movie Swordfish was weird, this recent video from Dorkly proves some movies and TV shows had much crazier scenes with hackers doing the impossible.
Richard Scarry's Busy World Transformed Into A Silicon Valley Town
Richard Scarry's lovely children's series Busytown becomes a deeply disruptive, data-driven, gluten-free Silicon Valley town in Tony "Lunchbreath" Ruth's project, with the appropriate jobs and descriptions.
Cool Site Lets You Draw Pictures Using Emoji
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Emoji Ink is a new site designed for one purpose only: drawing stuff using nothing else but emoji. It might sound ridiculous but some people, like Daniel Angione above with Smaug from The Hobbit, have already made amazing pics.
A Scary Choose Your Own Adventure, Now Playable On...Twitter
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"They're here. Oh God! They've found you!" And so it begins. You have two choices: run, or hide.
Guy Saves His Drone From Drowning At The Last Second
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Nice catch! Zweier Spanjer's first day testing out his DJI Phantom II drone took an unexpected turn when its batteries started to deplete and the $700 gadget started plummeting towards the nearest pond.
That's One Way To Play Jenga
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Impressive Jenga skills right there.
Seth Rogen and James Franco Play Freaks & Geeks Game, Recall Memories
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The folks at TheFineBros got none other than James Franco and Seth Rogen in their latest clip to sit down and try out an interactive mini-game based on Freaks & Geeks, a fan favorite show that ran about 14 years ago, with younger and much different versions of these two guys in it.
Tiny RC Cars And Drones Battle For Precious Batteries
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A two-wheeler trying to save its car friends, a teddy bear awaiting lifesaving batteries... There's a lot of drama in Corridor Digital's latest short where remote controlled cars are trying to escape a group of aggressive mini drones.
How Guardians of the Galaxy Should Have Ended
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The folks at HISHE made several animated alternate endings to Guardians of the Galaxy, with many of the movie's memorable scenes getting derailed and Thanos in his hovering chair becoming the most chill villain in the Marvel Universe.
If Famous Directors Made Call of Duty
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The Wes-Anderson-Call-of-Duty-Fox takes it all, but shooting and crawling—not to mention the plot—would be a lot different in all of Dorkly's recent gallery, with Call of Duty and some famous screenwriters' take on it.
Chocolate Carbonite Freezes More Than Just Han Solo
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Henry Hargeaves is a food photographer and his latest project sounds like a really random one. Putting all our favorite childhood characters and their shape in frozen carbonite-looking chocolate. Just like Jabba did it with Han Solo.
A Sad Reminder About How Slow And Expensive The Internet Is In America
Internet speeds in America are pathetic, which you probably already knew if you...live in America. A new piece in The New York Times report makes that more clear.
So That's How Marvel Can Plan So Far Ahead
It's easy when not just superheroes, but also decision makers have otherwordly powers—and they use it for scheduling future movies.
Cartoony Evolution Of Famous Vampires
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Artist Jeff Victor's chart has a couple of famous vampires lined up in chronological order, just in time for Halloween.
Ten Video Game Vehicles With A Cartoony Redesign
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I could totally watch a special episode of Wacky Races with artist Ido Yehimovitz's re-imagined video game cars leading the way.
People Are Putting Shadow Of Mordor's New Photo Mode To Good Use
Shadow of Mordor gave its players some nifty new ways to capture and edit screenshots yesterday. Judging by the wealth of snazzy images that have popped up online since then, gamers seem to be having a lot of fun with it so far. Here are some of the best I've come across. Enjoy.
Six Typical Reactions To Losing An Online Match
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The controller thrower guy above in Dorkly's recent comic is not even the most frustrated one. The silent types below look a lot scarier.
The Pancake Dead
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Pancake art is a thing. It's just the world we live in now. That said I'm impressed anyone can coax recognisable images of The Walking Dead cast out of eggs, flour and milk.
Nine Things You Probably Didn't Know About The Lion King
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A scene that took three years to finish, the sound of an F-16 jet fighter and moments we can't unsee after watching CineFix's latest clip about The Lion King.