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Banjo Guy Ollie Performs a Multitrack Cover of the Turrican Video Game Song ‘Shoot Or Die’
Galway, Ireland musician Banjo Guy Ollie recently performed a multitrack cover of “Shoot Or Die” — Chris Huelsbeck‘s fantastic song from the 1990 video game…
Bad Internet, A CollegeHumor Series About Ways Technology and the Internet Can Go Wrong
ad Internet is a new CollegeHumor original series on YouTube Red that will include 10 stories about the ways technology and the internet can go wrong.
Tilt Brush, A Tool for Painting and Creating Stunning Art in Virtual Reality
Tilt Brush is a tool developed by the Data Arts team at Google for painting and creating stunning art in virtual reality. The team invited…
How the Most Iconic Sherlock Holmes Identifiers Developed Outside of Arthur Conan Doyle’s Stories
In a wonderful new Ted-Ed lesson written by scholar Dr. Neil McCaw and animated by Lasse Rützou Bruntse of The Animation Workshop, narrator Addison Anderson…
Conan Associate Producer Jordan Schlansky Reviews a Darth Vader Replica Helmet
Conan associate producer Jordan Schlansky recently reviewed a Darth Vader replica helmet, created by eFx Collectibles, in the latest installment of the show’s Jordan Schlansky’s…
Quitter, A Mac App That Automatically Closes Distracting Applications for Better Productivity
Quitter is a free Mac app developed by Marco Arment that automatically hides or closes distracting applications after they have been inactive for a set…
The DOOM Launch Trailer Features Weapons, Gore, and Enemies Galore
Bethesda Softworks has released the launch trailer for their first-person shooter reboot of DOOM. The action-packed trailer is filled to the brim with weapons, gore,…
Casey Neistat Offers Humorous Advice for Attending the Exclusive Met Gala
Casey Neistat, whose adventures we’ve previously written about, recently was an invited guest to the fabulous Metropolitan Museum of Art Costume Institute Benefit aka The…
A Visit to the Oldest Sake Brewery in Japan Run by the Same Family for 55 Generations
Sudo Honke in the Ibaraki Prefecture is the oldest sake brewer in Japan. The family has been making the traditional rice brew for over 850…
A Formerly Feral Dog and His Human Save an Injured Baby Hummingbird From Almost Certain Death
A formerly-feral and once-uncontrollable dog named Rex was in the company of Ed Gernon, the human who rescued him when he spotted an injured baby…