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‘PBS Game/Show’ Examines the Mechanics Behind the Ghosts in ‘Pac-Man’
PBS Game/Show host Jamin Warren examines the mechanics behind the ghosts–Blinky, Pinky, Inky, and Clyde–in Pac-Man in the latest episode of the series. It’s very…
Deadpan Cat Finds No Enjoyment in His Hyper Sibling’s Zany Antics
Ami the cat stares in disinterest as his sibling cat Ohagi intently watches and fights a fast-moving cat toy in a video by MAKO0MAKO0. Ami’s…
Clever Dungeon Master Uses a Projector to Combine Physical and Digital ‘Dungeons and Dragons’ Maps
Silverlight, who also happens to be a developer for the digital tabletop gaming platform Roll20, ran a group of Dungeons and Dragons players through the…
A Touching Animated Short About a Stormtrooper Missing His Alien Cat Who is Far, Far Away
“I Miss You” is a touching animated short created by artist Henrik Tomenius about a Stormtrooper missing his cute little alien cat who is far,…
A Prescient 1976 AT&T Interview With Sci-Fi Author Arthur C. Clarke About the Future of Communication
AT&T has released the raw footage from a 1976 interview conducted with science fiction author Arthur C. Clarke at a joint AT&T and MIT conference…
Part Two of Musical Artists Reading Mean Tweets About Themselves on ‘Jimmy Kimmel Live’
During a recent episode of Jimmy Kimmel Live, musical artists read mean tweets about themselves in part two of the ongoing series “Celebrities Read Mean…
Luna, A Mattress Cover That Tracks Sleeping Habits and Automatically Adjusts the Bed Temperature
Luna is a “smart” mattress cover by a San Francisco-based hardware startup of the same name that tracks user sleep patterns and adjusts its temperature…
Steven Yeun Explains That All Asian People Don’t Look Alike But Some Look Like Brad Pitt on ‘Conan’
“If all Asians look alike, then Brad Pitt’s Asian.” During a recent appearance on Conan, actor and self-proclaimed redditor Steven Yeun, who plays Glenn Rhee on The…
An Animated Series of Facts About the Film ‘Jurassic Park’ That You May Not Have Known
Movie Blast (previously), a channel on YouTube that dabbles in film trivia and facts, recently shared three animated facts about Steven Spielberg‘s classic 1993 sci-fi…
Mesmerizing Timelapse Video of an Acorn Growing Into an Oak Seedling Over the Course of Eight Months
Neil Bromhall of the Oxford, England plant identification site Right Plants has created mesmerizing timelapse video charting the growth of an acorn into a small…