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[April Fools] Youtube Announces Nominees for Best Video (Day 1 / 730)
Posted on April 2, 2013 | No CommentsI have to hand it to them… I had never expected them to go more than an hour or two without jumping out at the camera and screaming April Fools! But instead, for the last twelve hours “Submission Coordinators” Kendra Fuller and Donald Hurley have put together a nominees announcement session for the Best of Youtube – citing “Youtube” as a contest instead of the service we know today. The thing is…. as every video (Including my current 101) were up for nomination…. if this... -
Life Technologies Release New Claymation Series “Life of Cells”
Posted on September 19, 2012 | No CommentsFor those of you who are outside science, you may not know of the company Life Technologies – although if you are in the field and work in the lab you may have used their products occasionally or even quite often. The company have released a number of interesting promotional videos including the videos “Ph.Diddy is on the scene” and “Ph.Diva and the Mystery Band” highlighting the events of a group of pHD students through song. While they have not chosen to go with song... -
The Youtube Collection – Entertainment Backup For If Your Internet Goes Down
Posted on April 1, 2012 | 1 CommentWhile they have not tackled the problem of what happens when a takedown notice is filled for a video, Youtube have announced especially for the 1st April 2012 the introduction of the Youtube Collection Plan, a home delivery service which brings Youtube to DVD and a fleet of 175 trucks (With 504,087 discs) arriving at your house. For more information on the new system, please watch the above video. -
Google April Fools Day Joke 2012 – Google Maps 8-Bit for the NES
Posted on April 1, 2012 | No CommentsEvery year, Google has always come up with an annual April Fools Day product, some of which have proven to be quite well thought out and realistic while others have been more prank-like in nature, but nevertheless interesting. This year they have come up with their new April Fools product tailored to us games – Google Maps 8-Bit for NES. Despite covering several of this generations leading mobile phones, portable devices and PC’s, Google have so far neglected one of the worlds most popular retro... -
Life Technologies Release Second Animated Video Featuring the Life Within a Biotech Lab “Ph.Diva and the Mystery Band”
Posted on March 27, 2012 | No CommentsA few months ago I shared an interesting video entitled “The Ph.Diddy is on the scene”, a parody musical video featuring the life of a student beginning his pHD canditure along with the ups and downs of life in a Biotech lab. I was today informed that Life Technologies, the company who released this video have now uploaded a second video on Youtube entitled “Ph.Diva and the Mystery Band”. While I have never had people randomly pop up and sing in the lab I work... -
Kidd’s Anime Blog Releases “Kidd and Squid Anime Podcast – Part 4″
Posted on January 9, 2012 | No CommentsKiddtic, a fellow anime blogger who was recently responsible for the AniBloggers Choice Anime Awards 2011 has just posted up the fourth anime podcast of “Kidd and Squid”. During the hour, Kidd and co-host Degeso893 go through the anime industry for the week talking about their thoughts on anime, manga and games as well providing a healthy dosage of debate (and yes, I do get a shoutout in this episode (But who doesn’t know of Tiffany Grant!?!?! Seriously! If you do not read HERE and then be... -
A Few of My Favourite New Years Greetings from Japanese Otaku Companies / Series / Authors etc! (Updated: 7th January)
Posted on January 2, 2012 | No CommentsWhile it is not possible to post every single one of the great New Years artwork posted by various groups and companies in Japan that deal with products covered on this website (A feat that AnimeNewsNetwork has managed to do yet again), I thought I would share a few of my favorites. 5pb Games 5pb has been behind some really great titles this year including the Steins;Gate PSP game and Corpse Party Book of Shadows / 2U. Alcot Alcot is a Japanese Visual Novel company responsible... -
5(+1) Games that Need to Be Turned Into an Anime Series….
Posted on December 30, 2011 | No CommentsOver the last few years it has been clear that a number of games have shown great potential in the storyline department which could use a different medium to get its plot across to different audiences and to be given a bit more freedom where gameplay is not a factor. This last year a number of Game to Anime installments have proven rather successful with fans and newcomers alike, such as Persona 4: The Animation – that without the limitation of needing to provide gamers... -
A Few Examples of Clever Christmas Messages from Gaming Companies
Posted on December 25, 2011 | No CommentsYou may recall a week or two I shared a rather creative video from Madman Entertainment titled CloudFace, a hilarious Christmas video which had one of the two founders and directors of the company, Paul Wiegard doing a jolly Christmas dance while what I shall call the “Madman Professor” gave some rather witty commentary before and after. However, they are not the only company that took the initiative to do something creative for Christmas. Before I go on with this list I would like to say this... -
Makoto Shinkai’s New Commercial for Taisei Corp
Posted on December 16, 2011 | No CommentsOnce again maintaining that high standard in terms of Design, Makoto Shinkai (Director of 5 Centimetres per Second, Children Who Chase Lost Voices from Deep Below et al) has been working with the Taisei Corporation in Japan to release this visually stunning television commercial. It follows the story of a girl who goes from High School to becoming an engineer for Taisei Corporation working in the Bosphorus Tunnel in Turkey. -
Check out the Kidd and Squid Anime Podcast
Posted on December 14, 2011 | No CommentsYou may recall my mentioning Kidd’s Anime Blog previously as he is responsible for the current Anibloggers Choice Anime Awards 2011… but he has recently started to run a podcast series titled “Kidd and Squid Anime Podcast” which after listening to the first one last night, proved rather interesting. Kidd is an anime blogger from Australia (Yay! Go us Aussies!) who began his blog in May 2011 and has since then been introducing a number of creative posts to his page including a Guide to... -
[Sam Recommends] The Legend of Zelda Theme as a Rap…. It was Bound to Happen Sometime…
Posted on December 1, 2011 | 2 CommentsMy kudos go to the team at Smosh for releasing the much loved Legend of Zelda theme as a rap. I wouldn’t call rap one of my favourite music genres, but I can’t help but love this. For more of their creative releases and parodies, visit their official website HERE or their Youtube Channel HERE. Full credits can be found in the description of the Youtube Video HERE.