Pixel Apocalypse

Godzilla, aliens, apocalyptic natural disasters? Nope, classic 80's video games. Many have prophesied the end of the world but none have foreseen our eminent global annihilation as manifested in the form of an 8-bit wave of destruction unleashed by some Pandora-esque television set abandoned by a hipster in Brooklyn. This video shows just that, and I think it's safe to say that the children of the 80's can relate to such a vision of pixel apocalypse.

Aside from it's impressive graphics and overall creative vision, the best thing about this video is the comment left by some smarty pants on YouTube.

4K4K1K0 writes:
If the whole earth would become 1 volumetric pixel, shouldn't it be smaller? A cube with a edge length of 2*sqrt(2)*r where r is the radius of the earth?

Hmmm, interesting point 4K. I would try and wax intellectually with you about your theory but I stopped understanding math once they introduced letters. My question is how are we supposed to know what country to bomb if in fact we are attacked by pixels?

Kasabian Football Hero

The Mightiest Crumb has recently secured himself a few tickets to World Cup 2010 in South Africa and will progressively be getting more and more charged about said event over the next 8 months (assuming he lands a miracle to finance his travels). In the spirit of daft and insane socceries, I couldn't help but post this video of some English footballers and their attempt to coalesce the world's most popular sport with the world's (or at least the USA's) most popular contemporary video game. Behold, Kasabian Football Hero!

Clever Advertising - Hamburg, Germany.

13th Street, The Action and Suspense Channel in Hamburg Germany, implemented "Blood Bath," a clever advertising installation in a nightclub bathroom to promote their exclusive thrillers and horror films. Shortly after entering the bathroom the lights go out and black light illuminates the room revealing the remnants of a bloody crime scene with the channel's logo on the bathroom mirror and the slogan, "See what others don't see." This, my friends, is a clever (albeit morbid) go at getting the word out, and personally (as someone who is marginally a part of the advertising biz), I would like to see more of this innovative, deviceful and interactive product peddling on a daily basis. The average person living in New York City sees nearly 3,000+ advertisements a day! If even 1 out of 30 of these ads were permeated with further interaction and imagination it might make our daily lives a tad more stimulating. Creativity begets more creativity people! Don't just think outside the box, reinvent the box itself - fuck the box, how about a fuzzy octacontagon that reacts to sarcasm and turns it into techno music? 

See more clever ads here, courtesy of The Cool Hunter