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I just heard this song last night at church — maybe it’s just the point I’m at in life right now, but I found it incredibly moving, so I thought I’d share.

This video is both hilarious and poignant.

In checking out this article at Popular Mechanics, I couldn’t help but feel I had seen the Nubrella before. Then it hit me.

Exhibit A:

Exhibit B, a.k.a. “prior art”:

I’d been commenting not too long ago to a friend that something which was so subtly well-done that you sort of take it for granted is the character animation in GTA IV, during cinematics and just in-game interactions, characters move like actors would in a movie, not like puppets. This is why. The video is pretty amazing.

Billions of electronic-eating ‘crazy rasberry ants’ invade Texas. These ants make Them sound tame. To a geek, anyway. Destroy the city, just stay away from my iPod!

The Onion’s fake news video is consistently amusing.

McCain Vows To Replace Secret Service With His Own Bare Fists

Wow. I failed to appreciate just how well GTA IV captured the feel of NYC.

This one has been a long time coming.
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Check out the Destructoid article Grand Theft Angel: How Liberty City plays nice. It’s a refreshing alternative to the usual GTA-bashing that accompanies each release from Rockstar.

I had never heard of Parkour prior to checking out this gorgeous video of a game called Mirror’s Edge, which I wasn’t at all excited about until I saw it in motion — check it out! Anyway, people were describing it as combining FPS and parkour, so I did some reading. According to Wikipedia:

Parkour (sometimes abbreviated to PK) or l’art du déplacement (English: the art of displacement) is an activity with the aim of moving from one point to another as efficiently and quickly as possible, using principally the abilities of the human body. It is meant to help one overcome obstacles, which can be anything in the surrounding environment—from branches and rocks to rails and concrete walls—and can be practiced in both rural and urban areas. Parkour practitioners are referred to as traceurs, or traceuses for females.

Founded by David Belle in France, parkour focuses on practicing efficient movements to develop one’s body and mind to be able to overcome obstacles in an emergency.

Click past the break to see it in action.
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