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Real-Time Face Substitution Is A Real-Time Horror Show

11:30AM September 21, 2011 | Jesus Diaz

Watch Arturo Castro change his face in real time to Paris Hilton, Fidel Castro, Steve Jobs, Salvador Dalí, Andy Warhol, Brad Pitt and even Chairman Mao. The deformed, creepy versions of them, anyway. More »


Entertainment

Watch Graphic Violence Get Real Literal

7:20AM December 30, 2010 | Brian Barrett

Man versus man. Man versus graffiti. Graffiti versus graffiti. Graffiti versus man. It may not be the circle of life, but this short is at least a circle of cartoonish, explosive fun. I’ll take it! More »


Entertainment

How The Designers Created The Alien Technology In Predators

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11:30AM November 12, 2010 | Nick Broughall

Every time humankind gets invaded by an alien race in Hollywood, they have some amazing technology and super powerful weaponry. But what goes into designing and creating that weaponry? We recently got the chance to sit down with the designers behind Robert Rodriguez’s Predators, and they told us just how important distilling the history of the Predator was in creating the alien tech for the film – which is out now on Blu-ray.


Geek Out

Chinese TV Ink Ad Must Have Required Tons Of Squids

11:40AM October 2, 2009 | Jesus Diaz

Directed by Niko Tziopanos, and azzparently starring a wholalotlot of Harry Potter’s Death Eater wannabes, this advertising for Central China Television has me completely mesmerised today. I just can’t have enough of that ink-in-water effect. [Likecool]