Video - 'Dubstep Toyz' and 'Genitals' - 15/05/12 [DAILY DOSE]

TUESDAY 15TH MAY 2012 - DAILY DOSE

Some DAILY DOSEs are just videos for the hell of it. 
On that note, here's 

DUBSTEP TOYS.

I know - cool but a bit freaky.


There's a few other 'stop motion with toy' videos out there - if you like what you see go search Youtube.

And then, thanks to friends for bringing this amazing song to my attention:



Now you've watched it, 
you can't unwatch it!

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and http://www.youtube.com/user/jonlajoie

Video - Minecraft Rap - 14/05/12 [DAILY DOSE]

MONDAY 14TH MAY 2012 - DAILY DOSE

Today's DAILY DOSE is a shameful look at -

THE MINECRAFT RAP.

People get waaaay to obsessive over Minecraft. 
Like, seriously.


Given how I often get with games like this, 
it's probably not a good idea for me to start playing.


So to that end -
 I got Minecraft Pocket Edition!


Lots of crafting, mining and building -
 all on the go!


Here's a few pics of my very first Minecraft house - awwwwww.....


Yes it's sad - but not quite as sad as writing a rap about Minecraft.
(except I thought the rap was really cool - especially the old guy miner's verse!).

My house - at night.

My house - during the day.

My bedroom - plus luxurious double bed.

The pantry under the stairs - plenty of storage shelves (ladders).

The lounge - 2 sofas and a TV.

Another view of the lounge.

My kitchen - breakfast bar in the bottom right.

Another view of the kitchen and diner.

The bath - as good as I could get it.

The all important - toilet.

The stairs leading up to the bedroom plus doors leading to the pantry and bathroom.

The view as you walk in the front door - home sweet home!

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Video - One Minute Physics - 13/05/12 [DAILY DOSE]

SUNDAY 13TH MAY 2012 - DAILY DOSE

Today's DAILY DOSE is a mention of some great videos on Youtube -

ONE MINUTE PHYSICS.

Above is a VERY quick run-through of how Einstein came to the equation "E=mc²".


The videos take some of the biggest concepts in physics, maths and astronomy, condense them into a short video.


Now some of the videos don't actually help - some topics I *thought* I understood were totally baffling when I tried to follow these videos - but in most cases they are fun, quirky and educational.


Give all of their videos a watch at their Youtube channel - 
MINUTE PHYSICS.


You may just learn something!

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Video - Life and Death According to Zelda - 10/05/12 [DAILY DOSE]

THURSDAY 10TH MAY - DAILY DOSE

The mini DAILY DOSE for the day is this -

TIMTIMFED'S VIDEOGAME VIDEOS.

There's plenty of funny Youtube vids about showing off a funnier side of gaming. 


The one above is great - both me and my girlfriend really enjoyed it - and then there's "How I Play Skyrim" below.

And if anyone was interested -
yes, that is how I play Skyrim.
Even got my precious items organised into chests in various houses - but still end up with too much on me at all times!


Take a look at the Youtube channel - 
link here.

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Video - Metal Meets... - 04/05/12 [DAILY DOSE]

FRIDAY 4TH MAY 2012 - DAILY DOSE

Today's DAILY DOSE is a look at -

Eric Calderone's "METAL MEETS..." videos.


Above is the amazing "Back to the Future Meets Metal", using samples from the film - some real guitar flair and a bit of humour as well. Absolutely great fun!

Eric is a guitarist from Los Angeles who has reworked some famous pieces in film, music and gaming to just be a bit more..... metaly.


These are all brilliant videos - with the little wink at the beginning adding a nice charismatic touch.


Basically, this guy is talented and awesome - he's done dozens of videos but here's a small selection of my favourites.

SKYRIM MEETS METAL



DR. WHO MEETS METAL



ZELDA MEETS METAL



FINAL FANTASY MEETS METAL

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Video - Fredde Gredde - 24/04/12 [DAILY DOSE]

TUESDAY 24TH APRIL 2012 - DAILY DOSE

Today's DAILY DOSE is a spotlight on some of the medleys created by -

FREDDE GREDDE.

This Swedish musician has mashed-up most of the greatest modern popular songs, games, TV and cartoon themes to make these epic long vids.


A truly amazing and very talented guy - well done to him.


The video games one is brilliant - the only problem being that it skips to a different game so quick and I wanna hear each one for longer!


Thanks to @Miss_Kay_87 for the heads up on this one (and it was indeed totally nergasmic).

Then just because they are also frikkin' awesome - take a look at these two vids as well.

VIDEO GAME THEMES WITH LYRICS



TV THEME MEDLEY

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Video - Frogger 5th Avenue - 22/04/12 [DAILY DOSE]

SUNDAY 22ND APRIL 2012 - DAILY DOSE

Today's DAILY DOSE is a little look at this -

FROGGER 5TH AVENUE.

The video explains in full what the guy did -
basically using a webcam to track the traffic on 5th Avenue in real-time and feed this into the game -
and the result looks absolutely amazing.


There is now some talk of it being put onto a website to play at any time, plus the guy is trying to get this into the Smithsonian American Art Museum's Art of the Video Game Exhibit - which I think this deserves.


If you like what you see then go ahead and recommend the game at the Smithsonian's Facebook page: 
http://www.facebook.com/americanart

And the blog for the Frogger project, showing the development as it progressed, can be found here:

http://irrelinvent.com/

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Video - Weebls-Stuff Funnies - Volume 2 - 21/04/12 [DAILY DOSE]

SATURDAY 21ST APRIL 2012 - DAILY DOSE

Today's DAILY DOSE is the second of the posts dedicated to the weirdness of -
WEEBLS-STUFF.

--- WARNING (AGAIN) ---
--- THESE VIDEOS ARE BLOODY WEIRD ---

Here we have a few of Weebls' early songs - proving that they could put a horrendously catchy tune with surreal lyrics to form the soundtrack to several of my early years. That would explain it....

BADGERS

http://www.weebls-stuff.com/songs/badgers/

PATRICK MOORE

http://www.weebls-stuff.com/songs/patrick+moore/

SCAMPI
http://www.weebls-stuff.com/songs/scampi/

KENYA

http://www.weebls-stuff.com/songs/kenya/

STRAWBERRY PANCAKE

http://www.weebls-stuff.com/songs/Strawberry+Pancakes/

And then... not strictly a song but felt that it fitted in around here - the incredible -

DEMOLITION SQUID
http://www.weebls-stuff.com/toons/demolition+squid/

NOT ON MY WATCH - YOU SON OF A CHURCH!

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Video - Top Game Themes Vol. 1 - 19/04/12 [DAILY DOSE]

THURSDAY 19th APRIL 2012 - DAILY DOSE

Today's DAILY DOSE is the first part of my look at -
THE BEST RETRO VIDEO GAME THEMES EVER.

I'd imagine there's literally thousands of tracks that defined your gaming childhoods - and these 5 are the ones that stood out to me.


This selection of 5 top tunes is from the early NINTENDO consoles (NES, SNES and Game Boy).


I'll do one for SEGA, SONY and other later themes in the coming weeks.


So... here's the top 5!




5 - Dragon Quest

4 - Super Mario

3 - Pokemon Theme (Red/Blue)

2 - The Legend of Zelda



And the winner is.....


1 - TETRIS!



Do you agree with the list?
Disagree with some of the themes?
Disagree with the order?

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http://www.youtube.com/user/TheZeldaDungeon
http://www.youtube.com/user/Bwgsoccer13
http://www.youtube.com/user/IIIIlllll
http://www.youtube.com/user/PeyserConley

Video - Weebls-Stuff Funnies - Volume 1 - 17/04/12 [DAILY DOSE]

TUESDAY 17th APRIL 2012 - DAILY DOSE

Today's DAILY DOSE is the first of a few posts highlighting some of the awesome stuff created by the incredible internet vid geniuses -

WEEBLS-STUFF.

--- WARNING ---
--- THESE VIDEOS ARE BLOODY WEIRD ---

Just to get the ball rolling, I've got their 2 latest videos below (both released in April 2012) so they're still going strong with internet funnies even today.


BRAND NEW VID - FRANCOIS RABELAIS

BRAND NEW VID - BRANCHES

Then comes a few links to some of the bizarre, catchy and incredible work that they put out onto the internet as far back as 2002!


I can't really explain why... I don't have any reasons....


I just like crude and stupid humour, and catchy tunes....


Will you judge me for that?
Yes, you probably will.
Meh.

THE DRUG LORD TRILOGY

http://www.weebls-stuff.com/toons/worms/

http://www.weebls-stuff.com/toons/the+lord+3/

http://www.weebls-stuff.com/toons/the+lord+2/

MR. STABBY (WARNING - WEIRD).

http://www.weebls-stuff.com/toons/Mr+Stabby/

http://www.weebls-stuff.com/toons/Mr+Stabby+II/

http://www.weebls-stuff.com/toons/Mr+Stabby+3/

THE CHEESE FAMILY

http://www.weebls-stuff.com/toons/The+Cheese+Family/

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http://www.youtube.com/user/mrweebl

Video - Mr. Zip & DJ Talent - 14/04/12 [DAILY DOSE]

SATURDAY 14TH APRIL 2012 - DAILY DOSE

Today's DAILY DOSE is a couple of videos showcasing Britain's musical.... erm.... talent?

This year's "Britain's Got Talent" competition has produced a wide variety of weird and wonderful acts - but none have quite the same impact as Zipparah.

Mr. Zip, as he likes to be called (or Zippy as Simon Cowell likes to call him) came on stage and belted out this tune which I feel speaks to everyone.

If you don't start rapping "WhereMeKeys? WhereMePhone?" after watching this then I think you may be clinically dead - so go get that checked out.

This year's talent isn't the only catchy rap that BGT has produced - see below for the creative genius that is DJ Talent.

If I say Britain - you say?.....

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http://www.youtube.com/user/BritainsGotTalent09

Video - Violins and Cosplay - 07/04/12 [DAILY DOSE]

SATURDAY 7TH APRIL 2012 - DAILY DOSE

Today's DAILY DOSE is a couple of videos from the incredibly talented Lindsey Stirling.

Lindsay is a video games fan, violinist and costume enthusiast who has created some amazing homages to some of the greatest games around.

Above is her version of The Legend of Zelda -

a violin frenzy with epic landscape and an awesome Link costume!

Below is Lindsey teaming up with Peter Hollens to recreate the Skyrim theme - and the incredible thing in this one is that they only use a violin and Peter's voice!

Give it a listen and you'll see what an achievement that is!

These vids are really impressive in terms of the video footage and the music on offer - give them a watch and let me know what you think!

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Video - PAC-MAN The Movie - 06/04/12 [DAILY DOSE]

FRIDAY 6TH APRIL 2012 - DAILY DOSE

Today's DAILY DOSE is an epic tale of military weaponry. 

In a top-secret government facility, research scientists have been working on "Project Yellow Sphere".

Military officials are worried - they have used up billions of dollars to fund the work, and what exactly happened to  those top soldiers that were sent over?

Find out the answers to all of these and more

in what has been described as 

"The Greatest 80s Movie Never Made".

PAC-MAN - THE MOVIE!

Absolutely love how each element has been updated - especially the line "Upload the Spectrals"!


This really is slick, top quality stuff throughout -
 how I wish they would actually make the full film!


Check out more of their videos on their channel - link at the bottom of the page.


UPDATED: Minesweeper - The Movie



Someone reminded me of this vid from a few years back - also awesome!

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http://www.youtube.com/user/collegehumor
The film was created by: http://www.youtube.com/user/SteelehouseDigital

Video - Arnold Schwarzenegger Musicals - 05/04/12 [DAILY DOSE]

THURSDAY 5TH APRIL 2012 - DAILY DOSE

Today's DAILY DOSE is a few great videos made by Youtube user "legolambs". 

They have very cleverly used the original film scores, along with an appalling Austrian accent, to make these musical homages to some of Arnie's greatest works.

All of these are both brilliantly funny, well-fitting to the films, both lyrically and musically.... except for the fact that Arnie is singing.

Above is a song from Predator: The Musical -

 If It Bleeds, We Can Kill It. 

Best line in this one has got to be 

"Stop shaving, you don't have a beard".

Then below we have one from Total Recall: The Musical -

 The Mountains of Mars.

And finally, just a link to a song from Terminator 2: The Opera - To Kill Someone Again. They turned off embedding for that one so you'll have to go direct to Youtube to have a watch. 

Terminator 2 - The Opera

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Video - First Person Mario - 04/04/12 [DAILY DOSE]

WEDNESDAY 4TH APRIL 2012 - DAILY DOSE

Today's DAILY DOSE is a few videos by Youtube geniuses "FreddyW" - bringing us 3 great videos of videogames updated in novel ways.

Above is "Mario First Person", where they look at what the original Mario games would look like if played out as modern-day High-Def First-Person game.

Then we have "Real Life Mario Kart!", where real-world footage is used to demonstrate how Mario Kart would actually go down.

And finally we have "Real Life Portal Gun" - a short vid that offers a look at how geeks would react if one of their friends bought a Portal Gun.

These are great fun - and head over to their Youtube channel for more creative and clever video fun!

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Video - Google Maps 8-bit for NES - 01/04/12 [DAILY DOSE]

SUNDAY 1ST APRIL 2012 - DAILY DOSE





Welcome to April 2012 everyone!


Today's DAILY DOSE is video uploaded by Google - an 8-bit version of their Google Maps software designed for the NES!


This is a great video and one of the reasons why - in spite of all the concerns you might have about market share and content control/advertising - Google is still one of the best companies out there. 


Why? 


Because on top of delivering great products, they also have fun!


I love this video - and I hope it brings a smile to the 1st of April for you!


~~~ UPDATES! ~~~
There's a whole bunch more themed videos coming out today - I'll try and post as many as I can!

~ ASSASSIN'S CREED - KINECT ~



~ JAGMOTION FROM JAGEX ~



~ MASS EFFECT - THE CARTOON SERIES! ~



~~~ GOOGLE FIBRE! ~~~



~~~ GMAIL TAP! ~~~



~~~ YOUTUBE COLLECTION! ~~~

http://www.youtube.com/TheYouTubeCollection

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http://www.youtube.com/user/START
http://www.youtube.com/user/HawkandGamble
http://www.youtube.com/user/runescape
http://www.youtube.com/user/YouTube

Video - Chuck Norris Vs. Video Games - 31/03/12 [DAILY DOSE]

SATURDAY 31ST MARCH 2012 - DAILY DOSE

Today's DAILY DOSE is a few videos that I thought would round the month of March off nicely.

Spring is in the air. 

Leaves are appearing on trees. 

Baby birds are chirping for the first time.

So here's 3 videos of Chuck Norris pwning video games.

Above is "Chuck Vs. Angry Birds" and below there is "Chuck Vs. Pacman" and "Chuck Vs. Super Mario".

I mean, come on - they didn't stand a chance.

So anyway, that's March over with! 
Now to look forward to April - where there'll be a few site additions and adjustments - hopefully some custom graphics to go along with reviews - and, of course, plenty more Eclectic Reviews and Daily Doses!

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Video - Guitar Genius - 30/03/12 [DAILY DOSE]

FRIDAY 30TH MARCH 2012 - DAILY DOSE

Today's DAILY DOSE is a few videos demonstrating unusual or skilled guitar playing. I have played guitar for the past ten years or so, and have always loved creative or entertaining ways of making sounds with these wonderful instruments.

The video at the top of the page is a guy called Eric Mongrain, who is showing his technique in a song called "AirTap!". He has developed this over many years and he is now one of the premier guitar players who use this technique (sometimes called "Lap Tapping").

Below are a couple of others - the first being "Four Hands Guitar", played by two professional musicians who thought that one guitar each was too extravagant!

And finally there's the infamous scene from Deliverance - the "Duelling Banjos". 
How they are able to pick that tune out - I don't know. 
That's at a skill level waaaaay above my own - but still great to watch!

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http://www.youtube.com/user/tommygauthier
http://www.youtube.com/user/justright3