This is a bit dated, since the British general election is already over. But I totally dig Bite Daily's Transformers-themed political advertisements. More at the link.

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Zach Weiner, the cartoonist who creates Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal, also produces comedy sketches for a program called SMBC Theater. In the most recent episode, the entire world becomes addicted to a massively multiplayer online game (MMO). What is the unique allure of this game? Can humanity be saved from it? Only one hero can deliver the human race from imminent extinction.

Another excellent episode: Time Traveling Geek

In an inexcusable and inexplicable insult, Wikipedia has removed the Klingon character from its logo.

Heghlu'meH QaQ jajvam.

http://tumblr.quisby.net/post/595497448 via Urlesque

Etsy seller Monsters Domesticated made this chess set with figures from the Cthulhu mythos out of polymer clay:

We consider the black pieces to be the Cthulhoid forces, with dread Cthulhu itself as king, and menacing Dagon as swift and malevolent queen, and the mouldering green pieces to be led by Yog-Sothoth as king, in all its gibbering madness, and primordial Ubbo-Sathla as queen. Of course, you're the cultist, so you're entitled to assign whatever mythos iconography you like. The interpretations, fortunately for all life in this dimension, are loose.

The bishops of each side are mad alien priests, the knights grotesque mounts with vile curved spines, the rooks writhe horribly within their blasted towers. The black pawns are sinister, writhing spawn of dread Cthulhu, and the green pawns mocking little tentacular skulls.

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Swedish cartoonist Mattias Adolfosson has created several watercolor images depicting Star Wars if it had been made in the 17th Century. Pictured above is Boba Fett, whose jetpack has been replaced with a hot air balloon.

http://www.behance.net/Gallery/StarWars-the-baroque-version/146136 via Boing Boing

Etsy seller NESharmonica converts old Nintendo video game cartridges into functional harmonicas:

The NES came out in 1985. I was born in 1983, so I grew up in the NES's heyday. I remember blowing into those games like it was yesterday. To me, reminiscing about the cartridge blow is like a secret handshake. When you meet someone who knows what you are talking about when you mention blowing into a cartridge, you know you have met another classic gamer. That is why I make these harmonicas, it is a way to remember that old gamers ritual while having a good laugh at the same time.

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LOST: Those Meddling Castaways
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I used to think that the entire series was a dream in the mind of Hugo while he was living at a mental hospital. But Atom Films user Tiger Team Awesome's suggestion that Lost end like an episode of Scooby-Doo isn't a a bad idea.

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A man who shall be known as a hero to Star Wars fans for generations to come built a three-level bunk bed resembling -- in great detail -- an AT-AT. The genius writes:

I've always been a big Star Wars fan and was looking for a subject that made sense for this design. A Walker already had four legs and it seemed an obvious choice to base my design on. I wanted it to look as real as possible. In order to accomplish movement, I made the bunk beds appear to be walking. I also made several additions to the beds, for example a complete Hoth lego display case on the second level as well as additional areas for the kids to play and climb.

More pictures at the link.

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Or, more rather, names. Plural. British 19-year old George Garratt is now officially known as "Captain Fantastic Faster Than Superman Spiderman Batman Wolverine Hulk And The Flash Combined."

Captain Fantastic joins a number of people with unusually long names, including Rhoshandiatellyneshiaunneveshenk Koyaanisquatsiuth Williams, a girl born in Texas in 1984.

The teenager, from Glastonbury, Somerset, added that while he thought the new name was "crazy", his grandmother was no longer speaking to him.

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Iron Man 2 director Jon Favreau offered this fascinating bit of social commentary:

The first 21st century superhero is a hedonistic, narcissistic, even nihilistic, adrenaline junkie, billionaire entrepreneur do-gooder. If Peter Parker's life lesson is that "with great power comes great responsibility," Tony Stark's is that with great power comes a shit-ton of fun.

You can't get any more Gen Y than that.

Do you agree?

At the link, you can find an interesting exploration of the cultural significance of Tony Stark (who has no secret identity) with the way different generations value -- or don't value -- privacy.

Link via io9 | Image: Marvel/Paramount

This image, by an artist unknown to me, plays off Obi-Wan Kenobi's line about the Death Star, while referencing a famous painting (below) by Belgian surrealist painter René Magritte. He inscribed "This is not a pipe" in French. Magritte's point was it wasn't a pipe, but a picture of a pipe. -- via Super Punch

Artist David Stonecipher imagined what eight famous video game characters would look like with opposite genders, such as the masculinized Lara Croft above.

Games today give player an increasing amount of control over their play-time. Whether it be through sandbox titles allowing gamers to randomly create their own adventures or the growing list of RPGs that allow players to create and mold their characters exactly how they want, gamers presently have an unprecedented amount of control over their in-game experience. [...]

What would happen if other developers brought this gender change idea into their titles, allowing gamers to pick the sex of famous preset characters?

http://www.examiner.com/x-7953-Console-Game-Examiner~y2010m5d11-Game-character-gender-swap via Kotaku

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Mario has a problem -- a big one. He's addicted to mushrooms, and he's destroying his life. His friends have decided to hold an intervention. This video was made by the troupe Nocturnal Emissions Comedy. Despite that name, it's SFW.

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Comics Alliance regularly features covers for comic books that never existed, but should have. They are written by Chris Sims and drawn by Rusty Shackles. The latest is Superman vs. Flash vs. The Dukes of Hazzard.

"DC Super Stars #27 (March-April 1981): When Boss Hogg sets up a phony charity designed to funnel contributions from well-meaning citizens into his own pockets, Superman and the Flash are roped into holding a charity race across Hazzard County--without super-powers! But when Bo and Luke Duke, a couple of good ol' boys who never mean no harm crash the race, can the two Fastest Men Alive outrun a souped-up Dodge Charger before it hits the county line? Find out in this exciting issue! Also featured: Lois Lane discovers a Hazzard County fashion statement sure to catch Clark Kent's eye and a two-page backup story where Jimmy Olsen and Kid Flash meet Coy and Vance!"

There's a complete archive here.

What's your idea for a great pair-up that is unlikely to be ever seen in an actual comic book?

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In this College Humor original short, ER doctors try to revive a fading superhero movie franchise.