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Patrick Biovin's "AT-AT Day Afternoon", about an AT-AT that behaves like a dog, was a viral hit. YouTube user flippycheese recreated the short film with an actual dog dressed in an AT-AT.

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In April, Roger Ebert declared that video games are not only not a form of art, but can never be art. This caused quite a stir among gamers, and Ebert has partially retracted his position. Among other issues, he thinks that he should never have declared that games could not be an art form in theory and that he shouldn't have made such a blanket statement without playing more video games:

My error in the first place was to think I could make a convincing argument on purely theoretical grounds. What I was saying is that video games could not in principle be Art. That was a foolish position to take, particularly as it seemed to apply to the entire unseen future of games. This was pointed out to me maybe hundreds of times. How could I disagree? It is quite possible a game could someday be great Art.

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Apparently there's an emerging series of publicly-performed plays about Star Trek. Awesome! The next one is taken from the episode "Space Seed":

A perfectly preserved, genetically enhanced warrior from the 20th century, Khan, is revived by the crew of the USS Enterprise upon discovering his adrift ship. They deduce Khan was the kind of 20th century leader who could have conquered the Earth in his time. However, not everyone is suspicious of Khan’s intentions, one such person is Lt. Marla McGivers, the ship’s historian. She is so moved by Khan’s glorious ambition, she assists him in hijacking the Enterprise to finish the conquest Khan Noonian Singh started 200 years ago. Will this be the last generation for the crew of the USS Enterprise?

Portland actors accompanied with live music and effects bring this classic piece of television to life!

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Since Wonder Woman has a new costume, maybe Aquaman can use hers to look more menacing. These images are by comic book artist Chris Samnee.

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Courtney Abbott at 123 Print has pictures and descriptions of nine geeky wedding invitations. To the left you can see the comic book that one couple had created by artist Tony Fleecs. It tells the gripping story of their romance. The bride writes:

The best part is, the comic book did its job of setting a tone for the whole wedding (no, we didn’t have a comic book themed wedding, though there was an Incredible Hulk on top of our cake—but that’s another blog entry). People took one look at that invite and were actually excited to attend our wedding. Score one for the bride and groom (that’s us)!

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Sam Hart, the composer and singer of the "Mario Kart Love Song," parodied "California Gurls" by Katy Perry with this song. It's called "Mushroom Kingdom Girls." Hart provides the lyrics at the video link.

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The crew that brought you Total Recall: The Musical now subjects Conan the Barbarian to the same treatment. Robot Chicken did something similar a couple of years ago. Be sure to watch it as well.

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Unfortunately, I don't know to whom to give credit for this marvelous graphic that's going around lately. It shows what a simple pile of rocks looks like in 21 different video games. Quite clever.

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The humorists at Bite extended the map of our solar system to include planets from science fiction. Here's one section of four. Now strictly speaking, this isn't correct because it implies that all of these planets revolve around our sun. Also, Eternia and Thundera are fairly equal in size. Other than that, it's a good set of charts.

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I've seen Cthulhu mods of My Little Ponies, but none as good as this one by deviantART user Cehualli. She writes:

Features wings, tentacles with suckers on the face and tail, cheek fins, and a sail going down the spine. Sculpted in apoxie over wire armature, painted with metallic greens, gold, and some blue on the feet, and covered with extra-creepy glossy sculpey glaze for a very wet look.

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This video remixes questionable scenes from the original Star Trek with the Neon Trees song "Animal." Thank you, Internets, for what I can never unsee.

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Last Call is a German horror film in which the audience determines the storyline. At different points in the story, the protagonist calls a random audience member, who gives the terrified character advice. The plot then shifts in the direction of that advice. The above video shows how it works.

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deviantART user Ana Fuji made this chocolate cake with fondant figures from Super Mario Bros.

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Space Battleship Yamato -- or Star Blazers, as it was known when produced in English -- was one of the first anime series to gain a strong following in the United States. The story began when the wreck of the old World War II battleship Yamato was rebuilt on the scorched ocean floor into a spaceship and then sent on a desperate mission to defeat aliens who threatened the Earth with destruction.

Well, it's been made into a live-action movie, and above video is the Japanese-language trailer.

We're off to outer space
We're leaving Mother Earth
To save the human race
Our Star Blazers

It was a really catchy theme song, wasn't it? I don't think that I've watched it since '98, but I still remember the words clearly.

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Master craftsman Peter Mander made this huge, moving Elite costume from the Halo franchise. At the link, there are several more photos as well as a video of its construction. But I chose this photo where a man is wearing only the bottom half to demonstrate the staggering size of the thing.

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