These Keyblade designs for the Final Fantasy/Disney crossover video game series Kingdom Hearts were never used in the games for a good reason-they're just plain sick!
They definitely would have added a touch of morbid humor to the game, but I don't think Disney would have appreciated them very much...
Farmers markets across the globe better watch out, because the real life fruit ninja is coming to slice and dice produce with nothing more than an ordinary deck of playing cards.
Ye Tongxin has been cultivating this strange skill for many years now, and he's hoping to set a world record, but can he slice and dice as well with his clothes on? The world may never know...
--via i09
Sir Patrick Stewart takes some time off from his busy acting career to get in on the Olympic ticket scalping game, and he's so good at hustling it's scary.
Say goodbye to the 2012 London Olympic Games with this wee bit o' funny co-starring Simon Pegg!
(barely NSFW due to language)
--via Nerd Approved
Photographer Jake Warga has traveled the globe as a professional photojournalist, but none of his subjects have been as wild and wooly as the classic American geek.
The geeks in this series have been captured in their native habitat, aka various niche conventions across the U.S., to ensure that they are captured where they feel most comfortable.
Removing the background and leaving each geek floating in white space makes these images a bit surreal, but it serves to eliminate any distraction from the true stars of the show- American grown geeks.
Link --via Flavorwire
These whimsical sculptures by Wilfrid Wood are based on characters involved in a not so whimsical event- the 2011 London riots.
Wilfrid has captured the chaotic nature of these miscreants in clay, but rather than empowering this rogues gallery he shows the world what they truly are inside- a bunch of dim witted thugs who were having a good time at London's expense.
Link --via Hi Fructose
This goofy little comedy video is part of a web series called Rejected Pitches, and this episode focuses on Spielberg and some studio execs sitting around talking about E.T.
After watching this video I'll never think of that wrinkly little brown alien with the glowing finger the same way ever again!
--via Geek Tyrant
Brandalism was the name given to a street art campaign that covertly replaced billboards across the UK with works by artists such as Ron English, Leo Murray and Eyesaw.
The replacement pieces scathingly satirize the ideas and propaganda behind billboard ads, ranging from poignant and political to downright comical messages, like the Ron English ad for mythical meats pictured above.
25 artists from 8 countries gathered to take place in Brandalism, and you can see the rest of their subversive works at the link below.
Link --via Laughing Squid
This beautiful animated short is called A Fox Tale, and it was created by four students from the French animation school Supinfocom Arles.
The story is loosely based on Asian mythology, and features vibrant colors, gorgeous visual effects and charming character designs.
I wouldn't be surprised to see this short become a feature length film some day, and needless to say the students who created A Fox Tale are definitely going places!
--via Cartoon Brew
After Aperture is a CG fan film with beautiful atmospherics and an understated elegance that attempts to explain what happens to Chell after she escapes from Aperture Science in the video game Portal 2.
Apparently the creator Zachariah Scott drew inspiration for the film from a sketch he saw of Chell sitting on the Companion Cube in the rain, and even though this short lacks action it has definitely captured the mood of life after Aperture.
--via Nerd Approved
These cute little android figures were made by crafty Andrea Petrachi, and they look like a Jawa's dream come true!
They make up for their lack of mortal soul with an overabundance of personality and charm.
In fact, they're so neat looking that they could inspire a scifi series of their own, something likeRobobabies and the battle for the Junkyard...
Link --via Beautiful/Decay
Olive looks like a cute little film, with an indie flair and a colorful cast, nothing too groundbreaking until you discover how the film was shot- entirely on a Nokia N8 smartphone!
Also noteworthy is the fact that Olive was created as a true independent, the first film to make it from small smartphone screen to the big screen without the backing of a major motion picture studio.
--via Laughing Squid
I miss seeing the old timey typewriters around town-the smell of the oil, the clack clack clack of the arms stamping letters onto parchment fed through sheet by sheet.
The elegance of typewriter design is the basis for this gallery, and I've never seen so many gorgeous letter clacking typing machines together in one place! See them all at Gizmodo.
Americans are converging on the 2012 London Olympic games in droves, so it's a great time to celebrate this summer of tourism with a photo series dedicated to the unique look of the Tourist.
The images in this gallery are by Roger Minick, who has been shooting his Sightseer series of American tourist portraits since the 70s.
Times change, but the tourism's all the same...
Link --via Flavorwire
This big old, shiny vending machine that lets you make your own toy, according to the designer toy molds contained within each machine.
So far they’ve only made the Helper Dragon by Tim Biskup, but you've gotta start somewhere...
Kids these days get to buy Tim Biskup toys out of a freakin’ vending machine?! *sigh* They’re living the good life.
Link --via DesignTAXI
