Giant sand geyser in Saudi Arabia

"Suddently, a 9-meter Sand fountain (geyser) apparead, in the Al-Ahsae City, Eastern Saudi Arabia." Via.

Parkour in nature

Maybe the coolest freerunning video I've seen:

Red Bull relocated four of the world's top free runners from their urban turf to the place where parkour got its start: the great outdoors.

Obstacles abound as far as the eye can see along the turquoise waters and elephant sized rocks of the Verzasca Valley in Switzerland - making it the perfect parkour playground.

My favorite in the video has to be Yoann "Zephyr" Leroux:

Leopard attack in India

"In this photo taken Tuesday, July 19, 2011, a leopard attacks a forest guard at Prakash Nagar village near Salugara, on the outskirts of Siliguri, India." More incredible photos at the link.

These videos show a bit of the leopard running through the village:

Red Bull breakdancing contest

Red Bull BC One Qualifier Barcelona 2011:

Teatre Grec hosted one of the most prestigious B-boying international events. More than 1,400 people have attended Red Bull BC One Qualifier and witnessed the victory of the Portuguese Lagaet, who has already ensured his participation in the World Final, where the best 16 B-boys in the world will compete on November 26th in Russia.

Soldier cat

The latest video from Freddie Wong - - Medal of Honor cat:




Here's the making of video:

Parkour by Tempest Freerunning

The latest parkour video from Tempest Freerunning.

Two sides of the video game violence debate

First, Penn and Teller speak against video game violence. They certainly have a point, but I think it might be more about the wisdom of banning football (via):



Jon Stewart had the better view several weeks ago:

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(When I saw the new Mortal Kombat fatalities, I called them snuff films.)

Redbull skydiving competition

Video of the Red Bull Motown Swoop - - skydivers swoop toward the ground as if they're going to crash, and then pull up at the last moment to glide long distances horizontally.

Blenderstein by Zach Bellissimo

Really terrific cartoon by Zach Bellissimo from Cartoon Brew's student festival. (So good, I want to brag that I've been following him for years...)

Star Wars Fleet Commander and Tron Game Grid

Two very cool games designed by Arthur Nishimoto:

Developed at the Electronic Visualization Laboratory (EVL) by MS graduate candidate Arthur Nishimoto, "Fleet Commander" explores how a real-time interactive strategy game that would typically rely on complex keyboard commands and mouse interactions be transferred into a multi-user, multi-touch environment.

TRON: Game Grid was designed specifically to be played on a 16 Megapixel LCD Multi-touch wall. The game currently only has one level, the Ring Game. The gameplay is a hybrid of the ring game and disk arena games as seen in the film TRON. The game was developed in 4 weeks throughout September 2010. The first version, containing a complete Ring Game, was completed on October 6, 2010.

If Up had been made in 1960

Trailer for the 1960 version of Up. Via.

*Previously: Indiana Jones circa 1951.

Half-Life fan film

Half-Life fan film with great effects (just fast forward through the brief acting). Via.

*Previously: Half-Life 1 and 2 in 60 seconds.

Parkour video

Excellent parkour moves.

Clever cartoon showing off new Nike technology

Cartoon showing off Nike's "hyperfuse" technology. Via.

10 minutes of Bioshock Infinite

10 minutes of Bioshock Infinite gameplay including lots of roller coaster riding, Bulletstorm-esque mechanics, and a very big raven:





*Buy Bioshock posters at eBay.

Little girl and a cat on a trampoline

Little girl and a cat on a trampoline. Via.

Party in the CIA by Weird Al Yankovic

Video by Ghostbot for Weird Al's "Party in the CIA" (set to Miley Cyrus's song). Art Director Roman Laney posted some concept art for the project here.

Journey by ThatGameCompany

Ten minutes of gameplay from Journey by ThatGameCompany. You can watch gameplay without commentary at Kotaku.

Twelve minutes of Arkham City gameplay

Twelve minutes of Arkham City gameplay. Catwoman's and Batman's combat moves look great. But everything in between looks pretty lackluster. I also cropped a few wallpaper-sized stills:







Via.

*Buy Catwoman toys at eBay.

New Bounty Hunter video for The Old Republic

Apparently market research has told Bioware that people are extremely interested in the bounty hunter class, since they posted another video about the class's progression months ago. Here's yet another video showing off the bounty hunter in action, and also a few wallpaper-sized stills:





Via.

*Buy KOTOR toys at eBay.