Sunday, July 09, 2006

Game: Nudist Trampolining




Get jumping around on the trampoline while wearing your birthday suit. Pull off tricks and collect the bonus points for a big score.

Friday, July 07, 2006

Animation: Aras Flight




Ara's Flight by Hagop Kaneboughazian is a short film about a young boy who dreams of flying into the heavens to reunite with his parents. All alone in a deserted orphanage, Ara builds a pair of cardboard wings and attempts to take flight. Ara's Flight is dedicated to all the children of war. The film attempts to visualize the needs orphaned children have for love and guidance in a world that can sometimes make no sense.

Tuesday, July 04, 2006

Animation: Jungle Gym




This is a funny animated short about an intensive gym course in the jungle.

Saturday, July 01, 2006

Video: South Park - Cherokee Hair Tampons




Kyle will die unless he gets a kidney transplant from the only other person in town with a compatible blood type, Cartman.

Friday, June 30, 2006

Animation: Abridged




This is short about a young soldier which loses himself to a childrens book as the war closes in around him. Abridged was Joshua Harvey's senior thesis from 2005 at SVA in NYC. The project was a regional finalist in the student academy awards and has seen some success outside of the US, winning an award at the Kawasaki Digital Short Festival in Japan.

Wednesday, June 21, 2006

Animation: Stiltwalkers




This animated short tells us Odon's story, a 9 year old boy which liles in a fantasy world. Alexis Van der Haeghe worked 7 months to do this amazing movie.

Tuesday, June 20, 2006

Animation: The Way of Hope





At the wheel of its caravan, Zebulon, a small travelling merchant, arrives in an old abandoned village. Feeling lonely, he tries to manufacture a companion. But things never happen as wished.

Saturday, June 17, 2006

Cool Site: Echoes: The Best of Pink Floyd




Flash site the lets you hear, watch, and learn about some of their best music. Video, audio, track and album stats and band commentary for many of Pink Floyd's greatest hits.

Saturday, June 03, 2006

Animation: The Tin Woodsman




The Tin Woodsman is a multimedia animation created by Greg Tatum. The story is a retelling of the origins of the Tin Woodsman as is told in the fourteen original books of The Wizard of Oz series written by L. Frank Baum.

Tuesday, May 30, 2006

Video: Jimi Hendrix - Foxy Lady




The incomparable Jimi Hendrix plays Foxy Lady live at Monterey.

Animation: Bait N Switch




Wilbur Chen created this animated short while studying at VFS.

Tuesday, May 16, 2006

Video: Pink Floyd - Echoes




This classic performance comes from Pink Floyd's 'Live at Pompeii'.

Game: Gwigle




Can you figure out what is being searched for by looking at the results? Interesting and addictive game that not only entertains, but teaches you how to use Google more effectively.

Thursday, May 11, 2006

Video: Beatles Perform Shakespeare




The Beatles performing a Shakespearean skit on a 1964 British television program.

Tuesday, May 02, 2006

Animation: Celebrity Deathmatch - The Beatles





The Fab Four make their way into the ring to do battle in Celebrity Deathmatch, the world's leading provider of claymation carnage.

Sunday, April 30, 2006

Animation: Little Beggar




Done by Kyung-ah Hong, Little Beggar is another short 3d movie done at the VFS.

Animation: The Key




'The Key' is nice nostalgic CG movie done by Franz Kirchner.

Tuesday, April 25, 2006

Flash Animation: Rocky Bunnies




Angry Alien is back with another 30-second movie re-enactment. This time the bunnies take on the classic film 'Rocky'.

Saturday, April 22, 2006

Video: Bubble Magic




Tom Noddy displays some pretty impressive tricks with soap and smoke.

Sunday, April 16, 2006

Video: Chinlone




Chinlone, or Cane Ball, is originally a Myanmar sport. These guys make traditional hacky sack players look stupid.

Flash Animation: President Beavis




Beavis imagines what it would be like if he were the President.

Saturday, April 15, 2006

Game: Cubrius




Outstanding version of Sokoban. Push similar colored blocks together to remove them from the stage.

Friday, April 14, 2006

Game: Dragondash




Similar to the old helicopter game, but with a few twists. Collect coloured orbs to speed up and try to get as far as you can in 60 seconds.

Animation: Pre Impressionnisme




Cute animated short by recent VFS grad Joshua Delaney.

Thursday, April 13, 2006

Animation: Road Runner Episodes




They don't make cartoons like these anymore! The above link will take you to 'Chariots of Fur'. You can also view 'Beep, Beep!', 'Rushing Roulette', and 'Scrambled Aches'

Sunday, April 09, 2006

Game: Jungle Kid




Click to swing from vine to vine. Collect the fruit for points. Use the lily pads to bounce. Another quick, fun and addicting game from the folks over at Globz.

Video: South Park - Chocolate Salty Balls




Chef sings about his delicious chocolate salty balls in this clip from South Park.

Saturday, April 01, 2006

Game: Get Groovy




Click on tiles to 'extend' the groove. Bring the groove through all the flowers before the flipper catches up.

Thursday, March 30, 2006

Animation: Magical Misfits




An animated short film about the wizard Melf and his assistants, a little cheeky devil and a fairy. Melf lives in the highest tower in an ancient town, eagerly exploring the secrets of sorcery and magical spells. But performing magic day and night is also very laborious--and unfortunately assistants aren't as reliable as in old times.

Game: Pacman




Simply put, a classic. There are a huge number of Pacman versions available on the web. This one, however, is easily the truest to the original that I've ever come across on the net.

Wednesday, March 22, 2006

Game: Murloc




With over one hour of gameplay, this is a full RPG developed in Flash.

Sunday, March 19, 2006

Video: Pink Floyd - The Wall




The stunning Pink Floyd masterpiece. Complete movie. I don't know how long this link will last so view it while you can.

Saturday, March 18, 2006

Video: TV Funhouse - The Black Sabbath Show




The rock group Black Sabbath goes on vacation in Hawaii back in 1974. From an episode of Robert Smigel's unfortunatly short-lived TV show, TV Funhouse.

Sunday, March 12, 2006

Video: Pantera - Planet Caravan




This is the animated music video for Pantera's cover of the Black Sabbath classic, 'Planet Caravan'.

Saturday, March 11, 2006

Game: Totem




As the totems appear on screen just touch them with the mouse pointer to score points. But you've gotta be quick! More good mindless fun from the Japanese.

Wednesday, March 08, 2006

Game: Arc




Click on the stars and drag them around their orbit in an attempt to collide with other stars. This creates a chain reaction that will score more points. You can also throw stars into a reaction while its happening (the tail of the reaction) to increase your score.

Tuesday, February 28, 2006

Video: Pantera - Live @ Ozzfest 2000





Pantera, featuring the late Dimebag Darrell, perform at Ozzfest 2000. You can catch Zakk Wylde (Ozzy's guitarist) getting in on the fun during 'Primal Concrete Sledge'.

Saturday, February 25, 2006

Video: Black Sabbath - Live 1974




Black Sabbath perform "Children of the Grave" live in California, 1974.

Tuesday, February 21, 2006

Flash Animation: Bankomat




Another very cool, yet hard to understand flash movie from Russia. In this one it seems as if some kind of revolution takes place in a futuristic world in which humans are merely fuel...

Sunday, February 19, 2006

Video: Ricochet




Featured primarily as a visual effects showcase, Ricochet puts the viewer in the middle of an all out battle between two disparate armies set in an apocalyptic near-future environment.

Video: Playstation 9




Very cool viral ad for a the Playstation 2 that tries to show the future direction for game systems. While this ad is a couple years old, it's still fun to watch. And consider this...it was less than 30 years ago that the Atari 2600 first made it's appearance and changed home gaming forever. When you look at how far this technology has come in those 30 some odd years, is this ad so far fetched?

Thursday, February 16, 2006

Flash Animation: Objectionable Apparatus




This is a tragic tale told in a trippy surrealistic world. This flash artist is obviously very talented, although one may have to question what kind of thoughts are running through the authors mind after watching this.

Wednesday, February 15, 2006

Flash Animation: Circle of Life




Interesting flash piece that shows a big-headed guy as he walks through life.

Tuesday, February 14, 2006

Flash Animation: Blow




Can anything bring down the mighty war machine? This is a very cool flash piece.

Game: Bule




Travel from bubble to bubble while collecting artifacts. The closer to the bottom, the more they are worth. Stay in the bubbles or you sink to the bottom and lose a life.

Monday, February 13, 2006

Cool Site: My Tiny Garden




This is a a very nice photo collection of insects that were photographed within one persons garden. Nicely designed site. Excellent photographs.

Saturday, February 11, 2006

Game: Planet NoNeMe




This is very similar, yet not nearly as polished, as the very popular 'Grow' games. (Check here, here, & here). Basically, you need to click items in the proper order so that each item will 'level up' to their max value.

Thursday, February 09, 2006

Game: Pretty Pretty Bang Bang




Pretty Pretty Bang Bang is a simple action game of avoidance, bosses, and chain reactions. Basically, you are the white ball. You move with the mouse. You explode yourself with the mouse button to turn the red balls green...green balls are the only ones that can't hurt you, and are also the only ones that can damage the 'bosses'. Play it a few times and you'll pick it up quickly.

Wednesday, February 08, 2006

Game: The Bar




Tonight was to be the night she came back to the bar...has she come? You get to figure it all out in this point & click adventure game.

Wednesday, February 01, 2006

Animation: Lollipop




A boy likes a girl and a girl likes candy....another fine animation from VFS.

Monday, January 30, 2006

Video: South Park: Fuck




Cartman drops the F-bomb in class. Classic clip from the South Park movie.