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The NES' Power Glove now doubles as a stop-motion video controller
Mattel's legendary-but-finicky Power Glove has been used for seemingly everything but playing Nintendo Entertainment System games as of late, and that trend isn't about to slow down in the wearable tech era. Witness animator Dillon Markey: he's using a heavily modified version of the glove to produce stop-motion TV shows like Robot Chicken. The newly Bluetooth-equipped controller lets him navigate his production software without having to carry a tethered remote or walk over to a PC, which is a big time-saver when it already takes minutes to perfect just a single frame of video. The augmented gauntlet also has retractable tweezers to manipulate tiny stop-motion figures, and there's even an Easter egg (we won't spoil it) that Markey can use to say how well his work is going. This isn't the best use of the Power Glove we've seen in showbiz (that honor will always go to Lucas in The Wizard, of course) but it's proof that there's still some life left in Nintendo's original motion control system.
Steve Jobs kills off the CD on Adult Swim's Robot Chicken
It's no secret that Steve Jobs isn't a fan of the physical CD, preferring, of course, that his customers buy their music in his iTunes store. But what length is he willing to go to get rid of the CD for good? On the latest episode of Seth Green's grossly satirical stop-motion show Robot Chicken we found out, as a Steve Jobs parody became a target for both Compact Disc Man and Zune Man. The "superheroes" tried to do Jobs in, but he succeeded in killing the CD off in a hail of gunfire. Zune Man, however, was allowed to live, with Jobs stating that he "wouldn't waste the bullets." Touche. Click Read More below to check out the clip for yourself.
Today's most mechanical (poultry) video: Robot Chicken does Legend of Zelda
When all else fails in the world of hottest videos, we can always turn to Seth Green's maniacal "Robot Chicken" series for some skewed take on our beloved video game memories. Today's bastardization of gaming canon comes in the form of Legend of Zelda, following his rescue of Zelda. It didn't quite turn out as planned, but hey, at least he got eight rupees. Our only critique is that Link doesn't hold them high over his head in a dramatic pose.
WoW Moviewatch: The World of What?
This little bit of machinima defies all of my attempts to explain it, so you're just going to have to watch it if you want to know. All I can say is that it reminds me a bit of the Adult Swim show Robot Chicken. You know, if Robot Chicken were filmed entirely in World of Warcraft. (No, it doesn't hit RC's levels of shocking, but it is a collection of odd, amusing, and completely unrelated skits.)Previously on Moviewatch...
Mario and Luigi take vacation in Vice City
The guys in charge of Robot Chicken, adult swim's stop animation show featuring action figures that takes stabs at pop culture and the gaming world, have shown that when they set out to make something funny, they often succeed with ease. In last night's new episode, their next targets were the Mario bros. and they showed us a much darker side of the brothers than we are used to seeing. Check the video out, which has been embedded into the post after the break.[Via Joystiq]
Claymation + puppy kicking = GTA parody
Cartoon Network's Robot Chicken does video games again, trading in their FFVII dolls for some Grand Theft Au ... errr, excuse me, Grand Theft Larceny: San Diego action figures. Beating a nun with a crucifix, kicking puppies, incestuous Hot Coffee, it's all in here. The thing about GTA parodies is, doesn't anyone else already see GTA as a parody of itself, a pastiche of inner-city culture? It's like Stephen Colbert's Colbert Report character; he's not any more outrageous than the personality cultists he's mocking. Pedantic observations aside, this bit, like Colbert, is still good for some giggles. Need proof: the video is embedded after the break.[Via digg]
