zeitgeist

The coolest thing in the world today

This is like a pure distillation of the January 2010 visual zeitgeist. Short, dense and punchy—totally watchable:

Note:

  • The fun and subtlety at 0:20–0:30.
  • The wanton combination of 2D and 3D. The way one will sort of sneak up on the other. Then back again.

(Via Rob Greco.)

 

Corpse spam

The perils of print! Annabel Scheme is fixed to the page, so I can’t find a way to sneak this in somehow:

In World of Warcraft, sending commercial spam (e.g. offers to buy virtual gold) via the game’s messaging system will get you banned. The workaround? Spell your message out in corpses.

Here’s a screen-shot.

So weird. So awesome.

Via Noah Brier.