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Talented Quadcopters Play The James Bond Theme [Video]

by Eric Limer | 2:55 pm, February 29th

The James Bond theme is pretty well iconic, so it’s not surprising that it’s been subjected to nose flute covers, or mashed up in a video of all 22 James Bond film openings. Now the iconic song has hit another theme song milestone; it’s been played by an army of quadcopters. This quadcopter symphony, performing the piece at the TED2012 Conference in California is quite good, and as amusing to watch as they are to hear. Unfortunately there is not, however, and army of humans with remote controls sitting in front of a conductor. This is all preprogrammed. None the less, it sure is noteworth accomplishment in, uh, music copter-sition.

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Mario Opera Makes a Classic More Classy [Video]

by Eric Limer | 5:50 pm, November 29th

There is a Spider-Man musical, so why not a Mario opera, right? Get ready for a big surprise: The Mario opera is actually really good. Okay, so it might be a stretch to call this one song in a stereotypical opera style — and a stereotypical Italian accent — an “opera,” but it’s not a stretch to call it awesome. The song is courtesy of legolambs, a YouTube channel devoted to pop culture musicals and run by Jon and Al Kaplan. Check it out. It’s a terrific way to spend 2:49 minutes and justify calling a huge part of your childhood “high culture.”

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Music Made From iPhone Sounds Is Really Catchy

by Eric Limer | 5:50 pm, October 7th

You tend to get very accustomed to the sounds your phone makes. Sometimes you develop comforting memories of an old ringtone or grow to hate the sound you use for an alarm. YouTube user whitakerblackall decided to take things a step further by actually using his iPhone’s sounds to arrange a piece of music, and a really good one at that. All the sounds aren’t completely unaltered, he did some pitch shifting, cutting, transforming, and added some reverb, but considering he was only working with 3 sounds bites — email sent, email received, and that “do-do-dah” one — I think those are perfectly legitimate liberties to take. Give it a listen, you’ll be surprised how catchy it is.

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BlackBerry Messenger Music Service Goes Beta

by Eric Limer | 3:47 pm, August 25th

In a world were there are already many different music service options, there is now one more: BlackBerry Messenger Music. In hopes of working its way into the market (presumably), BBM Music seems to be tackling the subject from a somewhat different angle, however. BBM Music, currently in closed beta, goes for a $5 per month subscription. For that price you get to build a music profile of 50 songs, 25 of which you can swap out for new ones each month. Sound a little limiting? Well, that’s because they are trying their best not to directly compete with streaming giants like Spotify.

The focus of BBM Music, it seems, will be a social one. In addition to your personal collection of songs, you can then share your collection with friends and your friends can share with you. If you find a song you like, you can then add it to your library. On top of that, you can make playlists that include your songs and the songs of your friends, and then share those. Share, share, share.

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Da Da Dadada Da Da Da [Video]

by Max Eddy | 6:09 pm, March 29th

We’re not sure what’s being said in this video, but we’re pretty sure these two are discussing the secrets of the universe and/or which Sesame Street muppet is the best.

If you’re still curious about babbling twins, take a look at the Harvard Twin Study, and Radiolab has an excellent show on the power of words. All a bit more heady, though equally fascinating, as all this da-da-da-da-da-ing.

A Beginner's Guide to Diablo III's Lore

Twelve years later, the third installment in the famous hack-and-slash franchise has finally released. Though the franchise is largely known for an inordinate amount of hacking and slashing, there's actually quite a bit of complex lore backing it up. Luckily for you, we have it summed up right here. Take a gander.

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Eric Limer "That Spacex launch last Saturday was an absolute abortion."
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Eric Limer Spotify is great for listening to soundtracks of games with licensed music. There's playlists for everything. Now playing: Guitar Hero 2.
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James Plafke I think the next Bond movie, Skyfall, should be 2 hours of Bond falling through the sky, doing action and spy movie things.
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James Plafke Just got home from a friend's, and now I'm eating Kix and reading about underwater phenomena on Wikipedia. #Saturday
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