Michael Jackson

Cirque du Soleil’s Worldwide Dance Tribute to Michael Jackson [Video]

by Max Eddy | 6:01 pm, October 25th

Earlier this month, Cirque du Soleil’s performers and employees joined together for a massive dance tribute to the King of Pop, Michael Jackson. This seems to include every single person employed by the legendary dance/circus company, taking place on stages the world over. The largest looks to have been at Cirque’s headquarters in Montreal, where the massive choreographed dance was performed in the street for onlookers.

Though I am not a fan of the deceased music legend, it’s a moving performance and no less impressively executed.

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Easily Learn How to Moonwalk [Video]

by James Plafke | 6:00 pm, September 13th

If you’re headed for the border and it’s on your mind, and nothing really matters, but you’ve got to be on time, it’s entirely possible that a moonwalk or two would throw of your pursuers. Not adept at the moonwalk, though? The above video will make you a moonwalk master in no time and people will like the groove of your walk, which could possibly lead to fortune and fame, a life that’s so carefree.

Yes, I did what you think I just did. It was unavoidable.

(via reddit)

This Is How We Roll

The Worst, Best, and Weirdest Chess Sets

by Max Eddy | 10:55 am, March 2nd

In the 12th century, someone somewhere in Scandinavia carved the Lewis Chessmen, a collection of nearly 100 chess pieces of a particularly unique and expressive style. It wasn’t the first ornate chess set, but it’s certainly a strange and unique set with its shield-biting berzerkers and worried looking royalty. Since the Lewis chess set, the Western world has continued to make stranger and stranger chess sets. Perhaps this speaks to the power of the game, and it’s captivating metaphorical nature. More likely it speaks to the human desire to spend stupendous amounts of money.

Regardless, chess set making has come to the point where it’s no longer about the game but about whatever weird twist you can put on it. And trust us, they’ve come a long way from simple walrus ivory carvings. So whether your covet these gameboards, or laugh at those that do, please enjoy this humble collection of the least humble chess sets the Internet has to offer.

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Ubisoft Fights Game Piracy with Vuvuzelas

by Robert Quigley | 12:04 pm, December 3rd

Remember vuvuzelas, those annoying, high-decibel plastic noisemakers that everyone got obsessed with during World Cup season and then promptly stopped talking about? Game maker Ubisoft does, and it’s incorporated them into a Michael Jackson-themed Nintendo DS game as an anti-piracy measure. This just may beat the whole StarForce thing.

If you pirate the game (which Tiny Cartridge says isn’t particularly good, for the record) and attempt to play the ROM, touchscreen cues won’t display, and, more troublingly, the shrill sounds of the vuvuzela will buzz over the music in the game, drowning it out.

Check it out below:

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Chinese Red Army ‘Performs’ Michael Jackson’s “Beat It”

by Robert Quigley | 3:55 pm, August 23rd

What happens when you masterfully edit Michael Jackson’s “Beat It” into this 1976 video of the Chinese Red Army performing the Long March Song Cycle? This, friends; this.

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Latest Japanese Craze: Therapeutic Ringtones to Cure Hay Fever, Help Weight Loss

by Robert Quigley | 9:36 am, March 29th

Today in Japan-anchored trend pieces: ringtones! Specifically, “therapeutic ringtones” which, the BBC reports, are becoming increasingly popular among Japanese consumers despite the lack of scientific evidence to back up their efficacy.

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Physicist Sees Michael Jackson’s Face in Polymer Solution

by Robert Quigley | 3:46 pm, February 4th

First it was in clouds over New York, then it was an ancient Egyptian sculpture, a tree stump, and an ultrasound: now, a British physicist has seen what looks like Michael Jackson’s face in a droplet of hardened polymer solution.

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14 of the Best Geekiest Beers

Given beer's pervasive place in human history, it's not surprising that the geeky pastimes of drinkers would eventually rub off on the beers themselves. The result is a veritable cornucopia of nerdy beers, 14 of which are right here.

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Eric Limer I'm trying to come up with a control scheme where I can use my xbox 360 controller for leisurely web surfing. It's....interesting.
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James Plafke For a show about a sport I don't really dig, Friday Night Lights is an alright show.
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Eric Limer Just spent a few hours playing Kyntt. Stunning, cute little game. Highly recommended.
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Max Wanna create work flows, wanna make it all work work work.
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James Plafke I am jealous Elmo got to make out with Kristin Chenoweth.
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Eric Limer I swear under my breath A LOT. This must make people near by me very uncomfortable. That being said, I have no intentions of stopping.
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Max Court is now in session at the Burp Castle.
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Eric Limer I don't look at my finances as often as I should which is the main reason why I don't often want to look at my finances.
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Max Desert PolyBus: The game where you drive to Reno and then die.
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Eric Limer If I wrote a webcomic, every strip would be titled "Get it? GET IT?!"
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Max Got chili oil on my hands and face. It hurts. A lot.
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Eric Limer Suddenly I remember what I hate about PC gaming. Mainly never having a computer that can actually do it.
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James Plafke The halftime show taught me that football-watching men drinking beer who love seeing muscular men beat each other up really like to vogue.
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Max Pestering your friends at 8am is how you show you care, right? #hopeso
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Eric Limer Twitter is like RiffTrax for EVERYTHING.
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James Plafke I know global warming is scary, but not having a winter was pretty cool. I didn't have to spend money on shoes for the snow.
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Eric Limer I hereby apologize to all persons --past, present and future-- who have the misfortune of hearing me "sing" dubstep songs.
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Max Even Facebook's Timeline thinks I could have done more with my life.
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Max I did that thing where Facebook turns your Timeline into a movie. Mine had pictures of ducks and foliage set to really dramatic music.
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Max "But I don't wanna go to the dog show!"
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