Casey Chan, Author at Gizmodo

We are just an infinite video game in the hands of some alien

ADHD made an animation that plays with the idea that we are some kind of computer simulation. From being monkeys eating fruit turn to landing on the moon to putting dumb videos on YouTube—it’s all a never-ending cycle of video game stages on the hands of an alien or our own future descendants. SPLOID is…

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The collapse of the USSR left behind a haunting post-apocalyptic world

These photographs by Rebecca Bathory make it seem as if the apocalypse has come and gone and the world is in complete ruins. Not quite. They’re actually photographs of countries and places that were a part of the former Soviet Union. The forgotten decay is haunting. The photographs come from Bathory’s book ‘Soviet Ghosts’ which…

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A beautiful visual diary of Asia in slow motion

Markus Kontiainen visited 11 different cities in Japan, China and Southeast Asia over 35 days and recorded this visual diary of what looks like an absolutely magical place. I’ve been to many of the cities he’s visited, but after watching his video, it’s clear I need to go to more. The video, which he calls…

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Making noises and sounds like a foley artist looks like a lot of fun

None of the mics are actually plugged in and the video is an ad for COS by Lernert & Sander but it sure makes the job of a foley artist look like a lot of fun. Rushing to recreate noises by creatively manufacturing sounds, choreographing moves to heighten the senses, it looks like a band…

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Speed painting video shows all the stages of a woman’s life in 4 minutes

From the beginning to the very end and all over again. From birth to death, here are all the stages of one woman’s life in drawings. You see the drawing morph from a baby to a child to a teenager and adult and so on. The speed painting, done by Stonehouse, is beautiful and it’s…

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10 movie myths that can never actually happen in real life

We see some things happen so often in movies that they start to seep into our reality. We totally think they’re real. Like thinking the asteroid belt is some dangerous road or that firing a gun to break a lock works or that silencers truly silence a weapon. But nope! Those are all myths that…

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The animated history of the Nintendo Game Boy

Nintendo’s handheld video game consoles didn’t start off being called Game Boy and the ones you can buy now aren’t even called Game Boy anymore but to my brain, and to many other well adjusted humans who are just pretending to be adults right now, a Nintendo handheld video game console will always be a…

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How many items in this animation have you dropped?

Accidentally dropping things is such a sinking feeling. It’s a combination of feeling embarrassed because you dropped something and being grossed out because it’s on the floor now mixed with carelessness and I should know better since I’ve been living on this planet for many years-ness. This cute little animation short called Butter Fingers by…

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Here’s a F1 car racing against a motorcycle racing against a supercar

For a second, you think hey maybe the motorcycle has a chance in this Top Gear bit since it screams to a lead but then the land-based jet machine insanity known as an F1 race car steps it up and the other two are fighting not to get lapped by the closest thing we have…

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Watch an adorable 2-year-old girl immediately identify fonts adorably

I learned two things while watching this aww-inducing video. Scarlett, the cute 2-year-old girl in the video, is a genius child with an eagle eye for instantly recognizing typefaces better than most humans and that it’s going to be awesome to be a parent because you can teach your kid whatever the heck you want…

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What happened to your favorite cartoon characters after they got famous

Like most people who got too famous too fast or too rich too young, it’s no surprise that our favorite cartoon characters would burn out and get fat, drunk and be out of work too. Well, if they were real. Steve Cutts made this short animation that imagined the harsh reality of cartoon characters past…

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Swinging the world’s longest golf club looks absolutely ridiculous

I don’t where people come up with the ideas to do these things sober but if you were ever wondering what the the Guinness World Record for world’s longest golf club was, the answer is 14-feet 5-inches. Karsten Maas from Denmark used the club to drive the ball about 180 yards. And look absolutely ridiculous…

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This Rube Goldberg machine is powered by light

It’s always fun to see the chain reaction of Rube Goldberg machines and how one action can cascade into a whole bunch of things happening. This one, from an ad for Japanese technology company au, is particularly cool because it’s just powered by light and lens and optics. SPLOID is a new blog about awesome…

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Here’s the first official picture of the new Batmobile and it looks sick

Here it is. The real thing. Batman’s next ride. We saw blurry images of what looked like the new Batmobile earlier today but it wasn’t official until now. Zack Snyder, director of Batman v. Superman, just tweeted out this official image of the upcoming Batmobile and it’s crazy. This angle makes the new Batmobile look…

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Famous Hollywood movie scenes recreated with stock footage are hilarious

Who needs big budgets for blockbuster movies when you can just pull generic stock footage to hilariously recreate all the key scenes? It’s beautiful, really. Dissolve made this ad to promote their stock footage library and came up with a bunch of popular movies: The Matrix, Forrest Gump, Lion King and so on. There are…

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Plastic surgery looks really horrible in this animation (because it is)

Yikes. Here’s an animation that uses knives, botox needles and liposuction to completely makeover a woman’s body until it’s unrecognizable. It’s terrifying, to be honest. And it’s something you see a lot in celebrity culture where beautiful bodies are turned into monsters in the quest for perfection. NSFW. The video, called Supervenus by Frederic Doazan,…

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This is why Robin Williams was such a fantastic actor

Everyone has their own reasons for loving Robin Williams, he taught some people how to laugh, his movies defined many a childhood, he was a great guy and so on and so on. Plus, he was a fantastic actor. Tony from Every Frame a Painting explains just how great by focusing on one tiny thing:…

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Brutally honest trailer shows how Godzilla was such a terrible movie

I really thought Godzilla was going to be cool. I mean the the teaser had that sick HALO jump scene and the cast had a post-Breaking Bad Bryan Cranston with an always watchable Ken Watanabe and oh yeah, GODZILLA! There was no way they were going to screw it up like they did in 1998.…

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Watching a master chef make noodles by hand is absolutely mesmerizing

I’m not sure if this is considered just cooking or if it can be classified as high art or even a musical performance but whatever it is, it’s an absolute joy to watch. What you’re seeing is soba master Tatsuru Rai, owner and chef of Sobatei Rakuichi in Niseko, Hokkaido, making his soba noodles in…

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The dark alphabet of things that can kill you from A to Z

It’s hard to keep track of what could kill you these days but if you really want to know, it’s basically everything.College Humor created this dark comedy animation bit where the Grim Reaper waxes poetic on all the things that can kill a person from A to Z. It’s a reminder to not avoid life…

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We are just an infinite video game in the hands of some alien

The collapse of the USSR left behind a haunting post-apocalyptic world

A beautiful visual diary of Asia in slow motion

Making noises and sounds like a foley artist looks like a lot of fun

Speed painting video shows all the stages of a woman’s life in 4 minutes

10 movie myths that can never actually happen in real life

The animated history of the Nintendo Game Boy

How many items in this animation have you dropped?

Here’s a F1 car racing against a motorcycle racing against a supercar

Watch an adorable 2-year-old girl immediately identify fonts adorably

What happened to your favorite cartoon characters after they got famous

Swinging the world’s longest golf club looks absolutely ridiculous

This Rube Goldberg machine is powered by light

Here’s the first official picture of the new Batmobile and it looks sick

Famous Hollywood movie scenes recreated with stock footage are hilarious

Plastic surgery looks really horrible in this animation (because it is)

This is why Robin Williams was such a fantastic actor

Brutally honest trailer shows how Godzilla was such a terrible movie

Watching a master chef make noodles by hand is absolutely mesmerizing

The dark alphabet of things that can kill you from A to Z

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