Hand drawn video: Tetris collides with Contra
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|With gently hummed backing music and rough hand drawn artwork, this brilliant video by an unnamed Russian illustrator merges two classic video games — Tetris and Contra — into a compelling truly production.
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New York car space being sold for 1 million dollars
Only in New York? We think so, though those in Tokyo may disagree. According to that reputable news source, the UK’s Daily Mail, a ‘developer of a luxury condo building in New York City’s Greenwich Village has listed a parking spot for $1 million’. That’s right. And the spot only holds one car, measuring in at an underwhelming 12 feet by 23 feet. So is it even semi-reasonable to ask this much? The New York Post thinks not. They’ve determined that ‘driver would have to rack up a $115 illegal parking ticket every day for 24 years before reaching the cost of this luxury garage’. Ah, the joys of deep pockets.
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Sim said | 13 June, 2010
Brilliant!