Whiz of the Web: Tuesday Torpedoes

• Look out! Gamma-ray burst!
• Horrifying parasitic baby-creature. (Via)
• Very odd official tourism videos for the city of Hakodate, Japan feature aliens invading and attacking the city's landmarks. (Via)
• A YouTube best of MST3K video. (Via)
• TV's top 100 episodes of all time. (Via)
• The new Weird Al video. (Via)
• A commercial for The Beatles: Rock Band in the form of an incredibly cool short animated film. (Via)
• Hacking Iran.
• Some details from Danny Trejo on some of his upcoming projects. (Via)
• Details from Platinum Dunes producers on the Friday the 13th sequel, the Birds remake, and other projects.
• A trailer for The Time Traveler's Wife. Holy crap that looks corny.
• A Twitter client for the Commodore 64!
• Hunch sounds like an interesting alternate question-answering "decision engine." And Meta-iPod sounds like a handy app.
• Nintendo's Shigeru Miyamoto talks about keeping story out of video games, including Super Mario Galaxy 2. Miyamoto also wants the next Legend of Zelda to require the Wii MotionPlus add-on. And here's a full interview with Shigeru Miyamoto.
• The cancelled 23rd season of Doctor Who is being resurrected as a series of audio dramas.
• The winners of the student Oscars.
• Ron Moore talks about The Plan.
• Another fun Photoshop Phriday: 8-bit schlock. (Via)
• Insane commercials for Wilkins Coffee made by Jim Henson and starring early versions of the Muppets.
• Man vs. Cartoon attempts to duplicate cartoon stunts in the real world. Sounds insane and fascinating.
• Awww, what a cute alien.
• As part of a publicity stunt for Brütal Legend, a new Guinness World Record has been set for most people playing air guitar at one time. (Via)
• Sega says Aliens: Colonial Marines and Aliens RPG are still in the pipeline.
• A talk with the Star Trek writers on how they'll approach a sequel.
• Producer Don Murphy says he has a script and a director for his film adaptation of Grant Morrison's graphic novel We3, and now he just needs to sell the project to a studio.
• "Natalie Portman is attached to Darren Aronofsky's Black Swan, a supernatural thriller set in the world of New York City ballet."
• Is this what a real starship with warp drive might look like?
• Fringe is coming back to TV on September 17th in its new timeslot (Thursday night at 9), and Dollhouse will return the following night at its regular time (Friday night at 9).
• Super Mario Bros. controlled with a theremin. A vaguely related video: play Mario off, 8-bit keyboard cat!
• Tactical corsets are available with or without body armor.

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