As you can see in the picture, the Delen has a camera mounted on a post so that it has a view of the whole table. It can take pictures at preset or specified intervals, then wirelessly transmits those pictures to a nearby computer. David’s custom software will then automatically upload those pictures to a social networking site. With this design, you can easily make a slideshow or even a stop-motion animation showing what your day is like – what you’re working on, what you eat, how many dishes have to be piled up on your table before you make an effort to clean it up, etc.

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I think that the Delen is neat software in gimmicky furniture’s clothing. It’s not really the table itself that’s special or that handles the sharing part – it just happens to be where the camera is. In fact, I think David should just ditch the table and develop the camera or even just the software itself. Leave those thugs to answer their questions themselves.

[via Design Milk via NotCot]

The guys at MinecraftA2Z built this Tetris level using the Minecraft engine, but they did cheat a little bit. That’s because the video below was put together using stop-motion animation, and it’s not actually a playable level.

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Still, it’s pretty impressive and worth checking out if you have a minute. Plus, I can never get enough of that original Tetris theme… Especially this version…

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Videographer/Photographer/Motionographer/Virtual Mario noob Jeremiah Warren made this delightful recreation of World 1-1 using After Effects. To make it extra special, he used an orchestra version of the iconic background music. Watch and cringe as he misses goodie after goodie:

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Not even the flag? Still, that was fun to watch. Perhaps Warren will have improved his skills in controlling Stop Motion Mario in the next World. Or maybe there is no secret 1-up block in Stop Motion World 1-1. Who knows? I’ve never played it.

[via Geekologie]

This clever stop-motion video uses a bunch of Tetris block-shaped elements, hand-placed into position and gradually forming a complete bookshelf. Here, check it out for yourself:

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The only thing better would be to load up the bookshelves with color-coordinated books for each block. I suppose they could have used the official Tetris theme music too. Oh well, maybe next time. Sure, it’s not quite as impressive as the classic Human Tetris, but it’s still a fun video.

[via Dornob]

BananaNeil claims that he had to manually configure the Rubik’s Cubes with each shot. Although just thinking about the process is enough to give one a headache I don’t think peeling off the colored stickers would be any easier, especially since they’re not made to be peeled off and re-applied repeatedly.

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So why all go through that trouble? BananaNeil actually made this video to promote his Facebook game, N-Tris. I’m not a Tetris fan but after seeing that video I just had to play the game even just a couple of times. It’s the least I can do.

[via Neatorama]

Just like Pac and his pals, they’ve created an animated version of the arcade game using building blocks from Minecraft. It looks just like the original game. And though  it’s not actually playable, they did add the requisite sound effects, and it’s still pretty cool. Check it out:

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I’m not quite sure what the deal is with the giant “Lockia” telephone to the left of the playing field. Maybe it was to call mom and have her pick you up from the arcade after you’re done playing. Or maybe the extraterrestrial Invaders just need to phone home.

The blue “h” in the vide seems kind of horny and keeps humping the white “h”, you will see what I mean. A couple bricks also get the green “H” to rocking so this is almost like LEGO porn. Still the video is cool and it’s interesting that the bricks are the characters in this case.

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Generally, with stop motion we see minifigs as the focal point, so that’s kind of different. If you like LEGO, you will want to check this out, be warned though that there are a handful of sound effects that will make people wonder if you are surfing porn.

[via Buzzfeed]

Here’s the stop-motion video:

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And here’s a jaw-dropping aerial view of Minecrafta2z’s world:

Wow. That’s a lot of work. How does one keep the proportions right while working on such a scale? And yes, that strip along the center is the first level of Super Mario Bros. You can see that one in action here:

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I wonder if it’s possible to make a smaller scale Minecraft inside Minecraft.

[via GoNintendo & Minecrafta2z]

The camera is equipped with a macro lens, a 1.5″ LCD screen, an SD card slot and a cute LEGO tripod. To help kids shoot stop animation videos, a program called LEGO Stop Animation Studio Software is bundled with the camera.

You can order the LEGO video camera at ThinkGeek for $80 (USD). It also comes with two minifigs, so you’ll have something to shoot right from the get go.

This is part of Reymond’s ongoing Game Over Project and it was shot in a theater in Basel, Switzerland at the end of August 2010. I think that the best part of the video is the tacky music that’s mimicked by Reymond using his voice as the sole instrument. It’s kind of mesmerizing to watch (and occasionally annoying to listen to.)

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[via Laughing Squid]

The video took over 1,500 hours to complete, since each LEGO-constructed character needed to be moved around individually, then photographed. While the music video has been around for a little while now, this is the first time I’ve seen these behind-the-scenes pics:

And for those of you who never saw the completed video, here it is. I have to say it’s very impressive indeed:

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You can find Super Mario, Yoshi, Pac-Man and a cast of many others in this great little video.

[via Designboom]

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I couldn’t figure out all of the video game references in the clip, but I definitely caught Pong, Tetris and Pac-Man in there.

I’m guessing it took quite a bit of time to pull this off, given the sheer number of frames and constant lighting and relighting of candles – never mind all the times he probably burnt his fingers between frames.

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Actually, the guy who shot the video says it took him about 2 weeks of shooting for 3-1/2 hours a day to get it done. Total production budget: ¥500 (appx. $5.48 USD) – presumably for the Post-It notes themselves.

Now that’s what I call a real Super Paper Mario.

[via Neatogeek via the BBPS]

When I was a kid, it baffled me that the Star Wars movies weren’t the beginning of the story, but the middle. But it didn’t seem to matter much to my sister and I, as we watched the trilogy almost every month.

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I really like this little animation. You get all of the important bits, delivered to you in LEGO stop-motion goodness. LEGO, Star Wars, and YouTube – what could be a better combination?

[via Design You Trust]

Made by Japan’s Agatsuma Corporation, the AnimeStudio is a standalone animation studio that lets you shoot frame-by-frame video, and store your creations on a 1GB SD card. Once captured, you can play back your animations on your television, with no need for a computer. The studio features a special swivel-mount camera that can be positioned all around a stage on which you can place either 2D or 3D subjects.

As you capture each frame, it’s recorded into a 4-frame-per second video clip you can play back on your TV. Still, it looks fun for really basic animations. While 4fps kind of sucks, you could always just shoot extra frames and then change the frame rate using some video editing software. And in case you want get your videos onto your computer, they do include companion software for your Windows PC as well. While all of the instructions for the AnimeStudio (and this silly video) are in Japanese, it looks like it’s pretty self-explanatory, and should be easy to use.

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Up until now the AnimeStudio was available exclusively in Japan, but the guys over at Japan Trend Shop have started shipping the system worldwide for $194 (USD). While you could probably achieve the same with this webcam and one of the myriad stop-motion applications out there, the AnimeStudio looks like a fun toy for budding animators without a computer.

Before you get overly excited, let me tell you now that barely anything happens in this very short film. But I think it says a lot about how influential and significant video games are to our generation’s lives.

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It took him 36 hours to shoot and polish the one-minute video. It’s amazing what a talented person can do with cardboard, paper, glue, and some colored pencils. The only thing I can make out of those materials is a mess.

[via Gearfuse]

Michael painstakingly shot thousands of individual frames to recreate the first two levels of the classic Super Mario Brothers game. The levels are surprisingly accurate reproductions of the game. You’ll want to crank up your sound to get the full impact with the original game music as accompaniment.

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Mario too cute for your taste? Be sure to check out Michael’s headbanging LEGO Megadeth concert.

[via Laughing Squid - thanks for the tip PDW !]

The stop-motion video by Swiss artist Guillaume Reymond of NotSoNoisy creative agency is the latest in his series of video game inspired clips, which first gained popularity with Human Space Invaders and Human Pong, and more recently, Human Pole Position.

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Human Tetris was recorded during the Urbaines Festival at the Palais de Rumine in Lausanne, Switzerland. The video shoot took 88 people wearing bright Tetris colored T-shirts, and 880 carefully choreographed still images in order to complete the effect. Add one goofy human-generated audio track, and there you have it.

Too bad I just ran out of quarters.

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Pac-man, Pong, Space Invaders and Tetris all make an appearance, along with a nice little musical Mario tribute. Now wasn’t that fun?