YouTube Is Closing

Since YouTube launched 8 years ago we all seem to have forgotten that the whole website is just a competition to decide who can upload the best video, tomorrow, on the 1st of April, the site will be shut down and all the content will be deleted, Youtube will then return in 2023 and at that point the winner will be declared and will win the generous prize of an MP3 player and $500 budget for their next creative project (so get uploading!).

In other news, it's April Fools tomorrow, I wonder what big websites like Google and YouTube have planned for us.

Gears of War 3 Lego Lancer

Unfortunately, I haven't ever made a post about Gears of War 3 because other than the game release, I haven't had much to blog about. The Youtube user PlumBrothers made a replica of one of the guns from Gears of War 3, but with Lego and elastic bands. The unique feature about this replica is that it actually works like it does in the game, however (as you'd expect), it doesn't actually shoot real bullets. As well as being able to shoot the gun, you can reload the gun with several elastic bands at a time by replacing the clip, the gun can also has a motorized chainsaw built in, however I imagine if you tried to use it on someone like in the game it would crumble in your hands and you'd be left there crying.

Skip to 0:40 for a demonstration of the mechanism, 1:30 for the motorized chainsaw, 2:00 for reloading the clips and reloading the gun, 2:40 for shooting and 3:40 for a detailed view of the inside of the gun.

Dead Island in real life

 

The last post I made was also about a game set in real life, so posting this probably wasn't appropriate however I love zombies, fat ones, ugly ones and cute ones (if I try to be anymore descriptive it will probably be offensive or contain some sort of accidental racism).

ANYWAY, the Youtube user GoingNowhereShow made a "Real Life Dead Island" video showing what Dead Island would look like in real life - however in Dead Island you run around with a coat hanger killing zombies and exploding gas canisters, which I guess is probably realistic.

I also love short zombies, tal- OH, NOW I GET IT, I UNDERSTAND THE IRONIC NAME, "REAL LIFE DEAD ISLAND" - hilarious. Watch the video for a 3 minutes of zombie killing, door opening, coat hanging fun, I'd recommend watching it even if you haven't got Dead Island.

Metal Slug in Real Life

Unfortunately when I was younger I didn't really play Metal Slug, I was a bigger fan of Mario games (Read: Italian twins), eventually when it wasn't very fun I began to find the game more interesting. The YouTube user andrewmfilms made a short video of what Metal Slug would be like if it was real. Of course, if it was actually real it would be war, or something.

Visit andrewmfilm's YouTube channel for similar videos.

Terminator is 20 years old

 

To be honest, I was never really a big fan of Terminator, but I think it atleasts deserve a mention for its 20th birthday which happens on the 3rd of July. I would really recommend watching the YouTube video for an epic 5 minute video featuring pew pews, awesome music - but mainly pew pews.
 

Happy birthday you robot bastard, you.