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Oscar-winning director Kathryn Bigelow has made a VR conservation short called the Protectors, about people who defend against poachers. Best viewed with something like Google Cardboard, but Chrome will do in a pinch. Via Short of the week: 360 documentaries suffer in that they are not able to replicate some of the features that have […]

Is Game of Thrones secretly about Climate Change? Is the creeping tide of white walkers kinda like the collapse of icebergs but in reverse? Vox thinks so: For starters, the White Walkers are a threat to all humanity: Their zombie minions are equally happy to rip apart people of all nations and noble houses. Yet […]

For Tourism Ireland, Publicis London created a 77m Game of Thrones tapestry depicting the many, many tangled plots of the franchise. Via Adweek: Of course, Game of Thrones is not set Ireland, but much of the show’s filming takes place there. The country’s tourism department has collaborated with HBO for the past four years on […]

Is this the best political ad you’ve ever seen? Randy Bryce’s rival in the Democratic Primary thought so (and dropped out). It was produced by Acres New York, which had also made an ad for Bernie Sanders before, and is the inaugural work of WIN, an agency that creates political strategy around video campaigns. Via […]

She Makes Comics is a film about women leaders in the comics industry and their history within it since the medium’s beginnings in the 19th Century. Via ScreenAnarchy: Though there are two comic book shop five minutes away from my house I will hop on the subway and go into downtown Toronto to shop at […]

Michael Madsen promotes a multiplayer AR shooter called Recoil on Universal’s old Desperate Housewives set by playing a tough-as-nails hardass. Via Adweek: Tough-guy actor Michael Madsen (Reservoir Dogs, Kill Bill, Sin City) portrays a grizzled military hardass named Striker to introduce Recoil, a multiplayer battlefield game that drops today from Skyrocket. You play Recoil outdoors […]

Viral “hi, i’m steve” animation is a simplistic short film by Bill Wurtz that racked up over 1.5 mil views on YouTube in a day. Via DesignTaxi: You don’t have to possess impeccable drawing skills to capture the internet’s heart—all you need is a healthy dose of positivity and a, “’Cuz that’s the way I […]

“I heard destiny calling… I was going to be a cheesemaker.” In this short film, War and Cheese, Oleg Sirota discovered Russia was banning cheese, so he decided to be a cheesemaker. Via Short of the Week: Sweet dreams are made of cheese. At least that’s the case for almost impossibly goofy Oleg Sirota, the […]

Otterbox has tried to make a set of extremely bear resistant coolers. Apparently they didn’t use CGI (It’s a real bear?) but we’re not sure. Via Inc: OtterBox’s new line of high-end, heavy-duty coolers promises to keep ice frozen for up to 14 days and protect food against bears, the company announced yesterday. The products, […]

This ghost train prank in Madrid was promoting the remake of Ghostbusters, and won a silver lion at Cannes. Check it out! Via Adweek: Here’s a freaky little ad stunt from Spanish agency Shackleton. The agency installed loudspeakers and hidden cameras in the busiest subway station in Madrid, and then played sounds that accurately reproduced […]