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May the Fourth Show You: How the Lego Star Wars Destroyer was Smashed

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Go Behind the Scenes with Wired to See the Destruction Want to know how the Wired team filmed the LEGO destroyer being smashed to smithereens?  Our creative video friends at  WIRED (and Conde Nast Entertainment)  just put up a video on  WIRED’s channel on  THE SCENE , to show you the camera setup for the video.   The team used a Phantom High Speed camera traveling 20 mph on a custom built track filming at a 1000 fps frame rate.  Check it out! 

Deep Web explores the story of Silk Road in the EPIX Original Documentary

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Explore the inside story behind notorious online black market, Silk Road, and the arrest of its alleged founder Ross Ulbricht with a new teaser trailer from EPIX's Original Documentary DEEP WEB! The upcoming exposé from filmmaker Alex Winter (Downloaded) will make its world television premiere on EPIX Spring 2015. Learn more

Anime, Gaming, Biohacking and Surreal Film Making?

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Adolfo Foronda was a featured guest on the great Play This! podcast over at TechHive with hosts Carlos Rondela @onawa and Jason Cross @jasoncross00 have a listen, Have a listen: Or, if you prefer, download the  MP3 of this episode . " What do you get when you cross a traditional Japanese RPG with the creators of classic animated movies like   Spirited Away ,   Princess Mononoke , and   Howl's Moving Castle ? You get Ni no Kuni, which is weird, jeuvenile, and wonderful. We talk about that, Metal Gear, UFC, and much more on this week's show. We're joined by Adolfo Foronda from   Nerdstalker . Links from this week's episode: Why can't you download to  own  UFC matches? They're retnal only, typically. Ni no Kuni  is a polished, beautiful, but typical JRPG. But it has character design and animation from  Studio Ghibli . If you stick with it past the slow beginning, it gets great. Speaking of Studio Ghibli, almost...

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