Fun 'Angry Birds' videos

The video game "Angry Birds" has taken the world by storm. Here are several videos that riff on the game, its music and popularity.

Video Games - E3 2012 - Angry Birds

G4TV.com did a parody mashup of "Angry Birds" and Alfred Hitchcock's horror classic "The Birds." (See article on "The Birds of Anger" by Wired.com.)



Funny YouTube video of a toddler playing "Angry Birds" for the first time. (See article at the Huffington Post.)



T-Mobile created a real-life version of the "Angry Birds" game as part of a promotion. (See article on Cnet.)



Musical group Pomplamoose covers the "Angry Birds" theme. For more information, see the YouTube video page.

Super Mario Jesus

Sacrilegious animation featuring Jesus as a violent video game hero in the mode of Super Mario.
Totem Nation Films did the cheapo animation with flip drawings on a pad of Post-It Notes.
Posted to YouTube on Dec. 15, 2009.
Suggested rating: R.

Mario vs. Pac-Man

Fun animated video out of Russia called "Mario vs. Pac-Man."
Posted to YouTube on Sept. 27, 2009.
Suggested rating: PG

Mortal Kombat Is Not A Tournament

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Funny video game satire by CollegeHumor.com.
Posted to CollegeHumor.com on Dec. 2, 2009.
Suggested rating: PG-13.

The Tetris God

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This video explains why the cruel game of Tetris never gives you the piece you need.
Posted to CollegeHumor.com on Dec. 7, 2009.
Suggested rating: PG.

Alien vs. Predator in the bathroom

Alien vs. Predator -- the original Odd Couple.
Commercial for 2003 video game from Electronic Arts called "Aliens versus Predator: Extinction."
Posted to YouTube in May 2006.
Suggested rating: PG.

U-Create Music television commercial

I've seen this commercial a lot recently during children's television shows on cable that my kids are watching. It's a device from Mattel's Radica Games unit called U-Create Music, aimed at 8 to 14 year olds. It might be a cool gadget, but the ads are super dorky.
The kid in the commercial uses the device to entertain a house party with all of his friends. The game is like "DJ Hero" for the middle school crowd.
Posted to YouTube on Oct. 6, 2009.
Suggested rating: G.

Contra vs. Duck Hunt

You think "Modern Warfare 2" is violent? Check out this mashup of classic video games "Contra" and "Duck Hunt."
Posted to YouTube on Sept. 9, 2009.
Suggested rating: PG

Ultra-Realistic Modern Warfare Game Features Endless Paperwork, Routine Patrolling

Ultra-Realistic Modern Warfare Game Features Awaiting Orders, Repairing Trucks
The year’s most anticipated video game – Activision's "Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2" – gets skewered by the Onion News Network.
Posted on Nov. 10, 2009.
Suggested rating: PG.

Cinematic Trailer for 'Left 4 Dead 2' video game

Horror video games are hot right now, according to a Reuters story out Oct. 30. (See article titled "Horror videogames scare up record sales".)
The survival horror game "Left 4 Dead 2" from Electronic Arts, out Nov. 17, 2009, is one of the most anticipated. The game is rated Mature because of gruesome zombies and bloody violence.
Here's a cinematic trailer for the video game posted Oct. 22, 2009.
Suggested rating: R.

'Halo 3 ODST' video game commercial

Microsoft has released a live-action commercial for its upcoming video game "Halo 3 ODST," which offers a glimpse of what a movie based on the "Halo" series might look like.
In a word: awesome.
Posted to YouTube on Sept. 4, 2009.
Suggested rating: PG

WNBA Live 2008

The WNBA is an easy target for comedy as this video shows.
Posted to YouTube on Feb. 15, 2008.
Suggested rating: G

Obama Girl plays Wii Tennis at E3

"Obama Girl" Amber Lee Ettinger continues to stretch out her 15 minutes of fame.
Here's a video she did for Barely Digital and sister site Barely Political at the E3 video game conference.
Posted June 5.
Suggested rating: PG.

Mario Kart (Remi Gaillard)

The 2009 Electronic Entertainment Expo, better known as E3, ended today in Los Angeles.
So here's another video game-themed humorous video.

French prankster Remi Gaillard acts out Nintendo's "Mario Kart" video game in real life.
Posted to YouTube on Dec. 3, 2008.
Suggested rating: G

Hot New Video Game Consists Solely of Shooting People Point-Blank in the Face

Hot New Video Game Consists Solely Of Shooting People Point-Blank In The Face
Another video game-themed comedy short in honor of E3.
Posted to the Onion News Network on April 6.
Suggested rating: R

Luigi Finally Snaps

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With the E3 video game conference now under way in Los Angeles, here's a funny video about two beloved Nintendo game characters -- the Mario Bros., Mario and Luigi.
Posted to CollegeHumor.com on May 28.
Suggested rating: PG

Pac Man

One interesting trend in Internet videos involves people performing wacky stunts in public places and filming the reactions of befuddled onlookers as the action unfolds.
Improv Everywhere is one such group that posts YouTube videos of its stunts. A good example is when the Improv Everywhere crew showed up at a Best Buy electronics store wearing blue polo shirts and khakis like the store staff. They walked around the store, confusing shoppers and store employees alike. I personally didn’t find that video all that entertaining.
But here’s a video I did enjoy. It features people dressed as Pac-Man characters chasing each other around a grocery store, a golf course, a pool hall and elsewhere causing mayhem. It’s pretty funny.
It was created by French comedian and prankster Remi Gaillard.
Posted to YouTube on April 16, 2009.
Suggested rating: PG

Saturday Night Live: Wii Guys

Nintendo's Wii video game console has been a phenomenal success. And it's become part of our pop culture as well. The game device, with its motion-sensing controllers, was mocked in this "Saturday Night Live" sketch with host Alec Baldwin. Warning: the humor is pretty adolescent.
I thought Baldwin's sketch for "First Coughs" was funnier, but Hulu didn't post that one. (In that sketch, Baldwin was selling a series of acting lessons on video. They included one on "first coughs," the movie cliche where a character's first cough signals their coming death.)
Originally aired Feb. 14, 2009.
Suggested rating: PG-13

Are Video Games Adequately Preparing Kids for the Post-Apocalyptic Future?

Are Violent Video Games Adequately Preparing Children For The Apocalypse?
A great example of the parody news talk segments produced by the Onion News Network. It first aired in Feb. 2009.
Suggested rating: PG.