In case you forgot, the entire Mcbain movie is hidden in little clips over several episodes of “The Simpsons”. The writers of the show love putting in Easter eggs wherever they can, so it wasn’t really a surprise to find out they’d actually written and animated the whole story for their version of a Schwarzenegger-like action hero and carefully chopped it up, placing the excerpts in order throughout the years.

If you missed it the first time, check it out.

“My mom hadn’t seen (or heard of) the Wachowski’s classic sci-fi film The Matrix. We watched the entire movie together and right after she told me what it was all about,” says creator pixelspersecond.

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The rope, dismayed, walks out the door. Thinking that he could fool the bartender into serving him a drink, the rope messes up his hair and walks back into the bar.

The bartender, fooled by the rope’s new look, serves him a beer. But later on in the evening, the bartender seems to recognize the rope. “Hey, aren’t you that rope from earlier”

“Frayed not,” said the rope.

That’s my favorite dumb joke.

Well, Adam Patch’s wife had her own corny joke to tell after she drank a bottle of wine. He then decided to animate it. The result is drunk history-style gold:

[Adam Patch, Vimeo, via UPROXX]

If that’s not enough of a reason to watch, I don’t know what is:

The AP Twitter hack has prompted an FBI investigation, and has likely sped up Twitter’s plans to add an extra layer of account security with two-step verification.

Hat-tip to Buzzfeed.

That question is now irrelevant, as Pixar has officially announced the sequel to Finding Nemo, titled Finding Dory. The movie will focus on Dory, the clumsy Pacific regal blue tang sidekick in Finding Nemo. Finding Dory will be directed by Andrew Stanton, who directed Finding Nemo as well as Pixar’s WALL-E. According to the new Finding Dory Facebook page, the movie will be released in November 2015.

Though the Nemo sequel has been rumored for some time, the official announcement came, fittingly, from the voice of Dory herself. Ellen DeGeneres made the announcement this week on The Ellen DeGeneres show.

Well, that’s certainly unnerving. Here I thought Heavy Rain was pretty realistic, but this is in an entirely different league.

Here’s how they did it:

This animated character is being rendered in real-time on current video card hardware, using standard bone animation. The rendering techniques, as well as the animation pipeline are being presented at GDC 2013, “Next Generation Character Rendering” on March 27. The original high resolution data was acquired from Light Stage Facial Scanning and Performance Capture by USC Institute for Creative Technologies, then converted to a 70 bones rig, while preserving the high frequency detail in diffuse, normal and displacement composite maps. It is being rendered in a DirectX11 environment, using advanced techniques to faithfully represent the character’s skin and eyes.

For another example, here’s a screenshot of another face created using the same tech:

For more examples and information on how Activision achieved this, check out their blog.

The condom hasn’t really received an upgrade in nearly 50 years, argues the foundation. And why not?

The story is big enough that our favorite Taiwanese animators, NMA, decided to give it their treatment. As expected, it’s pretty off-the-wall. Check out the video below for hilariously misguided attempts to use condoms, Sims-like lovemaking, and a not-so-subtle hint that Apple is also looking to score in this department.

A company called Ossian Media this week announced a new animated series starring Nororious B.I.G.’s children, C.J. and T’yanna. The cartoon will be named House of Wallace, and will follow C.J. and T’yanna as they attempt to keep their father’s studio from being turned over to some bland music conglomerate. The ghost of their father will be a major character in the series, guiding them with advice.

“It’s been 16 years since our Dad was murdered and we miss him dearly,” said T’yanna and C.J. Wallace in a statement released this week. “It is such an honor for us to be able to carry on his legacy, not only through his music but also by channeling him through our own creativity. This project, House Of Wallace, is a great opportunity for us to bridge the gap between our parents who loved his music and the kids and young adults our ages, that were not around to really appreciate it,”

C.J. and T’yanna will be voicing their own characters, and the statement also promises that “a bevy of musical artists” will appear as guests on the show. The show will also feature “advertising integration,” meaning that Ossian brand partners could be incorporated “directly into the narrative.”

“Well, Timmy, it’s because our cells stop replicating. And so that we’re not riddled with cancer by the age of two. Oh, and because I passed it down to you and you’re a ticking timebomb. Any more questions?”

[AsapSCIENCE]