Youtube Highlights: "Winter Sniffles" Edition

Well, another week has gone by, and I've had one of those charming illnesses that makes you feel bad, but not bad enough to take a sick day. Little viral bastards. Anyhow, here's a selection of youtube vids I've enjoyed lately.


The infrequent, but always very interesting, CGP Grey, did a video on a  vaguely illness and Thanksgiving topic. Simply put, why didn't so horrible plague come out of America once the colonists? Its especially shocking if you didn't know about the vast loss of life caused by Pilgrims unwittingly spreading disease, as well as all the better known horribleness.

Digging Deeper, a new on the scene film analysis channel, speaks in an eloquent manner about the classic sci-fi film Serenity. They've also done one about Mad Max, which I invite you to investigate when you aren't at work.

Recently, gaming website Kotaku announced it was being blacklisted by major publishers. TotalBiscuit, The Cynical Brit provided his take on the controversy.

And finally, I've had the Transformers: More Than Meet The Eye comic series on the brain lately. The latest issue, #47 was a deeply compelling, if extremely uncomfortable read. I recommend the series, but don't start there. Probably start with "season one", which here is publicised by The Alexicon, who has animated a trailer for it.