Alright, so sorry about my less than professional title there, but there are few things out there that truly make me giddy in the media anymore. A new Christopher Nolan movie, the next Mass Effect and of course, Game of Thrones.

We’ve seen a few teasers for season two so far, but this minute long spot is the best one so far, and it quite literally sent chills up my spine when I watched it. I’m unbelievably excited for it to come back, and April 1st seems like a thousand years away.

“Even a small man can cast a very large shadow…”

The Office is a fantastic show in part because nearly all of these characters feel authentic. The actors embody their respective characters each and every week with such believability we’ve grown to know and love all of them over the years.

Kevin Malone might be the most lovable one of the bunch, and I’ll never forget the episode where Holly was convinced he was “special.” He’s slow in speech and in action, but as it turns out, actor Brian Baumgartner is the furthest thing from either of those, and he’s playing a character to a greater degree than definitely anyone else on the show. At the minute mark of the video above, you’ll be shocked to hear him speak in his actual voice.

My friends all laugh at me, because whenever I drive anywhere, the first song playing from my iPod is generally from a video game or movie soundtrack. I’m a product of my environment, and my musical tastes are heavily influenced by movies, trailers, tv shows and games, and as such I have “terrible” taste in music according to everyone else. So be it.

But I think there are some damn good tracks out there, particularly on video game soundtracks. You might not notice them as you’re playing, but if you do, chances are they’re pretty damn good to distract you from your task at hand.

These ten tracks I’ve been listening to long after I put down the controller. See if my terrible musical tastes might actually match your own with a few of these.

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I haven’t played Battlefield OR Modern Warfare for weeks now, as my tolerance for getting repeatedly killed by twelve year olds is at an all time low, but I can appreciate the sheer awesomeness found in this video.

It’s a moment that all FPS players dream of, particularly people like myself whose playstyle is “run and gun” where the entire goal is to flank the enemy. Here that tactic pays off in spades, and when the moment finally comes, it’s absolutely glorious.

Look I know you’ve all probably seen this.  And frankly I just don’t care because chances are it’s been a very long time since you have.   There’s just everything creepy about this clip.   Honestly I don’t find one thing in here that a child would possibly like.

Actually, scratch that.  Jones does kind of smile near the end of the countdown and there’s a funny little “zip!” kind of a thing that happens so kids might like that.   But honestly is this how you want to teach your children to count?

Especially when the dude was in his Othello days?  Hmmmm.

There are perhaps no better map making tools than the ones found in Counterstrike, and that couldn’t be more clearly demonstrated than by this new map.

It’s a complete and detailed rendering of the office from The Office. Every desk and file cabinet is perfectly in place, and there are even little touches like the addition of Vance Refrigeration and the Michael Scott Paper Company. All in all, it’s one of the best custom maps I’ve seen in ANY game, and I’d love for a follow up video with people actually battling it out here.

Obviously Dwight Schrute would come out on top should such a match ever actually take place.

This is a rather clever commercial for an English school in Brazil, the CCAA, which has two castaways stranded on an island. Fortunately for them, it’s entirely populated by Megan Fox clones that Michael Bay discarded after Transformers 2 wrapped. Unfortunately for them, they can’t speak English, so they’re banished to a different place. Just watch.

Megan Fox seemed like a female douchebag in interviews, but I don’t think that should disqualify her from being in any more films. I thought she had a lot of potential, though I may be the only one who appreciated Jennifer’s Body. No, that is not a pun.

I was sent this rather cool video this weekend, and I thought you all might enjoy it as well. You’ll find very few people that don’t like Disney/Pixar’s Up, and one of the main reason for that is the endearing, memorable characters.

Russell, the chubby boy scout, has a number of classic lines throughout the film, but always manages to seem like an authentic, real boy. This video shows how the producers tried to find a kid that wasn’t a cheesy “child actor” as most of them are, but actually a real kid who could deliver his lines with authenticity. The things they have him do to trick him into a “real” performance are kind of neat. Check it out for yourself above.

There are few gaming YouTube channels that I actually think are worth subscribing to, but TheAuzzieGamer is definitely one of them.

He’s got a unique editing style, a killer accent, and he’s pretty damn good at the games he plays to boot. I enjoyed his series about Deus Ex and even Hitman, despite never actually playing that game before.

Recently, however, he’s moved on from those type of games to a different stealth format, Assassin’s Creed multiplayer. I never actually tried it out myself in any of the new titles, and even though it’s relatively slow paced, he makes it look quite exciting, and more importantly, hilarious. Check it out above, and there are five more videos in the series below.

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Volkswagen must have given George Lucas a new Passat every day for the rest of his life or something, because I can’t think of another reason he’d let them use Star Wars to this degree to sell their cars.

What dogs barking the Star Wars theme has to do with their autos, I have no idea, but I suppose we are talking about them, and I’m giving them free ad space.

The magic of this video is not the digital editing that made all the dogs bark the song, but rather the hilarious fact that they picked dogs that looked like a bunch of various characters from the movie. It’s hilarious when you realize who is supposed to be who, and that’s my favorite aspect of the spot.