Video Round-Up: Water & Fire Edition

 Video Round-Up is a weekly post collecting an assortment of videos from around the web. Whether they be music videos, creative viral marketing, just plain cool, or just plain ridiculous, they will all be found on Video Round-Up.

We have the makings of a quality Round-Up this week: HD trailers, well produced video game parodies, knowledge, and the most wonderfully adorable kitten video in the world. Let's see if I can underhype this post anymore within.

Video Round-Up: New Generation Edition

 Video Round-Up is a weekly post collecting an assortment of videos from around the web. Whether they be music videos, creative viral marketing, just plain cool, or just plain ridiculous, they will all be found on Video Round-Up.

You've seen the Kinect, but you haven't seen what the Kinect sees. You've played The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion, but you haven't played the new hotness. You've seen Mario rescue the princess, but you haven't heard him flip his lid. You've seen Inception, but you haven't seen the process used on a daily basis.

Luigi's Strife - A Film Noir Rendition of Super Mario Bros.

Let me start this off by saying that I love StumbleUpon.com. It's one of the greatest things to ever happen to the Internet. I find such great stuff through that site and it's hard to imagine the internet without it. If you're not familiar with stumbleupon.com, I highly suggest you check it out and download the toolbar.

Anyway, using the site I came across this truly amazing little comic strip about what life is like for Luigi now that he has quit his job as Mario's sidekick and is living in Brooklyn. Mario is on the run with the princess in this highly film-noir-influenced story. How well can Super Mario Bros. possibly translate to classic film noir? Surprisingly, bringing the partnership of Mario and Luigi to a more real-life setting lends very well to the film noir style of storytelling. Just hit the jump to find out and if you know anything about the creator, let us know. Oh, and click any of the panels to get a larger version.