If you ever cosplayed as a kid, then these paintings by artist Craig Davison illustrate the delight. more inside

Hero monkey spends 20 minutes resuscitating his friend after he is knocked out by electric rails... and SAVES him before train pulls in
Train's coming, monkeys.Don't write the monkey off.

The Holosuite is ready for you now, Captain. Scientists in the United States have turned science fiction into reality with a wrap-around virtual reality screen where researchers can visualise their data in three dimensions. Warning: Video auto-starts. more inside

Hobbit Name Generator - Something silly for the current frenzy that is the Hobbit Premiere. more inside

When there ain't no thing to climb... The sad lament of a snail who made the wrong decision in life...

You monkeys been moonlighting? Chimps, Bonobos, countryapes, lend me your ears; I come to recreate Shakespeare, not to praise him. - Monkey Julius Caesar more inside

Gorilla that walks like a man in a gorilla suit. A 21 year old gorilla has learned to walk like a man. "Those damn dirty apes!" more inside

The Blues Brothers is a Catholic movie. The Apocalypse is just a bit further down.

Tweets from Bruce, Oskar and Joan Are you up to the conversational expertise of your simian relatives?

Shrink-It YAPG (Yet another physics game) involving shrinking (or expanding) objects to drop another object into a target. more inside

The photography of Tim Flach A collection of animal photos (Flash). more inside

Writer Clement Freud dies aged 84. Writer and broadcaster Stephen Fry has also paid tribute, remembering Sir Clement as an "immensely generous, benevolent and charming man". "My favourite memory is of him in full flow on Just a Minute, still able to trip up people a quarter of his age," he told Radio 4's Today programme. more inside

Glenn Tee Concepts A collection of graphic images that have a somewhat quirky nature. My favourite is Missing. via StumbleUpon

Paul Newman has passed away at 83. One of the greats.

She's not real. The uncanny valley just got scarier. Compare her with this (YT) from just a couple of years ago. more inside

The Escapist Editorials has a Zero Punctuation section by a game reviewer Yahtzee Croshaw who writes insane bitter reviews of the latest games, that also happen to be hilarious, in a John Cleese sort of way, with video animations. more inside

Marcel Marceau dies at 84 A moment of raucous mourning, s'il vous plait.

A Real Life Mermaid Double amputee Nadya Vessey is about to become New Zealand's first mermaid. Thanks to the awesome generosity of Weta Workshop. more inside

Find the star! We missed the Phlash Phriday due to an Uberlord Mind Blip, so here's something I found on the *cough* blue place. more inside

Bloons! We haven't had a game here for a while. This even has a monkey in it. And what's better, it's made in New Zealand! Fifty levels of balloon popping fun. (Flash) more inside