video games

http://doge2048.com/ The secrets of the universe.

http://www.joyent.com/blog/introducing-kartlytics-mario-kart-64-analytics Studying Mario Kart performance over time with video analytics software.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a7-rfLVxf-M Exploiting glitches in Team Fortress 2.

http://www.imfdb.org/wiki/Main_Page The Internet Movie Firearm Database. Identifies every gun in every movie and video game.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1X_zGL4_ndE xXx MLG PRO KILLS

Valve has released the tool used to make its animated skits. It's already been put to good use to make the impressive Falcon punch video and a parody of Kayne West's music video for his song Power. I expect some great, high-quality videos to be made by hobbyists with this tool over the next year.

http://gilslotd.com/files/katawa_crash_beta_8-36.swf Katawa Crash is the spiritual successor to Nanaca Crash. There's a wiki explaining all the combos. My high score is unbeatable.

http://www.mapstd.com/ MapsTD is a tower defense game with maps dynamically generated from Google Maps locations.

http://www.therwp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=48139 There's a hidden ZX Spectrum emulator in the GoldenEye 64 release carts.

http://byuu.org/articles/emulation/snes-coprocessors All of the coprocessors released with SNES games have been reverse engineered.