If you missed it, Freddie Wong and Brandon Laatsch had a Kickstarter campaign near the end of 2011 to create a webseries/movie called Video Game High School (VGHS). (Here's an infographic detailing every dollar that was spent to make the series; they went about $400,000 over the funds they collected from Kickstarter.)

It was a pretty fun little movie geared toward videogamers and adolescents. (I'm really neither, but it was still a fun watch.) They're now out to make season two and doing it via Kickstarter again. If it's your cup of tea or in your wheelhouse, back the project and help get the second season created:

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/freddiew/video-game-high-school-season-two

I've been having a weird buggy issue with YouTube videos in Chrome lately, and it happens to me across multiple computers in different geographic locations, so I don't think it's just me.

During playback if I move my mouse over the scrubber bar (that's the area that shows the playback/download progress and also previews frames from the video), the preview thumbnails never disappear and just keep flickering on top of the video, as pictured below.

Just me or everyone?

Hi all,
Just something I've noticed in the last few moths since I got involved in Reddit, videos that are front paged there are easy bets for going top 15 on videosift. Frequently with the same or similar title to that used on Reddit.

I have really mixed feelings about this. Is there a way that the videosift points system could reward posters of videos that were not plucked from there? A way that real rare undiscovered gems could be rewarded above these? I've passed up on at least 5 in the last week that I knew would go top 15 here easily. About 12 hours ago here in Ireland that video of the little Asian girl percussionist was front page on reddit. 7 hous ago it was on videosift with a very similar title to the reddit one.

What does anytone think about this? I'm just afraid of videosift becoming (more than ever) a race to get there first, rather than worrying about quality, it becomes a who-can-post-videos-from-Reddit-first machine.

Ok everybody:- I always get a laugh from The "Honest Trailer" videos made by Screen Junkies over on Youtube. They work on a "voting" system & the most requested video in the comments section of the latest video they post....(in this case "Inception, link below) is the one they do next. Now I know it may be a liberty taken on my part, but I've always smiled at the idea of seeing them do "300" & my request is.......could as many sifters as possible PLEASE go over and ask to have it done in the comments as the next video??

I know I know I know it may NEVER happen, but at least I/We tried, eh?

Thanks in advance.

Edit:- Please feel free to SPAM the living daylights out of this within the Sift

"Inception" video HERE

Hi,
Is it possable to re-submit videos to be "sifted" if there in your personal Q?

Sorry for asking such a "noob" question havnt been on here for a while.

I'm not talking about hunting weapons. I'm talking about guns designed to kill humans. What are the benefits of having these kinds of guns in society, and are the benefits worth the cost in human life?

Please be civil.

Benefits:
1. Mutually assured destruction if all citizens carry a gun. (some might not call this a benefit)
2. Economy/Jobs
3. An understanding of how a dangerous tool works.
4. National Defense (if you don't have a country with a military - note: this was the original intention of the 2nd amendment)
5. Citizen Policing

Personal Benefits:
1. The power to kill, wound and threaten others with violence

I know there is a lot of pressure to develop for Mobile.
Developing for mobile is a daunting task. Multiple platforms make it very difficult since you need to design multiple sites to get it working on each.

I don't expect a full blown mobile version of the Sift for my iPhone.

That being said, I acknowledge that there has been some development in that direction. And I appreciate it - I know it's in addition to the too many hours invested on the regular site.

But I have to say, I've noticed a few areas that may need a tweek.
When I come to the Sift on my iPhone using safari, I get a page with fifteen videos (plus one featured) on it. I can turn to the next page or I can switch from hot videos to Upcoming videos and back again. So far so good. I can vote and I can do searches. great.

A few issues I'm having.
1). The page seems to be coming out too long (vertically). Once I get to the bottom of the videos there's a huge gap before I get to the bottom of the page. I have to scroll about twenty or so full pages to get to the info at the bottom of the page. It took me forever before I even realized there was a bottom to the page. This seems to be the case with most pages on the mobile version.

2). And I think this is the one that bugs me the most. There is no option for me to choose if I want the mobile option or not. Before v5.0, I used to have an option. It didn't automatically detect and force me into mobile mode.

Why does this matter? Although I appreciate the work that's been done for mobile aps, it still doesn't have everything. I used to be able to go to submit videos from my phone, but now I can't. I used to be able to see SiftTalk, browse through latest comments, go to individual Channels and so on. basically, I could still access all the functions that didn't work with mobile.

I appreciate all that's been done to accommodate the mobiles, don't get me wrong, but until the mobile version does everything, can we please still have access to the non-mobile version from out mobile web browsers.

As is the annual tradition at midnight of a new year, @siftbot has compiled the Top Videos of 2012 into a playlist for ye all to see.

Be sure to check it out and share it with your friends:

VideoSift's Top Videos of 2012

Waddling through the ranks found a dedicated user poised for the push over the edge, 248, 249, Two-Fiddy!

Happy New Year bling to redsky, who has given us all so many hours of forgettable aside, cheers n' skol 'n shit!
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What movies, music, books, games, TV, radio etc. did you like best or least?

and may the force be with you. cheers, fellow sifters – where ever you are!

Hey, since the siftbots' so chatty unsolicited-ly-so (in the lounge especially...☎ HELLO!? ☎), maybe since there's obviously a sentient behind the veil trying desperately to wax linear while maintaining her Onanistic rouse, there can be a command for asking the thing a question like some retarded help-desk you're transferred to after holding to some canned recording????

{For all you peeps who don't know what I'm gibbering about, if you reach gold and head to the lounge, siftbot chimes-in from time to time to let you know how special YOU are (while buggering-up your connection to the lounge in doing-so....MAYBE FIX THAT?), and just how special others more fortunate than you are to be able to have their mothers take them to the arena, pay admission, and enter them in the most special Olympic function held locally in many major United States cities, and Nationally once a year.}

I'd like to get all the personal information I can on every user on this site, but would settle for effort on the part of the resident amalgorithm.

Cheers, Siftcan!

While I was strolling along the Upcoming Videos list, I was assaulted by two different ads with audio. Is this by design or did the outfit supplying the ad take some liberties?

I mention this because this sometimes happens on Bluesnews.com and Blue is usually the first to come out and say it was an error. Sooner than you can say "Surf Elsewhere" he (or his crack team of admins) removes the offending code.

So...what's the story, morning glory?

Ok folks, not wanting to look like a moron here, but is there any way of "linkifying" posts like we used to be able to on the old sift? I've checked the FAQ & can't see anything about it. On the old layout, there used to be a little button in the top left corner of the comment box that you just clicked on & the mighty Siftbot did the rest.

Hope this makes sense, enjoy the rest of the festive season & thanks in advance.

The stockings are now hung with care from the air conditioner vent here in Australia. Whether it's Kwanzaa, the solstice, Chanukah, Festivus or just time off - I wish you all good tidings and a happy New Year. I made you some eggnog.