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[edit] Animation
Homestar Runner - An incredibly successful, Flash-based site best known for its Strong Bad Email series of shorts. Characters have been featured/referenced in Guitar Hero, music videos by They Might Be Giants and Of Montreal, and popular reality series Ace of Cakes.
[edit] Feature Films
Slacker Uprising - The latest documentary by controversial filmmaker Michael Moore is available online.
[edit] Film-centric Social Networking Pages
Aaron Sorkin - Aaron Sorkin’s Facebook page for the proposed Facebook movie.
Faintheart - The MySpace movie.
[edit] Film-centric Streaming Video
Lycos Cinema – The forerunner to the CBS Social Viewing room. While many consider it be a better run site, its content leaves much to be desired.
MyFestival - An online Indie movie festival run by independent film site IndieFlix.
[edit] Fun Stuff
5000 Web 2.0 Logos in 333 Seconds - Web 2.0 company logos in a giant list.
Facebook Anthem - A Facebook parody video.
iPod Easter Egg - Lincoln’s inaugural address in base64 coding.
Pranks 08 - Top ten online April Fools Day pranks.
Social Networking Wars - Satirical social networking video.
[edit] Gaming
Candystand - Wrigley’s Gum's pioneering synergy of gaming and marketing.
Fiesta - Free online RPG similar to Worlds of Warcraft.
Games Factory 2 - Make your own games.
JamLegend - Free Guitar Hero clone for your computer.
Kwanzoo – Is an advertiser or is it an online trivia game? Can’t it be both?
MetaPlace - Embed a game into your site.
Mytopia - A massively multiplayer game and social network.
Tetris for Opera - ... Because we all need a little "Tetris" in our lives every now and again.
Yo! Frankie - The first game made with Blender 3D.
[edit] Social Networking-based
Neverball - A "Super Monkey Ball" style game for Facebook.
UGame - Social network for gamers.
[edit] Music
“Long Tall Weekend by They Might Be Giants” - The first full-length "MP3 album."
“Little By Little” by Harvey Danger - First album by a major band to be given away for free.
Radiohead - Officially started the “Pay what you want” music craze.
“The Slip” by Nine Inch Nails - A free album from outspoken musician Trent Reznor.
“Pork and Beans” by Weezer - Weezer's take on viral videos.
[edit] Music Stores
Lala – A fairly new music service that lets users buy either “streaming” versions of songs for ten cents, or “traditional” physical copies of the tracks for $.89
Walmart MP3 Music Downloads – The latest attempt by Walmart to create an online music store.
[edit] Music Videos
Dance Jam - The “YouTube” for dance videos.
Pitchfork TV - Online music videos from the controversial music review site Pitchfork.
[edit] Radio
Jukefly - Music streaming and online radio all in one.
Last.FM - A surprisingly popular (and legal) music streaming and suggestion site.
Pandora - The lauded online radio network. Pandora is also available on the iPhone.
XM - The satellite radio network is now available on Blackberry devices.
[edit] Streaming Video
YouTube - Easily the most popular video site out there. It's the one video site that everyone knows. YouTube has been responsible for several fads in the past few years, including "Chocolate Rain," "The Numa Numa Guy, and Brother Midnight's pledge to wear no pants.
Dailymotion - A video site with a social networking twist.
Messenger TV - A YouTube-like video service from Microsoft.
MyFestival - An online Indie movie festival run by independent film site IndieFlix.
Buffer.me - A video service based upon YouTube’s own API.
MySpace TV - MySpace does videos.
Blog TV - Internet TV "shows" on mobile phones.
[edit] Television
Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog - The online supplement to Joss Whedon’s “musical tragicomedy."
Impact Zone Wrestling Impulse - Wrestling action from Phoenix, Arizona.
Rick Sanchez Direct - A CNN show featuring social networking, Twitter interaction, and Rick Sanchez.
South Park - Every episode of the legendary animated series, online and completely free.
[edit] News
CBS Begins Adding Full Length TV Shows to YouTube - CBS begins to add “legacy programs” such as Star Trek, MacGuyver, and Beverly Hills, 90210 to YouTube. Originally published by Download Squad, October 11th, 2008.
[edit] Advertising
TV Ads - Google AdWords for television commercials.
[edit] Television-centric Streaming Video
Amazon.com Video on Demand – Purchase and watch video directly from the famous online megastore. Think of it as an odd combination of iTunes and Hulu.
CBS Social Viewing Room – Watch (and comment upon) your favorite CBS programs in grand web 2.0 style.
Hulu - Video service brought to us by NBC Universal and Fox.
[edit] Visual Arts
Abduzeedo - Free illustrations for all.
BitStrips - Make your own webcomics.
GoAnimate - Make your own short animation.
Wix – Create and publish simple, Flash-based animation.
Xtranormal – Make simple, 3D cartoons, complete with (robotic) voice acting.
