“There is only one real South Park”

Remember Merton doing some piano improv on Chatroulette, which sounded like Ben Folds, but wasn’t? Well this time it’s Ben Folds pulling a Merton. In front of a live crowd. Yummy.

Merton freestyles with random strangers on Chat Roulette. He’s not Ben Folds although he’s obviously quite inspired by him (the “number 3″ bit sounds like Ben Fold’s now famous “rock this bitch” improvisations). Anyway, it’s funny and original.

UPDATE: Merton has reposted the video, with the description: “This is a new, edited version of the original Video #1. I had to make some changes in order for YouTube to be happy with it.” Apparently, he didn’t get approval to use the images of those he chatted with.

UPDATE AGAIN: Merton posted a second Chatroulette piano impro video.

From zero to 100km/h (62 mph) in just 2.9 seconds sounds very nice. XXXL-experiment obviously viral video for the BMW S1000 RR.

Via @vbroido, Mimeo and the Kleptopus King is a videogame for iPhone and iPod Touch developped by Shaun Inman, which pays homage to older systems and evolves from 2 bits to 4 bits, then from 4 to 8 bits, to 16 bits etc., as Mimeo gains his resolution back from the evil King.

Perhaps the very first level could look even more minimalistic, with fewer, bigger pixels, à la Space Invaders? Anyway, it’s cute, it’s clever, and it’s pretty.

I want to address my love of pixels. The aesthetics of Mimeo (and Horror Vacui before it) are not born solely from nostalgia. Good pixel art strikes the perfect balance between appreciable craftsmanship and the gestalt. A single pixel out of place, one too few or too many, ruins the illusion. There’s an unmuddied, economy of expression, the thankless result of the limitations of cartridge-based consoles.

A little demo video from the author below: