Remember the cool lightsabers in the Star Wars parody clip Attack of the Lightsaber Clone? Here’s how they made them.

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How to Make a Lightsaber

As online video gets bigger and filmmaking tools get cheaper, expect to see better and better special effects inside online video. Check out this Star Wars parody clip, Attack of the Lightsaber Clone.

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Star Wars: Attack of the Lightsaber Clone

Damn, Felicia Day is everywhere. From The Guild to Dr. Horrible to machinima sitcoms, this organic online video star is on a roll. Now she appears as a neurotic fairy in The Legend of Neil, a parody of The Legend of Zelda created by her Guild costar Sandeep Parikh.

Yes, I know The Legend of Neil is produced by Comedy Central, which is owned by Viacom, which is a bunch of douchebags. I’ll let that slide just this once, just for Felicia.

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Felicia Day in The Legend of Neil

Stupid commenters have plagued the Internet for decades. Like many things online, they’re now moving inside online video. With the greater accessibility of video comes lower audience IQ barriers, and with lower audience IQ barriers come ever-stupider commenters.

In a statement made to reporters earlier this afternoon, local idiot Brandon Mylenek, 26, announced that at approximately 2:30 a.m. tonight, he plans to post an idiotic comment beneath a video on an Internet website.

“Later this evening, I intend to watch the video in question, click the ‘reply’ link above the box reserved for user comments, and draft a response, being careful to put as little thought into it as possible, while making sure to use all capital letters and incorrect punctuation,” Mylenek said. “Although I do not yet know exactly what my comment will entail, I can say with a great degree of certainty that it will be incredibly stupid.”

Ah, YouTube comments. With 4chan down, there is no finer literature on the Web.

(Via Nalts.)

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Idiot Posts Stupid Comment on Video

She’s been an (illegal) torrent star for years, so it’s about time she produced a streaming exclusive. Paris Hilton throws her hat into the US Presidential race, in a parody ad by Will Ferrell’s comedy video-sharing site Funny or Die. I don’t normally care much for vertical video, but Paris is hot.

Hey, I’d vote for her. At least when she has sex in the Oval Office, we can all catch it on video.

(Via Andrew Wallenstein.)

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Paris Hilton for President!

Yes, it’s another song about everyone’s favorite video-sharing site. Well, everyone except Viacom, anyway. Check out the cameos by YouTube stars in Ken Tanaka’s YouTube Addict.

I have two words for this guy: YouTube Mobile.

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YouTube Addict

You know you’re a hit when people cosplay you. Check out the this Dr. Horrible cosplayer at the San Diego Comic-Con.

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Dr. Horrible Cosplay

You don’t have to Disnify yourself to become a teen star anymore. Congratulations to YouTube star KevJumba on graduating from high school.

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Congratulations KevJumba!

Combine the smart hotness of Hot For Words with the non sequiturs of Ask a Ninja, and you get 2 Hot Girls in the Shower. Sure, Kim Evey (producer, The Guild) and Julie Wittner (actress, Pushing Daisies) aren’t as educational as Hot For Words, but they’re certainly hotter than Ask a Ninja.

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2 Hot Girls in the Shower

Fresh from her success in Dr. Horrible, Felicia Day returns to her Guild roots with a new machinima sitcom.

Machinima.com has hired her to write a sitcom set in–where else?–a popular video game. Look for five short-form episodes that will eventually be combined into a half-hour pilot; audience feedback will affect the creative direction of four more such half hours.

Gamers are some of the most vocal people on the Web. She’ll definitely have a lot of audience feedback to work with.

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Felicia Day to Write Machinima Sitcom