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Advertisers are slowly discovering the Interwebs and how to use the poor resolution and "user-generated" orientation of sites like YouTube to dupe people into believing that the impossible happened, that grainy = true, that anyone can leap a car if they're wearing the right shoes. This is an interesting trend in that it makes advertising far more bearable to watch, and also forces viewers to be a little less gullible (but it looked so real!). Of all the fake "real" videos that have popped up on the web recently, here are two of the most convincing:

Over the last couple of days, there's been a video getting sent around of a ball girl leaping up a left-field wall to make a catch during a televised minor league baseball game. It seems to get a lot of its viral fuel from the fact that people want to believe a little ball girl could make the catch. The video itself is riddled with signs that it's fake, like the fact that all of the billboards around the field have been blurred or whited out, and there's simply no way that little girl could make a leap like that. But what is it an ad for? Look at what's beside the girl's chair when she sits back down at the end of the video.

By now, most, if not all of us have seen Weezer's Pork and Beans video. Surprisingly, (or not that surprising) it turns out the concept of using youtube 'celebrities' in a music video is not that original an idea.

So Jordan suggested I throw together my top three Strutta video picks for the week and I'm going with these three:

In one of many "Open Games" on Strutta (games awaiting challengers) social media darling Alana Taylor is still waiting for a challenger in the "Best Tech Song" game, with "The Twitter Song."

Well it's Friday, which means it's time for some sweet Faceball action:

Quick, go tell your mom! Lee and Sachi Lefever of the Common Craft show have just released "Social Media in Plain English," a video that explains this whole web-two-point-whatever thing, with an ice cream metaphor!

Have a taste:

Geek rockers Weezer (you gotta love 'em, really) have outdone themselves once again with a new music video that features 24 internet video memes and their original creators, as seen on YouTube. Just another example of internet video "stars" hitting the big time:

This weekend saw the grand openings of two major retailers in Vancouver's Pacific Centre.

With Canada's largest H&M and Vancouver's first Apple Store opening on the same weekend (just a few minutes on foot from Strutta HQ) the big question was which would draw the bigger crowd. Both ertailers are famous for their rabid fans, and lines around the block when they forst open their doors. But after seeing this video, shot by Greg Andrews of Techvibes, it seems as though the geeks win the "Best Lineup" award. Incredible too, considering this took place on a Saturday morning!

I mentioned this briefly in a post a while back, but I wanted to point once again to an area of the Strutta site called "Open Games."

As you probably already know, any Strutta player has the freedom to create any game they like, but until someone comes along to challenge them, the game will not start and voting is turned off. Once someone else joins that game and adds their video submission though, it's GAME ON.

Here's a video I'm especially fond of that's waiting for a challenger in the "Best Golf Shot" game.

It's amazing how video game music has developed such a following and infused itself into popular culture and other forms of music, from classical to beatboxing. The "Best Video Game Music" category on Strutta is one of the most diverse in terms of the different instruments used, but only one player was born playing his instrument: Poizonus, a Canadian beatboxer that recently got in the game with his "Super Mario beatbox" video. Check out the awesome video below and visit Poizonus' website at: http://www.poizunuslive.com/