Blinky, your new best friend

March 22, 2011| Stettin| 2 Comments| 8:32 pm

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Quarreling parents, an annoying kid, and a lovable robot make this short film a fun trip into the near future. Who hasn’t wanted a robot playmate of their own? Blinky is no Robbie, but at least he tries. Check the 12 minute movie out for a treat. Be sure to go full screen and turn on HD if your connection can handle it.

—Edit— The original video was taken down for quite some time, but is back!

Blinky™ from Ruairi Robinson on Vimeo.

It looks like the original video was password protected. I found this version with Spanish subtitles.

via Geekologie

2 thoughts on “Blinky, your new best friend”

Canute says:

March 23, 2011 at 3:19 pm

The little robot had broken home syndrome, that’s sad!
Gus says:

March 25, 2011 at 8:24 am

heh. finally got around to watching this. nice.

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