Now that I can actually view these (in contrast to them just blowing up) I feel so... included.

This one seemed a lot cleaner and less pixilated then the chess one - I know the wmv version of chess was kind of an afterthought - was this done at a better quality or do metaball's edges just react better?

Ya know, Ive always wanted to direct ;)

Here's a concept - Start with your pan and wide shot. Tighten up so that youve just got the table top. On the table top is a meatball puddle. Tilt the table, sphere, or camera so that the table appears to tilt. Pour the meatball puddle off the table. Fade to black & roll credits. (Rolling credits is just vertically escallating a 2DP - and it adds sooooo much.) Itll be fierce!