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Gumball Wars

Gumball Wars

It’s all fun and games until you run out of ammo. That and then some. 3D Animator Scott Thierauf ended up making this funny animated short while learning to use a rendering program.

The Flamebone

The Flamebone

Scott, a dude inspired by Jonathan Crawford, has created a sick playable flamethrower trombone, made from plumbing, torch, and compressed air parts, with fire on demand. (Thanks Steve!)

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Drift Kids

Drift Kids

Just because you’re a little kid doesn’t mean you can’t dream of the day you’ll be tearing down the road in a convertible Mustang, with a girl on your arm, drifting around cones. Actually, why wait?

Manhattan in Motion

Manhattan in Motion

Over the course of about a month, Photographer Josh Owens (aka “mindrelic”) shot this dizzying and dramatic time-lapse footage from various hotel balconies around New York City.

George Lucas Strikes Back

George Lucas Strikes Back

This… THIS EXPLAINS EVERYTHING. This fake trailer for a fake movie by Slick Gigolo reveals why all of the Star Wars prequels sucked – the real George Lucas was imprisoned for the last 20 years.

Data Raps

Data Raps

British rapper Dan Bull mashed up The Next Generation with The Next Episode, adding a flow into Lieutenant Commander Data’s recital of his Ode to Spot worthy of the Positronic Pimp.

Outside Aperture

Outside Aperture

(Spoiler Alert) What if the original Portal ended differently? A tired, paranoid and lazy Chell tries to start anew after managing to escape from Aperture’s Labs, in this fan film by Eisen Feuer.

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Clock Blockers

Clock Blockers

The guys behind this brain-twisting video describe the clip as what might happen if the time-bending game Braid were a first-person shooter. Confused? Ask the creators your questions over on Reddit.

Kids React to Nyan Cat

Kids React to Nyan Cat

The Fine Brothers have amassed an amusing collection of opinions from kids in the latest installment of Kids React: this time the subject is the poptart cat that farts a rainbow, aka Nyan Cat.

Bunk vs. Balloons

Bunk vs. Balloons

Bunk the dog recently celebrated his second birthday. In celebration of the big day, his owners gave him a roomful of balloons and let him go to town… and Bunk + balloons = a poppin’ good time.

Luke Cage x Old Spice Guy

Luke Cage x Old Spice Guy

Luke Cage channels the Old Spice Guy while he’s at Avengers headquarters. Actually he is the Old Spice Guy, Isaiah Mustafa, who incidentally was in talks with Marvel to play Luke Cage in a movie.

Mommy Won’t Kill You

Mommy Won’t Kill You

Despite the seemingly ominous screen cap and title, this just might be the most adorable video you’ll see, er, hear all year, with fear, innocence, love and relief in spades. I’m coming Milesy!

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A Spock’s Life

A Spock’s Life

(NSFW) Leonard Nimoy has lived long and prospered, now watch him act like a grouchy recluse and just be chillin’ like a Vulcan in the alternate music video for Bruno Mars’ Lazy Song.

Puppy Time-Lapse

Puppy Time-Lapse

Dunder the dog goes from 8 weeks to a year-old in 45 seconds, with bonus pictures of the mutt in costume and with props. Watch it a second time and just stare at Dunder’s ears.

Specialized Beats

Specialized Beats

Check out the beats in this video made only with the sounds from a Specialized bike. The only processing effects used were compressor, distortion, delay and EQ. (Thanks Roger!)

Crosby & Nash & Young Fallon

Crosby & Nash & Young Fallon

Jimmy Fallon donned his Neil Young alter ego once again, wrangling some irony out of Miley Cyrus’ bland pop tune Party in the U.S.A., with no less than the real Neil’s bandmates Crosby & Nash.

The Mute Button

The Mute Button

For Improv Everywhere’s latest mission, 23 actors and 2 dogs infiltrated a public space near the entrance to Prospect Park in Park Slope, Brooklyn, and went on “mute” at coordinated intervals.

Dick Wiener’s Name Changery

Dick Wiener’s Name Changery

(NSFW: Language) We mean no offense to those with unfortunately-spelled or -pronounced names. The real stars of this fake ad are the new names that the Name Changery’s customers choose.

Telescope Time-Lapse

Telescope Time-Lapse

Time-lapse video of the Very Large Telescope array of the European Southern Observatory and the stunning sky over Paranal, Chile. Shot by Stephane Guisard and Jose Francisco Salgado.

Animal Sounds

Animal Sounds

We’re not sure what the deal is with the old man in this video, but he’s decided to bomb this serious interview with random animal noises. Maybe he’s this girl’s grandfather?

Bear Stalks Man

Bear Stalks Man

Was this bear curious? Hungry? Mad? Maybe it wanted to get a closer look at this creature with boulder-sized balls, who had the gall to shoot video while being stalked by a freakin’ bear.

A Mother’s Love

A Mother’s Love

There’s a reason why this video already has almost 16 million views less than a week after it was posted. And that reason is: Reddit. No: Love. A mother’s warm hug can vanquish any nightmare.

100 Movie Threats

100 Movie Threats

(NSFW:Language) Mashup master Harry Hanrahan takes on 100 of the greatest threats made in the history of movies. It’s pretty great, except as one commenter notes, he missed Inigo Montoya.

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