Awesome Videos

A fan film about the first soldier to wear the MJOLNIR armor. Between this and Helljumper, Halo fans will be spoiled this year. Meanwhile, we’re still waiting for more of the Voltron fan film.

While anyone can play tiny drums with a mobile app these days, there’s something that just seems inherently more impressive about a person who can play tiny physical drums with mini drumsticks.

People get wasted, Spock uses Trekipedia and the Enterprise crew take a trip in the final episode of Black Moon Studio’s hilarious (mostly) silent series. This is art, we tell you, art!

The Woodland Zoo’s Lil’ Bear – the grizzly bear – and Tala – the wolf – are lifelong friends. Note the cautious dog. Perhaps it knows that they’ll be vastly different when they grow up.

(NSFW: Language) Holly Laurent of improv group The Second City apes Lana Del Rey and her song Video Games as she talks about the characters of Hunger Games. Rhyming skills ftw.

Can’t think of what to get your loved one for Valentine’s Day? Why not serenade them with a few tunes, like Fredde Gredde in this medley of 21 syrupy songs. Better than a box of chocolates.

A driver drives down the highway in Russia, when suddenly, the sky lights up with an incredible power plant explosion, all the while John Lennon provides the perfect soundtrack.

Watch as Shaolin Monk Si Xingsong demonstrates mental and physical strength, balance, and brass balls as he puts his entire body weight on his index fingers – without snapping them in half.

From the amazingly consistent Red Hot Chili Peppers. Kiedis is still rapping, Flea still gets naked, Will Ferrell Chad Smith is still their drummer and John Frusciante has left the band again.

Little Jamie works on his swing. Not only does he sit still and behave – an accomplishment in itself – he has better hand-eye coordination than we do. Especially when he realizes he can hit his old man.

A short film by Digital Miso about a man who has synesthesia, a neurological condition wherein a stimuli activates multiple senses. In this man’s case, sounds cause him to see colored blocks.

Corridor Digital cuts back on the special effects in favor of man’s best friend for their latest short film. It will take you through a roller coaster of emotions and expectations.

Sophie Blackall paints images of loves lost and found. Her art can be found in New York’s subway trains, in her book Missed Connections inspired by Craigslist, or in poster form on Etsy.

Sit back, put on your headphones, and let your eyes and ears drink in this ethereal animated music video by WINTR for Swedish alt-pop artists Niki & The Dove. Get the track here for free.

We can’t prove it, but we called it: the viral cover of Somebody That I Used to Know finally gets a parody. The Key of Awesome pokes fun at the right parts, i.e. the guy who makes the clinky noise.

If you’ve still got a few Angry Birds levels you could never complete, watch this and you’ll wish that Chuck Norris really was a playable character in the game. Think Mighty Eagle, but with facial hair.

Green UK energy company Ecotricity would like to put an end to dependence on traditional energy sources. Let’s say goodbye to the old by knocking down some anthropomorphized cooling towers.

Skier Josh Dueck suffered a catastrophic injury in 2004, breaking his back, leaving him a paraplegic. Through sheer perseverance, Josh has come back to do the world’s first backflip on a seated ski rig.

It looks like the Stratos project was delayed, but Felix Baumgartner and the Red Bull team are still set on sending him to the edge of space and ensuring he survives the hypersonic fall.

Nine year old Jonny Mizzone twangs the hell out on his banjo. And that’s just practice. Jonny and his brothers Robbie (age 12) and Tommy (age 14) are the bluegrass trio Sleepy Man Banjo Boys.

If you’ve ever used a construction excavator, you know they’re not the most precise vehicles. That didn’t stop this talented Bobcat driver from using one to delicately stack beer bottles and a golf ball.

Dos Equis, meet Tom Murphy – the most interesting weatherman in the world. Be enthralled as he drops pop culture references while delivering the low-down on the weather.

The Culinary OGs of Epic Meal Time bake the most absurd pies this side of a Cherpumple, including liquor-infused apple pie, whole chicken pie, pad thai pie, mac and cheese pie and pizza pie pie.