Awesome Videos

We don’t know if firefighters run around quite this quickly in a real blaze, but we’re impressed by the sheer speed at which they go from truck to third-story window in this practice exercise.

We don’t care whether or not it’s fake; we’re enjoying (what looks like) the keen eye-hand coordination from the batter in this minute of video game style baseball practice. (Thanks Mike!)

A desktop PC that literally fits in the palm of your hands. The inexplicable reflection of fingers on the monitor while it’s “booting up” gives away that it’s fake, but it’s still a curious sight.

When we go out to see a performance we usually stay alert; that wasn’t the case at Mike Winfield’s recent comedy show. Moral? Stay awake unless you want to be part of the act. (Thanks Travis!)

The effects in the original TRON weren’t exactly high-tech, but did you know they made light cycle chase using duct tape? Ok, they didn’t. That doesn’t make this ad for Duck Tape any less awesome.

Game designer TopHATTwaffle was commissioned by one Gary Hudston to create a very special set of Portal 2 levels which, upon completion, delivered a proposal to his soon-to-be fiance.

This little rocker is watching Queen’s epic Live Aid performance and gamely joins the crowd in following Freddie Mercury’s lead. Good thing he wasn’t watching an Iggy Pop concert.

If you want to find out the right way to say difficult to pronounce words, check out the Pronunciation Book, not the Pronunciation Manual. But the latter’s great if you’re looking for laughs.

When Banksy’s documentaries Exit Through the Gift Shop and The Antics Roadshow were aired on TV in the UK last weekend, viewers were also treated to mock ads made by the artist himself.

The quirky and creepy music video of Whiskey Shivers’ single Gimme All Your Lovin’. Good old-time music too. If the video left you scratching your head, pay more attention to the lyrics.

When you don’t have a shotgun handy, the axe can be your best friend in zombie-killing games and movies. ZombieGoBoom puts the SOG double-headed axe to the test with spectacular results.

Freerunner Ryan Doyle takes us on an enchanting and enthralling parkour run through the exotic locale of Mardin, located in Turkey. Have you ever seen pigeons do backflips before? Us neither.

Just a little DNA and a God Complex, and you end up with an island full of raptors. Tal Moskovich helps us understand our prehistoric pals in this video, backed by Sam Neill’s movie dialogue.

Cats have a tendency to land on their feet no matter how high the jump, but a lift made especially for Mr. Whiskers is a more graceful way for kitty to get downstairs. Cheap version here.

Patrick Stewart’s voice is quite distinctive, but that doesn’t mean that it can’t be copied. As a matter of fact, Brent Spiner (Data on Star Trek: TNG) even fooled Stewart’s wife – for a few seconds.

A loving tribute to NASA, the end of the Shuttle program and decades of space exploration, set to the words of Carl Sagan, along with incredible, moving imagery from Earth and beyond.

Is eating spaghetti too challenging for you? There’s an app for that! Actually, no. But there is an invention for that, and it’s so ridiculous that you’ll probably run out and order one now.

If you thought this cat was just being weird, well, this makes two of them. We need a vet to pop in and drop some knowledge here, because surely there must be some explanation for this. Gif here.

A bunch of penguins pop by for a visit, when they hear it’s feeding time and head for the pond. At least most of them do. Somebody, take that little dude under their wing and show him the ropes.

A proto-animated short film by Alexey Minchenok. Young Master 4: Stone and Iron presents the classic master-student story with clever and sparing use of drawings, music and sound effects.

A short animated film by Ting Tey puts wild animals on a single narrow bridge, with no way to cross. As it progresses, it teaches a little tale about stubbornness, pride and (eventually) compromise.

(NSFW: Lyrics) Freerunning gets as much plot as it can in this acrobatic short film. Ok, so jumping off of walls and rails isn’t really a story, but it’s still way cool – especially on fire. (Thanks, Ian!)

There’s no getting a soccer (or foot) ball past this guy. That’s because it’s Robokeeper, a goal tender with lightning-fast reflexes that never misses a ball. Guess it’s time for a Robokicker. Or Robocop.