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“Blood, death, boobs…” Jon Snow knows something, Arya is still creepy, Tyrion breaks the fourth wall and Daenerys knows what’s up as the cast of Game of Thrones sum up the show’s past four seasons for Entertainment Weekly.

How’s this for emergent narrative? While playing Grand Theft Auto V, YouTuber Coleossal walked up to a cat. He could not have foreseen what happened next. We’d like to think he quit the game after that.

A guy tries the old “pull my finger” flatulence prank on a co-worker, but his victim isn’t having any of it. Then things go South very quickly for the office clown in this ridiculous clip from Cyanide & Happiness.

Vsauce talks about the upbeat topic of human extinction – its probability and possible causes, its impact on our planet and more. He didn’t mention that we’re still merely a blip in time though. We could still get better at this. Or worse.

Filmmaker IQ talks about the auteur theory, a mindset that still carries weight today, if only as a marketing tactic. You can skip to 5:34. Remember: art and criticism are not absolute. They are concocted by humans with biases and limitations.

Kuma Films captured the mesmerizing bubble artistry of Su Chung Tai as he commands soap bubbles to follow his every whim. The bit with the stacked concentric bubbles is simply stunning. (Thanks Todd!)

To promote the partnership between British luxury outfitters Hackett and Williams Martini Racing, they dressed the team’s pit crew in Hackett’s finest formal suits and then had them change some tires. (Thanks Rory!)

(NSFW: Language) In this amusing sketch from Extremely Decent, a man must rush home to save his girlfriend before she’s obliterated by a deadly asteroid bearing down on Earth. But it turns out the asteroid shower isn’t his only problem.

(NSFW: Language) Honey, Biggie’s home! Benjamin Roberts spent three days creating the best mashup he could think of: Dinosaurs’ Earl Sinclair performing Hypnotize. Put your hands up Baby! Next we want Biggie singing I’m the Baby.

(NSFW) Watch the first episode of the PlayStation exclusive series Powers for free. It’s promising, but the camera cuts way too often for our taste. To see the rest, get a PlayStation Plus subscription then watch on PS3 and PS4.

Ofer Rozenman took a trip across eastern Europe with his wife and friends, and along the way he managed to snap 8,000+ beautifully composed photos to create this far above average time-lapse of their journey. The track is Big Jet Plane.

“You could go to jail real easy in this car.” Jay Leno’s Garage gives us a closer look at the British-made street-legal race car before taking it out for a test drive. We hope it comes with ear plugs.

(NSFW: Language) “…it allows you to communicate with unrivaled accuracy that you have $10,000.” When you create a gadget that’s easy to lose and destined to be obsolete yet costs up to $17,000, you deserve to be mocked.

This fun little plaything lets you create simple animations by posing ten bendy rubber figures in front of a mirrored background, then spinning it. It’s a simple way to learn the basics of animation and also just a neat desk toy.

We’ve always been fascinated by these color-changing creatures. But did you know they don’t do it to blend in? These lizards just wear their emotions on the outside. Veritasium explores the extraordinary biology behind their strange ability.

Editor Rishi Kaneria explores the effective use of color in the work of Wes Anderson, and the use of monochromatic color schemes to create painterly settings. Kaneria previously looked at the use of color in Pixar films in ROYGBIV.

Wild animals raised by a man threaten him and his family in ROAR. Noel Marshall and Tippi Hedren made the film from 1970 to 1981, starring in it along with their children. All of them and the crew were hurt numerous times in the process.

High fashion met low IQ when Ben Stiller and Owen Wilson surprised attendees of Maison Valentino’s Paris Fashion Week show, walking on the runway as Derek Zoolander and Hansel McDonald to announce Zoolander 2.

A duo of daredevils race each other to the top of a 27-story abandoned building, only to jump out when they reach the top floor. We’re just glad they didn’t snag their chutes on any of the debris on the way up.

Vocalist Robyn Adele Anderson and Postmodern Jukebox crank out a jazzy rendition of Coolio’s classic Gangsta’s Paradise, set in the heart of the prohibition era. We kept expecting Nucky Thompson to make an appearance.

This brilliantly offbeat music video from animator Felix Colgrave (the guy behind Man Spaghetti) is the perfect complement to the sonically rich neo-psychedelic rock landscapes of Fever the Ghost. (Thanks Matt!)

By using prefab modules, a Chinese construction company completed a 57-story skyscraper in just 19 days, sometimes at a rate of three floors per day. Their reduced use of concrete means it’s more eco-friendly as well. Time-lapse at 1:53.

Under the Dome: Investigating China’s Haze looks at China’s severe air pollution problems. Former Chinese news anchor Chai Jing made the report after her daughter was born with a lung tumor. Turn captions on.