Awesome Videos

(NSFW) Kevin Lee’s analysis of videos that analyze movies. He bit off more than he could chew though, and his use of sensitive footage is distracting. Still, it’s proof of how the Internet is enabling new forms of critique and teaching.

Ronnie Russell became only the 24th person to achieve a perfect game of bowling on national TV. Ronnie pulled it off at the semifinals of the PBA Chameleon Championship, but ended up losing in the finals to DJ Archer.

(NSFW: Language) Counter-Strike livestreamer Tarik got the surprise of his life in a recent match. You don’t have to be a CS player to understand how doomed he was. One of his opponents even claims it wasn’t purely intentional.

Football fans will remember this year’s Cotton Bowl for its unlikely ending. But the rest of the world will know that game as the one where they saw a man’s soul leave his body. We sincerely hope Baylor kicker Chris Callahan is okay.

The Price is Right closed 2014 with two contestants who clearly had no right to be on the show. Watch as dumb and dumber here guess what an iPhone 6 costs. They must have thought, “It must cost more than that swanky hammock!”

While some of you got to witness some awesome New Year’s Eve fireworks displays, many of us stayed in for the night and missed out. Here’s our consolation prize – a supercut of some of the most memorable explosions in the history of film.

In this silly short film, Final Cut King reimagines the adventures of Indiana Jones (er, Indiana Bones) with his puppy playing our heroic archaologist and kittens playing the evil Nazis. The boulder made from duct tape is priceless.

Designer Michelle Vandy has had to minimize the use of her hands due to a repetitive strain injury, so being a highly creative individual, she came up with a unique way to interact with her computer – using her nose and an Apple Magic Trackpad.

While the ’70s-infused soundtrack of Guardians of the Galaxy is one of our all-time favorites, Mike Relm took his edit in a more modern direction, creating a fun electronic remix made primarily from sounds bites sampled from the movie.

Grant “The King of Random” Thompson demonstrates just how recyclable aluminum cans are by melting down a batch, and then casting new metal ingots from them using his homebrew mini metal foundry. The fun starts at 1:20.

Videographer Selina Miles is back with another great graffiti video. This time she profiles scientist-turned-street artist Jurne, following him in the tunnels, tracks and rooftops of California as well as inside his studio.

Mario Wienerroither took the opening credits from the cheesetastic late 1980s TV series MacGyver and recut it with more appropriate sound effects. We’re surprised Richard Dean Anderson’s mullet doesn’t make more noise.

A tiger at South Africa’s Glen Afric Country Lodge takes a flying leap to grab its lunch. An impressive and chilling demonstration of this mighty cat’s power and ferocity. The other cat is like “hey, where’s mine?”

Bricktease made this stop-motion LEGO recreation of the shower stabbing scene from Alfred Hitchcock’s classic Psycho. As a shot-for-shot remake, the tension is just as palpable as it was in the original movie.

In all honesty, it wouldn’t take much to improve upon Anna Kendrick’s sappy version of Cups (When I’m Gone), but Jim Huish from Amber’s Drive ensured we’d get maximum entertainment value by adding some firearms to the mix.

Last Spring, General Electric released a series of videos showing household objects being put through the ringer with their Micro Erosion, Micro Forge and Drop Weight testing rigs. Here’s a supercut of the destruction for your enjoyment.

(NSFW: Language) Isaiah Whitlock Jr. played Sen. Clayton “Clay” Davis in HBO’s The Wire. The character is famous for stretching out his favorite curse word. Hence, The Whitlock Academy offers a BS in SHIEEEEEEEEEEEE…T

Michael Porter Jr. is a 16-year-old high school basketball player in Columbia, Missouri. His shooting and slashing skills combined with his  6’8″ height have earned him the moniker Baby KD. But here he ascends to Baby MJ.

Here’s a late contender for last year’s best fail video. This poor lady couldn’t figure out how to align the side of her car that has the gas cap with the fuel pumps at a gas station. That Beetle must have driven all the way from heaven.

A time-lapse of YouTuber RedKB solving the Over the Top, a 17x17x17 puzzle cube. Designed by Oskar Van Deventer, Over the Top is officially recognized as the world’s largest order Rubik’s Cube. Got eight hours to spare? Here.

Disney Research created this surreal short film which serves as a showcase for experimental digital production techniques, playing with HDR tone mapping, high frame rates, and pixel-level time-bending along the way. 24p version here.

The esteemed game player and critic TotalBiscuit singles out the year’s best games and calls out a couple of the industry’s black sheep. A polished and straightforward retrospective and recommendation of the year’s video games.

Nike congratulates its Nike+ users while challenging them to do better next year with this animated commercial made by McBess. If you use Nike+, you can watch a personalized version of the video by logging in here.