Awesome Videos

Achievement Hunter community members remade the classic board game on Grand Theft Auto V‘s Online Content Creator. Use a chopper to try to pick up vehicles in a human-shaped gas tank maze. Mess up and the “man” explodes.

Animator Nathan Hibberd attempts to teach us how to animate a character in Autodesk Maya, when the animation decides to school him instead. A clever idea, seemingly inspired by a the classic 4th-wall busting of Bugs and Daffy.

Evo took 10 cars to the Scottish Borders to determine their top pick for 2014. Can the little guys like the VW Golf R and Renault 275 Trophy-R unseat the likes of the Jaguar F-Type R, McLaren 650S and Ferrari 458 Speciale?

(NSFW: Language) “Kung fu is life and death. Especially at Christmas.” Matt Highton’s low-budget film melds horror and comedy, as a group of friends head to an abandoned department store to investigate a horrific urban legend.

StoryCorps animates the story of Lance Corporal Travis Williams, a U.S. Marine who was deployed to Iraq. In 2005, he was part of a 12-person team whose vehicle was hit by a roadside bomb. A twist of fate left Travis as the sole survivor.

Les Baugh lost both of his arms in a freak accident about 40 years ago. Now scientists from Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory have fitted him with two robotic limbs, which can be controlled wirelessly using his own thoughts.

Skimming along the water in a super-fast H1 Unlimited Hydroplane is insane enough, but when something goes wrong, these turbine-powered speedboats can turn into unintended aircrafts, as demonstrated in this incredible POV video.

This is it for The Colbert Report. Stephen Colbert bid farewell to his fans (and his character) with an awkward but star-studded rendition of the optimistic goodbye song We’ll Meet Again. Because we will. Mirror here.

A hilariously offbeat promotional music video for UK comedian Adam Buxton’s TV special Adam Buxton’s Shed of Christmas. By the end, you’ll have learned where all those wonderful ornaments, tinsel and gifts really come from.

Fourgrounds Film presents a series of short holiday snippets of holiday films shot in the trademark styles of famous directors, ranging from Wes Anderson to Martin Scorsese to Stephen Spielberg. Watch part two here.

The great explainer CGP Grey provides a simple-ish summary of The Lord of the Rings mythology, from its universe’s creator to the silly thing that led to the suffering of millions. TL,DW: all we have are six movies about nobodies.

(Gore) Jaume R. Lloret compiled all (?) of the grizzly death scenes from Quentin Tarantino’s feature films, from Reservoir Dogs to Django Unchained. Delfonics’ Didn’t I (Blow Your Mind This Time) was a cheeky touch.

This on-car footage features racer Frank Stippler driving a 1958 Maserati 250f at the Historic Grand Prix of Monaco. Frank competed with other pre-1961 cars and drove the prizewinning Maserati to second place.

Alexandra Trew was visiting Universal Studios Florida, when she attempted to snap a selfie with Megatron (The Decepticon, not the football player) in the background. Megatron really doesn’t like selfies and social networks.

Nah, this isn’t a parody of a The Orb song. It’s just a simple magic trick that Weird Al Yankovic recently learned. You can pull it off too. All you need is a shirt and a trip to the kitchen.

Tom BetGeorge just won Christmas. The music director built and programmed this massive Cantina-inspired setup that is synchronized to his favorite Star Wars songs. It has about 100,000 lights and can be seen from miles away.

Warning: Feels ahead. Derby the dog was born with a genetic deformity of his front legs. This severely limited his mobility. But thanks to 3D Systems and Peace and Paws, he now can run with his curvy new 3D-printed prosthetics.

A slow-motion short film featuring actual Beretta equipment and craftsmen manufacturing and assembling one of the company’s premium shotguns. It’s half Resident Evil flick and half Wes Anderson 101. More here.

Brad and Dallas Woodhouse went on C-Span to talk about their documentary Woodhouse Divided. The brothers are on the extreme ends of the political spectrum, but that day they were united in their embarassment.

(Gore) Adult Swim brings back Halloween with this amazing short film. If you thought Too Many Cooks was creepy, hug your loved ones tight, turn the lights up, put a diaper on and press play. Claridryl: not even once.

The latest in Google’s renamed zeitgeist commercial series features Nobel Prize winners, world champions, diseases, ice buckets, viruses, viral videos and more. Find out more about this year’s most searched topics on Google.

(NSFW) Conan caps off its strongest year yet with this wild montage of its skits, interviews, mishaps and all the weird sounds that come out of its host. Though now we feel kinda cheated that the show isn’t this crazy.

Bicyclist IggzDaLoc captured this first-person footage of an extraordinarily long wheelie he popped as he headed down a hill. Of course, with the music from Rocky playing, we were hoping he’d do a big flying jump at the end.