Awesome Videos

Unlike previously unveiled Gran Turismo 6 concept cars, the Chevrolet Chaparral 2X VGT is as fictional as it gets. It’s powered by a non-existent laser-based engine and is worn like a wingsuit, with the driver lying on his belly.

A slapstick video from Brad Green, Food Service Manager at KCU, which discourages students from turning the the place into a scene from Animal House. The moral of the story: Mess with Brad’s cafeteria, and Brad will mess with you.

The heroes of Jurassic Park can’t believe that – well, if you’ve seen Ace Ventura then you probably know which scene is used here. One of those times when it’s funnier if you haven’t seen the movie being referenced.

The Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute shares a video as rare as it is creepy. The black seadevil is a type of anglerfish. This particular terror of the deep was found at Monterey Canyon at a depth of 600m (1,968ft).

(NSFW: Language) FoxADHD mashes up the Cartoon Network classic with HBO’s Girls, as Bubbles, Blossom and Buttercup move to the Big Apple and become self-absorbed 20-somethings with more important things to do than fight crime.

German shepherds are generally very obedient dogs. But as we recently observed, golden retrievers are a little less polished. But there is one event in which goldens handily beat their more sophisticated cousins. It involves pasta.

“Kiwi tastes a golden nugget. It’s delicious.” German animation studio Film Bilder’s animated short film is a straightforward depiction of addiction. Although we must say we’d really like to try that nugget. Just once.

Ahoy and his hypnotizing husky voice give us a technical yet engaging primer on the history of video game graphics, from the triumph of pixels over lines to depth of field and other tricks borrowed from cinema and photography.

The music video for the ending credits song for The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies looks back at the two Lord of the Rings trilogies, including scenes from their filming. Actor Phil Boyd (Pippin) performed and co-wrote the song.

(NSFW: Language) There’s a good reason you never leave your video game unpaused while you leave the room. You might miss something like when YouTuber Naswas stepped away to fetch a snack while playing GTA V on his PS4.

Han Yue broke his own Guinness world record for tightest parallel parking. This time he was able to fit a Mini into a space only 8cm (3.15″) longer than the car. In other news, a man wore a race suit just to park his car.

Old Spice follows up on its totally wacked out Mom Song with a tune by FotC’s Bret McKenzie about a little boy growing up to be a man because he used scented body sprays. Dad seems a lot happier that Junior has grown up than Mom does.

Ever needed to cut a piece of rope or string, but didn’t have an scissors or a knife on hand? Lifehacker DaveHax shows a brilliantly simple technique that lets you cut through stringy stuff – with itself.

Mental Floss explains the origins of some last names. Many are hilariously direct. Your last name is Hill? Then your ancestors lived on a hill. Then there are the sons. Makes you wonder why there are no sonsons. And sonsonsons. And…

Unless you need to move quickly between construction sites, we can see no practical reason to build a backhoe that can drive 73mph. But that didn’t stop JCB from proving it could be done, with pro driver Matthew Lucas at its controls.

DIY site Handimania shows off a fun and simple way to take the outline of your hand and turn it into a simulated 3-dimensional image. We suppose this would work with your foot too if you can bend over to reach it.

Secret Cinema turned part of London into Hill Valley for its time-traveling Back to the Future screening. The screening itself was accompanied by live action scene reenactments. The show will be coming to Los Angeles in 2015.

“Im picking up strong hints of coffee.” Conan O’Brien takes his associate producer and snotty robot Jordan Schlansky to a popular coffee shop chain to sample coffee. Conan ended up horrifying the staff and Jordan got rekt.

The ladies of Saturday Night Live rap about one of their favorite holiday pastimes – visiting their parents and livin’ large under Mom and Dad’s roof once again. Really, what is it with Moms and their obsession with putting out bowls full of things?

“His face is like a brick wall! A brick wall that feels pain and cries a lot.” A hilariously painful comedy sketch from Studio C in which a soccer goalkeeper manages to stop each and every penalty shot kicked his way… with his face.

If there’s one thing that you never really want to do, it’s drive your car underneath a big rig. But that’s exactly what EMC and the Lotus F1 Team did, as they jumped a semi tractor trailer right over a moving F1 racer. BTS footage here.

“They chose me because I’m more handsome than their real CEO.” Norweigan bank Nordnet’s metafictional commercial pokes fun at banking commercials. Imagine if they hired Archer instead. Norway. Norway! Norwaaaay!!!

Lauren O’Brien makes the most out of being stuck in traffic by impersonating celebrities. She nails Angelina Jolie’s look without any makeup or costume, mimics Taylor Swift without singing and mocks Kristen Stewart without talking.