Awesome Videos

Kids, the next time Mom demands you put down that controller, just show her this video, which explores scientific evidence that playing video games makes you a better person. We always knew FPSes were better for you than Tetris.

Red Bull driver David Coulthard took his F1 racer to the the helipad atop of the 689-foot-tall Burj Al Arab in Dubai, and spun out the type of donuts usually reserved for parking lots. And it’s not like that guardrail would’ve stopped him if he lost it.

I scream, you scream, we all scream for ice cream (unless you’re lactose intolerant.) But how’d you like to be the ice cream itself? Animator Steve Cutts gives us some perspective on the tragic lives lived from the other side of the cone.

While you could go to the Metropolitan Museum of Art or MoMA, if you’re looking for a NYC museum you can get through in minutes, not hours, check out Museum, a tiny Chinatown exhibit space featuring everyday curiosities.

Spike Jonze directed this music video for the inaugural YouTube Music Awards. While it starts out looking like a video shot on a soundstage, the whole thing was done live in front of an audience while Arcade Fire provided accompaniment.

Benedict Cumberbatch’s Alan Rickman impression didn’t really hit the mark. But as he showed on the Graham Norton Show, his Chewbacca voice is so good. So good that he drove Harrison Ford to a flashback. Skip to 1:00.

We’ve been known to blow into our empty beer bottle to use it as an impromptu wind instrument, but the Bottle Boys do it for a living. Here, the human calliope blows out a lively performance of The Little Mermaid classic tune.

(NSFW: Language) For his Halloween episode, The Onion’s resident film critic Peter K. Rosenthal talked about the classic horror film The Shining. Or at least that was the plan. No, he’s not Danny Lloyd, and no, we don’t care.

Superlegosam wanted a soda machine on his desk, so he did what any LEGO geek would do, and built a fully-functional vending machine using LEGO bricks and an NXT controller. It even accepts coins. He’s also got a candy machine.

(NSFW) Saturday Night Live’s Jay Pharaoh takes on Ylvis’ satirical club banger, relating the tired lines and alibis of people in relationships. Featuring a very game Kerry Washington (Django Unchained).

Dancer Bryan “Chibi” Gaynor brings Rusko’s classic Bionic Commando theme dubstep remix to life. And by that we mean he turns into a living stop-motion film. That sitting maneuver was insane, and that dog didn’t even make him flinch.

What you’re looking at is either a car that shouldn’t be in the water, or a boat that shouldn’t be driving. Either way, the events that take place in this video aren’t a particularly good idea. (Thanks Radam!)

We’ve heard music played on Tesla coils before, but this excerpt from Awolnation’s hit Sail played using high voltage electricity just seems to work perfectly with the track. More Tesla fun from High Voltage Feathers here.

Now that we’ve been using iOS 7 for a while, we’re used to it. But its new icons have been criticized for being too primitive. Now we know why. Though if you can create Pac-Man in Excel, we guess anything’s possible. (Thanks Flex!)

A group of runners takes off at the start of a foot race, but transform into their most animalistic alter-egos as they make their way down the track. It starts out as a glossy CGI affair, but ends with a brutal, dramatic finish.

Ever dance with the devil in the pale moon light? The 1989 Tim Burton version of Batman had a dance routine to go with it, so why shouldn’t the Dark Knight continue to move his feet in 2013? In the words of the Joker: we got a live one here.

German pop rock band Rakede decided to put down their regular instruments and just use whatever they had lying around to put on a little concert around the dining table. We’re guessing the bass was created from electrical hum.

Freddie Wong and his “elite fighting force” must save the President. Only one problem – they seem to have forgotten how to properly aim their weapons. We won’t spoil the punchline, but it’s classic FreddieW – humor and gunplay.

Mental Floss’ List Show explains the history behind 32 superstitions as well as customs and expressions with nonsensical origins. Thank the FSM for the scientific method, otherwise we’d still be wishing for birds to poop on us.

The shiny metal costumes and silver face paint has got to go, but the impressive moves of Copenhagen’s Robotboys and guest dancer Poppin John do more than enough to make up for what they lack in fashion sense.

Gweneviere Mann had a brain tumor removed resulting in the loss of her short-term memory. StoryCorps sat down with Gweneviere and her boyfriend Yasir to learn about the challenges she faces, and hopefulness in the face of adversity.

In celebration of the release of Battlefield 4, The Slow Mo Guys headed to an old military base and blew up some stuff, including the biggest explosion they’ve ever set off. Was it just us, or was Dan dangerously close to that one?

(NSFW: Language) Simple Pickup shows us that you can get girls to like you even if you’re not the sexiest man on Earth, as long as you’re confident and funny. Stay relatively employed and washed and you’re set for life.