Awesome Videos

Between the bowling alley and decapitated heads, we thought we were watching a Coen Brothers flick – but it’s just the music video for Two Door Cinema Club’s latest catchy track, Handshake. We assume they got the idea here.

While his situation isn’t as precarious as ducks on an Indy track, this dog that ran onto the field during an NCAA baseball game is definitely out of place. Or is it? Seems that the crowd found its presence more exciting than the game itself.

And here we thought that Akiva and Jorma had the most distinctive names in The Lonely Island. Andy Samberg sets us straight on who’s got the dopest moniker in the band.

(NSFW: Language, Offensive Humor) YouTuber RiceBoyLiu raps about racial stereotypes. There’s some seriously harsh stuff in here, so steer clear if you’re easily offended. Also your country stinks. Just kidding.

Dear ducks… if you must cross the road, we suggest doing it on a quiet country byway, and not in the middle of an active IndyCar practice round. Thanks mostly to the skill of the drivers, momma and babies came out unscathed.

If you liked Etoilec1’s Dragon Ball Z animation, check out his highlight reel for Ronaldinho. Frame by frame, Etoilec1 was able to capture the footballer’s legendary agility and trickery.

MinutePhysics answers a question we never knew was worth asking – do you really feel the temperature of other objects when you touch them? Unless you’re a physicist, the answer might surprise you.

Universal Orlando recently opened real world equivalents of the restaurants and shops in the cartoon, such as Krusty Burger, Kwik-E-Mart and Moe’s Tavern. We hope someone prank calls Moe’s every day. More here.

A creative music video for London Grammar’s Wasting My Young Years, shot with a rig loaded with 625 pinhole cameras and a loop of 35mm film to capture 360° images of performers frozen in time. See how it was done here.

Capt. Falcon, Link, Ness and Solid Snake duke it out. YouTuber pwnisher and his friends worked for a total of a year and a half to make this live-action version of Nintendo’s hit brawler.

(Spoilers, NSFW: Language) Viewer reactions to the ending of S3, Ep.9 of Game of Thrones. While book readers already knew it was coming, those of us who’ve only seen the TV version are going to need some time to process this.

These three members of an orchestra stood front and center as they played the U.S. national anthem. Then at the 1:00 mark, disaster strikes. The kids each show us a proper way of rising to the occasion.

…or any animals for that matter. Luiz Antonio and his mom are about to eat. But then he finds out that their meal contains octopus meat and is perplexed. After hearing his mom out, he puts things together and makes up his mind.

The music from Street Fighter 2 is the perfect backdrop for Vimeo user dantheadman’s foray into Cinema 4D, featuring colorful, swirling motion sculptures. (Thanks Tex!)

The shadow theater troupe Attraction stunned the judges and audience of Britain’s Got Talent once again with their semi-final performance. They told the story of familial love and the enduring circle of life.

(NSFW) Hide the kids. This is straight-up Ponfarrnography. The Key of Awesome tell a jazzy rap fan fiction in which Spock sets out to find a mate. He’s acts like a jerk though, so we hope he gets his due in part 2.

Glove and Boots introduces us to a new character, Fafa’s annoying, stereotypical cousin, Johnny T – who happens to be a toad. We’re not sure how that works, since Fafa is a groundhog. Watch. Learn. Boom. Done.

(NSFW: Language) Recently, two Kickstarter projects by rich, famous and well-connected people were met with controversy. Comedian Jon Lajoie pokes fun at the whole thing with this parody. Side note: Here’s Kickstarter’s side.

It’s bad enough that the guy in the white shirt ran his scooter into a van (top center), a car, a bike, and then a truck, but his tragedy quickly turns into slapstick comedy when he pulls away and has a far more humiliating finish.

The Japanese TV show Masquerade challenges contestants to recreate real-world scenarios using dance, acrobatics and inexpensive props. Here, one team simulates baseball player Ichiro Suzuki swinging at a ball. More examples here.

A man made of wire breakdances on a landscape filled with paper pop ups in this funky stop-motion video by Patator Prod. The song is Plastic & Flashing Lights by Professor Kliq.

BuzzFeed lists a handful of incidents that should have proven fatal to the people involved, but they somehow beat the extremely small odds and came out alive and kicking. Stay strong, Alexis!

Minute Earth talks about the possible reasons behind bidirectional traffic conventions, reminding us that we live by many conventions dictated by ideas that are long obsolete. If we can even remember them.