A young boy was playing outside his Bakersfield house on a trike when the unthinkable happened – the neighbor’s dog attacked. Thankfully, the family cat Tara was on the scene, scaring the mutt away before it could do any more damage.

The Spy puts on his best Solid Snake impression in The Mystery Zone’s sublime mashup of Team Fortress 2 and the PlayStation classic Metal Gear Solid. They even used low resolution models and graphics.

While most beer bottles end up being recycled or trashed, Russian designer Constantin Bolimond envisions durable wood and plastic bottles which could double as bowling pins once you’re done enjoying their contents.

(NSFW: Language) Corridor Digital created this dark short film about a hunter who took advantage of the U.S. government shutdown to sneak into Yellowstone Park, wreaking havoc in his wake. It’s a bit thin on plot, but looks great.

Artist Spacewolf laser engraves cherry wood to create these totally awesome limited-edition posters. In addition to flicks like Godzilla, he’s done posters of popular TV shows like Game of Thrones and True Detective as well.

The Pete Holmes Show envisions a world where Mario and Luigi live in a more realistic Mushroom Kingdom… where man and dinosaur live in harmony… or not. Also, if this were truly realistic, wouldn’t the blocks just fall and crush them all?

This video footage from Australia’s Crocosaurus Cove captures the amazing muscular forms of crocodiles jumping from the water to grab treats off a fishing line. Anyone up for a visit to the Cage of Death?

This ingenious gadget combines a tire pressure gauge, auto glass escape hammer, LED flashlight, seat belt cutter, and other tools which could come in handy in an automotive emergency. Should be standard in every glove box.

Engineers at the EPFL are working on a robot arm that can figure out how to catch objects on its own. Like humans, the robot learns through imitation and trial and error. Robot baseball is going to be short and boring.

JBF Customs made this one-off pair for Cleveland’s Got Sole. Its upper and lower halves are from different Air Max 1 releases. It also has lizard, python and sueded crocodile skin, lambskin leather and a custom painted midsole.

This just in: a teenage girl can’t even. She is also reportedly literally dying. We turn you over to YouTuber Sam Tabor, who has found the perfect facial expressions to go with the abhorrent first world problem vocabulary.

Zack Snyder lit the Internet on fire with a monochrome image of Ben Affleck dressed up as Batman, along with the stubby Batmobile that will appear in Batman vs. Superman. Brightened image by Redditor _DEAL_WITH_IT_.

The Great Pyrenees is an awesome dog, but nobody said they were good at catching treats. At least not Nana. But that’s okay, she’s still warmed our hearts with her adorable lack of timing and coordination.

This video will make you want to go on an adventure. Alex Chacon – the man behind Modern Motorcycle Diaries – sums up his trips in this compilation of self-portraits. So far he’s spent about 600 days traveling to 36 countries.

(NSFW: Language) Producer Jordy Asher aka Boots burst onto the music scene for his major contribution to Beyonce’s self-titled album. Now he’s showing off his skills as a performer with this R&B and chillwave mixtape.

A blank notebook that comes with durable templates for writing, web design, storyboarding and more. Its binding also makes it easy to set the book completely flat and tear off a page without compromising the rest.

Automatically generated charts of quantities with similar trends. Spurious Correlations is a humorous reminder for us to be mindful of false causes and to value research. Numbers don’t lie, but they don’t always talk either.

(NSFW: Language) “You don’t need people’s opinions on a fact.” Last Week Tonight is sick of people arguing whether climate change is real instead of facing the truth. So they held their own “statistically representative” debate.

(NSFW: Language) Eclectic Method manages to make an omelette from the broken eggs that are the Wolverine movies, with this intense, action-packed remix of sound bites and electronic beats. We hear he’s quite an animal.

Want a hot tub but don’t want to spend thousands of dollars on a permanent installation? This 110-jet, 184 gallon inflatable unit sets up quickly for impromptu backyard relaxation, and costs just a fraction of normal tubs.

(Gore) A guy dressed as a creepy clown messes with people’s heads (and smashes some too) as he pulls a series of pranks that would quickly get him arrested, tazed or shot by cops if he did this anywhere near where we live.

A lighter designed to help smokers quit. Quitbit tracks your smoking habits, lets you set limits, shows how much money you’ve saved by cutting back and more. You can even turn off its heating coil for a set amount of time.

For his latest musicless music video, Mario Wienerroither ripped out the tune from OK Go’s monster viral hit Here It Goes Again, turning the video into what looks like the world’s worst instructional workout video.