“But since you found out that your ears are mic-able, I have to say it’s made you just a touch less likeable.” YouTuber DannyTheHamilton made this song for his dad, who recently got a hearing aid. Here we go Dad, here we go.

A preview of the fast-moving mech of Titanfall, the Stryder. While it’s clearly developed for speed and agility, it can also hold its own in combat. Interestingly, the trailer also shows human-sized robot soldiers.

The Buffalo Sabers won in overtime against the Phoenix Coyotes with a bizarre goal. After a mad scramble, Coyotes goalie Mike Smith went back to their goal to guard it, not knowing that he was the one who would doom his own team.

Time-lapse footage of one of nature’s more unusual and somewhat disgusting processes, as a giant spider crab discards its old shell to make way for a new one to grow. Jump to 0:53 in the video for the big reveal.

The third part of YouTuber Mike Habjan’s computer animated slugfest between the Hulk and Christopher Reeve’s Superman. Mike’s CG skills are steadily improving. Be sure to watch it in 1080p.

The BBC is really getting with the times. This canonical short film is a prequel to the third season of Sherlock. The short sees Inspector Lestrade and Dr. John Watson peppered with omens that Sherlock is somehow alive.

Did you know that it’s more likely for a T-rex to eat Miley Cyrus than a Stegosaurus? That and more – a lot more – in this concise outline of the major events in the past and future by Kurzgesagt and Wait But Why!

As is evidenced by its price tag, carbon fiber isn’t exactly an inexpensive material to work with. However, if you do buy Sly Kly’s badass playing cards, you’ll be treated to a deck that will probably outlast all of us. Choose matte or gloss.

Roman Atwood can be very mean to his fellow pranksters, but he and Denis Roady are nice to those less fortunate. They left a Christmas tree and some presents to a few homeless people to give them a great Christmas morning.

(NSFW) Luc Bergeron aka Zapatou is back with his compilation of the best YouTube videos of 2013. While we disagree with a few of his picks – underwater boxing? – overall his list is really solid. Spider-deer!

(NSFW: Language) Earlier this month, AHL referee David Banfield wore a GoPro and a small microphone while officiating. But don’t expect live ref cams to be a common sight; this one’s as bleeped out as a Samuel L. Jackson movie.

Like HowToBasic, Alantutorial is a channel to avoid when looking for help on YouTube. This dude mocks other YouTubers who make instructional videos despite being unprepared if not outright unqualified to give tips.

Didn’t get your hands on a PlayStation 4 this year? Boohoo, says Loadingreadyrun’s Paul Saunders, who has four of the new console. As a YouTuber said, our only hope for revenge is for Sony to name their next console the PS5000.

Plot twist: these are a real family’s Christmas mornings over the past decade. The video was posted as a disguised cry for help by the boy, whose deranged parents make him play pretend everyday. Directed by M. Night Shyamalan.

Traveling by plane to or within the USA? Reason TV enumerates some of the items that you can or can’t bring on the plane, exposing the arbitrary and more importantly the futile nature of the guidelines.

FinalCutKing’s video greeting card gives us insight into the chaos and mayhem created by gingerbread men while we’re out shopping for last minute gifts. We’re surprised they’d trash their own gingerbread house though.

(NSFW: Language) Animation Domination HD once again uses the power of facts to ruin a good myth. We should be glad that Santa isn’t real, but more importantly, we should help the people who actually make our gifts.

CG Animator Brian Anderson pays tribute to a classic scene from The Dark Knight, recreating Batman’s brutal interrogation of The Joker with LEGO minifigs. Sorta. Stick around long enough and it really goes off the rails.

The fast-paced 1st/3rd person multiplayer shooter Strike Vector will be on Steam in 2014 and is now in open beta. Ships have a kitetastic jet mode and a close range hover mode, eight weapons, customizable cockpits and engines.

(NSFW: Language) Ever wonder what Santa Claus and his crew do in their spare time? Animators Jens and Anna explore the lives of Saint Nick, his reindeer, and even presents and trees when it’s not Christmas time. (Thanks Kenny!)

YouTuber SteveKardynal loves to get on Chatroulette and entertain strangers by lip syncing to songs while in costume. Here he is bringing holiday cheer over Mariah Carey’s All I Want for Christmas is You.

Musician Greg Johnson of Acoustic Labs is back with another great arrangement, this time plucking a warm and soothing rendition of the classic Back to the Future theme by Alan Silvestri on his Alvarez acoustic guitar.

Note-taking tools that use electrostatics to stick to smooth surfaces. Slickynotes can be used with pens or dry erase markers, while the Slickyboard is a thin roll-up whiteboard. Their adhesive property lasts for a few weeks.