Entries Tagged as 'ftw'

Monday, May 4th, 2015

Operator

In this creepy stop motion animated short film from Sam Barnett, a man named Bob is attacked by a bio-mechanical parasite, and has to fight for his life and his family against malicious forces that are much greater than himself. The fillmmaker notes how the short was inspired by cordyceps mushrooms which infect and control [...]

Sunday, May 3rd, 2015

The Amazing World of Women

Yep, women are pretty amazing, especially when they’re wandering around with a background of ambient music in a bikini with water splashing all over them, in slow-motion, or dancing at a nightclub in skimpy clothes. Unfortunately the reality for most of us isn’t really reflected in this, but hey, we can but dream.

Friday, May 1st, 2015

Jim Parsons is Loki in this Hilarious Avengers Parody

What would it be like if Jim Parsons aka Sheldon Cooper from The Big Bang Theory (but you already knew that) played Loki? Loki as a rather nerdy, not very intimidating villain, who details his elaborate and extensive plan to exact his revenge on the Avengers and, of course, take over the planet!

Friday, May 1st, 2015

Insane Base Jumping off Dubai’s Second Highest Building

These base jumpers with balls of steel throw themselves off the 101 story, 1,358 ft tall residential structure that is the Princess Tower located near the Dubai Marina—it’s so high the platform they plunge from is surrounded by clouds. Eek. They then freefall through the air above the desert metropolis in some stunning, but pant-soiling, [...]

Thursday, April 30th, 2015

Call of Duty®: Black Ops III “Ember” Tease Shows a Dystopian Future of Super Soldiers

Call of Duty®: Black Ops III, the latest in the franchise, is due to drop later in the year, so as is the way with any tent pole event these days in film or gaming, the company’s behind them like to build up the hype with tantalising teases and trailers—and this video will definitely get [...]

Wednesday, April 29th, 2015

UKIP Virus is the New Ebola—and it’s Sweeping Across Britain

A deadly virus is sweeping across Britain in the run up to the UK general election. None of the British electorate are safe from this mind-shrinking disease and the prejudices it incubates. It’s name: UKIP—symptoms include a sudden onset of xenophobia, casual racism and sexism, homophobia, and general distrust of others of who aren’t like [...]

Wednesday, April 29th, 2015

Tidal—Help End the Suffering of Music’s Multi-millionaires

Forget about your own financial woes, music’s multi-millionaires are suffering because of Spotify and its streaming service, so now they need your help to replenish their dwindling millions. For instance Jay-Z only has $560 million, the poor guy. Of course, you’re never actually going to feel sorry for these people, but that’s the tone of [...]

Tuesday, April 28th, 2015

GTA 5 Mod Lets You Play The Game As A Cat Or Whale—And It’s Hilarious

A YouTube user who goes by the name Asdf may well have created the greatest GTA 5 mod ever—it’s for the PC version of the game and lets you play as a series of animals which include a cat, whale, rat, and seagull. You can watch the very funny results with entertaining commentary in the [...]

Monday, April 27th, 2015

Two Armoured Knights Battle Each Other For Sport in Russia

M-1 Global, a Russian mixed martial art promoter has created a new form of fighting called Knight Fights, which as you can guess from the name involves two guys armoured up like Medieval knights, complete with (blunt) sword and shield, to do battle with one another.

Monday, April 27th, 2015

Frits Towerbrits – Vozen!

A group of students from Utrecht combine their powers to form a pop sensation of a band, a band that is influenced by the greats of musical culture, like Psy, and Dutch bands JvT and K3. What!? you might say. Exactly. Watch the video and then see if you can resist it’s powerful allure, by [...]

Sunday, April 26th, 2015

Why Are Bad Words Bad?

If you ever wondered what the fuck makes a bad word bad, then listen up to Vsauce who explains that even the word “bad” was considered bad at one point in history—digging deep into the etymology of derogatory sayings and words Michael shows that words aren’t born bad, they’re usually led astray by the a [...]