This video is exactly what you think it is. Two minutes and two seconds of pure, glorious destruction. More »
It may be the oldest trick in the book, but there’s something about this backwards destruction video that mesmerises me. Perhaps it’s the editing combined with the music. Maybe the slow-motion filming. More »
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An expensive Les Paul Guitar. An expensive Strat-style guitar. An expensive refrigerator. Let’s all just take two minutes out of our day and gaze on as they’re destroyed by fire and explosion, in super slo mo. It’s beautiful. It’s cathartic. More »
You know those videos where someone puts a rugged gadget through a battery of tests that would destroy regular hardware, but the device comes through the other side unharmed? This is not one of those videos. More »
I remember back when one guy microwaved an Xbox 360. It was the coolest! Now someone has done the same thing to a PS3 to even the score, and it just feels awkward. [via Joystiq]
At least, when you set it to opera music. Actually, even when you hit mute, the delicately synchronised way the bridges collapse as the charges fire is beautiful, like ballet. With explosions. [VDOT via BoingBoing]
Master buys dog training software. Dog finds training software. Dog decides he needs no bloody training. Dog acts accordingly, destroys it, then goes after master and bites his or her ass.
American Toy and Invention Co. is selling a kit that’ll let you build, implode, and rebuild a multi-story structure that looks strangely enough like the 5th Avenue Apple flagship retail space. I’m sure it teaches about the physics of demolition, but hey! Stuff’s blowing up! Stuff with iPods inside!