Destruction

Geek Out

Two Minutes Of Insane Destruction And Incredible Explosions

8:30AM January 26, 2012 | Roberto Baldwin

This video is exactly what you think it is. Two minutes and two seconds of pure, glorious destruction. More »


Geek Out

The Mesmerising Effect Of Destruction In Reverse

6:20AM September 8, 2011 | Jesus Diaz

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 »


Entertainment

Out With The Old, In The Most Beautiful Manner Possible

1:00PM June 3, 2011 | Michael Zhao

I disdain corporate shilling as much as the next guy, but once in a while there comes a commercial too beautiful not to post. In the case of Citroen’s Anti-Retro campaign, by director Jonathan Gurvit, there are three. More »


Computing

Watch This iPad Get A Giant Hole Punched In Its Face By An Industrial Drill

11:40AM December 4, 2010 | Sam Biddle

What is it about witnessing expensive electronics be destroyed that’s so inherently fascinating? We may never know! What we do know, is that this iPad destruction video is a bit more elegant than the rest—though no less fun. More »


Gadgets

Let’s Watch Expensive Things Get Destroyed In Slow Motion

8:00AM August 19, 2010 | Brian Barrett

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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 »


Mobile

Nokia N97 Waterproof Experiment Tests Hypothesis That Nobody Ever Had

7:50PM June 22, 2009 | John Herrman

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 »


Gaming

Is Nuking Consoles Still Cool?

12:40AM March 13, 2009 | Mark Wilson

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]

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Online

Blowing Up Bridges Is High Art

11:00AM March 10, 2009 | Matt Buchanan

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]

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Software

Nature Defeats Technology, Again

9:50PM January 10, 2009 | Jesus Diaz

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.

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Implosion Toy Set Lets You Practice Destroying the Apple Cube Store Over and Over

2:45AM December 14, 2008 | Gizmodo US Edition

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!

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