The Best Videos of the Week
Have you heard that video is a big thing over at Gawker Media? It's true, we watch and post a lot of videos each week. Here are some of the best videos of week, culled from an array of Gawker Media sites.
Here Is the KONY 2012 ‘Masturbation' Meltdown Video
So: thanks to TMZ, here's video of KONY 2012 mastermind Jason Russell's public meltdown in San Diego. We'll note that what he's doing there doesn't look, exactly, like "masturbating in public" which is what he was originally reported as having been detained over. View »
NBC Stalks Tiger Woods's Car With A Blimp; ESPN Asks If Peyton Manning Was Riding Shotgun
Tiger Woods dropped out of today's final round at the Cadillac Championship, citing leg trouble before he drove away. In an apparent attempt to ascertain the degree of injury based on his driving, the Peacock Net tasked its blimp with chasing Tiger's car as it escaped Doral. It's unclear what's being said as NBC returned from break, but I'm hoping it was something about Tiger pulling into a Perkins Restaurant. (Tipster Josh says it's Peter Jacobsen making an O.J. Simpson reference about "if he ends up at Brentwood...") View »
Witness the Awesome iPad Game That Lets Your Fingers Get Intimate with the Universe
Steph Thirion's games understand the power of touch. While most iOS games require tactile contact to play, so few translate what it means to touch in real life. Touching a thing or a person can connect you to it intimately. Think about touching ingredients when you cook or affectionate laying hands on a romantic partner. There's an specific kind of pleasure and feedback that comes from that dynamic and Thirion's Eliss. View »
Nothing Inappropriate Whatsoever About Katy Perry's Military-Themed Video
Katy Perry's whipped cream shooting breasts have been deployed overseas in this preview of her poorly-timed, military-themed video for her hit new song "Autotuned Shouting About Russell Brand." View »
Jon Stewart Takes on Kony 2012 and the Media's Reaction To Its Success
After the Invisible Children Kony 2012 video blew up last week, Jon Stewart took some time on tonight's Daily Show to look into both the video and the media's reaction to the video's popularity and message. View »
100% Of This Car Porn Was Shot By A Drone
Christopher Kippenberger has brought a couple of our favorite things together: the cold, grey streets of Berlin, the growl of a Maserati V8, and some gorgeous film. But you can see good car porn anywhere. What makes this video unique is that it was filmed exclusively by drone. View »
Clippers Broadcaster Michael Eaves Spends Commercial Break Talking About "Bums" And Naked Girls
The NBA's had some technical issues today in their network distributing the League Pass package and one of them let viewers in on the private thoughts of Los Angeles Clippers broadcaster Michael Eaves, who during a commercial break expounded upon the use of the word "bum" and addressed a too-quickly-curtailed story involving a naked girl in New Orleans. View »
This Is How You Blow a Baby's Adorable Mind
Lennon has no idea what is happening to him, but he's totally feeling it in the best possible way. View »
Fly Like an Underwater Superman…Aquaman?
Getting dragged behind a boat is no fun. Getting dragged behind a boat but underwater is freakin' awesome. At least that's the idea behind the new Subwing system. View »
A Test Day In The Life Of A Track Car
We've been following Dennis Palatov's quest to build his own track-day car since - what was it - the late '50s or something. Now, the Palatov D4 is done, and former Formula Atlantic racer Leo Parente just drove it. Both digitally and IRL. View »
A Video Tribute to Til, the Earless Bunny Who Was Smushed to Death by a German Cameraman Yesterday
As gloomy poet Goethe once said, "Ich denke dein, wenn mir der Sonne schimmer Vom Meere strahlt; Ich denke dein, wenn sich des Mondes Flimmer In Quellen malt." Forget this little mutant rabbit's untimely end and only remember the good times. Til would have wanted it that way. View »
BioWare's Least Awkward Love Scene
But when it comes time to seal the romantic deal in a BioWare game, do things really need to be so awkward? Because damn, things have gotten weird. As Tom Bissell puts it in his Grantland critique of the game-"In fact, could we, as gamers, maybe politely band together to convince BioWare to can the sex scenes entirely, at least until the technology exists to make a non-hilarious one?" View »
UConn's Season Encapsulated: Jeremy Lamb Blows A Dunk At The Buzzer With The Huskies Down 13
UConn operated with a certain air of jack-assery this season, and there's really no better example than how that season ended, as UConn stole the ball from Iowa State (which was just running out the clock in the accepted manner of sportsmanship) and Jeremy Lamb botched a windmill dunk. Your reigning champs will reign no more. View »
Watch Ellie Kemper Execute Several Perfect Dance Bombs
This meme, executed with perfection by Bridesmaids' Ellie Kemper, is one I can definitely get behind (preferably while secretly dancing). View »
What Happens When You Eject Out Of A Jet At 800 MPH
In a training exercise gone wrong back in 1989, Capt. Brian Udell had to eject at from his F-15 travelling at supersonic speeds. The force of the air on his body was so strong that it nearly killed him. Here is Udell explaining what happened. View »
What Is That Strange Ginormous Object That Just Appeared Next to the Sun?
Check out this video, made from images taken by NASA's Solar Dynamic Observatory. Notice that weird object the size of Jupiter apparently connected to the Sun. Is it the Death Star refueling? Galactus' ship? An alien star dreadnought? What is it? View »
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