Allegedly inspired by little handheld foam disc launching pistols and not the saw-blade guns from video games (do you even game, bro?), this is a video of Youtuber Current Concept building a saw blade launcher. Unfortunately for a nit-picking complainer like me, it launches the blades straight using flywheels without
This is a timelapse video from Youtube channel Star Wars: Tales Untold imagining how a Death Star might be constructed, using the computer magic of Kling AI. Or, who knows, maybe many Bothans died to bring them the actual schematics. I zoomed and enhanced the whole video, and now I’m
This is a video of firearms expert and the UK’s Royal Armouries museum curator Jonathan Ferguson (complete with an “I’m Your Huckleberry” t-shirt under his blazer) reacting to and seriously discussing a variety of the outlandish weapons seen in the video game DOOM: The Dark Ages. That look on his
This is a relatively relaxing video of Youtuber Backyard Ballistics restoring a 1920’s Thompson submachine gun (aka Tommy Gun, Chicago Typerwriter, Trench Broom), which has certainly seen better days. By the end of the video though it’s been cleaned and repaired well enough to actually fire. I mean I personally
This is a video of Sith cosplayer Kurt Mannebach, who has a nifty trick to make his lightsaber hover around him when thrown for EXTRA dark lord flair. And that trick, obviously, is actually being able to harness the Force. And my mom said it wasn’t real! View this post
This is a video of a sweatered, pleasantly smiling gentleman displaying his skills with a metal bo staff. He starts off super slow to demonstrate the hand movements he makes to control the staff before going buck wild and spinning that thing like a pinwheel in a tornado. Honestly, that
Constructed by engineer James Hobson of The Hacksmith, this is a functional replica of the Level 2 Sentry Turret seen in multiplayer first person shooter Team Fortress 2. The turret is built around two Nerf knock-off X-Shot Insanity Motorized Rage Fire guns capable of firing 200 darts/minute and has AI-powered
This is a video of Slow Mo Guys Gavin and Dan teaming up with Scott from Kentucky Ballistics to fire golf balls and other projectiles from a massive punt gun (originally mounted to small boats back in the day for commercial duck hunting). The footage of the golf balls vs