Because who doesn’t have dreams about wielding a lightsaber (even my girlfriend has nightmares about me swinging one around in the garage), the builders at Hacksmith Industries have created a 4,500ºF plasma torch lightsaber that’s entirely self contained (no external tubes or wires). Granted it’s more of a staff than

This is a video of the fun-loving Aussies of Youtube channel How Ridiculous attempting to crack progressively tougher safes by dropping a 2-ton axe blade on them. They also destroy a bunch of other things in between. The finale, an absolutely massive safe, takes a very respectable 20 hits before

This is a video of Youtuber Sabatkay Projects constructing and testing a relatively simple rifle he built that shoots knives like a slingshot. It doesn’t seem too complicated, which means I’ll probably try building my own this weekend, with far less impressive, but far more dangerous results. “I’ll warm up

Because sometimes you just have to get medieval on a stump, this is a video of modern Hobbit Jacob of Youtube channel Cabinland chopping wood using a chain flail axe he made. Per Jason: “The advantages of the flail axe are numerous. The build up of kinetic energy achieved through

Because a well aimed bow is mightier than the pen and sword combined (that’s just a pen-sword), this is a video of master archer Lars Andersen shooting seven consecutive arrows through a keyhole less than 10mm tall. He uses a historic style bow without nock point, arrow rest, or any

This is a video of prop maker Daniel Lupien of Youtube channel DaBuild creating a replica of the grenade launcher from Bioshock, one of the best games ever made. And let me tell you, I put that grenade launcher to good use too. Maybe not as good use as I

In loose lips news, this is a video testing the Air Force’s new ‘Quicksink’ missile, capable of splitting even large ships in two and sending them to Davey Jones’s locker in a hurry. Wow! Thank goodness these didn’t exist when I was a pirate! “When were you a pirate?” During

This is a video of if-not-already then soon-to-be government watchlister QUINT Builds constructing and demonstrating his knife throwing gun. The gun throws knives like a human (flipping them instead of shooting them straight like a bullet), and uses an infrared laser to calculate target distance and create a throwing solution