Hasta La Gadget!

Have you ever wondered what Super Mario Bros. would look like as a first person shooter? Maybe you’ve watched coverage of last week’s earthquake and the ensuing tsunami in Japan and wondered exactly how terrifying it would be to be there? Maybe you’re not quite sure about the ongoing nuclear crisis in Japan, and could use a primer. There are videos for all of those questions and topics in this week’s YouTube roundup.

An adorable animation that describes the nuclear issue in Japan so clearly that a child could understand it (and that probably needs to be run on major news networks here in the US,) an amazing video from a driver’s dashboard camera as the tsunami comes up over the seawall next to his vehicle and engulfs him (he manages to escape,) a baby who is honestly terrified of his mother’s nose, and a video of some lady singing that no one really noticed until the Internet converged to make fun of her. Stay classy, Internet.