Casey Chan, Author at Gizmodo

Proof That Every Story Is the Same as Every Other Damn Story

It’s not exactly a shiny new concept that stories get recycled and retold, or that movies borrow liberally and sometimes steal from other movies, or that people like watching and hearing the same thing over and over again. But this video, by Will Schoder, illustrates just how similar the stories are to each other. They…

Sploid Casey Chan

So How Close Do You Live to a Nuclear Bomb?

Hooray. If you live south of the Equator or in any of the countries that light up green in the map above, you’re good. Keep on living there because you don’t squat next to any nuclear weapons. But if you’re in the countries painted red—like the United States, Germany, Russia, China, India, etc.—you might live…

Sploid Casey Chan

This Fighter Jet Flew So Close to the Ground That It Basically Knocked Down a Guy

Yowza. Watch this Sukhoi Su-27 make the lowest of low passes at an air base in Ukraine. Like, it flies so impossibly close to the ground that you can see a guy duck and essentially get blown over as the fighter jet flies above his head. The video shows the entire insane approach: the jet…

Sploid Casey Chan

Watch an Air Pistol Pellet Slice the Flame of a Candle in Slow Motion

It takes The Slow Mo Guys a few attempts and false starts to hit the burning wick of a candle with an air gun. But when they actually do, it’s damn impressive to see in slow motion, because it basically vaporizes on impact and the candle’s flame follows the bullet in a wonderful, fiery trail…

Sploid Casey Chan

Biking on a Very Thin Handrail on Top of a 650-Foot Tall Dam Is Stupidly Scary

Okay, like, riding a bike on a handrail on top of a dam is very clearly not the smartest thing a person could do. But hot dang the views are actually sort of amazing. On one side, there’s the sidewalk. And on the other side is a sweeping view of a 650-foot tall dam, the…

Sploid Casey Chan

Let’s All Laugh at How Garbage CGI Was in the ’90s

Even if there is too much CGI in movies these days (and there is), let’s be thankful that the CGI we’re bombarded with looks good. Or, at least, it looks so much better than the utter crap computers spat out back in the ‘90s. God, that era of CGI was awful. Diane Bullock edited together…

Sploid Casey Chan

Totally Silly Animation Brings Random Objects to Life By Drawing Cute Faces on Them

Here’s a dopey animation from Sean Charmatz that imagines a world where every random object has a cute face. That means soup dumplings cling on to the paper when they get picked up, marshmallows enjoy a satisfying dip in hot chocolate, a glass pane closes its eye while getting washed, a Post-It note gets accidentally…

Sploid Casey Chan

Why Do Marvel Movies Look Kind of Bad?

Even if there is growing fatigue when it comes to superhero movies, there’s no doubt that movies from Marvel’s Cinematic Universe are the best of the bunch. Heck, some Marvel movies are legitimately great films and even the not so good ones still have great actors playing fantastic characters. Basically, they’re all very fun to…

Sploid Casey Chan

Watching Glow-in-the-Dark Fungi Grow Is Damn Amazing

That’s it. I’m leaving the country. Since Planet Earth II isn’t available stateside yet, I can’t in my right mind live here knowing that there are other people in this world enjoying the soul lifting freedom that comes with seeing all this beyond gorgeous footage of our world and every creature in it. Just watch…

Sploid Casey Chan

A Fun Animated History of Iconic Cameras

It’s a little bit sad that phones have replaced cameras because after watching this animated history of cameras by Portero Delantero, you start to miss all that fun camera hardware with quirky designs and lovely character you just don’t get from a thin rectangular slab. Sure, the best camera is the one that’s with you…

Sploid Casey Chan

How to Make an Awesome Fire Tornado with No Moving Parts

I don’t think it’s possible to make anything cooler with your own two hands than this homemade multicolor fire tornado that spins around and weaves itself together with absolutely no moving parts. The only thing you need to do is cut up a glass cylinder and then offset the half-cylinders a little bit to let…

Sploid Casey Chan

Why We Should Build Our Cities Upward, Not Outward

Why should we build taller cities? Because cities with taller buildings are cool as hell. But seriously, building cities upward rather than outward can help solve a lot of problems that come with living in our terrible urban sprawls. People would spend less time stuck in traffic during their commutes. Water could be saved with…

Sploid Casey Chan

This Dude Really Can’t Stop Making Ridiculous Jumps Off Buildings Into Pools

Day or night, off roofs or balconies, into pools or harbors, hell, even after getting arrested for trespassing (as he was no doubt, attempting a jump somewhere), 8booth is still making wild and reckless jumps off buildings and into pools to scare absolutely everyone watching. This time, he fled to Mexico to make two different…

Sploid Casey Chan

Silly Short Re-Imagines How Day Turns Into Night

Sure, we could blame the darkness of the night on the Earth’s rotation and the dang Sun and no more daylight savings time but where’s the fun in that? It’s much goofier to imagine a comically big space being called Mr. Night running around the neighborhood turning everything dark with the touch of his finger.…

Sploid Casey Chan

This Animated Modern Twist of a Bizarre Famous Painting Is Just Delightful

Hieronymus Bosch’s The Garden of Earthly Delights is one of the most famous paintings in history. The center panel of the triptych showcases a bunch of naked people enjoying themselves in the most hedonistic ways possible at the time (or I guess, any time). Studio Smack updated the painting a bit with a modern spin…

Sploid Casey Chan

This Short Stop-Motion Clay Animation Is Fantastically Fluid

I’ve always thought that one of the appeals of stop-motion claymation was the imperfections in the animation, how things never quite moved as fluidly as real life. After watching this short from Guldies, I now realize that it’s because no one is a master of stop-motion claymation like he is. The animation is really simple—it’s…

Sploid Casey Chan

How Is This Kid So Damn Good at Freeline Skating?

Freeline skates are a pair of skates that are completely separate from each other, and simply riding them seems impossible. A skateboard is one solid deck, and roller blades are attached to your feet. But freeline skates? Each part has two inline wheels, and somehow you have to somehow control both at the same time…

Sploid Casey Chan

Here’s Three Magic Tricks You Can Easily Learn to Do with a Coin

It’s more fun to believe in a world where magic can possibly exist but then you see a different camera angle of a cool magic trick and realize it’s all just misdirection, tricks, and fantastic finger dexterity. But still it’s worth it just for that brief moment where you absolutely have no idea how the…

Sploid Casey Chan

Totally Absurd Video Shows the Opposite of What You Think Is Going to Happen

Drop a glass, it breaks. Put a fan to a house of cards, it’ll get blown away. Prick a balloon, it pops. That’s what happens in real life. But not in Preposterous, a hilariously absurd short from Florent Porta where the total opposite impossibly happens in completely random scenarios. So now the ground shatters into…

Sploid Casey Chan

This Savage Mantis Shrimp Hides in the Sand So That It Can Stab Fish and Bury Them

Damn. Mantis shrimp are crazy. They can strike prey as fast as a .22 caliber bullet, but this other stabbing technique some mantis shrimp use to kill is scary dark. The little critters hide their body up to their eyes in the sand as they wait for a fish to swim by. When a poor…

Sploid Casey Chan

Casey Chan

Proof That Every Story Is the Same as Every Other Damn Story

So How Close Do You Live to a Nuclear Bomb?

This Fighter Jet Flew So Close to the Ground That It Basically Knocked Down a Guy

Watch an Air Pistol Pellet Slice the Flame of a Candle in Slow Motion

Biking on a Very Thin Handrail on Top of a 650-Foot Tall Dam Is Stupidly Scary

Let’s All Laugh at How Garbage CGI Was in the ’90s

Totally Silly Animation Brings Random Objects to Life By Drawing Cute Faces on Them

Why Do Marvel Movies Look Kind of Bad?

Watching Glow-in-the-Dark Fungi Grow Is Damn Amazing

A Fun Animated History of Iconic Cameras

How to Make an Awesome Fire Tornado with No Moving Parts

Why We Should Build Our Cities Upward, Not Outward

This Dude Really Can’t Stop Making Ridiculous Jumps Off Buildings Into Pools

Silly Short Re-Imagines How Day Turns Into Night

This Animated Modern Twist of a Bizarre Famous Painting Is Just Delightful

This Short Stop-Motion Clay Animation Is Fantastically Fluid

How Is This Kid So Damn Good at Freeline Skating?

Here’s Three Magic Tricks You Can Easily Learn to Do with a Coin

Totally Absurd Video Shows the Opposite of What You Think Is Going to Happen

This Savage Mantis Shrimp Hides in the Sand So That It Can Stab Fish and Bury Them

DJI Osmo 360 Review: The Best 360 Camera for the DJI-Pilled

Don’t Get Too Attached to Any AI App

‘Paradise’ Writer Teases What’s Coming in Season 3 After That Huge Twist

Trump’s New White House App Is Mildly Concerning and Weird for a Lot of Reasons

Bloodsucking Ticks Can Survive Inside Your Home Longer Than You Might Think

The Best New Toys of March 2026

Judge Denies Liking LinkedIn Post Critical of Elon Musk But Reassigns His Cases Anyway

Amazon Slashes 50% Off Keurig K-Cup Pod Coffee Maker, Now a Budget Alternative to Breville and Nespresso Espresso Machines

Sun’s Latest Outburst Complicates Planned Launch of Artemis 2

Instagram Will Finally Let You Lurk to Your Heart’s Content—for a Price

Aqara Smart Lock U400 Review: Hands-free Unlocking at Its Best

MSI Prestige 14 Flip AI+ Review: A Solid 2-in-1 Laptop With Some Glaring Flaws

Sonos Play Review: Call It a Comeback

Sonos Era 100 SL Review: The Cheapest Way Into Wired Sonos Sound

Asus ROG’s Massive Swift OLED Gaming Monitor Epitomizes Excess in the Best Way

The Ikea Varmblixt Smart Lamp Fills a Donut Hole in My Life

Nothing Headphone A vs. Headphone 1: Which Pair of ANC Wireless Headphones Wins?

Asus ROG’s Cetra Open Wireless Gaming Earbuds Might Be Better Than Wearing a Headset

Nintendo’s Talking Flower Is Annoying as Hell. I Love It

Level Lock Pro Review: As Good as a Secret Smart Lock Gets