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5:22:14The Complete History of the A Button Challenge
2.4M views • 3 years ago
Bismuth
A five-hour documentary history of the Super Mario 64 A button challenge, which aims to beat the game with as few A presses as possible. It covers the bugs and exploits discovered over the years.
5:087 Minutes of Terror: The Challenges of Getting to Mars
3.2M views • 14 years ago
NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory
NASA JPL engineers explain the final minutes of the Curiosity rover's entry, descent and landing on Mars, which combined aerobraking, a parachute and a skycrane. It lays out the tight sequence of events that all had to work automatically.
15:26Kia Boys Documentary (A Story of Teenage Car Theft)
8.8M views • 4 years ago
Tommy G
A Milwaukee vlogger follows teenagers known as the Kia Boys who steal Kia and Hyundai cars after a security flaw went viral on social media. The film includes interviews with participants.
33:45Why It Was Almost Impossible to Make the Blue LED
56.9M views • 2 years ago
Veritasium
Veritasium tells the story of how Shuji Nakamura and others made the blue LED, long thought nearly impossible. It covers the materials challenge of gallium nitride and the persistence it took.
26:10Tengen: Atari Games vs. Nintendo
2.4M views • 11 years ago
Gaming Historian
Gaming Historian recounts how Atari subsidiary Tengen challenged Nintendo's licensing rules with a lawsuit and unlicensed NES games, including the lockout chip fight.
20:44Rowing 3,000 Miles Across the Atlantic Ocean
7.3M views • 4 years ago
Laura Try
Laura Try recounts her 3,000-mile row across the Atlantic as part of a crew of four women in the 2018 Talisker Whisky Atlantic Challenge.