Brief news items of note for Lifehacker readers, including: Watch the latest Hunger Games: Mockingjay trailer, Destiny farming guide, Ferrari F40 in action.
- Just about everyone who’s turned on the car radio has heard “All About That Bass” by now. Here are some mums doing a parody of it.
- How do you find a bed to sleep in when you’re homeless? By becoming a player and indulging in a string of one-night stands, apparently. At least, it seems to work for this guy.
- The latest trailer for the hotly anticipated The Hunger Games: Mockingjay has been released. Watch it here.
- Want to be a smug know-it-all while discussing movies down the pub? Here are ten movie myths that can never actually happen in real life.
- A ticking time bomb, a kid-friendly version of Russian roulette and a game about smashing a naked man’s body apart with a hammer — just some of the board games that enthralled kids in more innocent times. Click here to see them in action.
- This cool music clip for the song Katachi shows the mesmerising dance of about two thousand PVC silhouettes. Polish-based directing duo Katarzyna Kijek and Przemysław Adamski made all the silhouettes from colourful PVC plates using a computer-controlled cutter.
- John Williams’ iconic Star Wars theme is one of the most important scores in cinematic history. If you want proof, just look at how rubbish the movie is sans music.
- This speed painting video shows all the stages of a woman’s life in four minutes. Amazing stuff.
- Depth: Blood and Gold is a shooter that lets you play as either a treasure-stealing human or a human-eating shark. Here is some terrifying gameplay footage.
- Destiny has only been out for a week and already folks are talking about farming. The best spots, the best techniques, etc. This video has the most comprehensive list of techniques we’ve seen so far.
- The Ferrari F40 was made between 1987 and 1992, and a total of 1315 cars were produced. It’s not a traditional Ferrari — the car had a small-capacity and highly twin-turbocharged 2.9-litre V8. Click here to see to see it in action for 17 minutes.
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