Season 2016

A close look at a rudimentary visual effects trick and how it's often used by Vine filmmaker Zach King.

Captain Disillusion pulls a double shift and deconstructs two similar hoax videos featuring close encounters with lightning.

Captain Disillusion deconstructs the Russian viral video of the flying girl in the woods.

Captain Disillusion explains the visual effects behind the puzzling "Mirror Ball" video by animator Kevin Parry.

Captain Disillusion teams up with Beakman of 'Beakman's World' to examine some free energy claims on YouTube, in the most '90s way possible.

7Captain Disillusion discovers that skepticism to an extreme is not skepticism at all.

Captain Disillusion gives a detailed breakdown of Kokichi Sugihara's Ambiguous Cylinder illusion. AND HE DOES IT BETTER THAN ANYONE ELSE, EVER, PERIOD.

Captain Disillusion considers the goods and bads of featuring kids in viral videos.

Captain Disillusion examines the concept, design, execution and fundraising of the Cicret Bracelet while trying to develop his own revolutionary invention. The views expressed in this video are personal opinions, based on information publicly available at the time of posting.

In this double feature Quick D, Captain Disillusion takes a look at two completely unrelated videos.

Captain Disillusion investigates the sophisticated visual effects behind a Japanese ad campaign while thinking about something completely unrelated.