What’s that you say? There’s no Christmas theme to this post? Au contraire, my friends: A few years from now, once video game technology has caught up, this will be at the very top of your kids’ lists for Santa. Imagine the fun they’ll have blowing people to bits with perfect verisimilitude. (Better yet, imagine what “Grand Theft Auto” will be like with cinema-quality graphics.) Note to that A.G. in Providence who’s trying to get kids to give up their toy guns: You’re fighting a losing battle.

If you’re curious how they put this vid together, you’ll find the “making of” clip right here. In just two days on YouTube, this thing has attracted almost three million views. Even by the standards of mega-viral videos, that’s astounding.