Ever wondered what it’s like to detonate or blast Xbox 360 into pieces? Of course you would not even think of doing such a thing because you love your gaming console so much. It turns out that a group of people in Brooklyn had a different and unexpected idea – blow up 10 Xbox 360s and eight controllers in the name of journalism.

Xbox 360 explosion

Here’s why they did such a hostile thing. It was all part of a photo shoot commissioned by Fortune Magazine. One thing you will notice upon watching the video is that, the explosion doesn’t look that horrifying. This has to do with Brooklyn’s J and M Special Effects.

Fortune Xbox Explosion slow motion from Dan Saelinger on Vimeo.

[via Kotaku on Dan Saelinger's blog]