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CoasterForce shares an impressively crisp and immersive 4K video of The Monster, a new roller coaster located at Adventureland Iowa, complete with a crazy 101° vertical drop, crazy banks, and five inversions. The nighttime off-ride footage is worth watching too.

I’m Batman, you’re Batman, everybody gets to be Batman. Wear the Batsuit, wield Batman’s gadgets, explore the Batcave, meet allies and enemies and tackle a murder mystery in this PlayStation VR launch title from Arkham series creator Rocksteady Games.

A fun medley of tunes from Fleetwood Mac’s classic album Rumours, played on ukulele by musician Eat My Uke. While we miss the vocals, we’re reminded just why this is one of the greatest albums of all time, and must go put it on the turntable right now.

Titanfall 2 introduces not one, not two, but six new mechs. There’s the control-based Legion and Scorch, the fast and accurate Tone and Northstar, the versatile Ion and the melee specialist Ronin.

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In this horror film, Naomi Watts plays a widowed psychologist who’s also taking care of her catatonic son, who was paralyzed in the same accident that killed her husband. A troubled boy is left in her care but goes missing. Or so everyone thinks.

Christopher Guest’s latest mockumentary is about sports mascots competing for the World Mascots Association’s coveted Golden Fluffy Award. Stars Jane Lynch, Chris O’Dowd, Zach Woods and much of Guest’s regular posse. Drops 10/13/16 on Netflix.

Another intense round of fighting in the M-1 Medieval league, as one armored opponent beats the holy snot out of another, and proves that all that armor does nothing to save you from a knockout in the ring.

Overcooked is a frantic party video game for Windows about cooking in a variety of crazy kitchens, from an earthquake-damaged restaurant to a space station. You can play it solo, but it shines in its cooperative and competitive local multiplayer modes.

Kidrobot’s Halloween treat is a collection of spooky but still cute plushies based on Freddy Krueger, Jason Voorhees, Itchy, Scratchy and undead versions of the Simpsons family.

Mondo is re-releasing the late Jerry Goldsmith’s intense and avant-garde soundtrack for the original Planet of the Apes film. The vinyls come in purple/black and green/black, as well as limited edition yellow/black variant.

James Franco stars in and directs this adaptation of John Steinbeck’s eponymous novel, about a group of migrant workers organizing against an abusive landowner. Also starring Selena Gomez, Vincent D’Onofrio, Ed Harris, Bryan Cranston and Robert Duvall.

(PG-13) An all-in-one deal for one of the best RPGs of this generation. The Witcher 3: The Wild Hunt Complete Edition comes with all of the downloadable content, patches and updates ever released as well as both of its hefty expansion packs.

Puzzle fanatic Tony Fisher shows off a unique 1x5x5 Rubik’s Cube which should theoretically not function in a single layer. While many thought it was an April Fools’ prank, it really does work – it just turns out that the secret is painfully obvious.

This month, the scientists who participated in a year-long isolation experiment to simulate life on Mars are going to “return to Earth.”  Red Heaven is a documentary featuring footage of the scientists before, during and after the grueling and mentally exhausting simulation.

The latest version of the premiere basketball game promises to reduce unstoppable canned animations, more intuitive controls, an improved career mode with more viable builds and play styles, and more. More here.

We’ve seen artist Kay Pike cover herself in some amazing comic style body paint before, and her latest creation is as impressive as ever. Watch as she transforms herself into DC Comics’ speedy hero, Flash. The finished still images are especially impressive.

Costume maker Julian Checkley was awarded the Guinness World Record for having the most functional gadgets on a costume. He didn’t make the Arkham Origins-inspired Batsuit, but he did make the gadgets, which include a Bat-tracker, a grapnel gun, and a flashbang.

UTV Underground is offering a handful of guests the opportunity to enjoy epic off-road baja racing, accommodations, and gourmet food and drink. The first trip takes place 9/23-9/25/16 at the stunning Horsepower Ranch in Ensenada, Mexico.

Skateboarder Dylan Jones shows off a crazy trick in which he spins his board 360 degrees around the rail that it’s sitting on. It’s an impressive feat, though we wonder if he could figure out a way to combo it with a rail grind.

(PG-13) HBO gives us a better look at the A.I.-filled western theme park featured in their upcoming sci-fi/horror series, based on the classic 1973 Michael Crichton film. The process of making synthetic humans looks especially creepy this time around.

To celebrate 30 years since James Cameron’s classic Alien sequel, editor Zach Prewitt created this awesomely updated take on its trailer, which makes the 1986 film look as exciting as any big blockbuster on screen today, if not more so.

A very cool deck of heavy linen playing cards which feature black faces with thick, raised UV ink to give each card dimension and texture. Also available in “phantom” white on white.

We’ve all seen magicians perform some variant of the cheesy old rope trick, but we’ve never seen anyone do it quite as well as Vegas prestidigitator Mac King, whose timing, precise slight of hand, and stage presence all come together to elevate this classic gag.

“Was there a point to this journey of mine? And how did bacon fit in?” When Bailey the dog passes away, he finds himself reincarnated as another dog, then another, and so on. His long adventure leads him to question the purpose of life. Theaters are about to be flooded with tears.