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Friday the 13th: The Game

Friday the 13th: The Game

(Gore) It’s Evolve, but with Jason Voorhees and stupid campers. Play as Jason or his potential victims in this asymmetrical multiplayer game. As the prey, you can try to hide and wait out the night, escape the camp or take on Jason. Drops 2017 for Windows, Xbox One and PS4.

Alien: Covenant (Trailer)

Alien: Covenant (Trailer)

(PG-13: Gore, Language) We just opened our first Christmas present, and it’s got a xenomorph growing inside of it. Get ready for a return to the darkness, jump scares, and psychological tension galore as Ridley Scott returns once again to the Alien universe.

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Bane Premium Format Collectible

Bane Premium Format Collectible
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Sideshow Collectibles nailed it with this badass 23″ tall sculpt of Batman’s muscular nemesis, standing proudly atop a crushed Batsignal beneath his size 20 lace-up, and injects green super-steroids into his bloodstream. We love the angry alternative head baring his chompers.

Bon Iver Live at Pioneer Works

Bon Iver Live at Pioneer Works

NPR Music shares an hour-long set from Bon Iver at Pioneer Works, a contemporary art institution in Brooklyn, New York that counts Bon Iver frontman Justin Vernon as one of its advisors. The band mostly played songs from their latest album 22, A Million.

Sony LSPX-P1 Portable UST Projector

Sony LSPX-P1 Portable UST Projector

The LSPX-P1 is a portable ultra short throw projector that can create 720p screens between 22″ to 80″ wide diagonally. It can receive content from mobile devices, or from its included wireless HDMI transmitter. It lasts only 2h per charge though.

Tanner Foust: Quantum Drift

Tanner Foust: Quantum Drift

You might have to travel back in time to 1992 to find a parody of Quantum Leap relevant, but that takes nothing away from Tanner Foust’s mad drifting skills, the insane exhaust notes, and lung-filling dose of tire smoke and dust you’re in store for in the next six minutes.

Dancing in Movies

Dancing in Movies

CLS Videos presents a lively montage of about 300 classic (and not-so-classic) movie scenes which featured characters getting their groove on. We knew we’d love it the second they started off with Les Grossman. Full list of movies here.

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DIY 20,000 Gallon Home Aquarium

DIY 20,000 Gallon Home Aquarium

“It’s not so much the fish… I like the challenge of keeping them alive.” We’ve seen a homemade 10,000 gal aquarium. Now let’s check out one that’s double that. It was designed and mostly built by Bill Wann, a natural born inventor.

The MultiCuber 999

The MultiCuber 999

We’ve seen machines that could solve simple Rubik’s Cubes very quickly, but this impressive build is not only made entirely from LEGO Mindstorms, but can solve an insanely complex 9x9x9 cube. It takes it about 35 minutes, but we’d like to see you do better.

Für Elise: Dubstep Edition

Für Elise: Dubstep Edition

Electronic musician Kaskobi brings classical music into the 21st century with a seriously danceworthy arrangement of Beethoven’s 19th century classic, in a battle between his Novation Launchpad and Launchkey digital music controllers.

Acoustic Labs: Star Wars

Acoustic Labs: Star Wars

Greg Johnson of Acoustic Labs performs a fantastic fingerstyle medley of some of John Williams’ music from the Star Wars saga. We’d pay good money to see a whole performance of this done live with the films on screen. Check out more great music over on Alvarez Live.

The Human Drone

The Human Drone

When you think about it, a drone is basically a tiny helicopter with multiple blades, so why not build a huge drone capable of puling or lifting a human? Recently, Casey Neistat and his friends put together just that, then headed to Finland’s Santa Claus Village for a little snowboarding.

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John Wick: Chapter 2 (Trailer)

John Wick: Chapter 2 (Trailer)

“I’m not that guy anymore.” “You’re always that guy.” First they killed his dog. Now they uh, just want to take over the world. John Wick comes out of retirement again because of a more stereotypical premise, but hopefully more smart action as well.

2017 TaylorMade M1 & M2 Drivers

2017 TaylorMade M1 & M2 Drivers
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TaylorMade updates its vaunted M1 metalwood driver with a lower density titanium and 43% more carbon composite, while the new M2 features a new “Geocoustic” design with a larger and more forgiving head, increased stiffness, and a great sound. Out 1/27/17.

Blade Runner 2049 (Teaser)

Blade Runner 2049 (Teaser)

Denis Villeneuve (Sicario, Arrival) takes over the directorial reins from Ridley Scott for the long-awaited sequel to one of the greatest science fiction movies of all time. We know little about the plot yet, but we can’t wait until October 2017 to see this one.

Mondo x Nickelodeon TMNT Pins

Mondo x Nickelodeon TMNT Pins
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Turtle power! These radical enamel pins are based on the 1987 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles cartoon, featuring all four turtles as well as Shredder, Krang, Bebop and Rocksteady. You can get them for $10 each or in hero/villain four-packs for $35.

Deal: Santa’s Stocking Flask

Deal: Santa’s Stocking Flask
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Fill their stocking with something that’ll take the edge off the family visit this holiday season with one of these Christmas stockings which holds a plentiful 2.25 liter portion of your favorite drink. Order by 12/20 to receive by Xmas eve.

Going in Style (Trailer)

Going in Style (Trailer)

“Are you 5-0?” “We’re practically 8-0.” Three geezers decide to rob the bank that took away their pension fund. Zach Braff directs Morgan Freeman, Michael Caine, and Alan Arkin in this remake of the eponymous 1979 heist comedy.

Super Mario Run

Super Mario Run

Nintendo’s endless runner is as polished and innovative as other Mario games. Super Mario Run simple tap and hold mechanic is fresh and fun. It also has asynchronous multiplayer and a kingdom-building minigame. The initial stages are free, but it’s $10 to play the full game.

DIY R2-D2 Steampunk Teapot

DIY R2-D2 Steampunk Teapot

AWE me shows us how to make a teapot from a Victorian galaxy far, far away. They built an Artoo body around a teapot using aluminum bars and sheets, epoxy, a cake bowl and bits and bobs from a junkyard.

Ski Loop-de-loop

Ski Loop-de-loop

For the action sports documentary Supervention II, Freeskier Jesper Tjäder pulled off an epic trick in which he built up enough speed to grind a 360º rail that looped him upside down. It took him a few tries, but like most great feats, practice made perfect.

Game On!

Game On!
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A wonderful book for anyone who loves video games. Author Dustin Hansen explores the origins of arcade, console and PC games dating back to Pong, all the way up to modern games like Overwatch, with an eye towards the creators and their sources of inspiration.

Despicable Me 3 (Trailer)

Despicable Me 3 (Trailer)

Grue causes a hit and run accident, the bad guy dresses like a 1980s fashion victim, Grucy go for a swim, and the Minions are so busy working on their own film franchise they almost forgot to show up for the trailer for the latest flick in the goofy but charming Despicable Me series.

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