Awesome Leisure

Electronic artist Ryan Hemsworth and collaborator Kotomi perform for people all over the world with the help of virtual reality in the music video for Surrounded, from his EP Alone for the First Time.

YARN is a new website that offers the ability to search movie, TV, and music video clips based on lyrics, words, or quotes. It’s great fun to find classic scenes, and to discover ones you never saw. The search by emoji feature is weird, but surprisingly cool.

Richard Linklater’s latest film is a throwback to the early 1980s, and is described as a sort of spiritual sequel to his classic Dazed and Confused. There’s no Matthew McConaughey, but there is plenty of pot.

If two lords from the 19th century played Call of Duty, the result would be Oh…Sir! You and your opponent will hurt each other by forming insults out of a common word pool. The insults don’t always make sense, but hey, it’s a free game, ya filthy animal!

Psych rock group Harrison Fjord perform a song from their EP Puspa in Space on Arizona’s beautiful Mogollon Rim. Come for the funny band name, almost go for the concentrated ’90s essence, then ultimately stay for the cool sights and sounds.

Space shooter Everspace is more FTL than Star Citizen. It’s a single-player game that’s focused on action and is rewarding even in short bursts, although it does have long term progression. Launching on Windows with support for the Oculus Rift.

Globe’s new GSB series skateboards have a built-in Bluetooth speaker that has a 50mm driver and a passive bass radiator. The speaker is water-resistant and dustproof and lasts up to 7h per charge. It comes with a USB charging cable.

For the past ten years, surfing legend Kelly Slater and his team have been working on a system that creates long and sustained open-barrel waves. Now they’re ready to show off what they’ve accomplished.

Kuberg’s new electric motorcycle is designed to be easy enough for teens to ride but fun for adults as well. It weighs 79lb. and goes up to 34mph. Its battery lasts up to 1h per charge. The optional dongle and app let you record stats and limit torque and speed.

Made by former members of the Battlefield 2 mod Project Reality, Squad is a tactical FPS that aims to sit between arcade shooters like Call of Duty and realistic ones like ARMA. Up to 50 players per side need to work and plan together in order to succeed.

8man’s lab is working on an electronically enhanced version of chess called Blitzkrieg Speed Chess. Players don’t have to take turns, but each piece has a cooldown period before it can be moved again.

For the past month, the Beatles’ official Vevo account has been uploading high definition videos of some of their live performances. These videos and more are available in 4K resolution in the Beatles 1 video collection.

Filmed over the course of seven years, Pieter-Jan De Pue’s The Land of the Enlightened is a documentary about two gangs of children in Afghanistan and how they survive and dream in their war-torn land.

17 minutes of footage of this visually compelling new first-person adventure. Firewatch is a mystery about a fire lookout in the isolation of the Wyoming wilderness who leaves his post to investigate who ransacked his tower. Coming to PS4, Windows, Linux and Mac in 2016.

Skateboarders Mitchie Brusco and Italo Penarrubia teamed up to perform an unusual and impressive stunt – as they rode down a jumbo-sized ramp, across a jump, and swapped boards in mid-air before landing on the other side of the chasm.

LEGO has many building models in its Architecture sub-brand, but its upcoming Skyline collection will let you assemble up to five of a city’s popular structures per set. The first three sets are for New York, Berlin and Venice. Drops 1/1/16.

Become a whisky connoisseur fast with The Essential Scratch and Sniff Guide to Becoming a Whisky Know-it-All, a 24-page guide by master sommelier Richard Betts. The book includes a flavor profile chart and scratch-and-sniff scents to help identify flavor elements.

Stay in a remote island – mainly in the Philippines, Indonesia or the Caribbean – with nothing but basic supplies and nature to get you by. They have both comfortable and hardcore adventure packages.

Yes, that’s Tina Fey with an assault rifle. Fey stars along with Margot Robbie, Billy Bob Thornton, and Martin Freeman in this dark comedy about a journalist who finds herself on the ground covering the war in Afghanistan and Pakistan. Based on a true story by Kim Barker.

Awe-inspiring footage from the upcoming space epic Star Citizen, showing off real-time footage of its incredibly robust procedurally-generated planets, which can be viewed from up close or afar, with astounding realism. Guess it’s time to upgrade our graphics cards.

(PG-13) An American desperate to keep her land and a Honduran who escaped his country have a bizarre experience together. Bryan K. Vaughan (Saga) and his The Private Eye co-creators Marcos Martin and Muntsa Vicente weave a tale of violence, language and immigration.

A visually-stunning puzzle platformer where you play as Yarny, a creature made from an old woman’s ball of yarn. Help him travel across Northern Scandinavia as he tries to gather memories and reunite a family. Coming to Windows, Xbox One and PS4 on 2/9/16.

BMX rider Davis Dudelis turned his bike into an impromptu unicycle, cruising 263 meters (~862 feet) balanced only on the front wheel of his two-wheeler. While it’s not been confirmed by Guinness, it’s definitely longer than the record for a rear wheelie.