Awesome Leisure

A sneak peek at the latest game from the makers of Machinarium and Botanicula. The visually striking Samorost3 is an unexpected sequel to Amanita’s classic point-and-click adventure series. Coming to PC and Mac later in 2015.

Michael Fassbender plays the Apple co-founder in this film based on Walter Isaacson’s bestselling book. It takes place backstage at three Apple product launches hosted by Jobs. Directed by Danny Boyle and written by Aaron Sorkin.

Umbra is an upcoming action RPG based on CryEngine. It promises freeform character progression, equipment customization and items and abilities that interact with the environment. We hope it’s not too good to be true.

Frogger meets funk in this parody of the classic music video for Jamiroquai’s hit song Virtual Insanity. Control lead singer Jay Kay as he sashays over a moving floor and avoid the chairs sliding all around him.

CD Projekt Red celebrates The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt‘s universally favorable reviews by releasing this intense computer animated short film, which shows the titular monster hunter Geralt of Rivia taking on an elusive creature.

“Sometimes your worst self is your best self.” Everyone sounds like Rust Cohle in the new teaser for the second season of HBO’s True Detective. Don’t let us down Vince Vaughn. Vaguely Logical Proverbs premieres 6/15.

(Gore) The music video for Darlin’ Celsa by synth pop band Maestro is about Tim and Celsa. She was the only girl in their university, and he did whatever it took to have her. What else can you expect from a school named Mount Madness?

Learn from experienced celebrities. Right now you can learn acting from Dustin Hoffman, tennis from Serena Williams and writing from James Patterson. Each course gets you lifetime access to videos and interactive tools and exercises.

A hero from the future gathers the Flash, Arrow, Hawkgirl, White Canary, Firestorm, the Atom, Captain Cold and Heatwave into one unlikely team to combat the immortal villain Vandal Savage in The CW’s upcoming TV series.

An upcoming sci-fi drama series coming to UK channel Channel 4 and AMC. Humans is set in a world where you can get an android companion – a boon to some but an unwelcome – and creepy – intruder for other people.

Stuntmen Enrico Schoeman and André de Kock pulled off this death-defying record breaking feat in which they drove their motorcycle through a 395 foot-long tunnel of fire – and this is after they were injured on previous attempts.

During a recent Nitro Circus event, performer R Willy pulled off an astounding feat – the world’s first triple backflip on a scooter. Apparently, he’s been attempting this at every show for two years straight, so persistence pays off.

Now that it’s done with Hobbits, Air New Zealand has found a new way to get passengers to watch their air safety videos – by filling them with beautiful young women and men frolicking on the beach and showing off their surfing skills.

SMS Racing is a virtual reality parody racing game for the Samsung Gear VR and Galaxy Note 4. During the race, both you and the AI racers are sent silly text messages that you have to reply to within 10 seconds. Non-VR version here.

Ark: Survival Evolved is a first-person sandbox game set in an island filled with dinosaurs and other extinct creatures. Hunt and tame them to help you survive and escape. The game will have local and online game modes. More on Steam.

Drive a Mustang, Raptor or Cobra on the course with these officially-licensed carts from Caddyshack. They even have automotive style upholstery and working headlights. Mention The Awesomer and get free custom seat embroidery.

This unique musical instrument replaces traditional keys with soft silicone bumps which can each tweak pitch, vibrato and other dynamics. The nuanced, ethereal sounds it makes are unlike any other keyboard we’ve heard.

Despite being only 15 seconds long, this POV video of parkour acrobat Oleg Cricket running and jumping between ledges atop a hi-rise will have you sitting on the edge of your seat – because you probably wet your pants.

The amazing music video for the lead single from Son Lux’s upcoming album Bones. The Made Shop’s Nathan Johnson and Katie Chastain used foam boards, pins and rubberized thread to mimic primitive polygonal graphics.

A murder somehow links eight strangers’ minds, giving them access to each other’s senses, skills and knowledge, but also puts all of their lives in great danger. A Netflix exclusive series from the Wachowskis and J. Michael Straczynski.

The folks at Kia set us up with their brand new, road trip worthy 2016 Sorento SUV, and sent us to see the Chicago Bulls take on the Cleveland Cavaliers in the NBA playoffs. Read all about the adventures we had on 95Octane.

Before the Kia World Extreme Games, rider Pat “Big Daddy” Laughlin performed an insane stunt, riding his bike down a ramp, dismounting and landing on another bike to finish his ride. We went from “No way.” to “Way!” and you will too.

Game developer Harry101UK (Portal Stories: Mel) auto-tuned GLaDOS’ Song and made this music video. The song was made by GLaDOS’ voice actress Ellen McLain with John Lowrie for Portal 2, but never made it into the game.