Awesome Leisure

Daniel Moynihan created this beautiful set for Marbles, The Brain Store’s recent chess set design contest. The pieces are designed to be inviting to touch, and give haptic clues to the ranking of each piece. Marbles plans to produce the set.

A sandbox ship exploration game similar to Sid Meier’s Pirates! It has factions with different strengths, a variety of ships and upgrades, single player and co-op mode and a vast procedurally generated world. For Windows, Mac and Linux.

Currently on Steam Greenlight, Little Devil Inside is an action adventure game that appears to focus on an open-ended experience similar to modern RPGs. The cute graphics remind us of Final Fantasy VII mixed with Wind Waker.

A high school senior is forced by his mom to befriend a girl in his class, because he only has one other friend and she’s dying of leukemia. This teen drama won both a Grand Jury Prize and an Audience Award at the 2015 Sundance Festival.

A team of 21 from Austrian Domino Art spent 12 hours carefully interleaving over 30,000 sticks to create this incredible explosive contraption, which was designed to self-destruct upon the slightest touch to any one of the popsicle sticks.

Colin Farrell, Rachel McAdams and Taylor Kitsch play policemen while Vince Vaughn plays a shady businessman in the new season of True Detective. They’re brought together by a bizarre murder that leads to a web of conspiracy.

Running with Rifles is a fun and fast-paced top-down shooter. Use a variety of weapons and vehicles to defeat entire armies, whether alone or with a friend. It also supports online PvP. Windows, Mac and Linux. Gameplay here.

The ladies of Litchfield Penitentiary return for a third season as relationships are tested, tempers flare, Big Boo gets a new hairdo, and Crazy Eyes expresses her deepest fantasies. Drops 6/12 on Netflix for all your binge-watching needs.

The debut trailer for Deus Ex: Mankind Divided hints at the hard choices that players will make as they once again assume the role of Adam Jensen. The sequel to Deus Ex: Human Revolution will be available on Windows, PS4 and Xbox One.

Nope, not the guy from Beach Boys, but this Hawaiian reggae artist is an equally talented musician. This live performance of his song Permanent Holiday may not seem much at first, until you realize what he’s doing. Skip to 4:22.

Three roommates stumble upon a strange machine that prints pictures showing what their living room will look like 24 hours in advance. They abuse the machine’s powers, clearly ignoring Spider-Man’s rule.

Donning a special suit, and battling fierce winds, 54 year-old stuntman Eric Barone broke his 2000 downhill mountain bike speed record by riding his bike down a mountain in the French Alps, hitting an blistering top speed of 138.75mph.

The first game in the Assassin’s Creed Chronicles trilogy. All three are side-scrolling stealth action games – similar to Mark of the Ninja – each featuring a new Assassin. Coming to Windows, PS4 and Xbox One. Also on Steam.

The Windows port of Grand Theft Auto V (and GTA Online) features major improvements, including 4K 60fps video plus the features in the PS4 and Xbox One ports. And you can bet this isn’t even its final form. Also on Steam.

“Our art is a reflection of our reality.” The latest trailer for the NWA biopic Straight Outta Compton sums up the gangsta rap pioneers’ troubled origins and rise to fame. Witness the strength of street knowledge on 8/14/15.

Galactic Battles is an upcoming fan film that combines characters and objects from Star Trek, Star Wars, Mass Effect and Halo. The film will even have Commander Shepard’s male voice actor Mark Meer reprising his role.

Atlus and Intelligent Systems team up for this upcoming Wii U JRPG, which combines Shin Megami Tensei‘s tropes and gameplay mechanics – high school students, turn-based combat – with Fire Emblem‘s characters and world.

Jack Black plays an everyman who settled in his hometown. When no one appears interested in their high school reunion, he sees an opportunity to be the hero. If he can get their most popular schoolmate to come, everyone else will follow.

Handcrafted wooden ping pong tables. The limited edition Model 1 has a leather and canvas net and is divided into four customizable panels. The Model 2 is a Baltic Birch and oak table with a plank for a net. Balls and paddles are included.

From David Gelb, the director behind the legendary documentary Jiro Dreams of Sushi, comes Chef’s Table. The Netflix series provides an intimate look at the lives of the world’s most renowned chefs. Premieres 4/26.

The second Fire Emblem game for the Nintendo 3DS will have three different stories: one where you’ll side with the peaceful Hoshido, one with the war-mongering Nohr and one where you take a neutral path.

Finally, a trailer with hints of the plot. Someone stole something – someone? – from the bad guy, and uh, he wants it back. Also Max is thinking what you’re thinking: “It was hard to know who was more crazy – me, or everyone else.”

Halo Online is an upcoming free-to-play multiplayer FPS for Windows. It’s based on Halo 3‘s engine but has upgraded graphics. It will first launch in Russia, but we’re pretty sure it’s going to eventually be in other countries .