Awesome Leisure

Mattel is now in an arms race with NERF. Its BOOMco. Blasters have reusable and universal plastic ammunition with sticky tips. It’s already available in certain parts of Europe and should be out in the US this summer.

Want to know how much time you’ve spent watching TV shows? Alex Cican’s tiii.me tells you how much you’ve lost staring at a black mirror based on the shows you watch and how many seasons you’ve watched them.

The award-winning spaceship simulation game finally makes its way to the iPad. Experience the challenging, fast-paced and addictive FTL: Faster Than Light optimized for touch commands. Works with iPad 2 and above. Demo here.

(NSFW: Language) “Used to be I’m a “ride or die” chick, B.I.G. with the “Me And My Bitch”, no objections, being an object.” Talib Kweli raps about the objectification of women that’s become par for the course in hip hop. Video by dreambear.

This upcoming sci-fi survival horror game SOMA takes place in a remote undersea research facility in which machinery begins to think that it’s human. Coming to PS4 and PC in 2015. Early gameplay teaser here.

Scarlett Johansson plays Lucy, a drug mule for the mob. A mysterious drug planted inside her body leaks into her system, giving her supernatural abilities. Written and directed by Luc Besson (The Fifth Element, Nikita).

Germany’s Skypak creates rolling bar carts using authentic aircraft food and beverage cart. These ones are made from reclaimed wine and whiskey barrel timbers replacing the aluminum sides and top. Also available as coolers.

In celebration of his 100th YouTube video, parkour artist Ronnie Shalvis put together this compilation of stunts from each of his first 99 clips, as he jumps, flips, wall runs, and generally entertains with his impressive acrobatic skills.

A catchy summer tune from Swedish indie rock band Colleague, from their two-song release. Watch out for these guys if you love Phoenix, Passion Pit and the like. Listen to their other single Parent’s House here.

Insane first-person footage shot from the perspective of a high-speed 250cc Superkart racer as it takes to the daunting Peel City circuit on the Isle of Man. Unfortunately, the race is no longer held due to a deadly crash. More here.

Project CARS already looks like the most visually stunning driving game of all time, but what fun is racing around in supercars if they don’t sound good? Crank the volume, sit back and enjoy 12 minutes of audio porn for gearheads.

Red Bull Air Race aerobatic pilot Péter Besenyei pulled a Luke Skywalker, flying his tiny Extra 300S D-EFBY plane through the narrow 70-foot-wide Corinth Canal with just about 20 feet of clearance on each side of his wing tips.

The music video for Cell Song, a track from Let’s Go Extinct, the latest album by indie rock band Fanfarlo. Ewan Jones Morris used images from old science journals, encyclopedias and magazines to make the trippy animation.

It doesn’t get more outdoors than this. World View is accepting reservations for a balloon trip that will reach about 100,000ft. high over our planet. Don’t worry, you won’t have to Baumgartner it back down.

The Silk Road Ensemble is a musical supergroup featuring world class musicians and composers, led by none other than cello virtuoso Yo-Yo Ma. NPR Music filmed them performing Briel, from their album A Playlist Without Borders.

This flat-packed wooden toy will keep you occupied for hours as each turn of the crank unleashes an endless cascade of ball bearings. Its maker also offers another configuration, and expects them to go on sale soon.

Christopher Bill covers Pharrell’s hit single Happy using only his trombone and his own body as a percussion kit, layering and looping both through Ableton Live. You can download the cover on Christopher’s SoundCloud page.

Jelani Eddington stands in for half an orchestra with this cover of the Star Wars Main Title. Jelani performed using the Sanfilippo Foundation’s Wurlitzer theater pipe organ, which might as well be the Death Star’s control panel.

A great tool for newbie skateboarders. SkaterTrainers are rubber covers for skateboard wheels. Put them on your board and it won’t roll or slide off. It’ll help you focus on learning tricks without falling off or wrecking your house.

The BomBoard is a gas-powered personal watercraft. It disassembles into four separate pieces that are small and light enough to fit in the trunk of a car. It has a top speed of 40mph and will sell for $3,495 in 2015.

We still wouldn’t pay a cent for Goat Simulator, but that doesn’t mean we can’t appreciate Coffee Stain Studios’ humor. The studio parodied the dramatic Dead Island trailer to launch their intentionally broken ragdoll physics game.

Stratolith is an “electronic warfare simulator.” Defend your ship by hacking enemy drones through an interface lifted from software synthesizers and digital audio editors. Coming to Windows, OS X and iPad this winter.

Philly indie rockers The War on Drugs judge a talent contest in this silly music video for Red Eyes, a single from their awesome album Lost in the Dream. Vocalist Adam Granduciel sounds like a young Bob Dylan. Thanks Karlo!