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Fireboards

Fireboards

We can’t really recommend covering your skateboard with gasoline and kerosene. We suggest leaving such dangerous stunts to boarders Jonathan and Jason Bastian, and the watchful 2000fps eye of BeyondSlowMotion.

Ys: Memories of Celceta

Ys: Memories of Celceta

Looking for more games for your PlayStation Vita? Check out Ys: Memories of Celceta. The latest in the long-running JRPG series, Ys: MoC features a vast world to explore and varied hack-and-slash combat.

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The Machine (Trailer)

The Machine (Trailer)

“I am the new world. And you are part of the old.” A scientist of the UK’s Ministry of Defence creates a highly intelligent android. Will it – she? – save us or doom us all? A sci-fi thriller in the vein of Blade Runner, RoboCop and Frankenstein.

UFC Phantom Cam Highlight Reel

UFC Phantom Cam Highlight Reel

Highlights of UFC 167 captured using a Phantom high-speed camera. Watching the fighters’ faces distort and ripple as they are pounded with punches made us flinch at the sheer brutality of these MMA matches.

The Boxtrolls (Trailer 2)

The Boxtrolls (Trailer 2)

The latest trailer for Laika’s upcoming feature The Boxtrolls, we get an inside look at the incredible precision and artistry that goes into the production of their beautifully handmade stop-motion animated films.

The Story of the Bass

The Story of the Bass

Collective Cadenza gives us a concise history of the bass guitar, with none other than the group’s co-founder Michael Thurber handling the instrument’s various incarnations. A lesson as entertaining as it is educational.

Xbox One Sizzle Reel 2

Xbox One Sizzle Reel 2

An updated look at upcoming Xbox One games, including heavy hitters Halo, Battlefield and Call of Duty, new franchises The Division, Watch_Dogs and Sunset Overdrive and crossovers FFXV, MGS V and Kingdom Hearts III.

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Welcome to the Jungle (Trailer)

Welcome to the Jungle (Trailer)

(NSFW: Language) Jean-Claude Van Damme plays a hardcore team building coach who takes a group of office workers to a remote island, only for their retreat to devolve into a horrible retelling of Lord of the Flies.

Kinetic Light Newton’s Cradle

Kinetic Light Newton’s Cradle

A modern take on the classic desktop timewaster, these clacking balls have been loaded with LEDs and electronic sensors so they change colors when they smack into each other. “Stop playing with my balls” sign not included.

In Saturn’s Rings (Trailer 2)

In Saturn’s Rings (Trailer 2)

A new trailer for In Saturn’s Rings, a time-lapse movie made of over a million images taken by satellites, spacecraft, obervatories and more. Filmmaker Stephen van Vuuren is raising funds to get an orchestral score created for the movie.

Leather Head Lace-up Basketball

Leather Head Lace-up Basketball

A great gift for hoops fans, the Naismith-style lace-up ball is a replica of early basketballs. It has a leather shell, a rubber bladder and a rawhide lace. It’s a bit bigger and heavier than today’s balls, but it’s perfectly functional.

RAZE (Trailer)

RAZE (Trailer)

A gritty action flick in which women are held in an underground prison and forced to fight each other in hand-to-hand combat to the death to save their families above ground. It’s like grindhouse meets The Hunger Games.

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Tearaway (Launch Trailer)

Tearaway (Launch Trailer)

Possibly the killer app PS Vita has been looking for. Use the touchscreen, rear touchpad and camera to interact directly with the lively and colorful papercraft world of Tearaway. Made by Media Molecule, the guys behind LittleBigPlanet.

Breaking Bad Playing Cards

Breaking Bad Playing Cards

These awesomely designed Breaking Bad playing cards are the start of Jeff Nichol’s project to create a full deck. He’s still got a ways to go but if the rest are as cool and appropriately illustrated as these we can’t wait to see the final result.

Divergent (Trailer)

Divergent (Trailer)

Based on Veronica Roth’s best-selling book Divergent follows the trials of Tris Prior, a girl who doesn’t fit into a dystopian future where people are assigned to separate factions based on their personalities. In theaters 3/21/14.

Journey Through Middle-earth

Journey Through Middle-earth

Take a tour of Middle-earth and learn more about The Hobbit movie trilogy in this new Google Chrome experiment. You can view it from any Chrome browser, but it works best on desktop computers and high-end Android devices.

Chopin Vodka

Chopin Vodka

Chopin bucks the trends with three farm-to-distillery single ingredient vodkas meant to be sipped, not just mixed. The potato is rich and creamy, while rye is light with a little spice, and the wheat is clean and slightly sweet.

The Cornetto Trilogy (Blu-ray)

The Cornetto Trilogy (Blu-ray)

Three of Edgar Wright’s movies – Shaun of the Dead, Hot Fuzz and this year’s The World’s End – in a three-disc set. All starring Simon Pegg and Nick Frost, all with Cornettos and all funny. Additional store links on Wright’s blog.

LittleBits Korg Synth Kit

LittleBits Korg Synth Kit

Performance artist Reggie Watts demos this nifty kit of electronic sound modules from littleBits and Korg, which lets you assemble your own analog synthesizers. The modules can be connected to other littleBits modules too.

Utopia Playing Cards

Utopia Playing Cards
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Another amazing deck from Card Experiment, these playing cards feature imagery inspired by a utopian world that descents into dystopia. The neo-futurist styling of Tarin Yuangtrakul’s cards, box design, and backstory remind us of Bioshock.

The Last of Us: Left Behind DLC

The Last of Us: Left Behind DLC

A teaser for Left Behind, a new single player campaign for the critically-acclaimed PS3 adventure game The Last of Us. It will be about heroine Ellie and Riley, her best friend from military school. Coming in 2014.

RetroWorld

RetroWorld

If you liked Evoland or Retro Game Challenge, check out RetroWorld. It’s a game where you play – wait for it – a gamer. You’ll have to play with four generations of video games (or at least their bootlegs) to restore peace.

Dr. Who: The Night of the Doctor

Dr. Who: The Night of the Doctor

A canonical short film that leads up to the events in the Doctor Who 50th anniversary episode The Day of the Doctor. In the midst of the war between the Daleks and the Time Lords, the Doctor is offered a rare opportunity.

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