Awesome Gifts: 2011

Here’s the launch trailer for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3, for those on the other side of the Battlefield. Or the presumably rare breed who has the time and desire to play both games.

The Apocalypse Survival Series are short-range bladed weapons that have appeared on the TV series Walking Dead. Meanwhile you can practice using them on the growing weeds on your lawn.

Offers 2x faster image processing, captures wide angles up to 170-degrees in 720p or full 1080p HD. Shoots 120fps slow-mo 800×480 footage, 11mp stills and time-lapse. Wi-Fi option, too.

Named after the mobile nuclear attack briefcase, The Football has all you need to get bombed (a bottle of vodka and tequila) and recover (Advil, Altoids, eye drops), and also a pair of handcuffs.

Here’s Naughty Dog’s official launch trailer for the gorgeous and thrilling Drake’s Deception, revealing key plot points and mysteries that set Nathan’s latest epic adventure in motion.

This dude looks like a model from a 1980s Sears catalog, but we still think the wall-mounted vertical chess set is pretty cool. Making your opponent stand on his head to play would be even better.

We can always count on Glennz to make us laugh with his clever, graphic tees. This one reminds us of The Hurt Locker, but is a lot less dangerous. Look out for enemy snipers bearing NERF guns.

The Top Gear edition of the TomTom Go Live features the voice of one of the most famous auto enthusiasts… in the world: Jeremy Clarkson. Also has real-time traffic and weather updates.

Tankbots are tiny rechargeable tanks you control using your iOS or Android smartphone and an infrared dongle. They also have a “free-roam” mode for times when you don’t feel like steering.

Designed by Angela Jansen, Light-Light floating lamps make use of electromagnetic components to make its top levitate. Its LEDs can be dimmed or turned off while keeping the floating effect on.

Listen to old man Ezio’s soliloquy over a montage of past trials and future killing sprees in this trailer for Assassin’s Creed Revelations. As for the taking orders line – isn’t that their thing?

Has the same case and screen as the iPhone 4, but now with a dual-core A5 CPU, 8mp camera that can take 1080p/30fps video, improved battery life, and Siri, a voice-activated “intelligent assistant.”

After the boombox watch and the turntable watch, Flud continues its music theme with the BPM, a wristwatch that looks like a drum machine. The geeky truth? It’s actually a calculator watch.

We love the bold typography and nonsensical sayings that Noa Bembibre’s calendar has to offer. Sold in an edition of 700, it’s printed in four colors on and finished with black ribbon binding,

This has to be DJ Kitty’s favorite toy. The Cat Scratch from SUCK UK is a cardboard turntable scratching pad. It even comes with stickers, a spinning deck and a posable tone arm.

Like the BookBook series of cases, The Cartella offers a deceptive disguise while also providing protection for the pricey ultraportable. Made of Italian leather and Baltic Birch.

Stillhouse’s Original Moonshine 80 proof corn whiskey is charcoal-filtered and distilled 4 times in a Prohibition-era copper pot still, the same process they used in the good old days. Tastes great, too.

You’re sipping on your morning cup of Maxwell House… as you ease into the day, you near the bottom of your cup… about ready for a refill… when TINY SHARK! SWIM! PADDLE FASTER! RUN!

From the maker of Buckyballs comes Buckycubes, a cubic version of the popular magnetic toy. Each pack has 125 rare earth magnets that are easier to manipulate, thanks to their stable shape.