Awesome Leisure

It’s about as close to the game as you’ll get without downloading the demo: MTV has posted the first 10 minutes of Batman: Arkham Asylum, complete with intro and gameplay footage.

Beefing up the skimpy Command & Conquer 4 debut trailer, this director’s cut video gives us a few plot points to chew on-plus rumors of footage of Kane running headfirst into a wall.

Translation Party shows the meaning behind lost in the translation: it repeatedly takes a phrase between Japanese and English, with often unintentionally humorous results. Thanks, Scott!

It’s been awhile since we’ve heard about Machinarium, but this nearly two-minute gameplay trailer gives us plenty to chew on–in particular, a funky animated dialog system.

This Day at the Office trailer for Army of Two: The 40th Day is mostly an excuse to get EA’s developers some face time, but we ain’t complaining: we could all use coworkers like this.

In the latest sign of the robot apocalypse, Infinite Mario AI is played entirely by an AI at scary fast speeds; technically, it uses an A* search algorithm and information visible on-screen.

Aissa Logerot’s Halo Light Writer makes tagging geeky, swapping aerosol with photons; you’ll be able to change intensity and color, but charging the battery is old-school: shake the can.

Hokey mysticism meets pasty nerdology with this pack of 78 8-Bit Tarot Cards; based on the Rider-Waite Deck, each is designed at 88 x 152 pixels using the 9-bit Mac OS color palette.

Woodstock: 40 Years On is a comprehensive 77-song, six-CD set in chronological order of performance; it includes 38 unreleased recordings and Yasgur’s legendary breakfast speech.

The US gets its own Assassin’s Creed II Collector’s Edition, courtesy Gamestop; it’ll include an 8.5″ Ezio statue, artbook, two single-player maps, metal case and DVD with soundtrack.

Give the gift that keeps on devouring: Man-Eating Pits are LEGO sets that include your choice of feeding and food escape system, 16-page guidebook, and theme pack. Thanks, Jake!

In an age of gadgets and consoles, BIllet Bones Dominoes takes the age-old game uptown with unbreakable aluminum blocks; each set can be engraved with your initials or signature.

Get ready for a massive 80s/90s cartoon flashback: your favorite half-shelled, pizza-devouring heroes are hitting XBLA and PSN on 8/5/09 with TMNT: Turtles in Time Re-Shelled.

With a recession, 2012, and Jackie Chan fighting viruses, the end-time signs are all here; Slate’s Choose Your Own Apocalypse lets you choose 144 possible causes of America’s death.

Similar to EZR, Daytraders of the Dead ups the ante with more satisfying powerups, enemies worth killing (undead bankers) and all the Federal bailout money you could ever want.

This Desperate Measures trailer for Halo 3: ODST shows why Nathan Fillion should narrate every game trailer: it’s a down-to-earth breakdown of the characters, weapons and story.