Awesome Leisure

Perfect for frat houses and college dorms everywhere, Tobias Franzel’s Ping Pong Door turns every knock into an opportunity for a neighborly paddle-on-paddle buttwhoopin’.

Gratuitous Space Battles continues to light up the radar of space sim fans, so this Space Battle trailer should satisfy; we get a peek at the game’s pre-battle tactical screens.

For All Mankind, Al Reinert’s 1989 documentary on the Apollo moon landings, comes to Blu-ray 7/14; it’s an HD digital transfer with DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1, NASA liftoff footage.

It’s not the only iPhone drink app out there, but we like Drinkspiration’s extra features: it can recommend based on your location or, most interestingly, by ambient volume.

Command & Conquer 4 is official: the classic RTS series draws to an end in 2010 with class-based gaemplay, mobile bases, persistent player progression, and 5v5 co-op multiplayer.

A bit of Karate Kid and a lot of Jedi mysticism, these Kotobukiya’s Chop Sabers will be available at SDCC ’09; choose from Skywalker/Vader 9″ blades or Yoda 7″ sticks. Thanks, Thorir!

Toaster lovers and Capricans alike should set their calendars for 7/28: Battlestar Galactica: The Complete Series comes out on Blu-ray in a 20-disc set with Cylon figure.

Now available on XBLA and PSN, Battlefield: 1943 storms the beaches in style with this launch trailer; it’s loaded with a plethora of positive quotes from the gaming press.

With a downforce-creating carbon fiber chassis and all-wheel-drive, Nic Case’s RC car is now the world’s fastest at 161 mph; it uses an 11 hp motor, with power from a 12-cell battery pack.

Hitting theaters nationwide 7/24, the first eight minutes of Hurt Locker are available above to whet moviegoer appetites; gritty and intense, it’s the story of a bomb disposal unit in Iraq.

The movie may have been a letdown for some, but anyone in the 5-12 year old age range is gonna freak over Devastator: he’s made out of six Constructicons with lights and sounds.

Nintendo’s Wii has been used for some pretty wacky things, but there’s no topping this Crane Hack: yup, that’s a pair of 15 ton steel robotic claws being wielded by a Wii remote.

Declare war on unlabeled tees everywhere: each Nike’s T-Shirt Gun is limited edition, numbered, and engraved with a Nike athlete signature; they’d better, considering the price tag.

Operation Flashpoint: Dragon Rising’s stealthy trailer is definitely a change from the guns-blazing fare we’re used to; it’s an open-world shooter a-la Far Cry 2 coming out this Fall.

And a thousand Penny Arcade fans squealed in delight: Cardboard Fighting League is a real-life Seattle-based group that’s heading to the East Coast 7/11 and 7/12 to recruit new members.

Based on Heineken technology, Newcastle Brown Ale’s DraughtKeg is a mini-keg with space for 10 pints; it uses an internal CO2 mechanism to keep beer fresh up to a month.