Awesome Leisure

Ridley Scott’s epic Gladiator finally goes Blu-ray 9/1/09; you’ll get a two-disc set with the original theatrical and extended versions in 1080p HD and 5.1 DTS-HD Master Audio.

The details are sick on these cold cast bronze Gears of War statues of Marcus, Boomer and Don; 10″-12″ tall and up to 11 lbs, they’re limited to 100 each and an SDCC ’09 exclusive.

We’ve seen lots of great urban vinyl, but Robotox’s VF-1 Skull Leader takes the cake; this hard vinyl Macross ‘bot actually transforms between Fighter, Gerwalk and Battroid modes.

Mega 64’s Oregon Trail revisits the travels of pioneers past, but it’s not all buffalo-huntin’ fun: it includes death by measles, flatulent dysentery bouts and a truly epic fording of a river.

Trailer #2 for Planet 51 isn’t earth-shattering, but improves on the first trailer by squeezing in more character exposition, examples of 50s-style Americana and cutesy robot sequences.

With both games now out, Game Trailers pits Prototype vs inFAMOUS; it’s a wordless comparison of powers, enemies, story and more, letting you choose based on looks alone.

MGS3’s Big Boss/Naked Snake gets deformed with this Zombie Snake vinyl figure; the camo and big blocky head are badass, although we’re blanching a bit at the $80 price tag.

This dev diary video for Splinter Cell: Conviction gives us the lowdown straight from the horses’ mouths: essentially, you’ll be able to choose between gung-ho or stealth gameplay.

Matt Damon is in top form in The Informant, based on the story of a real-life whistle blower; it’s mixes the best parts of his Oceans character with genuine Grade A social dysfunction.

NSFW: Like Austin Powers meets Ghost in the Shell meets every B-horror flick ever created, Robo-Geisha is so over-the-top in terms of ways to die it’s almost ensured a cult following.

The not-so-witty verbal repartee is as thick as grog in this gameplay trailer for Tales of Monkey Island; point and click your own way to voodoo root beer when the game comes out 7/7.

It’s not as epic as the Death Star, but the new Lego Battle of Endor set is a quarter of the price with major star power: you’ll get Han, Leia, Chewie, R2-D2, speeder bikes and an AT-ST.

Chess goes from elegant metaphor to geopolitical reality with History Chess; it uses major 20th century events and icons as pieces, including the Titanic and the WTC towers.

You drank my battleship: Enigma is a Battleship Drinking Game concept by Mauricio Hario; suddenly, losing our entire flotilla of destroyers and PT boats doesn’t seem so bad.

Definitely fraternal twins, Dom Perignon’s Twin Set packs an Oenoth√®que 1995 and Vintage 1995; the former is smoky and peaty, while the latter features golden honey notes.

We’re diving into extreme geek territory here, but DM of the Rings is a webcomic that takes Tolkien’s verbosity and mixes it with the smartass ruminations of several tabletop gamers.