Awesome Games

Above: 36 Freeborders (think skateboarding with a third wheel) turn San Francisco’s hilly streets into a real-life video game thanks to fancy footwork and neon lights. Thanks, Jessica!

This World trailer shows off Brutal Legend’s setting and characters; the game will have classic metal, goth, and S&M factions, plus the most dynamic, baddest-ass sky we’ve ever seen.

Three different environments (jungle, urban and desert) get shown off in this Episodic Trailer for Lost Planet 2; it may be purely cinematic, but it’s also four minutes of pure awesome.

Combining two great vices in one, this Playing Cards Flask is a stainless steel flask that flips open to reveal a full deck of playing cards–just don’t drink yourself under the table.

Using a repurposed cooler, Brian De Vitis’ R2D2 carries far more than Death Star plans: it’s packed with eight consoles, a sound system and a dome-mounted projector.

Operation Flashpoint: Dragon Rising’s devs talk graphics in this Fog of War trailer; attention to detail is incredible, with impact, lighting, weather, smoke, and even types of plants.

We’ve seen what Blade Runner might look like using CryEngine 2, but our pirate hats off to Hannes Appel for using it to create this glorious, grog-filled 5 min. video of Monkey Island 2.

After their awesome Fallout reenactment, Russian live-action fans hit much closer to home with this STALKER LARP; over 200 players were involved, albeit in Vyborg instead of Chernobyl.

We don’t normally feature costumes, but this Bioshock-inspired Big Daddy suit could easily be mistaken for the real thing: weighing 50-60 pounds, it sports an actual spinning drill.

Available 9/30 on the PS3, Katamari Forever gives the Prince new moves such as the Prince Hop and King Shock while players can use cel-shading, wood grain and other graphic filters.

Crafted from cold-cast marble and limited to 750 sets, the devil is really in the details with this Monster vs. Hunter chess set; our favorite piece: the chainsaw-packing Good queen.

In celebration of its 5th anniversary, Direct2Drive has a deal that’s almost too good to pass up: get games like NWN 2, Assassin’s Creed, Eve Online and Civilization 4 for only $5.

“Epic” barely begins to describe Cloverbrawl, a Smash Bros.-powered Cloverfield parody that manages to squeeze in Star Fox, Fallout, Bioshock, Half Life, and cake (Part 1, Part 2).

This Gang War gameplay trailer for APB shows off the advantages of multiplayer; it’s basically an MMORPG version of GTA, which means passenger gunners and … dance crews.

Our friends at 0-60mag.com show you how to build your own Need For Speed: Shift-themed racing console for only $500 (not including electronics); get the 60-page PDF here.

No need to roll for constitution: despite names like Sneak Attack and Eldritch Blast, Jones’ Dungeons & Dragons Spellcasting Soda sole magical effect is to make you gassy.

SCEA’s Rick Marks goes in-depth with the PS3’s motion tracking tech; cool: controller position awareness, which makes everything from calligraphy to tennis games more realistic.

Flameknight7 combines two of the world’s most terrifying things into a single mod for Left 4 Dead: Teletubbies and zombies are a true vision of hell, especially when they catch on fire.

Don’t worry about stacking your blocks too high: this Icetris Ice Tray not only takes Tetris and ice cubes to the next level, but guarantees that your problems will melt away.

You’re not much of a shock trooper if you haven’t pulled the trigger on Halo 3: ODST, but here’s the intro (Part 1, 2) if you need convincing; we reiterate that Nathan Fillion is the man.

Okay, last Arkham Asylum video: this Insane Gameplay trailer is just too good to pass up, with visceral body blows and epic chained attacks making this a first-class bat brawler.

Move over, Rubik’s Cube: the 12-Surface IQ Pentagon is a Rubik’s Dodecahedron that promises to train both your left and right brain, if it doesn’t permanently scramble it into goo first.

Part cell-shaded RPG shooter, part Mad Max fantasy, GameTrailers tries to get to the heart of Borderlands; one thing’s for sure: the game is fast-paced, frenetic and filled with guns.