Awesome Leisure

Want to fix a drink but don’t know what to make? Shane Carley’s book The Home Bartender offers recipes for more than 200 cocktails, all of which can be made with four ingredients or less. In addition to classics like Cosmos and Old Fashioneds, you’ll get lots of new and creative cocktail ideas.

Bungie, creators of Halo and Destiny reimagine their classic franchise, Marathon. This time, it’s a PvP team-based extraction shooter. The game sees players in a race to scavenge the remains of a lost colony for weapons and loot and extract before being eliminated. Coming to PS5, Xbox Series X|S, and PC on 9.23.25. The cinematic trailer is excellent too.

If you’ve ever set up a hammock, you know it can be a pain. But Republic of Durable Goods‘ freestanding hammock sets up as easily as a folding camp chair. It’s got built-in pads for your head and feet, a folding sunshade, and a basket with drink pockets. It weighs just 14.5 lb. and can hold a person up to 250 lb. and 6’4″ tall.

These retro-futuristic play sets make a great gift for kids and science fiction fans of all ages. The MARGE (Mars Agency for Research + Geographical Exploration) collection includes three fun sets: Dark Depths, Rogue Echoes, and Sector 9. Individual toys are also available, like the adorable Rover 56 and the utilitarian HAB Transporter.

Based on the sarcastic sci-fi books by Martha Wells, the Apple TV+ series Murderbot follows the story of a security robot that hacks his system to achieve autonomy. Alexander Skarsgård plays the automaton that would rather watch soap operas than be a soulless killer. He also can’t stand humans but ends up saving them anyhow. Premieres 5.16.2025.

Turn your desktop into a mini Mushroom Kingdom with this five-piece organizer set from Paladone. The officially-licensed set includes plastic cubbies for pens, pencils, scissors, and other items dressed up to look like items from the Super Mario Bros. games. The warp pipe is not recommended for use as a planter for Piranha Plants though.

We don’t know much about Wes Anderson’s The Phoenician Scheme, except that it’s it involves one of the richest men in Europe, his ambitious plans, and those who want to take him down. Its cast includes Benicio del Toro, Tom Hanks, Bryan Cranston, Scarlett Johansson, Richard Ayoade, Benedict Cumberbatch, Jeffrey Wright, and Michael Cera.

We can think of a few music genres that are less compatible than soft rock and grunge. But leave it to mashup maestro Bill McClintock to find their common ground. His combination of Al Stewart’s Year of the Cat with Nirvana’s unplugged version of Come as You Are is as unexpected as they come, but it’s also fantastic.

We waited 15 years for a new TRON movie, but that’s better than the 28 years between the first two films. The action-packed trailer for TRON: Ares drops us into a universe where programs escape the Grid to the real world, and light cycles and recognizers wreak havoc. Worlds collide on 10.10.2025, with Nine Inch Nails picking up the baton from Daft Punk.

After a fan suggested that she create a jigsaw puzzle that’s all edge pieces, Simone Giertz got to work creating just that. With the help of illustrator Elin Östberg, she created a (mostly) edge-piece puzzle where 438 out of its 501 pieces are edges. Before she shows off the surprisingly tricky puzzle, she has some upgrades to make to her hidden puzzle table.

Need to get some stress out at work? Take it out on this miniature desktop punching bag from the diminutive RP Minis series. The set includes a pair of tiny boxing gloves for your index fingers, and a book with some finger boxing techniques. Ready for some desktop circuit training? Grab yourself a mini weightlifting set.

Can writer-director James Gunn (Guardians of the Galaxy) save the DC cinematic universe? This 5-minute sneak peak sees a weakened Superman (David Corenswet) rescued by his super-powered pup Krypto, who drags him to the Fortress of Solitude. There, we’re introduced to the robots serving the fortress. The Man of Steel lands in theaters 7.11.2025.

There’s official LEGO luggage on the market, but the plastic suitcase and tiny backpack are really for the kids. Korean bag maker Hans Atelier shows us how he made a custom briefcase shaped like a LEGO brick. He started with a laser-cut wood structure, then wrapped it in Bellaro leather. His Hershey’s bar wallet is pretty tasty looking too. (Turn captions on.)

After wowing us with their robotic Optimus Prime and Megatron, Robosen is back with our transforming pal Bumblebee. Licensed by Hasbro and Volkswagen, the friendly Yellow Autobot converts automatically between a classic VW Beetle and his horn-helmeted mech form. It’s even voiced by original Bumblebee actor Dan Gilvezan.

There’s no such thing as a Paul Thomas Anderson film we don’t love, and this one has us waiting very impatiently. This wholly original action/comedy lives up to its title in the most maniacally satirical way with Leonardo DiCaprio and Benicio Del Toro playing bonkers former revolutionaries who reunite to rescue a kid. Drops 9.26.25.

This first-person survival game sees players riding a bicycle through a mysterious and foggy landscape. As you try to escape the horrors on the road ahead, you must keep pedaling to charge your phone’s battery and decode messages to help lead you to safety. Coming soon to Windows PCs. Add it to your Steam wishlist now.