Awesome Leisure

Target. Loot. Equip Bloodborne meets District 9 in this action RPG for the PS4. In The Surge, you acquire weapons and armor from your enemies by carefully targeting parts of their body. But sometimes you’ll have to choose between sweet loot and staying alive. Drops 5/16/17.

The Futo takes only about 20 seconds to inflate, thanks to its wide mouth and unidirectional air flow system. It measures 90.5″x 40″x 12″ and can support up to 650 lb. when fully inflated. You can deflate and store it into the included storage knapsack within seconds.

Activision goes to war against the Battlefield series by bringing Call of Duty back to World War II. CoDWWII comes with new and separate single-player and co-op campaigns, run-and-gun multiplayer on more. Drops 11/3/17 for Windows, Xbox One and PS4.

Tilda Swinton reteams with Snowpiercer director Bong Joon Ho for this sci-fi drama about a young girl who must protect a mysterious creature from being exploited by a creepy corporation, who genetically engineers foods for fun and profit. On Netflix 6/28/17.

From the creators of Crunchyroll comes VRV, a hub for a variety of geeky online video channels. It has free content from Crunchyroll, Funimation, Tested, Seeso, Cartoon Hangover and more. It also offers a premium ad-free bundle for $10/mo. US only for now.

Return to the grand days of air travel with a meal aboard a replica Boeing 747 jumbo jet. $300+ for dinner isn’t cheap, but it’s less than a First Class ticket just about anywhere. This LA hotspot sells out months in advance, and they’re considering a Las Vegas location.

Tthe Hitcase Pro 2.0 is waterproof and drop-proof, and also allows for mounting of super-wide, wide, and macro lenses. The case itself is compatible with GoPro mounts for capturing action footage. Coming for iPhone 6 and 7, but we’re hoping for a 7 Plus version. (Thanks Matt!)

From Julian Gollop, creator of the original X-Com games comes, well, more X-Com. Phoenix Point is a turn-based strategy RPG set in a postapocalyptic world. Use technology from various human factions to fight constantly evolving aliens. Drops 2018.

I Am Cuuuute! Hot Toys’ Baby Groot action figure stands just over 10″ tall, the same size as our favorite floral colossus as he appears in Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2. He comes with two extra heads, two pairs of hands and a removable onesie.

Groundhog Day meets Ace Attorney in this occult puzzle game. The staff of the eponymous casino mansion are murdering the guests. It’s up to you to find out how to save the latter. Each guest you save grants you new powers. Available for Windows, Xbox One and PS4.

Fortunately winter appears to finally be behind us, so we can now enjoy Jason Paul’s icy parkour video without thinking about having to scrape frost off our car windows. The clip was shot at Harbin, China, which turns into a frozen winterland once a year.

You may think you know the Guardians of the Galaxy, but if your only point of reference is the movies, you’ll be surprised to find out that Star-Lord, Rocket, Gamora, Drax, and Groot didn’t even appear in the earliest issues of the comics. The Know fills us in on their origins.

Adam Savage likes to go to conventions undercover. For Silicon Valley Comic Con, he dressed as Chewbacca, complete with an awesomely annoying C-3PO strapped to his back. We also learned that Chewie must go through an awful lot of hairspray.

We delve deeper into the secret operations of Kingsmen, as Eggsy and company must team up with their new gun-totin’ US allies, Statesman to defeat another enemy hellbent on world destruction. Hopefully this bad guy won’t have Samuel L. Jackson’s ridiculith lithp.

Fidget toys are pretty much turning up everywhere these days. How do you choose which one is best for keeping your mind and fingertips occupied? Drop by Everyday Carry, and they’ve got a handy rundown of some of the many kinds of fidget toys out there.

Factory Entertainment’s insanely detailed 1:50 scale replica of the Batcave from the 1960’s Batman TV series. It features all the crazy computers, LED lighting, and a Batmobile on a rotating turntable. Limited to just 500 pieces. More photos on ToyArk.

SRS-RC shares footage of some amazing model trucks and construction equipment being driven and performing tasks during Modellbau Wels 2017, a festival which celebrates model vehicles and aircraft of all kinds. We’d love to see that Bucyrus crane being driven around in action.

Ben Ketola shows off his extraordinary ability to knock all 10 pins over not just once, but 12 times in a row, scoring a perfect 300 game in just 86.9 seconds. It doesn’t hurt that he had access to ten lanes to accomplish the feat, so he never had to wait for the pins to reset.

The Ghillie Kettle lets you boil water in under five minutes using sticks and other solid combustibles. The fire is sheltered at the base of its hollow body, while the heat spreads quickly to the outer chamber. Available in polished or anodized aluminum.

Prefabricated heated swimming pools made from upcycled, watertightened shipping containers. They can be up and running within minutes and can even be relocated. An optional divider lets you turn part of the pool into a hot tub. Available in 8’x 20′ or 8’x40′ sizes.

A unique and puzzling desk sculpture you can build from a dozen pre-cut playing cards to form a 5.5″ tall starburst. Professor George W. Hart figured out the geometry to make it work. Learn more about his mathemagical card sculptures here.

(PG-13) Writer-director Jeff Baena (Life After Beth) let Alison Brie, Aubrey Plaza, Kate Micucci and the rest of the cast flex their improv skills in this anachronistic comedy about repressed nuns in 15th century Italy. Also starring John C. Reilly, Nick Offerman and Fred Armisen.

Blizzard has made the Windows and Mac versions of the original StarCraft and its expansion Brood War available for exactly zero dollars. The gesture is undoubtedly a teaser for the game’s upcoming remastered version, but hey, free is free.