Awesome Leisure

Sure, you can buy a NERF blaster for less than $10, but there’s something rewarding about making your own stuff. Here, Astonishing Studios shows us how to make a working NERF gun using popsicle sticks, straws, a syringe, and an ample dose of hot glue.

We’ve checked out Mass Effect: Andromeda‘s weapons. Now let’s take a look at the game’s flexible skill customization. As you pick skills, you unlock “profiles” – classes that you can switch at will even in the middle of combat to acquire passive bonuses to certain skills.

New year, new hosts, new cars. BBC keeps Top Gear alive with the help of Matt LeBlanc and new buddies Chris Harris and Rory Reid. Watch the trailer to see them turn Renaults into bumper cars, drive the Bugatti Chiron and more. Premieres 3/12/17.

YouTuber ZaziNombies reminds us that we can make anything with LEGO. Not just a regular sandwich or a sandvich, but also a robo-sandvich. This model’s probably cheaper than the virtual item too. NOM NOM NOM.

There’s nothing ordinary about a guy flying a jetpack to begin with, but Team Supertramp took things to a whole new level with the eyepopping visuals, vibrant colors, and smooth motion in their clip of a pilot showing off one of JetPack Aviation’s awesome flying rigs.

“To do something well is so worthwhile that to die trying to do it better cannot be foolhardy.” From director Roger Donaldson (The World’s Fastest Indian) comes a documentary about McLaren Racing’s founder, the late Bruce McLaren.

“I’m gonna take this conversation that we’re having, and repeat that to strangers.” If the reviews are to be believed, stand up comedian Mike Birbiglia hit his prime on his latest show, where he talks about the art of telling and living jokes. Premieres on Netflix 2/28/17.

FX’s new superhero show Legion is off to a promising start. If you’d like to know about the source material of this extremely powerful but schizophrenic mutant, Variant Comics has you covered. Find out about his past, his bizarre end, and some of his thousands of powers.

“People keep asking me if I’m back… Yeah, I’m thinking I’m back.” Wait, wrong hero. But here’s a grizzled Jack going ham on an army of robot insects as if they broke into his house and killed his dog. In all timelines.

“Time speeds up, it slows down, it melts. You may be out there for 3 hours at a time but you can’t recall any one particular moment.” Filmmaker Adrian Bonvento shares the thoughts of the Stevenson Motorsports team at the 2017 24 Hours of Daytona in this perfect short film.

From special effects masters Weta Workshop comes Giant Killer Robots: Heavy Hitters. It’s a board game about corporate mechs salvaging abandoned cities for profit. Pick your mech and pilot and either salvage the most resources or destroy the enemy mechs.

Indian Motorcycle’s tourer is ready to take on the longest road trips, and features gorgeous vintage styling elements like a leather trunk for helmets and fringed saddlebags, and modern amenities like a 7-inch infotainment system, 100-watt audio, and an adjustable windscreen.

From graphic novelist Dash Shaw comes My Entire High School Sinking into the Sea. It’s an animated comedy set in a high school that was built over a fault line. As the title implies, disaster strikes and a micro post-apocalyptic world breaks out. Drops Spring 2017.

A brief prologue to Ridley Scott’s upcoming Alien: Covenant, introducing us to the crew as they have one final meal and prepare for what is surely their last good night’s cryosleep before they’re ripped apart by xenomorphs.

(PG-13: Language) “You can go bowling and win a chicken to be one of the managers.” Dunkey reviews the PS4 release of Yakuza 0, a karaoke and bowling simulator with a crime drama on the side. Seriously though, if you love Metal Gear Solid’s schizophrenia, give this a shot.

We’ve seen pool champion Florian “Venom” Kohler work his magic in miniature, now watch as he literally takes aim at the hyperactive Dude Perfect dudes, then turns in a epic round of trick shots bouncing balls from table to table, across the room, and always hitting his target.

Crescent Moon’s innovative snowshoe design does away with the stiff old stompers and replaces them with flexible foam soles and hard plastic cleats for grip on ice and snow. Their rocker shape makes walking and running more natural on the white stuff. Avail. Fall 2017.

A new look at Guy Ritchie’s potentially bombastic take on the legend of King Arthur (Charlie Hunnam) and his life after he pulls the fabled sword from the stone and must reclaim the throne from the evil Vortigern (Jude Law), who stole his father’s crown.

Hasbro’s ginormous Titan Decepticon measures 20″ tall and can transform between a dinomech, a spaceship, and an entire city. When in dino mode, you can feed it smaller action figures, and they land in its stomach. Drops this fall for $150.

(PG-13: Language) “Doctors of death, curing our patients of breath, we are the pain you can trust.” They’re a bit out of breath themselves, but Killer Mike and El-P still made NPR go RTJ! as they performed songs from their third album.

Feast your eyes on the crispy graphics of Mass Effect: Andromeda while BioWare explains the foundations of the space exploration RPG’s combat. You’ll have four types of guns plus melee weapons, biotics and a wicked jetpack.

This guy shrieks. We know Jared is either missing a few screws or has too many screwed in, but it looks like Richard is going to become the craziest one in the latest chapter of the Pied Piper saga. The new season premieres 4/23/17.

Ambient synthwave band Pentagram Home Video stay true to their minimalist horror melodies in their second album. The spare tracks give just enough clues for your mind to craft visions and nightmares at its own pace. Also available on vinyl.