Awesome Leisure

Will Ferrell plays a rich fraudster who’s given a 10-year sentence. He enlists a car wash owner played by Kevin Hart for a “prison readiness program.” The problem? His mentor is actually an upstanding citizen and has never broken the law.

This short video might just be the most satisfying thing you watch all day – as a Ingun “Kick-Gun” Yoo pulls off a pair of crazy flying kicks, each aimed at a punching bag arcade game. Check out more of Kick-Gun’s impressive legwork here.

Cities: Skylines could be for SimCity fans what Endless Legend is for Civ fans, with welcome additions such as city policies and districts, taxation and modding tools. Drops Q1 2015 for Windows, Mac and Linux via Steam.

Skimming along the water in a super-fast H1 Unlimited Hydroplane is insane enough, but when something goes wrong, these turbine-powered speedboats can turn into unintended aircrafts, as demonstrated in this incredible POV video.

Mark Carpenter and his kids have a unique goodie for their fellow LEGO enthusiasts. They designed a 3mm-thick 1×2 LEGO-compatible tile made of aerospace grade glossy black carbon fiber, the perfect finishing touch for your creations.

Hot Toys’ 1:6 scale model of Tony Stark’s Avengers: Age of Ultron suit. It’s made of die-cast material with realistic metallic paint and weathered finish, 36 points of articulation and a detachable Ultron Mk. I diorama base.

Papers, Please in perhaps its best version yet. Become a border inspector in a wartorn communist country, exerting a massive influence on many people’s lives while struggling to keep your own. Glory to Arstotzka.

The trailer for Heists, the much-awaited free update to GTA V’s online multiplayer. It consists of five different capers for four players, with each player taking on a different role. Available early 2015. More at IGN.

The ToneWoodAmp is a portable effects accessory for acoustic guitars. It lets you add different effects and boost the sound without the need to plug in to an amp. You can swap effects and use MIDI instruments via its mobile app.

(Gore) Adult Swim brings back Halloween with this amazing short film. If you thought Too Many Cooks was creepy, hug your loved ones tight, turn the lights up, put a diaper on and press play. Claridryl: not even once.

An upcoming 16-bit style RPG from Zeboyd Games, featuring 11 playable characters, a unique charge-based battle system and a great soundtrack. Drops on Windows, Mac, Linux, Xbox One, PS4 & PS Vita (Crossbuy). More here.

The latest from Terence Malick (Tree of Life, The Thin Red Line) is a star-studded parable about a man (Christian Bale) who lives a shallow life of excess and celebrity, and the real life he longs for. The plot synopsis provides no further clues.

Bicyclist IggzDaLoc captured this first-person footage of an extraordinarily long wheelie he popped as he headed down a hill. Of course, with the music from Rocky playing, we were hoping he’d do a big flying jump at the end.

(Gore) Eight friends are trapped with a masked killer in a mountain retreat. Exclusive to the PS4, Until Dawn is essentially an interactive slasher flick, filled with quicktime events and jump scares. Starring Hayden Panettiere.

YouTuber Luc “Zapatou” Bergeron is back with his 2014 compilation of people being generally awesome, as they demonstrate their many talents, adventurous spirit, and sense of humor. List of videos here.

What! The soul train conductor is back! And D’s not totin’ just this one single, which by the way is as smooth as Barry White moonwalking on ice. He has a whole new album out!!! 2014, you can officially shut yourself down.

Exclusive to the PS4 and PC, Street Fighter V promises more character-specific moves – including what appear to be elemental boosts – guard breaks, air combos, destructible stages and more. Gameplay demo here.

Sean Penn stars in what is apparently the first action movie in the 54-year old’s career. Incidentally, The Gunman is directed by Pierre Morel, who also helmed Taken. Also starring Idris Elba and Javier Bardem.

A country imposes a tax on owners of mixed breed dogs. One such dog is left on the street because of the fine. His master vows to find him again. But will she meet a friend or a foe? Find out in Rise of the Planet of the Dogs White God.

Household objects – and then some – come alive in the bizarre music video for Feel the Lightning, the lead single from electronic maestro Dan Deacon’s upcoming album Glass Riffer. A nice change of pace from his in-your-face epics.

Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney but with birds and other animals. Aviary Attorney is a comedy visual novel with art based on or taken directly from 19th century French books. Also there’s a horse called Neighthan in it. Heheh. Neighthan.

Designed to give kids and small adults a comfortable vantage point from which to enjoy a ride in the snow, the Equinox 685 Snowcoach an enclosed trailer that rides on shock absorbed skis, and can be towed by a snowmobile or ATV.

LEGO tinkerer Kleinraum42 pitches his idea for a set which encourages builders to create fun interactive machines using marbles and LEGO dominoes (LEGOminoes?) Head to LEGO Ideas and vote to help make it a reality.