Awesome Leisure

An addictive match-3 game from the maker of A Dark Room. Like 10,000,000, matching tiles in Gridland improves your crafting and fighting abilities, which will help you survive the night so you can match tiles, so you can craft and fight.

While visiting Botswana’s Modisa Wildlife Project, adventurer JHawk Daily watched his friend Val say good morning to a young lion in the best possible way – with a huge hug. And yes, Val lived to see another day.

Sideshow Collectibles’ Marvel 1/6 Scale Merc with a Mouth comes with 6 pairs of hands, 2 heads, 3 blades, 3 guns, and of course speech bubbles. The Sideshow exclusive also comes with a zombie head. Pre-orders start 9/25 for $230.

Restoration Hardware’s beautiful aluminum chess set features oversize pieces which measure from 5- to 8-inches tall. The folding, inlaid wooden board measures a substantial 29-1/2″ square when opened. Hulk hands not included.

Team Acrorun showcase their skills across Turkey’s historical landmarks. Bulut Şahin matches them with his superb editing and camera work, including a sick time-lapse trick. The song is Step Out by Jose Gonzalez.

A driving game like Crazy Taxi, except with a limousine that’s constantly rotating. Roundabout also features cheesy FMV cut scenes and hats. Limo hats. Out now for Windows, Mac and Linux; coming to Xbox One and PS4 soon.

Tim Burton’s Big Eyes tells the story of artist Margaret Keane. In the 60s, Margaret’s husband Walter claimed sole credit for her paintings and gained fame and money off of her work. She eventually proved herself in court.

(NSFW: Language) This commercial for Xbox One exclusive third-person shooter Sunset Overdrive imagines what would happen if Microsoft tried to make a live-action trailer for such a ridiculously violent and physically implausible game.

A group of buskers on the streets of Orlando in Soweto, South Africa show off their amazing (and at times downright freaky) flexibility, but the true highlight of their performance is the floating hat trick.

Don’t have the patience to sit through an entire film to get to the dénouement? Netflix now has a site where you can watch just the spoilers from TV and movies. They’re also tracking public opinion on when a spoiler is common knowledge.

Gymnast Alexander Bayturin (aka “Baityk“) shows off his incredible upper body strength, agility and the sheer joy of what he does, as he plays on a set of backyard monkey bars he uses for practice.

Shaping up to be one of this year’s sleeper hits, the Xbox One exclusive D4 (Dark Dreams Don’t Die) is a quirky point-and-click adventure. Best played with the Kinect, it’s about a time-traveling detective trying to prevent his wife’s death.

A retired hitman goes on an unstoppable rampage after some punk kills his dog. That plot and this trailer don’t exactly inspire confidence, but critics are raving about this action flick. Sad Keanu? Nah, he’s Mad Keanu.

Using nothing more than rappelling gear and their talents, dancers Amelia Rudolph and Roel Seeber pulled off this epic vertical dance on the side of Oakland’s City Hall for the Art + Soul Festival.

The much-awaited JRPG once again showed signs of life at this year’s Tokyo Game Show. It looks like the hero Noctis and his buddies will go on one hell of a road trip in Meteor Garden Final Fantasy XV. More gameplay here.

(NSFW: Language) Well, looks like Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg’s “act of war” is still on like Kim Jong-un. Let’s hope Seth and James will be funny enough to save their lives. They sure are gross enough.

The only thing stopping us from buying one of these 70-inch-long inflatable landspeeders for floating around the pool is its rather exorbitant asking price. Also, the fact that it’s probably going to snow any day now in Chicago.

Formula Drift racer Ryan Tuerck and 11 other talented drivers took their cars into a syncronized drift around the track at Pat’s Acres Racing Complex in Oregon. While there was a little fender rubbing, the overall feat is spectacular.

Most JetSkis are made from fiberglass, which limits their usefulness in shallow waters. The AlumaSki is powered by a 110hp marine engine, and offers a 1/4″ thick aluminum hull which can help you safely navigate shallow waters.

Check out the precision in this extraordinary ping pong trick shot from Josep Antón Velázquez. His serves must have the perfect amount of spin, speed, height and placement to pass through the holes of the wood to finish the trick. Bravo, sir.

Hideo Kojima presented more lengthy gameplay footage of Metal Gear Solid V: Phantom Pain. Check out Big Boss’ new tools and ally, a powerful sniper named Quiet. Man, Solid Snake looks like a poor kid with no toys now.

The sequel to the fun old school first-person RPG. Legend of Grimrock 2 promises more devious traps, puzzles and secret areas, as well as more diverse environments. The game will also come with a level editor.

A Netflix original, Print the Legend is a feature-length documentary about 3D printing, one of the most promising technologies today. The film is anchored on the histories of 3D printer manufacturers MakerBot and Formlabs.