Awesome Leisure

If you need a taxi in Aspen, Colorado, you might want to take a a ride with Jon Barnes, owner of the most pimped-out cab ever. It’s a traveling party wagon loaded with disco lighting, a Casio, and even an electronic drum kit.

Instagate is a complete tailgating setup in a box. Includes a cooler, grill, cooking tools, plates, condiments, cups, utensils, lighter, bottle opener, and even a beer pong set. Plus, most of its items are either biodegradable or recyclable.

Not only are these plastic playing cards coated with 24-carat gold foil, but they’ve got an imprint of a Benjamin on the back of each card. Packed in a wood box with a “certificate of authenticity” for what it’s worth.

Assassin’s Creed Rogue features Shay Cormac, an Assassin who has a change of heart and joins the Templar Order. The game will take place in the North Atlantic Ocean as well as 18th century New York. Coming to Xbox 360 and PS3.

The latest trailer for the upcoming season of The Walking Dead reminds us just how much worse humans can be than zombies. At least we get some exploding walkers to help take the edge off. Premieres 10/12/14 on AMC.

Owen & Fred are offering Awesomer readers a chance to win a grand prize worth over $400: a duffel bag and shaving kit, wallet, a kickass flask and a You Earned It bottle opener. Nine daily winners will win a bottle opener! (Ends 9/16/14).

A girl and a fox try to save their village from an endless blizzard in Never Alone. The puzzle platformer is based on Native Alaskan stories and art, particularly those from the Iñupiat. Coming to Windows, Xbox One and PS4.

From the Mind of Hannibal put together this edit of some of the most insane B-boy windmills, headspins and flares ever witnessed. We were dizzy by the end of the clip, so we can only imagine how the dancers felt.

EA Sports teamed up with Google to make the Madden Giferator. The web app lets you make GIFs using animations from Madden NFL 15. Pick a team, a player and a background then add your smack talk and fire away.

Explorers Sam Cossman and George Kourounis, Geoff Mackely and Brad Ambrose headed into the belly of an active volcano on Vanuatu, getting perilously close to the molten lava, and capturing images of the fiery world around them.

An in-depth look at the new features in Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare’s multiplayer mode. The game’s Pick 13 system promises extensive customization options for both aesthetic and tactical purposes.

The One I Love is a gentle track from Blonde Redhead’s ninth album Barragán. Check out the entire playlist to listen to a couple more tracks from the dream pop band’s latest release.

(PG-13: Language) Firewatch is a first-person mystery game. You play a lone fire lookout who sees something that makes him leave the safety of his tower. Currently in development by Campo Santo, which includes pop artist Olly Moss.

One of two unreleased tracks that leaked this week, You’ll Never See Me Again is classic Adele: tinged with melancholy, but brimming with strength. The songs were supposedly cut from her last album 21. Other one here.

Infused with insanely spicy Naga chili peppers, Instant Regret vodka seems more suited to practical jokers than to vodka connoisseurs. Watch the reactions of some brave souls who drank it here.

After the successful re-release of Baldur’s Gate, Beamdog sets its sights on another classic CRPG. Icewind Dale: Enhanced Edition will include the main game, its two expansions and an optional very easy Story Mode, among other tweaks.

xkcd creator Randall Munroe ponders ridiculous hypothetical questions and answers them with scientific responses. Ever wanted to know what would happen if everyone on the planet jumped at the same time? This is the book for you.

Our latest look at Civilization: Beyond Earth is about the game’s Purity affinity. Unlike the other affinities – Harmony and Supremacy – Purity wants to keep humans as they are and looks to the past for inspiration.

Gang Beasts is a multiplayer beat ’em up for Windows and OS X. Characters have the same moves; the challenge and hilarity comes from the game’s feathery rag doll physics and the various hazardous stages. Try the alpha here.

Surfer Jamie O’Brien pulls off a daring and impressive move as he swaps surfboards mid-wave as he rides the foam in at The Wedge in Newport Beach, California. We’re assuming he eventually recovered his first board.

Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor is an open world action RPG set in the LotR universe. You play an undying ranger aided by a wraith. Your enemies will remember their past encounters with you, and can also be coerced to aid you.

Cam-O-Bunk is a portable, modular and durable cot. You can adjust or assemble it without tools, thanks to its unique disc-based joints. It can be used stacked, as two single cots or as one bench. It also has a variety of accessories.

Modern style is getting even wilder with these polygonal 3D animal shot glasses. They’re made of ceramic and are offered in five different styles and two colors. Pewter provides weight so that they can stand cup side down or on their heads.