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Mike Tyson Mysteries
Adult Swim’s Mike Tyson Mysteries stars Iron Mike as himself, along with an unlikely bunch of paranormal sleuths. It’s like Scooby Doo but with Mike Tyson. And a drunk pigeon. Also starring Norm McDonald and Jim Rash.
The Legend of Korra: The Game
Gameplay footage of The Legend of Korra video game. Developed by Platinum Games (Bayonetta), it has a short story mode as well as a Pro-bending mode. Drops this fall on Xbox One, Xbox 360, PS3, PS4 and Windows. Skip to 0:45.
Karen O: Rapt
(NSFW: Lyrics) Yeah Yeah Yeahs frontwoman Karen O lounges underwater in the music video for Rapt, a single from her upcoming solo album Crush Songs, a “collection of lo-fi, bedroom recordings” that Karen made in 2006 and 2007.
KJ Nakanelua: Raw Run
To promote Arbor Skateboards, KJ Nakanelua takes us on a downhill run through Hawaii at a pace that we’d have trouble keeping up with in a car. Kudos to chase cam operator Nate Shute for capturing the action so flawlessly.
The November Man (Trailer)
“After you passed through, nothing lived.” An ex-CIA operative is lured out of retirement, only for his pride to be hurt when he’s told that he’s washed up. Wait, wrong story. Pierce Brosnan is the Man, the November Man.
Shotgun with a Silencer
While silencers have been readily available for rifles and handguns for years, this is the first time we’ve seen one on a shotgun. The SilencerCo Salvo Shotgun Suppressor lets you shoot skeet in near silence. Where did the boom go?
Hobbit: Battle of 5 Armies (Teaser)
“I will have war.” Bickering over Smaug’s treasure, and greed threatens to consume the heroes of Middle-earth in the The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies, the final film in the second Lord of the Rings movie trilogy.
Tusk (Trailer)
A horror comedy about a man who is turned into a walrus. Writer and director Kevin Smith hatched the idea from an ad which offered free lodging, as long as the lodger put on a walrus costume. The ad turned out to be a prank.
Hyrule Warriors (Trailer 2)
A look at some of the playable characters as well as the villains in the hack and slash game Hyrule Warriors. We hope they include a mode where we get to play as the horde of minions. And by minions we mean pots and chickens.
Sunset Overdrive: Customization
The guys at Insomniac Games show off the insane clothes, masks, hairstyles and costumes you’ll be able to outfit your characters with in the upcoming Xbox One exclusive, Sunset Overdrive. The Kangaroo cod piece is some next-level sh*t.
Hot Tub Time Machine 2 (Trailer)
(NSFW) After rewriting history in their favor, Nick, Jacob and Lou are forced to use the time-traveling hot tub once again to find Lou’s would be killer in the anti-Holiday movie Hot Tub Time Machine 2.
Polaris Slingshot
Live out your Batman and Robin fantasies in this open-air three-wheeled roadster. Weighing just over 1700lbs., it puts you inches from the ground, zipping you and a passenger along with its 173hp engine and a 5-speed manual gearbox.
Mad Max: Fury Road (Trailer)
We didn’t know what to think of a Mad Max movie without Mel Gibson, but the trailer for the 2015 reboot looks totally awesome. It doesn’t hurt that director George Miller is back at the helm. Stars Tom Hardy and Charlize Theron.
The Imitation Game (Trailer)
Benedict Cumberbatch stars as British scientist Alan Turing, who helped decrypt the German’s Enigma machine in World War II and was one of the pioneers of computer science. Also starring Kiera Knightley and Charles Dance.
Batman Animated Series 7″ Vinyl
For SDCC, Mondo and DC released 7″ vinyls containing the opening and ending credit themes of Batman: The Animated Series. The record and its sleeve comes in five different villain themes, including a badass Man-Bat design.
Halo: Nightfall (Teaser)
Set on a broken piece of the Halo ring from the original Halo, Halo: Nightfall is about John Locke, one of the main characters in Halo 5, and how he became a Spartan (as seen here). The miniseries is exclusive to Xbox One and Windows 8.1.
Air (Teaser)
Produced by The Walking Dead’s Robert Kirkman; Norman Reedus and Djimon Hounsou star as two custodians who must help protect a team of cryogenically frozen saviors after fallout makes Earth’s atmosphere unbreathable.
Bunch O Balloons
Josh Malone is declaring war on summer. His invention lets you fill 100 small balloons with water in less than a minute. Sadly, Bunch O Balloons’ straws are one time use only, although they are made of recyclable plastic.
Predestination (Trailer)
Ethan Hawke plays a time traveling law enforcer in Predestination. Adapted from Robert Heinlein’s short story All You Zombies, the film sees the hero hunting down the one criminal that always manages to elude him.
Bear in Heaven: Autumn
Brooklyn’s Bear in Heaven mixes psychedelic rock with synths and other electronica. Autumn is the first track from their upcoming album Time Is Over One Day Old, which you can stream in its entirety at NPR Music.