Awesome Leisure

The trailer for Master Jiang and the Six Kingdoms, an upcoming Chinese animated feature film. Apparently, the movie’s impressive hand-drawn animation is being made by just two artists. Drops in 2016.

A YouTube channel with over 13,000 videos of live performances from some of the world’s most popular bands and artists, from classic acts such as the Grateful Dead to current stars like The Bad Plus.

First shown at E3 2014, this very impressive gameplay demo of Dragon Age: Inquisition showcases the game’s open world, convenient travel modes, some of your allies and foes and ends with a fight with a large dragon. Part 2 here.

This impressive Rube Goldberg contraption was built to promote the awesome platform adventure game Leo’s Fortune. With its use of trains, clocks and saws, it does a good job representing some of the game’s levels.

(Gore) A track from the self-titled debut album of the two-man British rock band Royal Blood. If you love garage and blues rock bands like The Black Keys and the White Stripes, watch out for these guys. Album drops 8/25/14.

Todd Macadangdang came up with a casual, turn-based board game based on American football mini helmets. His fundraiser is only for the mat and accessories. You can set up your own game by checking out Todd’s rules.

The video for the lead single from Interpol’s new album El Pintor. Frontman Paul Banks will have a tough time filling Carlos D’s shoes on bass, but otherwise they’re still the nonsensical, well-groomed rock band we know and love.

Heavily inspired by Homeworld, Deep Space Settlement is an upcoming real-time strategy game for Windows. Build and customize ships, trade with NPCs or other players and more. It will have single player and multiplayer modes.

(NSFW) A documentary about 10 friends from Mobile, Alabama and their New Year misadventure. After hiring a limo at 4am to get to a polar bear dip, they ended up experiencing the “greatest bar story ever told.”

“Work hard and sweetly pay your taxes, never asking what for.” The eponymous lead single from Morrissey’s latest album World Peace Is None of Your Business is a sarcastic ballad. US residents can stream the entire album at NPR.

Ridley Scott’s insanely loose adaptation of the Israelites’ exodus from Egpyt, Exodus: Gods and Kings looks like a biblical version of Thor. Starring Christian Bale as Moses and Joel Edgerton as Ramses. We’re as confused as you are.

The Destiny Ghost Edition comes with lots of goodies, including a steelbook case, a weapons and armor booklet and a replica of the Ghost, your A.I. sidekick in the game. The toy lights up and speaks lines from the game.

Syfy returns with the sequel to its hit B-movie with a sequel that has New York City invaded by armies of airborne killer sharks. Yes, it looks horribly stupid, but isn’t that the point? Premieres 7/30. Also, we want a Sharknado video game.

Aw yisss. Canadian dance-punk duo Death from Above 1979 are back, and with a full album no less. This is the lyric video for their lead single from The Physical World, which drops 9/9/14. Not that we listen to them for their lyrics.

Available in single- and rapid-fire versions, Mattel’s new BOOMco. toy weapons fire special darts which stick easily on shields and removable stick-on targets. Skilled players can even catch and reuse their enemies’ ammo.

The Swiss Army knife of coolers. It has a built-in battery for its blender, LED light and USB charger. It also has a Bluetooth speaker, a removable divider, a bottle opener and storage for plates and knives. (Thanks Rachael!)

Combining the style of a classic cutlass with the flat, wide profile of a machete, Cold Steel’s hybrid weapon is made from 1055 carbon steel with a baked-on black anti-rust finish. Best wielded in pairs. And great for butchering meat.

David Fincher’s latest film follows the story of a man (Ben Affleck) whose beautiful wife (Rosamund Pike) disappears, then his behavior and circumstantial evidence points to him as the prime suspect. Based on Gillian Flynn’s novel.

Holy Blu-ray, Batman! All 120 episodes of Adam West and Burt Ward’s camp classic television series have been remastered in HD and are coming to Blu-ray, DVD and Digital November 2014. Time to check a gift off that shopping list.

A few years back, this guy in Slovakia gave new meaning to the term “rail grind” with his own single-person trolley car, made from a wooden pallet and wheels that set into narrow-gauge tracks. It’s great until you run into an actual train.

Ronan the Accuser speaks, Star-Lord’s teammates keep asking him the same stupid question and the Guardians bicker about percentages in the latest trailer for Guardians of the Galaxy. Damn, Groot.

A teenager elopes with a girl while sneaking his grandpa out of the hospital. But the video for How To Dress Well’s single is no rom-com. Part 2 & 3 here. Tom ditched lo-fi for polished pop in his latest album What is this Heart.

A 37-minute documentary and showreel of sorts from Finland’s StuntFreaksTeam, showing off some of their motor vehicle skills and general tomfoolery. They also are extremely deft at destroying stuff. Turn English captions on.