Awesome Leisure

Logan goes back to the past to round up the living but immature incarnations of his teammates, hoping to avert an apocalyptic future and defeat the Sentinels. This May, Wolverine is Marty McFly in X-Men: Days of Future Past.

“We can no longer deny what is clear: our time on Earth is ending.” Sid Meier’s Civilization: Beyond Earth has players exploring and settling on new planets, with eight “expedition sponsors” to choose from and a nonlinear tech tree.

A husband is scrutinized for the disappearance of his wife, exposing the cold truths of their marriage in the process. Ben Affleck and Rosamund Pike star in Gone Girl, an adaptation of Gillian Flynn’s eponymous bestselling novel.

Professional snowboarder Jamie Barrow went up to about 50mph using a handheld thruster currently being developed by Dreamscience. The device has four electric carbon fiber ducted fans, an aluminum frame and a 35kW battery.

As intense rains flooded Hawaii’s Waimea Valley, enterprising surfers took advantage, and dug out a channel to let water flow from valley to ocean, creating an makeshift wave pool. Apparently, this isn’t the first time this has happened.

Rezoner’s Limbs Repair Station is a cyberpunk puzzle game inspired by Papers, Please and System Shock. You play a mechanic who repairs electronic hands, learning about the game’s world and citizens in the process.

Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel is about the rise of Handsome Jack. It takes place on Pandora’s moon and has familiar NPCs as playable characters, including Claptrap. Drops Q3 2014 for PS3, Xbox 360 and Windows. More here.

Slicing cherry tomatoes in half can be a time-consuming and tricky task as the little buggers want to go rolling across the cutting board. DaveHax offers up a simple solution that’ll have you perfectly cutting a whole package in seconds.

(SPOILERS) A clip from X-Men: Days of Future Past shows the Sentinels invading the X-Men’s hideout. Check out the movie’s take on Bishop, Sunspot and Blink teaming up with previously seen X-Men. Unofficial YouTube mirror here.

To position himself for the perfect powdery run, snowboarder and adventurer Xavier de la Rue rappeled down a treacherous vertical rock face. Fortunately, he captured it all on his GoPro for us to enjoy.

A chillout track from Dreamlife, the upcoming album by singer-songwriter Jeffrey DiLorenzo aka MuteBoy. You can download Sunny Day for free on SoundCloud or pay what you want for his two-song release on Bandcamp.

A shiny Airstream Land Yacht that’s been decked out as a full-service bar on wheels. We’d love to have one of these permanently parked in our backyard, but sadly the only way we’ll get to check this one out is to head to Europe.

The ATLiens have landed. After a seven year hiatus, Outkast kicked off their reunion at Coachella. YouTuber buriedvoid saved the entire performance. Apparently the set was far from perfect, but we’ll take what we can get.

Streamz headphones have a built-in music player and storage for audio files. It can stream from cloud services like Spotify, Rdio, Pandora and Google Drive. It also has a 3.5mm input. We’re not sure about its battery life though.

Sorry Lyoto, but the real Dragon is here. Alongside in-game footage of vicious knockouts and submissions, the latest gameplay video for the Xbox One and PS 4 MMA game reveals that Bruce Lee will be a playable character.

The sequel to one of the most gruesome puzzle games ever made. Hotline Miami 2: Wrong Number will feature multiple characters, new weapons, dual wielding and more. Drops Q3 for Windows, PS4, PS3 and PS Vita. More here.

Two Pokémon have entered the stage. The fire-breathing dragon Charizard and the tongue-wearing frog Greninja will be available in the upcoming Wii U and 3DS game Super Smash Bros. 4 as playable characters.

Rocki lets you stream music from a mobile device or desktop computer to speakers. If your speaker has a 3.5mm or RCA input, then you can stream to it with Rocki. There’s also a model with HDMI and optical audio ports. More here.

Currently in development, Tabify is a mobile app that will automatically transcribe guitars – and possibly other string instruments – as you play. You can also go over created tabs and edit them. Note that the UI hasn’t been finalized.

Ever wondered what the Japanese version of The Sims would be like? Wonder no more, because Tomodachi Life is here. The Nintendo 3DS game lets you create characters with wacky personalities and even crazier activities.

This first-person (first-animal?) video game puts you in control of a not yet another gun-toting protagonist, but in the body of a bear. You’ll have to forage for berries, go on the prowl for meals, and explore a huge open world along the way.

A compact 3.5W Bluetooth audio player, FM radio and alarm clock. Sound Rise can wake you up with a chime or with music from the radio or your mobile device. It also has a USB charging port and 3.5mm input. Also available in black.

(NSFW) The latest trailer for Neighbors shows how the war between frat and family began. If you’re into men, prepare for your hormones to be thoroughly confused by the alternating sights of Zac Efron and Seth Rogen’s bodies.