Awesome Leisure

It was only a matter of time before blacksmith Tony Swatton would build the iconic Covenant energy sword from the Halo series. While his version isn’t made from glowing plasma, it’s still a deadly looking melee weapon forged from steel.

There’s little doubt that Mel Brooks and Richard Pryor’s politically incorrect western comedy wouldn’t get greenlit in this day and age. This special edition includes a new featurette with Brooks himself, and 10 collectible art cards.

Based on the Dostoevsky novel, this dark film centers on a man who loses his mind when he encounters his doppelgänger. Stars Jesse Eisenberg and surprisingly directed by Richard Ayoade – Maurice Moss on The IT Crowd.

“It said quarter to five, but it was quarter to ass…” Dan Harmon bent over for Community fans and released the full version of Ben Folds’ sexy Ass Crack Bandit song from the hilarious third episode of the current season. Lyrics here.

Streams music directly via Wi-Fi to speakers with a 3.5mm, RCA or optical input. Streams from Pandora or the songs saved on your iOS or Android device, with more services soon. Multiple Beeps can be networked for whole home audio.

A documentary about the Gran Turismo series and its creator – pro racer, game designer and Polyphony Digital CEO Kazunori Yamauchi. The full film is available for free in 1080p on YouTube and Vimeo.

(NSFW) Arnold Schwarzenegger plays a DEA agent leading an elite and tightly knit task force in Sabotage. A cartel comes after the team to get back the money that they seized in a bust, but it seems like one of them stole the cash.

SuperDroid makes remote-controlled snow plowing robots. Each has a 6-wheel drive system, 13″ tiller tires and a 52″ wide snow plow blade. Add-ons include wheel chains, cameras and remote control via the Internet. More here.

This upcoming platform shooter from Futurlab looks like it could really be a blast. We love the Flashback inspired art, and the colorful, non-stop weaponfire. Coming soon to PS4 and PS Vita.

Amazing footage of slackliners who attempted to cross a line strung between two floating hot air balloons. While none of them quite made it all the way, at least they all had parachutes – or umbrellas. Skip to 2:00 for the stunt.

It’s not easy to chomp down a good burger without making a mess. But in this clip from FoodBeast, we learn a simple “scientific” technique for not getting toppings all over your hands. Too bad you can’t do this while driving.

Keep your eye on Dave Wottle, the guy at the back of the pack in this footage from the 1972 Olympic 800-meter event. If you look up “sandbagger” in the encyclopedia, they should have a picture of this guy.

Flaviar offers spirit gift packs, each containing 45ml samples of five drinks. You can buy packs separately or subscribe to receive a gift pack every month. Some gift packs are available only to subscribers.

The final trailer for Divergent. It’s an adaptation of the first of a trilogy of young adult novels by Veronica Roth, about a girl who refuses to be reduced to a stereotype, upsetting the balance of her strict society.

Pacemaker is a DJ app for the iPad designed to be easy to use. It lets you mix your iTunes songs, and it can access tracks in Spotify as well. By our estimate that gives you around 5.3 bajillion song combinations.

This handy gadget infuses the thousands of tiny bubbles into your beer, using ultrasonic technology. This gives it the perfect creamy head, improving taste and appearance.

True believers! Support Glen Bricker’s proposal for an official LEGO set of Xavier’s School for Gifted Youngsters. It has four levels, including the Danger Room and Cerebro, as well as a variety of X-Men minifigs, including Professor X.

The intense wub wub of First Person Shooter backs this performance by Android, Top Knotch and Dizzy of Dragon House and only serves to intensify the impact of their precise maneuvers, which remind us in some ways of The Matrix.

Jake Gyllenhaal plays an otherwise ordinary man who finds out that there’s someone who looks exactly like him. Or vice-versa. Loosely based on the excellent novel The Double by the late Nobel Prize winner José Saramago.

(NSFW: Language, Gore) Rooster Teeth made this trailer for the launch of Loadout, a free-to-play third-person multiplayer shooter. The game has lots of swappable weapon parts and add-ons, all of which are unlocked only by playing.

The latest trailer for The LEGO Movie sums up its plot – an ordinary minifigure (voiced by Chris Pratt) is mistaken as being the heroic “Master Builder” – while spoofing Zack Snyder’s Man of Steel. The movie drops on 2/7/14.

An extensive look at the environments, gameplay and criminal tactics available in upcoming reboot of the classic first-person stealth game Thief, sneaking onto Xbox 360, Xbox One, PS3, PS4 and PC on 2/25/14.

With the backing of James Cameron, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Jerry Weintraub and others, this documentary series from Showtime casts celebrities as correspondents reporting on the human impact of climate change on our planet.