Awesome Leisure

The music sounds awfully familiar, and the CGI isn’t up to Avatar standards, but we’re still impressed with this concept trailer for Alex Popov’s sci-fi action flick, which he says cost just $150 to make.

A taste of the bigger and more action-packed set pieces teased by BioWare for Mass Effect 3. Also bigger? The enemies, like the colossal laser-eyed robot seen here. Thank goodness for alien worms.

Sony’s newest gaming system will be released on 2/22/12. In case the Vita has flown under your radar, here’s a refresher on its capabilities. Be sure to save some money for its memory cards.

You know the drill: 5 indie games, cross-platform, no DRM. Pay what you want and distribute your payment to developers and charity as you see fit. Pay more than the average to get 2 extra games.

A strange sensation pulls ordinary people from their lives, convincing them the city they live is actually some sort of a maze, and that they must escape, searching every day for the EXIT.

Sacha Baron Cohen (Borat) does his best to offend the Arab world – and everyone else – with his latest outlandishly stereotypical character, based loosely on Saddam Hussein. Still, it looks pretty funny.

Swedish pop star Robyn filled the Saturday Night Live stage with a passionate performance of her heartbreaking electro-dance single Dancing on My Own. Watch her other set here.

Warring inhabitants lay waste to their home planet while fighting for territory and energy. Sounds familiar. If only we could transform into dinosaurs and combine to form mega vehicle robots.

We are getting a laugh out of this goofy Cthulhu weenie roaster; even though he looks more like the Punisher than the H.P. Lovecraft character, the encased meat beard looks pretty dapper.

An explosive spectacle by Chinese artist Cai Guo-Quiang over the desert of Qatar, firing off colorful clouds in place of sparks. The big booms and massive fireballs don’t hurt either.

Can’t get enough of the zombie genre? Keep an eye out for this film by airsoft gun maker Airsoft GI and CGI studio Northern Five Entertainment. It’s bound to be an ad, but at least it’ll be fun to watch.

A icy smooth track from promising MC/battle rapper Dirtbag Dan and Anya, whose voice is as hypnotic and seductive as her beauty. The song is from Dirtbag Dan’s Selfhelp Tapes Vol. 4.

The latest trailer for BioShock: Infinite has a tearjerker for a song, thrilling and lively in-game sequences and beautiful graphics. Quite the overload. The song is Will the Circle be Unbroken.

We’re assuming the robots-run-amok plotline of the new Spider-Man game parallels the 2012 movie reboot, but even if we’re wrong, the idea of Spidey battling spider-like robots looks like fun.

Halfway between a Samurai’s blade and a gardening tool, this two-handed weapon can clear brush with no problems, but is probably best used taking down approaching zombies with a one-handed throw.

Harrison from Volpin Props is back with his latest creation, a perfect reproduction of Half-Life 2’s gravity gun. But this gun was used for good, not evil, with its sale benefiting Child’s Play.

It’s been 10 years since the last MIB, but we’re stoked for Agents K and J to get back on the job, saving Earth from all manner of crazy aliens, and cracking us up along the way. Out May 2012.

We’ve seen lots of sports videos captured with a GoPro action cam, but this one captures the sheer thrill that is pogo-ing. Seriously, these guys do stuff on pogo sticks that seem to defy physics.

Located on the Caribbean island of St. Martin, Maho Beach is adjacent to an airport runway. Departing planes whip up blasts of water and sand, and incoming planes, well, just watch.

The studio that brought us the awesome Uncharted and Crash Bandicoot series reveals their next big thing, a PS3 exclusive post-apocalyptic zombie survival game. Trailer captured directly from a PS3.

While it’s not as zen as that Skyrim arrow kill, we have to hand it to this guy for this incredible kill he pulls off by jumping out of his plane with a bazooka – firing, then getting back in the cockpit.

Inspiration can come from anywhere, but you don’t necessarily have to admit where it came from. Otherwise, this not-Transformers has enough eye candy to be a good renter or Netflix filler.

The PS Vita’s version of Katamari Damacy hustles some pool in this bizarre commercial. After the wacky part, we get to see the game’s intriguing (and squishy) new touch-based gameplay.