Awesome Leisure

(NSFW: Lyrics) Epic shows off their bloody-good looking update to Horde mode in Gears 3, and also tip us off to a bit of the game’s soundtrack, featuring “Gears of War” by Ice-T’s Body Count.

Original hero Frank West returns in this do-over of Dead Rising 2, with new environments, weapons and gameplay. We’d be content with it not having long loading times and timed missions anymore.

New gameplay video for Diablo III, showing off all five classes smashing, slashing and casting. Spider summon? Zombie towers? Witch Doctor FTW! Still no release date though.

Plant your feet on Homer’s head on this popsicle-style board by Santa Cruz Skateboards. Top-side is business Homer (we’re surprised the tie’s not a clip-on,) and bottom is casual Homie.

These beer bottles are the bomb, literally. Too bad Marco Manansala’s BMG-10 Black Market Goods beer bottles are still only a concept. A brewery needs to pick up on this idea and license it – now.

(NSFW: Language) Kevin Smith’s latest starts out as a teen sex romp, but takes a turn to the dark side, taking on religious extremism and violence in what could be the year’s most intense film.

Five of the best indie games, cross-platform, DRM-free. Name your price.Even donate part of your payment to charity. Also includes limited free play of some beta games. Minecart? Mindcraft?

Bioware sat down with Gamespot to give a gameplay demo of Mass Effect 3, showing off new features like the Omniblade, sentinel armor powers and weapon customization. Demo starts at 2:05.

Despite the overly dramatic video – it’s just a portable hammock guys, jeez – the Kammok does seem like a great idea. Its straps and carabiners make it easy to set up almost anywhere.

Gameplay trailer for the latest in EA’s racing series, Need for Speed: The Run. Drive across the United States in an illegal race in the best and latest cars, from the Audi R8 to the McLaren MP4-12C.

The title isn’t the only unique thing about this game. Inspired by the Book of Enoch, the hero’s holy weapons become corrupted as they are used, and must be purified to go back to full strength.

Don’t waste time with plastic straws – ThinkGeek’s Titanium Drinking Straw is tasteless, odorless, has very low thermal conductivity, and is hefty enough to stab it right into the fruit you wish to drink.

Trailer for the eighth ski movie of Field Productions. Shot in three countries – Norway, Sweden and Japan – featuring some of the best freeskiers as well as an equally talented film crew.

Life-sized metal replica with a diameter of about 24″. Wield Cap’s mighty shield, hang it on your wall, or use it as to actually block stuff. Don’t expect it to return when you throw it though.

Sh*t just got real. Knights of Badassdom is about a group of LARPers (Live Action Role Playing) who find themselves up against an actual monster that their pretend wizard unwittingly summoned.

Uses the original gameplay code, so it plays exactly the same as it did 10 years ago, but with the graphics of a current gen game. Switch the visuals to classic mode if you’re feeling nostalgic.

The folks at Epic Games talk about the progression of their hit shooter, and how the final installment in the trilogy has the most personal story, and show off a bit more in-game footage and cinematics.

Cage fighters clash in this trailer for fighting game crossover Street Fighter x Tekken. Craig Marduk and King tag team against Hugo and his manager Poison – no Zangief? –  plus Cody and Guy.

(NSFW: Language) Two big-time criminals go head to head as the Syndicates get on the bad side of the breakdancing, dildo bat-wielding, passenger face-planting Saints in this over-the-top game.

There’s a nightmare in the Outworld tournament – a living nightmare. Wes Craven’s classic horror character enters Shao Kahn’s tournament, glove-mounted razors and hellish powers in tow.

Steven Soderbergh’s action-thriller follows the trail of Mallory Kane, a government security operative who uses her black-ops military training to kick the asses of the agency that unexpectedly betrays her.

Feeling a bit lonely? He may only be a clone of the ball from Robert Zemeckis’ classic, but this replica is still a dependable buddy, ever smiling and ready to listen. Tom Hanks’ blood not included.

If there’s one thing that Jörg Sprave knows how to do well, it’s making over-the-top, yet deadly weapons. His latest project definitely fits the bill – a portable guillotine to deal with the undead.