Awesome Leisure

With the new season of the most warped (and funny) show on television upon us this Thursday (9/16), catch up with Sweet Dee and the boys with last season’s Blu-ray/DVD release.

Whether you call it a soft drink, soda or pop, you’ll find every flavor you ever could dream of at Galco’s Soda Pop Stop in Los Angeles, which carries over 500 different varieties of soda.

The guys at College Humor have put together these handy illustrations to show you how you really get your exercise at the gym. We’ve done the writhing-in-pain one a few times this week.

One of the more dramatic installations at Burning Man 2010, Ein Hammer is a metal tower which can belch massive jets of fire as 3 workers below smash sledgehammers to trigger the flames.

Designed by Lanier Graham, this chess set is actually more intuitive than it seems. The shape of each piece indicates its movement range, while its mass and height indicates its importance.

This new bundle packs almost all of the latest tech Microsoft has to offer – the Xbox 360 Slim console, a 250GB HD, and, of course the much-hyped Kinect. No HDMI cable, though. Cheapskates.

We all have our memories of Spider-Man, whether the old “…does whatever a spider can” theme, the Sam Raimi blockbusters or even Spider-Pig. The Japanese have their own special memories.

Ever wanted to drive a Ferrari F10 race car? Take on the world in this virtual Ferrari simulator, and if you manage to come out on top of the competition, you could go to Italy to drive a real one.

Sackboy channels Tarzan in the latest trailer for LittleBigPlanet 2, which shows off the neat things that you can do with the new grappling hook tool. Sackboy Batman and Bionic Commando anyone?

Perry Watkins likes to make strange cars. He recently set a record for the world’s fastest dining table. His 19-inch tall Flatmobile holds the record for the world’s lowest street-legal car.

This beastly gaming system maxes out with dual 6-core Intel Xeon x5860 CPUs, OC’d to 4.3GHz, quad SLI video cards and 24GB of RAM. Oh yeah, there’s a built-in water-cooled Xbox 360 Slim too.

Cole MacGrath is back to his old look, but he has a new enemy in the form of the burrowing Ravager. Good thing he has a new power too – a Joystiq commenter calls it “telecarnesis”.

This sneak preview video for musicians Squarepusher’s new album isn’t notable just for its awesome distorto-electronica, but for the most excellent LED head gear this side of Daft Punk.

NERF’s first fully-automatic weapon has battery-assisted firing, clips which hold 18 darts each, and um, a “riot shield.” We’re still waiting for a NERF RPG that fires footballs. You hear us, NERF?

This Bulgarian triple-distilled vodka contains an insane 88% alcohol (176-proof). It’s sure to put hair on your chest whether you want it or not. The label even says “handle with care.” Please do.

These “children’s cars” by the Harrington Group are functional half-scale replicas of classic cars, like the Mercedez Benz 300SL or the Jaguar E-Type. The cars are customizable and upgradeable.

After 12+ years of false starts and false hopes, this eagerly anticipated sequel was actually shown in playable form at this week’s PAX. We still don’t know when it’s getting released, but it looks great.

We often assume Pixar can do no wrong, but every once in a while they get all human on us and fail. newt was in the works for a while, and never made it to the screen. More concept art here.

It’s Friday, so why not take some time to play a game? Really, what could be more fun than a prehistoric dinosaur running on a treadmill, while trying to avoid spike balls and laser beams?

The cleanly styled Manhattan gas barbeque grill features a wood countertop, 2 separate cooking zones, adjustable burner, storage space, stainless steel grill cover and integrated roller wheels.

Chewbacca plays Winnie in James Hance’s mash-up of Winnie the Pooh and Star Wars. Han Solo is Christopher Robin and R2D2 is Piglet. Guess who (or what) plays Eeyore. More art here.

Comedian-slash-Irish pirate Conan O’Brien announces the title of his new show, which will air on TBS starting November 8 – a title that ensures that Conan cannot be booted out of the show.

The gorgeous new Xbox Live Arcade game features some of the most incredible water effects ever in a game – and the best part is that it’s a major gameplay element. The fire ain’t half bad either.