Awesome Leisure

If you still haven’t downloaded the Battlefield: Bad Company 2 demo, this tutorial will send you over the edge: it’s a comprehensive explanation of the multiplayer rush gameplay.

Going to jail is probably the safest thing you can do in Nick Endean’s Resident Evil version of Monopoly; properties, Community Chest and Chance are all based on R.E. locations.

While we liked Dodge’s Man’s Last Stand ad, this Couch Potato Groom wedding cake topper shows that it’s better to lay some ground rules early on; exasperated bride sold separately.

As promised, Toy Story 3’s second trailer is now up: while we get a better idea of the plot, we’re loving Pixar’s slightly risqué sense of humor–nice ascots and lincoln logs, anyone?

A hybrid history and gameplay lesson, this Factions trailer for Napoleon: Total War discusses the French theaters of war as well as the Coalition forces that will eventually ally against him.

Moleskine’s Wine Journal is ideal for budding sommeliers–as long as they’re sober enough; each includes six themed sections, a wine glossary, and double expandable inner pocket.

Glitch has much loftier, more far-reaching goals than its cutesy graphics might imply; created by Flickr co-founder Stewart Butterfield, it aims to do for MMOs what Wii did for casual gaming.

Gibson’s 50th Anniversary 1960 ES-335TD revisits the most legendary semi-hollow electric guitar ever; it features a fast neck profile, dot fingerboard inlays and period-correct hardware.

If you found the Superbowl Teaser to be too short, this kickass theatrical trailer for The Last Airbender is guaranteed to leave you in an Avatar state with actual dialog and plot exposition.

It’s a pity this District 9 Arc Generator is sold out, because we’d love to get our hands/claws/whatever on it; the full-size movie replica is limited to 200 pieces (may require alien DNA).

Hohner’s Little Lady is the world’s smallest harmonica at only 3.5 cm long; it’s able to play a full eight note C-major octave and includes a carrying case and brass keying loop.

It’s fairly short and doesn’t reveal much, but it’s what you don’t see that excites us in this debut teaser for Ghost Recon: Future Soldier; the tactical shooter is due out Q3/Q4 2010.

PS3 owners finally get their own version of Star Ocean today (2/9/10); The Last Hope International includes Japanese/English voices and multiple soundtracks on a single Blu-ray disc.

The Prancing Horse ain’t horsin’ around: Ferrari Racing Series DLC arrives on Need for Speed SHIFT 2/18/10 for the Xbox 360 only with 10 supercars including the F430 GTC and F50 GT.

Available 2/24/10: if your braaaain found Pride and Prejudice and Zombies a bit too dense, this set of 30 postcards pictorially merges Victorian romance with ultraviolent zombie mayhem.

Don’t soil your pants, but Plants vs. Zombies shambles onto your lawn the iPhone/iPod Touch February 15th with a new zombie bobsled team; play the free online version here for a trial.

Molten metal speaks louder than words in this Japanese Debut Teaser for Armored Core 5; due out late 2010, this iteration will shift the focus from speed to violent mech-on-mech action.

Collected from the papers of “monstrologists”, Compendium Monstrum is a pocket-sized volume with “19th century” sketches, maps, and notes on vampires, werewolves, and zombies.

This Get Your Robe On trailer for Magicka starts off tongue in cheek but gets epic fast; the offbeat fantasy RPG features single and 4-person co-op and arrives on PC and XBLA this year.

Thanks to a successful run at 2009 Sundance, blaxploitation spoof Black Dynamite blasts its way onto DVD/Blu-ray on 2/16/2010; both include commentary, extra scenes, and featurettes.

Dawn of War II’s Chaos Rising expansion spews forth from the Warp with this epic Servants of Chaos trailer; the Greater Daemon of Nurgle finally rears its most definitely ugly head.

Ask A Ninja’s Ninja Wisdom Deck is a collection of 50 deadly meditations including the ninja code and ninja philosophy; it’s perfect for non-ninjas, as long as the deck doesn’t kill you first.

NSFW: if you found the first Cop Out trailer juvenile, this red band trailer only goes downhill; still, it’s a treat for Tracy Morgan fans who like his unique, totally un-PC sense of humor.