Awesome Leisure

We’re really looking forward to the coming of age plot of Overlord II, as revealed in the trailer above; also: a tyranny system which lets you choose between destruction and domination.

This 1:6 scale mini-Space Invaders Piggy Bank is a multifunctionalist’s dream: it not only stores your 100 yen coins, but actually lets you play Space Invaders on its LCD screen.

Frontline Defense doesn’t innovate the tower defense genre, but we still wasted a good hour on it; it has a near-future feel to it, mixing infantry and machine gunners with Tesla towers.

The SRV-1 Blackfin is a fully assembled surveillance robot that you can control via the web using a Java-based console; it’s customizable with open source code and schematics.

It’s unclear whether “What’s In The Box” is a fan-made film or a viral video for Half Life 2: Ep. 3, but it’s absolutely awesome; we’re not sure how long it’ll stay up, so watch it now!

A Bejeweled-like game that lets you easily layoff folks and use bank bailouts, Layoff seems tasteless at first. However, each victim has a story, making it poignant social commentary.

Emergency and Survivor’s Club teach you how to survive, but Forbidden Knowledge takes the opposite tack: it teaches you how to start riots, make crop circles and brew moonshine.

Our eyes are watering, but in a good way: this debut trailer for as-yet unnamed Game #3 is epic both in terms of action and music; it’s by the same folks who did Castle Crashers.

Essentially a glorified iPod Dock with 2.1 audio, Spalding’s iHoop features a suspension cradle to protect your iPod; it also comes with a 1/8″ mini plug for other mp3 players.

This trailer for Alpha Protocol finally gives us gameplay to chew on; the RPG focuses on a CIA agent who is betrayed by his superiors and forced to uncover a conspiracy.

Replica starts off a simple mimicry game, but just wait until they introduce 180 and 90 degree transformations; dust off those spatial orientation skills, because you’ll need ’em.

Turn 24’s Jack Bauer into a chick, put him/her into a Splinter Cell-ish stealth game and you’ve got the gist of Velvet Assassin; you play a spy sent to infiltrate German lines in WWII.

Whereas Emergency gives survival tips, The Survivors Club delves into the psychological profiles of actual survivors; you’ll also be able to get your own Survivor Profile and Survivor IQ.

This Invisible Predator trailer for Arkham Asylum shows off what we like best about Batman: namely, his use of stealth (dropping in from above: sick) and abundance of gadgets.

As much as we like the T-600 endoskeletons, we actually prefer this 1:6 scale John Connor figure; the details are smokin’, from the tactical body harness to the M4A1 with sight.

We frankly want these PSP Sours simply for the PSP-shaped cool metal tin; they’ll come in blue screen (raspberry) or red screen (cherry) and can be preordered by the dozen for $32.

Call of Duty: World at War’s Nazi Zombies mode gets a proper trailer above; it’s an all-you-can-eat zombie buffet, filled with swarms of crawling undead, cola powerups and electric gates.

Although best known for this Star Wars-themed dioramas, we also like cbolego’s Last Seconds of the Yamato; it’s an offbeat depiction of the WWII Japanese battleship’s sinking.

With all the economic uncertainty swirling about, Neil Strauss’ Emergency: This Book Will Save Your Life may just do that; it’s packed with survival tips for a post-apocalyptic future.

You’ll probably get laughed at by your fellow spooks, but this Dark Ops Wii Light Gun is at least somewhat elaborate, with a lock-and-load mechanism, scope and double grips.

This Star Wars vs. Battlestar Galactica battle is pure awesome, with Battlestars, Star Destroyers and fighters duking it out; be sure to read the resultant jargon-laced feud in the comments.

Filled with Zack Snyder/300-style slo-mo shots and a rockin’ sound track, we were amazed that this gorgeous Beauty of Power trailer for Infamous uses only in-game footage.

There are pogo sticks, and then there’s The Flybar: powered by super-powered elastic bands, it’s capable of catapulting you 7.5 feet into the air, easily enough to jump over cars.