Awesome Leisure

Kings Island is basically a free online version of Diablo, down to the gothic fonts; the plot is a bit WTF (you’re supposed to battle farmers and farm girls) but it’s still nicely polished.

Still wishing those Star Wars ABC posters were available? These engraved Mad Scientist blocks include “F is for Freeze Ray,” “H is for Henchmen,” and “U is for Underground Lair.”

Metroid: Confrontation is a tech demo for AM2R, a Metroid II fan remake by DoctorM64; while the full version is still in the works, the demo is plenty playable and available for download.

Tom Clancy’s EndWar is available for nearly every platform under the sun, but we actually like the simplified DS and PSP versions most; they’re turn-based with 20 units per faction.

Midnight Club: Los Angeles is now available and with it this launch trailer, which essentially acts as a grand tour of Southern California. The only problem? Traffic is never this light in LA.

Street Fighter Tribute commemorates the 20th anniversary of the franchise and is packed with original illustrations, including 200 brand-new pieces from artists around the world.

And a thousand physicists squealed at 3×10^8 m/s: Particle Zoo is a collection of subatomic particle plushes. They include everything from quarks and electrons to the elusive Higgs Boson.

We’re suckers for gimmicky packaging, which is why Firestarter Vodka has us all fired up. It’s shaped like an extinguisher and comes complete with a locking pin, trigger and nozzle.

From the same team who brought us Max Payne, Alan Wake is about an insomniac horror writer who travels to a sleepy small town. Fortunately for him, things go horribly wrong.

Star Wars: The Old Republic is the MMO successor to Knights of the Old Republic, and is a partnership between BioWare/EA and LucasArts. It’s in pre-alpha with no release date specified.

Styled by McFarlane Toys and affordably priced in $7 two-packs, these 2″ tall Guitar Hero II figs have just the right mixture of cool and cute; we’re def gonna pick these up in February.

With Quantum of Solace just around the corner, this teaser for Sega’s upcoming Alpha Protocol has us donning our spy gear in anticipation; it runs on Unreal Engine 3.0 and releases 3/09.

Zero degree chilling, LED backlit logos and a working tap handle: the Jagermeister is perfect for parties; heck, they even have a profit calculator. Optional: matching Jager Bomb cups.

It’s been ages since we played Minesweeper on the PC; this free Flash version is a nice update, with a Wild West setting (of all places). Not revolutionary, but it’s a fun time waster.

Although it’s not scheduled for release stateside, this Dragon Quest IX trailer really wowed us with the DS’ graphic abilities; the game features co-op multiplayer and turn-based combat.

If last week’s 11″ Mechagodzilla wasn’t enough, this 20″ variant is a walkin’, wrist twirlin’, head swivelin’, screechin’, roarin’ and LED flashin’ monster worthy of the name Gojira.

Think Cylon meets Silver Surfer: using two counter-rotating fans, the Cyber Surfer R/C Spaceboard is a pretty sweet flying toy; an accelerometer keeps him hanging ten instead of wiping out.

Can’t wait for Fable 2 to come out on Tuesday? Check out this trailer, which shows off the first ten minutes of the game; frankly, we’re quite impressed with how cinematic it all feels.

More gear for your ultimate bachelor pad: the Optime Strategies Table is an updated version of the classic face-to-face arcade cabinet; you can also surf the internet and play MP3s with it.

After a long hiatus, Red Faction is back, with its third iteration taking place on a terraformed Mars. The trailer above marks the end of their beta (and of FPS views); the game will launch 1/09.

48 years in the making, The Last Drop is a run of 1,347 bottles blended from 82 whiskies, which come from many distilleries that no longer exist; they’re bottled straight from the cask.

Based off of 2001’s Space Tripper, Astro Tripper is a side-scrolling shooter that features fat power ups, a pseudo 3D environment and 1080p HD graphics. It’s coming to the PS3 “soon”.

Atari ST, Amiga and C64 gamers should fondly remember Carrier Command; a new version is finally on the way and should arrive in 2009. Scope the teaser above for some juicy visuals.