Awesome Leisure

Ancient artifacts of incredible power and gigantic swords: yup, The Last Remnant has Square written all over it, but judging from this cool cinematic trailer we’re gonna buy it anyway.

With the help of some of the same folks who created Warcraft III’s DotA, League of Legends is a stand alone game focused around hero units that fight with other players in tournaments.

Little Big Planet may be annoyingly cute, but this amazing calculator shows off its engineering potential: it’s made with 610 switches, 500 wires and 430 pistons. Thanks, Devand!

Have you ever wanted to do more than simply design for clients? The Design Entrepreneur is filled with stories of individuals who took their art and turned it into products.

Get your official The Sopranos wine, made by with several Italian wineries and affordably priced between $15-$34. Each is tied to a specific character, e.g. Tony’s Chianti.

More tilt-shifting: The Little People is a collection of photographs with miniature figures in often comedic (and occasionally macabre) situations throughout London, by Slinkachu.

SHIFT is somewhat like a two dimensional, spatial version of Braid; we didn’t get the whole black and white scheme until we hit our shift key. Note: also try out Shift 2. Thanks, Darnell!

World Golf Tour is a beautifully rendered golfing sim, all the more amazing that it’s free and playable online. Based on the Bali Hai course in Vegas, it uses Google Earth-like tech.

Making the leap from pixel to real life, eBoy (of Pixel Poster fame) has dropped a limited run Blockbob Toy; made of Swiss maple, it separates into three pieces and comes signed.

Red Alert 3 has no nukes due to a glitch in the time continuum, but this superweapons trailer makes up for it with all sorts of explosive goodness; thank god they kept the iron curtain.

Just in case you haven’t picked up your copy of NBA 2K9 (which arrives today), this launch trailer (go Baron!) should seal the deal: those graphics looks damn near realistic.

Throw in a low coefficient of friction and a bit of angular momentum, and you get Hurricane Balls; they’re two welded ball bearings which spin at crazy high speeds with a puff of air.

MGS fans will love Flash Gear Solid VR Trainer; it not only includes the much-beloved cardboard box but it can be played both top-down and from a first person view. Thanks, Ray!

Coming out two weeks before the film on 11/4, the Quantum of Solace game is looking downright fantastic, with solid, visceral takedowns and Daniel Craig’s voice to add realism.

TN Games’ 3RD Space Vest is finally adding support for World of Warcraft players; the vest offers 3D “tactile sensory stimuli,” no word yet on whether the vest will Stop Poking Me.

The perfect gift for your robot overlord, Tokibots are solid metal alarm clocks, replete with bolts, springs and articulating limbs. Our top pick: TANK, who likes demolition derbies.

OMF-LEGO: check out these pics from Zombie Apocafest, which took place this weekend in Seattle at BrickCon 2008; it was sponsored by The Brothers Brick, BrickArms and Valve.

With respect to our Japanese friends, Commando 2 is still a very fun, side-scrolling shooter. Packed with weapons and bosses, it’s set in World War II China during the occupation.

Although light on action, this latest cinematic trailer for Halo Wars explores a bit of the backstory to the game; it’s set at Harvest, approximately 20 years before Halo: Combat Evolved.

While $2k seems steep for an isolated exercise machine, we like the Ab Solo’s creative merger of shooting hoops and doing crunches; it even keeps score. Feel the burn!

It may be nearly two years old, but Neverwinter Nights 2 still continues to see action on our PC. Above is a trailer for its expansion pack Storm of Zehir; it’ll be available Nov. 18.

Luke Skywalker ain’t got nothin’ on Buck Rogers, the original 1920s sci-fi action hero. This 1:6 scale figure is available for preorder and includes a jet pack and atomic disintegrator gun.

Kitbashes, repaints, mods–whatever you call ’em, these custom action figures have us drooling. From Transformers and Star Wars to Manga Spawn(!), there’s something for everyone.