Games

While the cinematic trailer for EA and BioWare’s action RPG Anthem wowed folks at E3 2018, we’re much more excited now that we’ve seen 20 minutes of actual gameplay. Sit back and enjoy this in-game footage as a team of four players complete the “Scars & Villainy” mission.

Fans of the popular empire-building franchise Civilization will want to grab this bundle, which includes both Civilization VI, and the Rise & Fall expansion, which adds borders and loyalties that change over time, among other things. Save 36% in The Awesomer Shop.

Launch Q-Tips, matches, and toothpicks with these teensy desktop crossbows. Choose between a Dark Knight or a Phoenix design. Grab one for 35% off the regular price in The Awesomer Shop.

Start banging on the drums faster and easier with this digital drum synthesizer. Play on seven professional tritone drum pads, and listen through the built-in speakers or headphone jack, or use USB MIDI to connect the drum kit to a computer and use sequencing software.

Play poker in style and learn a bit about typography, fonts, and design with this sweet deck from Forrest Goods. Learn the fascinating history of typography, and the real effect that fonts play in our daily lives. Grab a deck for 25% off in The Awesomer Shop.

This stunning ping pong / dining table is crafted from hardwood salvaged from colonial buildings in Saigon, cast iron legs from antique Japanese sewing machines, and topped off with a hand-stitched leather net. Includes paddles made from local timber and tooled leather.

Shuffleboard is no longer just for retirement communities, having experienced a renaissance as a hip bar favorite. We just love the look of these tables from Kush, custom crafted from reclaimed wood and metal, with abacus style scorekeepers made from nuts and washers.

A brief look at the new game from Subset Games, the guys behind the immensely popular and addictive FTL. Into the Breach is a turn-based strategy game in which players must save the world from destruction through an endless variety of randomly-generated levels.

Ethan Miller gave the original NBA Jam an unofficial modern update, adding today’s star players along with dream teams and dream memes. You’ll need an SNES emulator to play it. Ethan hopes you’ll donate to the Dana-Farber Cancer Insitute if you like his mod.

Share all of life’s most embarrassing and humiliating moments with your friends when you play a game of Never Have I Ever. This card game asks players to collect cards for each of the questionable life decisions you’ve made. First player to 10 cards wins the game.

An accurate rendition of the music and sounds of Super Mario Bros. played on a Chinese wind instrument called the Sheng that predates the 30-year-old game by 3,000 years. We’re wondering if Miyamoto was inspired by its sound.

Created by Harris Soetikno, these beautifully illustrated playing cards let you take a journey around the world every time you shuffle. Each card is embellished with an image of one of 52 different cities and historic sites.