For your very mobile lifestyle comes a completely new imaging system with freedom to create and express as never before. Highly compact and portable, the Nikon 1 J1 goes everywhere you go. Moments from your amazing world are captured using a highly responsive autofocus and super fast shooting speed. In one touch you can work in Full HD (1080p) movie record mode. A camera so versatile you can even snap photos while recording movies. Unleash your creativity with Nikon 1—offering a balance of high performance, advanced features, portability and a newly designed interchangeable lens system. Infuse your world with photos from every moment and connect as never before.

Whether or not you have had the opportunity to put on skates and play a little hockey, the NHL games from EA Sports have always been crazy amounts of fun. And, thanks to EA Sports they have been improving each and every year. The formula is pretty consistent, don’t fix what ain’t broke but add on more content every time. This has resulted in a whole slew of improvements that sets NHL 12 apart from the rest. Just to name a few, there are improved physics to help pound your opponents, a revamped Pro mode, more goalie control, improved AI and much grander presentation. Considering the game was already really fun, now it’s a just a no brainer – you have to check out NHL 12.

Who doesn’t love that little angry, smoking girl that Yoshitomo Nara has created. We can’t believe it has been 20 years in the making. Nobody’s fool is a great collection of Mr. Nara various works, ranging from sculptures to paintings. Its an interesting evolution of a single man’s style and a development of depicted characters. This is a great addition to a fan’s collection or a great introduction to the work.

From its first issue in April, 1970, the National Lampoon blazed like a comet, defining comedy as we know it today. To create Drunk Stoned Brilliant Dead, former Lampoon illustrator Rick Meyerowitz selected the funniest material from the magazine and sought out the survivors of its first electrifying decade to gather their most revealing and outrageous stories. The result is a mind-boggling tour through the early days of an institution whose alumni left their fingerprints all over popular culture: Animal House, Caddyshack, Saturday Night Live, Ghostbusters, SCTV, Spinal Tap, In Living Color, Ren & Stimpy, The Simpsons—even Sesame Street counts a few Lampooners among its ranks. Long before there was The Onion and Comedy Central news shows, there was the National Lampoon, setting the bar in comedy impossibly high.

If you haven’t heard, there is a new zombie survival game that has been causing some buzz in the video game industry. Dead Island takes place on, you guessed it, an island which is a hot tourist destination. The only problem is, their main attractions this year are flesh eating zombies. You play as a customized character who can level up and advance in a variety of skills. With a first person perspective, it’s a similar gameplay experience to Fallout, except mutants are replaced with the undead and your jumpsuit is traded for board shorts. Remember to wear sunscreen.

The last game in the Resistance trilogy starts now! For those of you who have not experienced the previous games, we highly recommend you check them out prior to playing Resistance 3; however, we know that may be difficult. The thing is that the story works a lot better when you go in order, plus the first two games are really good too. If you’re stubborn though, you could check out the story on Wikipedia, learn all about Joseph Capelli fighting the Chimera and dive into the third. We wouldn’t blame you that much… it’s pretty freaking epic.

We know that a great design is rarely a single stroke of genius but more often a nurtured process that takes time, effort and talent. Graphic lets us see deeper into this process of design. It takes you into the mind of designers and how different elements of things result in the final product. Here you see over 100 of the top graphic designers and illustrators and how they think in their own sketchbook.

Viktor Hertz has brought together two of our favorite things, sweet graphics and music. The Pictogram Music Posters have a street sign vibe to them but are each representative of a specific song. This young Swedish designer also makes movie posters and t-shirts that are definitely worth a browse.

Mick Rock’s photo career began with him sneaking his camera into rock shows; it ignited when he started shooting a practically unknown David Bowie in 1972 and then went on to document the rise and fall of Ziggy Stardust. Since then Mick’s become a legend himself, shooting a who’s who of rock, punk, and pop icons and capturing the images of stars right as they became part of the pop firmament. Exposed collects 200 of his best photos across nearly 40 years, including unforgettable images of Syd Barrett, Lou Reed, Blondie, Queen, Iggy Pop, the Sex Pistols, the Yeah Yeah Yeahs, the Killers, Lady Gaga, U2, and many more. Featuring a revealing introduction, narrative captions, and an illuminating foreword by playwright Tom Stoppard, Exposed is a gorgeous visual celebration for music fans.

As you may have got from the title this book is filled with Mug Shots of the famous, infamous and most wanted. Each shot tells the story of the individual of a very specific time in their lives and to further understand the person’s history commentary accompanies every image. You will see mafia bosses, killer and history makers. These include the likes of Martin Luther King, Frank Sinatra, Al Capone and O.J. Simpson. These shots will certainly give you new perspective.