Joe Carnahan’s big screen remake of The A-Team looks amazing. You might have some doubts as you watch the standard action movie fare with a slowed version of the original theme, but the last 20 seconds of the trailer sell the entire flick. I don’t even want to spoil it. I’ll just say that any sequel to last summer’s GIJOE movie will have to stretch far to beat such an outlandish action sequence.
Liam Neeson leads the cast as Hannibal Smith, with Bradley Cooper (ALIAS, The Hangover) as Face, Rampage Jackson (UFC Fighter) as BA Baracus, and overnight sensation Sharlto Copley (District 9) as Howlin’ Mad Murdock.

Since the alphabet is the building block of our language, the Powet Alphabet is the building block of what makes us geeks.

One of the many ways one becomes a geek is by absorbing the minutiae and esoterica of any particular medium. Comic books are perfect for this, with multiple titles and weekly stories that span months and even years. But what happens when you become a lifetime comic book geek? Then you have to keep track of stories that span generations.

Blackest Night, DC’s most recent (and most recently successful) crossover event, is the ultimate fan wank for longtime readers of the DCU. Death may be a revolving door in comic books, but for some 2nd and 3rd string characters it is rather more permanent. Blackest Night brings back nearly every “permanently” deceased character for the last 20+ years since 1986, and provides and explanation for why the first-stringers can’t seem to stay dead.

Find out how this great strength of story for long-time fans is also this event’s greatest weakness, and what we can come to expect from a universe where the near-absolute authority of the Green Lanterns seems to be drawing to a close.

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While it wasn’t nearly as well known as its peers, Taito’s Darius Twin was part of the holy trinity of 2D side scrolling shooters along with Gradius and R-Type. In the games, players faced giant fish-like enemies and collected weapons in order to defeat enemies. Although Darius Twin was the first Super Nintendo entry in the series, it’s actually the third game in the overall series. Heroes Proco and Tiat return to the planet Orga to once again stop the evil Belser. Like many of the early entries in the series, Darius Twin allowed players to chose which stages to go through between levels. While it isn’t much different from other side scrolling shooters, Darius Twin’s music, backdrops, and huge enemies help set it apart while the multiple stage paths and multiple endings help give it some replay value. Hopefully it won’t be much longer before we see this game on virtual console if it isn’t there already.

Did we really need another Sega Genesis compilation, especially when most of these games are available on Virtual Console/Xbox Live Arcade/Playstation Network Store? When it’s this good, ABSOLUTELY. While the lineup is similar to 2006’s Sega Genesis Collection, there are several games from that disc that were left off and there are many games here that weren’t on the previous compilation. With well over 40 games, the disc spans the entire history of the Sega Genesis and it includes the classics (Sonic, Streets of Rage, Shinobi), some lesser known hits (Beyond Oasis, Ristar, Comix Zone), and the occasional clunker (Sonic 3D Blast, Flicky, Bonanza Bros). There is a huge amount of hidden features, including interviews and developers, art and even Arcade and Sega Master System games. There are numerous options for tweaking the graphics, and you can arrange the games alphabetically. While it’s cool to download hits, this disc is still the best value for your dollar. Sega if you’re reading this, now that we got plenty of Genesis games, please give us a Sega Saturn compilation. I’ve got the burning desire to play some Panzer Dragoon.