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

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Toy Fair was this week in NYC and we spend the entire show just pouring over the news, pictures, and reveals from the big event.
You’ll find links for most of the material we’re talking about in Crazy’s massive Toy Fair 2010 news article.

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Rise of Legends is a sequel/spinoff of Big Huge Game’s Rise of Nations, which is one of my favorite PC RTS games. While it doesn’t stray too far from Rise of Nation’s formula, there are a few key differences in both the presentation and the gameplay. First of all, instead of a historical setting, ROL takes place on a fantasy world and tells a tale of 3 warring races: The Vinci are a steampunk style human civilization with mechanical units inspired by Renaissance painter Leonardo Da Vinci. The Alin are an Arabian-knights style group of creatures, magicians, and sorcerers. The Cuotl are a Meso-American inspired race of mythical creatures with advanced technology. You step in the role of an inventor out to avenge his brother’s death and finds something bigger going on, and the quest takes you through all three factions. The game’s factions include several hero units, and the 3D graphics give the game more impressive visuals.

Other than that, the gameplay will feel right at home for veterans of RON. The campaign makes use of a map similar the RON’s conquer the world campaign, and you’ll spend lots of time in battle researching and upgrading your tech tree. While Rise of Legends doesn’t reinvent the wheel, it is still an excellent RTS game, and it does a good job of following up Rise of Nations, even if its scope is scaled down in comparison.

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PowetToys Collectors Edition is a new spin-off series to the PowetToys reviews. I wanted an educational video series on the industry and collecting as a whole. This is my attempt in this endeavor. Let me know what you think in the comments!

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This is your monthly reminder MOTU fans! At noon EST, Trapjaw will go on sale as the February Club Eternia figure (subscription). Along with him, a reissue of Man-At-Arms will go on sale as well. This month also brings us the first large scale beast in the form of Battlecat. These large scale beasts will be coming out once a quarter. Announced at ToyFair 2010 this past weekend, Tytus and Gygor will be following Battlecat over the next two quarters.

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It had been a while since I’d seen Woody in a movie, then Zombieland promptly reminded me how awesomely funny he is. Defendor looks like it does the job too. Woody plays a headcase who thinks he’s a superhero going after a supervillain who might not exist.
Since its written and directed by a Canadian, Peter Stebbings , they’ll get release first on February 19 in Vancouver, Calagary, and Toronto. It will open in LA on February 26, and hopefully a wider release will follow for the rest of North America.
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You might see this game in a Best Buy or Gamestop and you may be tempted to pick it up, wondering why I haven’t already featured it as a $20 GOTW. Before you do, you should know that there is a much better version of this game available on PC for the same price. It has better level design, a better save system, more responsive play control, a level editor, and an online community with custom content and high score lists. It’s called Crayon Physics Deluxe.
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