Mattel announced today a partnership with video game publisher THQ to turn more of their properties into video games. Mattel’s “Pictionary” game is already available from THQ ahead of this deal.

Obviously, this will mean some more Barbie Horse Adventures, but Mattel’s camp does hold a license that should excite any grown collector or core gamer: Masters Of The Universe.

Do us a big favor THQ, get the guys from Volition and put them on MOTU, using the desgins from the latest Classics toyline. The only way to make Saints Row better is to set it in Eternia and add the ability to carjack Mer-Man.

Source: Reuters

We look back at 2010, and talk about our top 5 favorite (and bottom five not-so-favorite) items that we talked about during the course of the year.

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Marvel Entertainment announced today that it has promoted Axel Alonso to the position of Editor-In-Chief. The position was formerly held by Joe Quesada, now the Chief Creative Officer. Quesada held the position since 2000 and was the second longest serving Editor-In-Chief at Marvel behind only Stan Lee, who served from 1945 to 1972.

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

Admiral Ackbar plays a vital role in the Rebel Alliance’s attack on the second Death Star in Return of the Jedi. But no one cares about that. He’s really only ever remembered as the guy who says “It’s a trap”.

Ackbar is… an Admiral. That’s a pretty big deal. As the Supreme Commander of the Rebel Alliance Fleet he’s the guy who leads the whole attack at the Battle of Endor.

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