Here’s a trailer for Ridley Scott’s upcoming movie “Prometheus”. This movie was at one time meant to be a prequel to Alien, but has since been retooled. There are no Space Jockeys here, but the Aliens do have quite a resemblance to the face huggers we know and love.

Wherever it does or doesn’t fit into the established Alien cannon, this movie looks promising. Look for it to hit theatres this summer. If you were wondering why the way those letters appeared looked so familiar, keep reading for a trailer from a certain 1979 movie that uses the same effect…

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Here’s “It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas”, by David Kaye using the voice of Beast Wars Megatron.

Update: Keep reading to see a fan made animation of Megatron that goes along with these words.

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The Christmas season, in the video game industry, is more about big sales of blockbuster titles, console launches, and a bit of rubbing-it-in-the-face for people who perennially spell Nintendo’s doom. (The 3DS is already outpacing sales of the DS in its first year.) If you’re a kid, subsequently, it means new video game time! Vinnk and Sean talk about their favorite Christmases, the games they got, their favorite Christmas games (yeah, there are a few), their most HATED Christmas games (there are even more), and more!

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IDW announced this week that they will be launching two new Transformers series, Transformers: More Than Meets the Eye and Transformers: Robots in Disguise, which are a direct continuation of IDW’s Chaos event and spring out of the Transformers: The Death of Optimus Prime special they released on Wednesday. The new series both launch in January 2012.

The full press release and details of the two series after the jump.
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Powet is a multicultured and multinational website, but of course we all celebrated the grand December 23rd tradition of Festivus.

Festivus is a holiday celebrated each year on December 23, as an alternative to over commercialized and/or religious days.

Read the history of this glorious day, gather round the Festivus pole, and be sure to tell all your family members the ways they’ve disappointed you, followed by feats of strength.

You don’t have to give Festivus gifts, but if you’d like…