Are remakes bad, or just a natural part of the multimedia lifecycle in the entertainment industry? News on the future of Dollhouse, Optimus Prime, and Jackass, with reviews of Turtles Forever, New Super Mario Bros. Wii, and Blackest Night.

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UPDATE: Nominations extended until Nov. 30th! See the rest of the article for details.

It’s been a year since we’ve promised our viewers One Video Per Week. For 52 weeks we brought you 52 new videos for Keep Playing, Powet Toys, Famicom Dojo, our movie review series, as well as many others. Help us celebrate a successful year by picking out your favorite moments!

It’s really easy. All you have to do is find your top five favorite videos from the official list (after the jump). Watch them again to find your favorite scene or clip from each one. Once you think you found it, reply to this post with the name of the video and the timestamp (MM:SS) of your favorite moment.

We will tally the results and present them to you all for voting after the close of nominations. Winners will be announced in our December 9th video.

So what are you waiting for? Nominations close next Monday, November 30th!

See a list of valid contenders after the break:

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With seemingly everyone clamoring to buy a copy of Modern Warfare 2, Zac tells us just why you shouldn’t.

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News (cont’d)

• Infinity Ward distributes, then pulls video with homophobic slur
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eiEf_eyGmrE
• Backlash: http://www.destructoid.com/infinity-ward-pulls-mw2-hamels-video-after-internet-furor-153731.phtml
• Zac Shipley will not purchase a new copy of MW2 this week.

What takes you right out of a game? Or a movie? What keeps you wanting more? Powet tackles these questions, along with the premiere of ABC’s V, and much more!

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Direct Link: Powetcast Episode 22: In V We Trust

(What do you think about the new V? Did you watch the old series? Leave a comment below!)

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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.

Anyone who grew up in the ’90s should remember ReBoot on ABC. As a budding computer geek, I was fascinated by this show — not only because of its endless barrage of computer in-jokes and references, but because it was the first 3D-animated cartoon ever. This barely compares to what a teenager can do these days with off-the-shelf software, but in 1994 it was the most amazing thing I’d ever seen.

Most people don’t even know that the show survived its cancellation to have an amazing third season, and somewhat middling TV movies. What? You’re one of them? Then read more after the jump! (Or watch the video above!)

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Maybe Mattel can’t get anything right, but then neither can toy distribution centers servicing Washington D.C.! Zac “reports” on this terrible state of affairs.

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The powetcast will be taking a break next week. Come back for Episode 22 the week of November 8th!

Does LOST’s handling of time travel make Flashforward fall flat? Can anything top it ever again? Logan lets us know his thoughts on Brutal Legend, Bioware announces the street date for Mass Effect 2, and — try as they might — Mattel can’t seem to get anything right.

(Are you excited for Flashforward? Mass Effect 2? The end of the Pontiac line? Leave your thoughts in a comment below!)

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What you don’t know can’t hurt you, right? Is that why the Japanese game industry has been slipping lately? Even prominent Japanese creators are seeing the writing on the wall, saying that they must innovate, “or die”. As if to prove their point, we talk about a mess of games we’ve been playing that were not made in the land of the rising sun.

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(Name your dream team comic merger! AT&T still doesn’t own a company. How about Dark Horse? Leave your comments below!)

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