Our semi-annual roundtable debate series continues! After determing the fate of Star Wars and Star Trek, following the selection of a fictional President, our panel of experts will now debate Marvel VS DC. The results will shock you. Mostly because they’re inconclusive. We’ll have to do it again.

Sean, Extra Zero, Adam, and Captain Genius join me on this journey into centuries of continuity and endless fanboy crying. We’ll talk comics, movies, cartoons, TV, and T-Shirts.

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Here it is. The first trailer for Iron Man 3 is up as the hype train continues to countdown to May 3rd, 2013.

We can see in the trailer that the events in the movie happen after The Avengers. We see a new armor enter the fray that looks like the Iron Patriot armor we saw Norman Osborn sporting in The Dark Avengers, though I have read that it is being called the ‘Detroit Steel’ armor. And finally The Mandarin steps forward. In the first movie, when Tony was kidnapped, it was by a terrorist organization called the ‘Ten Rings’. It was long believed that this was a reference to the Mandarin and given how he is represented in this trailer, that seems consistent.

Marvel.com has revealed the first movie poster for the forthcoming Iron Man 3 film. Its pretty generic and could honestly be the movie poster for any Iron Man movie. There doesn’t seem to be anything plot specific about this. This is more of a way to begin the hype train that Marvel has been so good at fostering with their world-building movies.

Iron Man 3 will hit theaters May 3, 2013.
Thor: The Dark World is due November 8, 2013.
Captain America: Winter Soldier is coming April 4, 2014.
Guardians of the Galaxy hits August 1, 2014.
The Avengers sequel is slated for May 1, 2015.
Ant-Man is coming our way on November 6, 2015.

Marvel has clearly been busy making things for us to buy in mass quantities.

UbiSoft recently threw it’s hat into the Digital Distribution ring with it’s own Uplay service.

Like it or not, digital distribution is here to stay. It doesn’t have to be a bad thing though. For a PC gamer like me, having my games on Steam and downloading them whenever I get a new computer beats the shit out of having to install all my games from disc and entering in product keys. For a console gamer, you can pick up some of the best current and old-school games without leaving your couch. Heck, for smartphone users, you can access fun games with the click of a button. Console development is leaning towards digital distribution, and PC gaming has already been there for years. Several digital distribution services have popped up, each with their own selection. Here are 5 of the best, chosen by their selection, prices, and ease of use.
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In space, no one can hear you scream. Before Pitch Black, Dead Space, and any other space horror, there was Alien. The horrifying Xenomorphs scared moviegoers shitless throughout 3 films (and a forgettable 4th along with the two Alien vs Predator movies), hundreds of comic books, and several video games. Alien Trilogy, an FPS from the 32 bit era, bought players up close and personal to the xenomorphs like never before. While it clearly pales by today’s standards, Alien Trilogy matched the dark mood of the films like no other video game before it, and few games have afterward. Playing as series heroine Ripley, you shoot your way through a storyline loosely based on all 3 films in the franchise as you shoot various Aliens throughout an abandoned space colony. It’s you, along against the aliens in the colony’s dark hallways. While the graphics show their age, and the level design tends to be a bit confusing, Alien Trilogy stands as one of the best FPS games of the 32-bit era. There is little chance of it being available in any form, so this is a disc you’ll have to hunt down.

Last week we took a look at the new features in WWE 13. I know a lot of you are disenchanted with the mainstream videogame wrestling scene, so here is something for you too! The developer of $20GTOW alumni Action Arcade Wrestling is hard at work on the sequel to the Xbox Indie smash hit. Every aspect of the game is being improved, from the create a wrestler to the animations. Check out the developer’s first video blog up above, and the other 3 below. This may not be the rebirth of No Mercy, but the developer is packing some really cool stuff in this game. Also of interest is ProWrestling X, a PC game inspired by classic N64 wrestling titles. It’s on Steam Greenlight, so please vote for it so we can have it available on Steam.
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According to an announcement from Marvel Studios, Ant-Man will be coming to theaters on November 6, 2015. The movie will be directed by Edgar Wright.

Ant-Man is a Marvel Comics hero that can shrink down to the size of ants and communicate with the insects via a special helmet. There have been a few characters that have worn the mantle of Ant-Man and I have not heard much about the script or plot for this movie so its not clear which iteration of the hero will take center stage.

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