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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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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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.

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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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Direct Link: Powetcast Episode 20: Be an Earthling First

(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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A BotCon video! In September?

BotCon 2009 was a great time. We talked about it in Episode 11 of the Powetcast, but we also shot a bunch of video at the convention itself. Fans of the Powetcast and Transformers fans alike should enjoy this little peak into the event of the year, before we were let down by Revenge of the Fallen.

Following suit with Marvel, DC is bought out (again) by Warner Bros. Following suit with Siegel/Shuster (against DC), Jack Kirby’s heirs decide to sue Marvel. Kanye West makes a jackass out of himself. Sonic Team wants to make a GOOD Sonic game for a change. And Famicom Dojo Season 2 news! What’s going on in the world??

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Direct Link: Powetcast Episode 19: Greatest of all Time

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