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

Boy us geeks sure like to quote stuff. Take any random message board, comment section or chat room(do people still use those?) and you’ll see conversation frequently interrupted statements like “War not makes one great!” or “Why does it say paper jam when there is no paper jam!?” or “I’ve got better things to do tonight than die”

Yes, quotes are part of our language. It might be a lazy way of communicating, but quotes allow us to shout our interests at others. [Read the rest of this entry…]

Are you one of those people who think video games are, or can be art? Did you like Braid? If so, you’ll love The Path. The Path is one of those games which clearly isn’t for everyone, but it makes you think about what’s going on in ways that games such as Halo and Grand Theft Auto can’t. The Path is a retelling of the story of Little Red Riding Hood. After selecting one of several sisters, you are sent by your mother to visit your ailing grandmother. You are given one command: stay on the path. Indeed, doing so will get you to grandma’s house safe and sound, but you don’t want to do that. It’s by deviating from the path that you learn more about the game and find more of the forest’s secrets. You’ll also encounter the “wolf”. The game’s control system is simplistic, but it gets the job done as all you are doing is exploring and checking out objects. The game is very ambiguous, as you learn nothing of the girls besides their name. What’s the game’s point? Is there one? While the ambiguity will put off most players, others will enjoy trying to decipher the game’s meaning. If you want something different and have an open mind, check it out.

Why do movie studios release international trailers? Are the ones for North America not good enough? Are we not good enough for these?

Either way, thanks to Inter-Net, we can watch the videos anyway.

And hey, as a bonus, here is the trailer of the Scott Pilgrim video game: [Read the rest of this entry…]

As promised, this is the uncut, uncensored, and uncalled for out takes from this weeks podcast. Listen with headphones.

Direct Link: Powetcast Episode 32.5: Anywhoozle

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In what seems like another swipe from the hype machine of Iron Man 2, we have even more images from the upcoming movie to share. Newsarama has 4 new images, in addition to the movie teaser poster we posted earlier today. This movie cannot come soon enough.

You can see the images after the break.
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While reviews of Teela and Zodac (2002) are coming in, Mattel has posted pictures of the upcoming bonus figure for January, Battle Armor He-Man. The original figure had an action feature that when touched, the chest would shift from a clean armor to a ‘battle damaged’ version of the chest plate with a slash. When pressed again, two slashes would appear. Pretty basic, but fun. The MOTUC line has no action features/gimmicks due to tooling costs. Instead this figure will come with swappable chest plates for each stage of the armor and its battle damage. Its a neat way to get around the action feature, but I think the lack of gimmick will really nosedive this figure’s potential interest. This was one of the earliest He-Man variants and one of my all-time favorites.

   

One thing I need to point out about these pictures is that the protective mailing box for him is actually labeled with ‘Battle Armor He-Man’ on it. This is really great because prior figures had no identifier on the outside of the outer box making it very difficult to tell which figure was which if you had several of them still sealed.

Battle Armor He-man will be the bonus figure for January.

Join us after the jump for Green Goddess, Randor and Mattel’s taunting facebook update!
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Hasbro’s San Diego Comic-Con exclusives have gone up for order on HasbroToyShop.com. Get them now, while they are still in stock!

Hasbro’s exclusives include:
Transformers Soundwave with Laserbeak, Buzzsaw, Ravage and Ratbat
GI Joe: Rise of Cobra: 12″ Baroness
GI Joe: Rise of Cobra: Destro 2-pack
Marvel Universe 70th Anniversary Box Set
Wolverine Mighty Mugg with retractable claws
Metallic Finish Optimus Prime Might Mugg
My Little Pony 2009 Collector’s Exclusive Pony
Star Wars Smiling Pilot Luke Skywalker with Helmet and Ladder
Littlest Pet Shop Comic-Con Kitty

There are some 10% coupons for HasbroToyShop here.