It’s the first week since the Nintendo 3DS release, and the Japanese and outside importers alike will soon enjoy the freedom of glasses-free, high quality 3D entertainment.

But did you know that Nintendo tried this almost 25 years ago, with another device (sort of) called the 3DS?

Blip.TV Version

Direct Link: Famicom Dojo: Famicom 3D System

YouTube Version [HD]
Direct Link: Famicom Dojo: Famicom 3D System – The ORIGINAL 3DS!

Show Notes
http://famicomdojo.tv/season2/famicom-3d-system

Pick up your own 3D System and a bunch of games over at Flashback Vintage Electronics, or get one of the sweet “Wordy” shirts at Level Up Studios.

But if that doesn’t satisfy you (or even if it does), you should also check out more cool games and videos in our show notes!

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The next installment of BioWare’s epic fantasy RPG will be out in just one week. After the Dragon Age 2 demo went live last week, fans are already alternately welcoming and decrying BioWare’s moves to make this property more like its Sci Fi cousin Mass Effect.

After we saw the first impressions from Game Informer and preliminary reviews from GamesCom last year, I put together a list of five unique features of Dragon Age: Origins that I hoped would not get trampled in that process. We’ve only seen the demo so far, but we can already answer most of those questions.

So how does Dragon Age 2 fare compared to its Origins? Read on!

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The new Italian Sailor Moon Nintendo DS game will be released at the end of this month. The game is now available from pre-order from a number of sites that offer international shipping. For ease of use users may prefer to order from this link at the Italian Amazon which just went up today. Aside from it’s familiar layout Amazon.it is also compatible with existing amazon accounts. The game itself is 31 euros (~$42 US). I just put an order in with express shipping for 20 euros (~$27.50 US), which isn’t cheap. Slower shipping is also available for a slightly less expensive 14 euros (~$19.30). The game is also available from bol.it for 27 euros (~$37.20 US) but shipping seems to be over 30$.

Earlier this week Sailor Moon fan site Moon Chase reported that the game’s release date was moved up to the 21st of March. This reference a press release by TOEI that used that date, though various online stores included the new Amazon link still show a March 31st a release date.

Keep checking out Powet.tv for all your Sailor Moon news as well as information about this game. You’ll surely be sick of hearing about it once I get my hands on it.

I am the danger that fights evil by moonlight! I am the middle schooler that wins love by daylight! I am … Sailor … Duck?

Here’s Drake Malard aka Darkwing Duck from issue #8 of Boom’s recent Darkwing Duck comic, dressed as Sailor Moon! This is hardly the only cameo in this issue, as a seemingly endless number of alternate Darkwing Ducks all appear and it seems any mildly relevant comic or pop culture character from the past several decades makes an appearance. Tron, Sherlock Holmes, Where’s Waldo and more and more and more and … more.

Just check out a few examples from just that frame:

Thanks to poster Twighligh Ghost for bringing this to my attention in a post in the otherwise deserted alt.fan.sailor-moon newsgroup.

The podcast turns 50 and the site turns 5.
How do we celebrate such an anniversary? With one of our craziest episodes yet! Series regulars Zac, aDam, and Sean are joined by long lost host Logan, first time panelist Will, and from our community: Captain Genius himself!

Music in this episode from the album ALONE AT LAST by Lake Trout

Listen live on this page, or subscribe via RSS or iTunes.

Direct Link: Powetcast 50: The Buck Starts Here

Audio Netcast Details
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I’m a huge Deadpool fan. Since I’m such a big fan, I (and about 19,000 other people) follow Deadpool’s creator Rob Liefeld on twitter. One thing I’ve noticed during my time following him is that the man isn’t stingy when it comes to using exclamation points.

Last night instead of being subjected to the Oscars, I decided to find out if it was just my imagination, or does Liefled really use too many exclamation points. I wrote a simple script that downloads his tweets and counts the exclamation points. I ignored any retweets and downloaded as many as I could (Twitter limits how many historical tweets you can download). I ended up with 3016 tweets by Rob Liefeld. Time for some results.

Results after the jump
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Big releases look like Fight Night Champion for the big two consoles and Pokemon Black & Pokemon White for whatever iteration of the Nintendo DS you may own.

XBox360
Fight Night Champion
Rango
Xbox 360 Rapid Charge Induction Station Black
Xbox 360 Tritton AX 120 Performance Gaming Headset

Playstation 3
Fight Night Champion
Rango
PlayStation Move Sniper Rifle Gun

Nintendo Wii
Remington Super Slam Hunting: Alaska
Rango
TrackMania
Chuck E Cheese’s Sport Games
Maximum Racing: Drag and Stock Racer
Maximum Racing: GP Classic Racing
Wii Nerf Remote – Blue
Wii Nerf Remote – Black

Nintendo DS
Pokemon – White Version
Pokemon – Black Version
Pokemon White Version Bundle
Pokemon Black Version Bundle
Rango
DS Pokemon Character Stylus
DS Pokemon Hard Case Kit

PC & Mac
Rift Collector’s Edition
Rift Collector’s Edition [Game Download]
Rift [Game Download]
Rift
Warhammer 40K Dawn of War II Retribution
Rift 60 day game time card
SOE 30 Day Universal Game Card or 1,500 Station Cash
Pod Revolution
Murder Island: Secret of Tantalus [Game Download]

I think this pretty much speaks for itself.