Hmm, the kids seem to be into these tower defense games, and everyone loves zombies. Why not put the two together? Popcap, the king of casual gaming, has done just that with Plants vs Zombies. You play as a homeowner, and hordes of the undead are invading your lawn. All that stands between you and the undead holocaust is your garden and several lawnmowers.. These aren’t any ordinary plants however, these are sentient plants with combat abilities to fight off the zombie horde. You stockpile sunlight so you can have enough money to place your seeds. Each level you gain access to new plants, so you’re learning how to play the game as you move along. Your neighbor Crazy Dave helps you out by selling you seeds at his store, and you can take part in bonus games such as wall-nut zombie bowling. There are several unlockable modes, some of which parody Popcap’s other games such as Bejeweled.
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Transformers Prime, the new series scheduled to debut this October, will feature the return of Peter Cullen as Optimus Prime.

Cullen voiced the original Optimus Prime among other roles in the 1984-1988 Original “G1” Transformers series. Fan demand led to his return to the role in 2007 for Michael Bay’s “Transformers” live action movie and its sequel in 2009. He’s also expected in the third live Transformers movie in 2011.

Transformers Prime will be on a new network “The Hub” which will launch in place of Discovery Kids. Since Hasbro will co-own the network, they’ll be limited on the amount of advertising they can do within government restrictions: Transformers ads cannot appear during Transformers shows, but can run during other shows like GIJOE. Classic Transformers shows will run on the network in addition to the new show.

Early reports indicate the series will be CG animation and take several design cues from the live action movies. Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman, who scripted both theatrical Transformers as well as last year’s Star Trek revival will act at show runners for Transformers Prime.

[source: AdAge]

This is your monthly reminder, friends and readers! Today at Noon Eastern, the products available for the month of May will go on sale. This month includes Space Mutant Optikk, Giant Tytus and Reissue Mer-man from the MOTUC line. Also available will be Walter Peck with Containment Unit, Retro-Action Green Arrow, and Dark Knight Two-Face. Pictures are after the jump. Good luck!
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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.

The whole world is 3D, so maybe I should be more specific. This article is to discuss the optical effect of making something appear 3D to a human viewer. This effect can be done a number of ways, but in pretty much all instances this is achieved by having each eye see a different image to create the illusion of depth.

Close one eye at a time and you’ll see that each eye sees something slightly different. This is the real trick to 3D called paralax. The left eye needs to see an image as it would appear from a few inches to the left than the right eye and your brain is smart enough to use this to extrapolate depth. An easy way of showing this to be the real source of the effect is to try closing one eye while using pretty much any kind of 3D technology, and you will see the effect disappear.

Iconic blue and red 3D glasses

In this special Cool Beans episode of the Powetcast we chart the Halo series from when none of us were playing to when all of us can’t get enough!

Join Zac, Zero, aDam, and Sean as we reflect on the drama, joy, and pain of Halo’s story and online multiplayer. Jetpack optional.

Direct Link: Cool Beans: Halo Reach & Retrospective

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Blip.TV Version

YouTube Version [HD]
Direct Link: Famicom Dojo Season 2: What Nintendon’t

Video Netcast Version
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Direct Link: Famicom Dojo S2 – Episode 01 – What Nintendon’t (Including “Train Your Game”)

Complete show notes at FamicomDojo.TV:
http://famicomdojo.tv/season2/what-nintendont

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Did you like that terrible game referencing play on words? You’ll like this music video for “Circuit Breaker” from the forthcoming Mark Ronson album “Record Collection”

I have his last record “Version” and it’s pretty good without the game references. But adding a game reference means I can post his music here without it being out of place, so enjoy!