If you’ve been keeping up on the New York Comic-Con news from last week, you’ll note that there was only one newsworthy item to come out of the entire show – There’s a new trailer out for Season 3 of Venture Bros.

Quick Stop Entertainment got the scoop, but – nice guys that they are – the video is free to be embedded everywhere, from here to your bedroom ceiling. Assuming, of course, your bedroom ceiling is A) made of HTML and B) capable of handling this much awesome.

So grab a seat, sit back, and get ready to be teased. And keep an eye out for a wicked sweet G.I. Joe parody about 3:55 into the thing.

	Subscribe to iTunes POWETcast  Choose your own reader Episode 1 – Fit the First Episode 2 – Fit the Second Episode 3 – Fit the Third Episode 4 – Fit the Fourth Episode 5 – Zaphod

00:57 – Fit the Fourth Review
04:53 – Zaphod Interview
19:30 – Fit the Fifth Clip

What’s this, a filler week? Not exactly.

That’s not to say you’ll hear nothing from Fit the Fifth; for the first time you’ll hear from someone who isn’t Keith, Colin, or Tom talking about making this fit — Powet’s very own Phil Bond! Afterward, we’ll also share a completed clip from the fit, which will be totally completed for next week’s episode.

Look after the jump for an explanation of one of the more opaque references to a game project we worked on — including a downloadable demo of said game — and even a link to a Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy game, playable online!

Show notes:

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After many moons and a three-part Tokyo Game Show special (and related coverage), Famicom Dojo is back with the fourth episode of our first season!

Blip.TV Version

YouTube Version
Direct Link: Famicom Dojo: Cartridges and Pins

Video Netcast Version
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Direct Link: Famicom Dojo – Episode 04 – Cartridges and Pins

Chat with us on the Powet forums about this and other episodes in our official Famicom Dojo thread. Alternatively, feel free to leave a comment below!

Show Notes
http://famicomdojo.tv/season1/cartridges-and-pins

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Trent Reznor made waves only a month ago when he released a new Four Disc Nine Inch Nails instrumental album for only $5 and gave away the first disc for free.

Now a new proper NIN record is on the way and less than 24 hours after the first single was mastered, its online. In Trent’s own words “You can download your own copy of the track RIGHT HERE RIGHT NOW for free.

Of course Nine Inch Nails secrets are still yet to be revealed; the comments section on the MP3 says “Go to www.nin.com May 5.” A new album? Another single? With no record label to hold him back and digital distribution in his control, Trent Reznor can do whatever he wants.

Something that made my heart flutter happened to be smack dab on the cover of June’s EGM issue – it would appear that Namco’s cult-classic horror game Splatterhouse will be getting a well-deserved updating and makeover. Given that there have been a recent string of “retro-revivals” lately, including a new Golden Axe game (squee!!), this is a welcome addition to that list.

Splatterhouse should be name that pops up in the minds of survival-horror fans, as it was the progenitor of the genre itself. Released in 1988 for the TurboGrafx-16, the original game was quite gorey and violent for something coming out before the likes of Resident Evil and Mortal Kombat, which are well known for both, and was the first game ever to receive the parental advisory disclaimer. Just to exemplify, the American version of the game had to be censored due to depictions of an inverted cross with severed heads as a boss, less blood and gruesome sound FX coming from enemies when they’re smashed against walls, and less graphic death scenes of bosses. The game came out for the Virtual Console in 2007, but unfortunately featured the toned-down western version. Check out The West Mansion for more information on the series and games.

While this might not have been the most original open-world crime game, it was one of the best and most unique. When it was released, Grand Theft Auto 4 was more than a year away from release. Volition’s (The Punisher, Red Faction) game helped to make the wait much more bearable, and it even improved some of Grand Theft Auto’s game mechanics. With a sequel on deck for later this year, GTA IV less than a week away from release, and even Mercenaries 2 arriving this fall, now is a perfect time to visit Stillwater, if for no other reason than to get yourself ready for the open-world goodness arriving throughout the next several months.
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Discuss the Gargoyles Comic reviews in our forum.

I wish I knew how to begin this review. I usually enter with some common thing a reader can relate to, then go into my opening statements and opinions about the anime I’m reviewing. However I can’t seem to come up with anything meaningful this time around to properly describe exactly what the anime “Papuwa” is, except this:

Crack.

Pure awesome and silly crack.

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