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• Video Game Deal: Buy An Xbox 360 4GB Console With Kinect, Get a $50 Credit
• Deal: Dexter: Seasons 1-5 On DVD and Blu-ray
• Geek Gear: Game Of Thrones ‘Dire Brew’ Shirt
• Confirmed: Eddie Murphy To Host The Oscars
• DC Relaunch: New DC Comics (Week Two)
• Comic Review: Atomic Robo and the Ghost of Station X #1
• Comics of Doom: Episode 91: Interview With Charles Soule
• Must Watch: ‘The Twilight Saga’ Summed Up In 4 Seconds
• Book Review: The Power of Six
• Jason Reitman’s ‘Young Adult’ Gets A Killer Poster
• 20th Anniversary Edition Of ‘Star Wars: Heir To The Empire’ Out Now
• The Infamous Uwe Boll Jumps Into The Undead Ring With ‘Zombie Massacre’

Video Game Deal: Buy An Xbox 360 4GB Console With Kinect, Get a $50 Credit Posted: 07 Sep 2011 05:50 AM PDT The video game deal of the day over at Amazon today is a promotion credit where if you purchase an Xbox 4GB Console with Kinect, you will receive a $50 Amazon credit good toward the purchase of items shipped and sold by Amazon.com. Visit the Video Game Deals page to select the Xbox 4GB Console with Kinect. Note, this deal is valid only for today, Wednesday, September 7, 2011, until 11:59PM PST while supplies last. See details about this promotion here [...]

Deal: Dexter: Seasons 1-5 On DVD and Blu-ray Posted: 07 Sep 2011 05:26 AM PDT Today's Gold Box spotlight item of the day over at Amazon today is Dexter: Seasons 1-5 bundle on DVD or Blu-ray for 57% off. -- DVD: $90.99 [down from $213.99] -- Blu-ray: $124.99 [down from $291.99] Note, this deal is valid only for today, Wednesday, September 7, 2011, until 11:59PM PST while supplies last. This 20-disc bundle contains five seasons of the hit ShowTime series Dexter, starring Michael C. Hall, Jennifer Carpenter, Lauren Vélez, David Zayas, and James Remar, and each season comes in its own individual case along with bonus features [...]

Geek Gear: Game Of Thrones ‘Dire Brew’ Shirt Posted: 07 Sep 2011 04:45 AM PDT The $10 t-shirt deal of the day over at TeeFury today is a Game Of Thrones-themed shirt called "Dire Brew" by artist Nathan Stillie. The sale began at Teefury today, Wednesday, September 7, 2011, at midnight EST, and will continue for 24 hours from then, and once it's over, it will not be sold on the site anymore [...]

Confirmed: Eddie Murphy To Host The Oscars Posted: 06 Sep 2011 11:13 PM PDT A few days ago it was reported that Brett Ratner, who was chosen to produce the 84th annual Academy Awards along with Don Mischer, wanted Eddie Murphy to host this year's Oscars. At the time, it was just Ratner's choice for the job and multiple other candidates were said to be possibles, but now it's a much more official selection. The Academy of Motion Pictures Arts Sciences made the announcement earlier today, confirming that Ratner's choice was the one they liked best for the job. It's no secret that the organization has been attempting to appeal to younger audiences the last few years, and obviously they're hoping that the classic Eddie Murpy humor will shine brightly when the awards air on February 26, 2012. Of the announcement, Murphy said "I am enormously honored to join the great list of past Academy Award hosts from Hope and Carson to Crystal, Martin and Goldberg, among others. I'm looking forward to working with Brett and Don on creating a show that is enjoyable for both the fans at home and for the audience at the Kodak Theatre as we all come together to celebrate and recognize the great film contributions and collaborations from the past year." [...]

DC Relaunch: New DC Comics (Week Two) Posted: 06 Sep 2011 08:58 PM PDT As most of you may know by now, DC Comics is relaunching their entire line of comics this Fall alongside a day and date digital comics initiative. What you might not know, however, is that it all started last week with the releases of the last issue of DC's summer event Flashpoint, and the beginning of the new universe with Justice League #1. This Wednesday, however, is the first big week of releases. I'm looking forward to a lot of these books, and there are still a lot of books to look forward to in these upcoming weeks, as well as plenty that you'll probably want to stay away from for varying reasons. So, in the order of kindness and assignments from my editor, I will be breaking down each title with their creators, what they're about, and what you can expect from each of the new titles. And, guess what? I'm not in love with a lot of the decisions that they've made, so this should be fun! [...]

Comic Review: Atomic Robo and the Ghost of Station X #1 Posted: 06 Sep 2011 07:06 PM PDT Atomic Robo Ghost of Station X #1 (of 5) Written by Brian Clevinger Art by Scott Wegener Red 5 Comics $3.50 Released date: September 7, 2010 Atomic Robo is back, baby!!! I am thrilled that one of my favorite series has returned for its sixth series, this time subtitled The Ghost of Station X. If you have never heard of Brian Clevinger and Scott Wegener's series before, it tells the tale of Robo, an automaton created around the turn of the century by Nikola Tesla. Each miniseries takes place in a different time period in Robo's life, bouncing back and forth in time. Volume 6 takes place in modern times, and deals with Robo and his team of Action Scientists being asked by NASA to rescue the crew of an orbiting space station. Unfortunately, they may not have the time or equipment in order to make the rescue. These are the Action Scientist's though, and no job is beyond their ability [...]

Comics of Doom: Episode 91: Interview With Charles Soule Posted: 06 Sep 2011 06:00 PM PDT This episode is sponsored by InstockTrades and DCBS. Two great places to save on all your comic needs! Check out Episode 91 of Comics of Doom, the official comics podcast of Geeks of Doom. Click HERE to open the podcast player in a new window. Podcast player is here below, along with an Episode Guide. Listen now! [...] This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now

Must Watch: ‘The Twilight Saga’ Summed Up In 4 Seconds Posted: 06 Sep 2011 03:54 PM PDT This might just be one of the best videos I've ever seen. The video sums up the popular five–movie series, The Twilight Saga, in just four short seconds. The movies, which are based on the books of author Stephenie Meyer, star Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson, and Taylor Lautner. Though it was uploaded in July and I'm a little late to the party, it's still oh, so worth sharing. I giggled like a fool, over and over and over again. And, unless you're a Twi–hard, you probably will too. Click on over to the other side to check out the video now. [...]

Book Review: The Power of Six Posted: 06 Sep 2011 03:00 PM PDT The Power of Six Lorien Legacies series By Pittacus Lore Hardcover | Kindle HarperCollins Release date: August 23, 2011 I Am Number Four was an entertaining bit of young adult sci-fi in theaters last year. It did make money, but it was mostly overlooked even though the book on which the movie was based was a bestseller. The book series continues even if the movie franchise is shelved. The latest book in the series, The Power of Six, picks up after I Am Number Four with Four and Number Six still on the run. In case you're unfamiliar with the mythology of the book series it goes like this: a group of powerful alien youths were sent to Earth with protectors to hide until the day comes that they can return home and use their abilities to save their home world that's currently under attack by another vicious alien race. The children are numbered and the evil aliens can only kill them in numerical order (yes, the reason for this is explained in the books). So, on Earth they are constantly on the run, hiding, trying to survive until the time comes for them to return home and carry out their mission of saving their race [...]

Jason Reitman’s ‘Young Adult’ Gets A Killer Poster Posted: 06 Sep 2011 01:33 PM PDT Sure, it may not be playing any of this year's major festivals, but Jason Reitman's Young Adult is still one of the biggest Fall film season players, particularly given the film's pedigree. From Oscar-nominated director Reitman and Oscar-winner Diablo Cody, the film stars A-listers Charlize Theron, Patrick Wilson, and even comedian Patton Oswalt, and follows the story of a writer who tries to win back her newly wedded old flame. THR has the first poster for the film, and it looks absolutely awesome (see it in full here below). Now, with this poster, you don't get much with regards to the actual film, but with the main lead being a 30-something young-adult-fiction writer, this thing really just feels awesome [...]

20th Anniversary Edition Of ‘Star Wars: Heir To The Empire’ Out Now Posted: 06 Sep 2011 09:54 AM PDT Today will be a day long remembered for Star Wars fans, particularly for enthusiasts of the Expanded Universe: LucasBooks has released their Star Wars: Heir to the Empire: The 20th Anniversary Edition written by Timothy Zahn. The novel has long been an enduring fixture in the reading collections not only of Star Wars fans, but also for general readers of Sci-Fi as well. Zahn contributed a significant first chapter in the beginning of a journey that would continue expanding the cosmos of Star Wars. Originally released in 1991, Heir to the Empire was the first part of The Thrawn Trilogy. Set five years after Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi, the Rebel Alliance has claimed Coruscant and instituted the New Republic. Meanwhile, the remnants of the Empire have coalesced under the strategic genius and foresight of Grand Admiral Thrawn, placing the Imperial Forces under the strongest direction it has had since the fall of Palpatine and Vader, and becoming a new menace to the infancy of the New Republic [...]

The Infamous Uwe Boll Jumps Into The Undead Ring With ‘Zombie Massacre’ Posted: 06 Sep 2011 07:00 AM PDT You'd be hard–pressed to find actual fans of Uwe Boll—the director behind such video game adaptations as House of the Dead, Bloodrayne, and Far–Cry, not to mention many others—and sometimes it would seem that that's just the way the German–born filmmaker prefers it. Now Boll is getting involved with the living dead, with a new movie called Zombie Massacre. It's based on a 1998 Amiga computer video game (seen here; not sure why all of the "zombies" look like Sammy Hagar) along the same lines as Doom that's also called Gloom 4. Boll won't be directing the film, however—that job will be handled by Marco Ristori and Luca Boni, the duo behind the Italian horror, Eaters—he'll only be producing this one. As you can tell by the image above (and by the full poster seen by heading to the source link below), the zombies look like Freddy Krueger and those psycho inbred things from Wrong Turn had an adorable little baby...which isn't necessarily a bad thing. I'm a little unsettled by it. [...]

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