Amazon is running a 19 Days of Deals sale on video games this month and it comes to a close with today’s entry — The Finale, where you can save up to 50% on select video games like NBA 2K11, Dragon Age 2, and Dead Rising 2, as well as accessories.

Here’s a sample of some of the sale items:

- Dragon Age 2 Xbox 360 – $14.21
- Bioshock 2 Xbox 360 – $9.00
- Wii 15-in-1 Family Pack – White – $27.50
- Duke Nukem Forever Xbox 360 | PS3- $9.96
- NBA 2011 Xbox 360 – $13.75 | PS3 – $12.46 [...]

The $10 t-shirt deal of the day over at TeeFury today is a Doctor Who-themed shirt called “Timelord and Proud” by TrulyEpic.

The sale began at Teefury today, Saturday, December 17, 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 [...]

The $10 t-shirt deal of the day over at RIPT Apparel today is the Harry Potter-themed shirt with a nod to X-Men called “Dumbledore’s School” by rippletron.

The shirt went on sale at RIPT today, Saturday, December 17, 2011, at midnight CST, and will continue for 24 hours from then, and once it’s over, it will not be sold on the site anymore [...]

Check out Episode 106 of Comics of Doom, the official comics podcast of Geeks of Doom.

Episode Guide

Comics of Doom Intro [Section 1]
Recorded December 9, 2011. Hosted by Justin Vactor, Willie Gillis, Hunter Camp, and Chris McDavid.

News of Doom [Section 2]
- Get Your First Look At ‘Scarlet Spider #1′
- R.I.P. Comics Legend Jerry Robinson, Creator Of The Joker
- Celebrate The Holidays With Free ‘Hack/Slash’
- The Avengers Vs. The X-Men: It’s Happening [...]

H.P. Lovecraft’s The Dunwich Horror #2
“The Dunwich Horror”
Written by Joe R. Lansdale
Art by Peter Bergting
Lettering by Shawn Lee
“The Hound”
Script by Robert Weinberg
Art by menton3
Lettering by menton3
Covers by Nick Percival, menton3
IDW Publishing
Release Date: November 9, 2011
Cover Price: $3.99

Joe R. Lansdale and Peter Bergting do it again as a writer and artist team. A spectacular rendering of the eighty-year-old short story The Dunwich Horror is to be found in H.P. Lovecraft’s The Dunwich Horror #2. Additionally, The Hound is expertly envisioned and beautifully illustrated, a work of true craftsmanship [...]

Insidious
Netflix Streaming
DVD | Blu-Ray
Directed by James Wan
Written by Leigh Whannell
Starring Patrick Wilson, Rose Byrne, Ty Simpkins, Barbara Hershey, Lin Shaye, Andrew Astor, Leigh Whannell, Angus Sampson
FilmDistrict
Originally Released: April 1, 2011

The creative team behind Insidious, Leigh Whannell and James Wan (from my home country Australia), has done it again in the horror genre with a new take on some traditional ghost stories and horror plot devices. With a solid plot, some convincing performances from a great cast, and fantastic lighting and camera work, Insidious stands up as not only a decent firm horror movie, but as a nightmare personified [...]

Fans of author George R.R. Martin‘s A Song of Ice and Fire book series and the hit HBO series, Game of Thrones, are well-familiar with the motto of House Stark: Winter Is Coming.

And though winter is indeed coming soon to most of us (if it has not already arrived where you are), it’s also the holiday season, and so why not jolly things up a bit?

Someone took the great promo shot of Ned Stark (Sean Bean) sitting upon the Iron Throne (seen above) and added a little Christmas festivity to it. [...]

The Devil’s Concubine
Written by Palle Schmidt
Art by Palle Schmidt
Cover by Peter Snejbjerg
IDW Publishing
Release Date: May 11, 2011
Cover Price: $17.99

When a Danish cartoonist sets out to create a comic based off of some of the greatest American noir and crime novels, you know it’s going to be a gritty affair. Palle Schmidt‘s U.S release of The Devil’s Concubine is exactly that – a blood-soaked, bullet-riddled pulp crime graphic novel. In The Devil’s Concubine the hits are messy, the actions constant, and the body count soars. Palle Schmidt has created a pulp crime graphic novel the likes of 100 Bullets and Jinx that paints humanity at its worst, no ones safe, and everyone is your enemy. Welcome to the world of The Devil’s Concubine [...]

The Strain #1
Story by Guillermo Del Toro and Chuck Hogan
Script by David Lapham
Art by Mike Huddleston
Colors by Dan Jackson
Letters by Clem Robins
Covers by Mike Huddleston, Steve Morris
Dark Horse Comics
Release Date: December 14, 2011
Cover Price: $1.00

Amazing story, wicked plot, gorgeous art. There, that is my review of The Strain #1… no, seriously. It is that good. Guillermo Del Toro and Chuck Hogan wrote an excellent book and David Lapham did a very worthy adaptation for comic form. Add to that mix some great art from Mike Huddleston and you have the making of a stellar comic. No matter what your bag, this has something for you. This is a vampire tale that defies what you may have read in other comics or books. This takes a very modern view of the supernatural [...]

In March, Marvel Comics will be releasing Avengers vs. X-Men #0 from the creative team of Brian Michael Bendis, Jason Aaron, and Frank Cho. This prelude issue is meant to set up the coming war of heroes and for better or for worse appears to be focused on Wanda Maximoff aka The Scarlet Witch and Hope Summers. The Scarlet Witch is one of those great classic Marvel characters that has been totally destroyed in the last ten years and ends up being a writing crutch for Marvel creators. It would be cool if this storyline is what rescues the character and makes her cool again. I wouldn’t count on it though.

At any rate, here’s the cover for issue #0 of what will hopefully be an entertaining 12-issue war of heroes [...]

Dark Horse Comics announced yesterday that Francesco Francavilla‘s pulp-inspired The Black Beetle will be making its way into the pages of Dark Horse Presents.

Dark Horse Presents has been a great way for creators to showcase their creator-owned work, so it makes perfect sense that Dark Horse approached Francavilla to bring his pulp-noir hero of Colt City to the anthology comic series [...]

Apparently someone in Hollywood is a fan of writer Jo Nesbo.

Following the upcoming adaptation of Nesbo’s novel, The Snowman, Summit is getting in the thriller game, as according to Deadline, the studio has tapped Anvil! The Story Of Anvil director Sacha Gervasi to direct an adaptation of the author’s novel, Headhunters [...]

The Blu-ray box set deal over at Amazon is Planet of the Apes 40th Anniversary Collection Blu-ray for only $39.99 (down 50% from the list price of $79.99).

This 5-disc Blu-ray set includes all five Planet Of The Apes movies — Planet Of The Apes (the original 1968 version starring Charlton Heston and those damn dirty apes), Beneath The Planet Of The Apes, Escape From The Planet Of The Apes, Conquest Of The Planet Of The Apes, and Battle For The Planet Of The Apes, along with a host of bonus features with new features in high definition and a 200-page hardbound oversized book [...]

Amazon is running a 19 Days of Deals sale on video games this month, with today’s entry being Active Sports Day, where you can save up to 40% on select video games like Kinect Sports Season Two, NBA 2K11, MotionSports Adrenaline, and Pro Evolution Soccer 2012, as well as accessories.

Here’s a sample of some of the sale items:

- Nintendo Wii Intec G5614 Dual Charge Station and Turbo Cooler – $16.61
- Quadruple Vertical Induction Charger for Wii and DSi/DSi LL – $27.50
- Wii Fit 7-in-1 Exercise Kit – $16.50
- NBA 2011 Xbox 360 – $13.75 | PS3 – $12.88 [...]

The $10 t-shirt deal of the day over at TeeFury today is a Game Of Thrones-themed shirt called “Fighting Imps” by WinterArtwork.

The sale began at Teefury today, Friday, December 16, 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 [...]

The first trailer for director Bryan Singer‘s upcoming twist on the classic Jack and the Beanstalk fairy tale, Jack the Giant Killer, has been released online.

The movie stars Nicholas Hoult, Ewan McGregor, Stanley Tucci, Ian McShane, Bill Nighy, and Eleanor Tomlinson, and tells the story of a farmboy who accidentally reignites an ancient feud between men and giants.

You can check out the trailer for Jack the Giant Killer by heading on over to the other side now. [...]

The Three Colors Trilogy
Blue, White, Red
DVD | Blu-ray
Directed by Krzysztof Kieslowski
Starring Julie Delpy, Juliette Binoche, Irene Jacob
The Criterion Collection
Release date: November 15, 2011

Star Wars. Spider-Man. X-Men. When it comes to trilogies, the mind starts off thinking of the biggest of big summer tentpole blockbusters. However, when one must consider what is truly the greatest collection of interconnected narratives that cinema has to offer, this writer thinks the conversation starts and stops with something, a bit more minute.

From the thinking man’s auteur Krzysztof Kieslowski, Blue, White, and Red, better known as the Three Colors Trilogy, is simply the greatest threesome of films ever put to cellouloid. And the newly released Criterion Collection Blu-ray box set of this epic masterpiece is just the type of release a classic like this sucker needs, and deserves [...]

Nominations for the 69th annual Golden Globe Awards have been officially announced.

Overall it’s a pretty boring list—some good things, some bad things, and your typical awards season fare. The only real exciting nominations (for me, anyway) are for HBO shows Boardwalk Empire and Game of Thrones.

You can check out the full list of nominees below and share your thoughts in the comments! [...]

On January 17, 2012 Quirk Books and debut author Jason Heller of The A.V. Club will be giving readers a brand new look at one of America’s 27th president, William Howard Taft, with Taft 2012.

The novel is a “what if” kind of book that looks at the possibility of Taft falling asleep for 100 years and waking to a whole new world. The distinguished gentleman is transported into a brand new world that is rich with technology and rapid social changes. In Taft 2012, we see what happens when William Howard Taft continues his presidential campaign to become the next President of The United States of America in the face of a vastly different society [...]

Coming a little while after the release of a seemingly candid shot of star Daniel Day-Lewis caught in the throes of eating a meal whilst wearing what appears to be a rather epic beard in preparation of his turn in Steven Spielberg’s Lincoln, we finally have our first official look at what to expect from this hotly anticipated film.

The Richmond Times-Dispatch has snagged a photo from the film’s set, and I must say, he plays a rather convincing Honest Abe. [...]