Color this writer far from shocked.

Vulture is reporting that Michael Bay is in talks to come back and helm the fourth film in the Transformers franchise.

The outlet reports that the film will shoot following Bay’s next film, Pain And Gain, and that star Shia LaBeouf is likely to skip out on this project. Furthermore, the fifth film will likely shoot following the next one, but that has yet to be confirmed by anyone involved.

The main video game deal of the day over at Amazon today is a $75 credit with the purchase of the Xbox 360 250GB Holiday Value Bundle with Kinect, which comes with the video games Carnival Games: Monkey See Monkey Do and Kinect Adventures, as well as a 3-Month Xbox LIVE Gold membership.

Add the item to your cart and purchase; $75 promotional code will be email to you within two days after your qualifying order ships.

Former Pantera and Damageplan guitarist “˜Dimebag’ Darrell died 7 years ago today. His murder was a story which shocked the whole rock and metal music world.

Born Darrell Abbott on August 20, 1966 in Ennis, Texas, he formed the heavy metal band Pantera with his brother Vinnie Paul on drums in 1981. Finally settling on a line up encompassing lead singer Phil Anselmo and bass player Rex Brown, Pantera began as a glam metal band before changing their plan of attack with their seminal heavy metal album Cowboys From Hell in 1991.

Amazon is running a 19 Days of Deals sale on video games this month, with today’s entry being Sony’s “Long Live Play” Day, where you can save up to 50% on select Playstation 3 games like Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception, Dead Island, inFAMOUS 2, Resistance 3, Dungeon Siege III, and more, with some titles as low as $14.99.

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

– Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception – $39.99
– Resistance 3 – $29.99
– Dead Island – $29.99
– Deus Ex: Human Revolution – $29.99
– God of War: Origins Collection – $19.99
– Dungeon Siege III – $24.99
– Final Fantasy IV: The Complete Collection – $14.99

I don’t know about you, but I have my fair share of Star Wars ornaments hanging on my Christmas tree. But this one is real adorable.

Lego crafter Chris McVeigh has created the Lego Star Wars Death Star ornament. Just look at the photo of it at top — how cute! And you can make your own, as McVeigh has tutorials up for the Death Star as well as a Lego Millennium Falcon.