The jury was out for a whole as to whether David Fincher‘s Americanized take on The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (read my review here) would be successful enough to warrant sequels on the second and third books in Stieg Larsson‘s Millennium trilogy; in its third week of release the movie had yet to make back its reported $90 million budget, and then there’s the small matter of the cost of its expansive marketing campaign. But Sony did greenlight the sequels this week, though no word yet if the director or the stores will return.

Yes, that headline is 100% accurate. No need to adjust your screens or whatever it is you kids do these days.

Why YouTube mad scientist FancyPants has made this or the logic behind morphing the late wrestling legend Randy “Macho Man” Savage into a dragon in the hit Bethesda Softworks game, The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, is completely unknown. All that is known is that it has happened, and that it’s here now for the world to see.

Beyond that it’s difficult to find the words to describe just how strange this video really is. It’s up to you and only you to decide whether your curiosity is too great to ignore or not.

Check out the “Macho Man” as a dragon in Skyrim below now.

For today only, Amazon’s Daily Kindle Deal is a sale of up to 80% off on more than 500 Kindle books for Students*, with books as low as $.99.

Here’s a tiny sample of just some of the books available in this sale:

– Physical Geography: The Basics – $2.39
– Young Guns: The Fearless Entrepreneur’s Guide to Chasing Your Dreams and Breaking Out on Your Own – $.99
– Shakespeare: The Basics, Second Edition – $2.39
– Understanding Law and Society – $2.39

Once you click through to the deals page from on the main sale page; at the top there’s several categories linked — like Arts & Architecture, Business, Communications — so be sure to click on each one to view the select books in this sale.

The digital rental deal of the day over at Amazon today is Conan The Barbarian (2011) for only $.99.

This deal is valid only for today, Wednesday, January 10, 2012, until 11:59pm PST. Once you activate the rental through Amazon’s Instant Video on demand service, you’ll have access to the movie for 24 hours. If you’re interested in purchasing the digital version, the cost is $14.99.

Also, if you’d like to own a physical copy of Conan The Barbarian, the 3D Blu-ray/DVD Combo Pack is available for $23.49 while the DVD is $16.99. The Blu-ray edition is part of Amazon’s “Buy This DVD and Watch it Instantly” program “” you get the film as a FREE digital rental you can watch immediately when your purchase the physical copy.

The t-shirt deal of the day over at RIPT Apparel is an Iron Man – Megaman mash-up called “Mega Iron Man” by Nick E. C.

The shirt went on sale at RIPT today, Tuesday, January 10, 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.