G.I. Joe: Retaliation #2
Official Movie Prequel
Written by John Barber
Art by Salvador Navarro and Atilio Rojo
Colors by Esther Sanz
Letters by Chris Mowry
Covers by Salvador Navarro
IDW Publishing
Release Date: February 29, 2012
Cover Price: $3.99

With just four months to go until this summer’s biggest blockbuster (sorry, Avengers), it’s time to start getting EXCITED!!! And G.I. Joe: Retaliation #2 will get you excited. Although, I’m afraid that for the spoiler-free, this might come with a bit of a caution sign.

Writer John Barber does a fantastic job of giving you, largely, Roadblock’s origin. And an extra kudos for throwing in some great classic Roadblock traits and HEY! in this issue, you can LITERALLY smell what The Rock is cookin’!

Happy Leap Day, everyone!

It’s February 29th, the special day that shows up on our calendars only once every four years. But, how did Leap Year come about and why do we need a Leap Day?

Check out the short video here below created by C.G.P. Grey called “What is a Leap Year?” which gives us the real scoop on this whole Leap thing.

The video game deal of the day over at Amazon today is a $50 credit when you purchase an Xbox 360 4GB Console. Add the item to your cart from the main Sale page and purchase to receive the credit.

See more details about this promotion here below.

Note, this deal is valid only for today, Thursday, February 29, 2012 until 11:59pm PST while supplies last.

Reminder: The Xbox LIVE 12 Month Gold Membership is still on sale for only $35.96 (that’s 40% off the usually price of $59.99).

Included in February 2012’s $5 MP3 Album Deals is Rodrigo Y Gabriela‘s 11:11 for the great price of, you guessed it, $5!

The CD copy of 11:11 will set you back $12.83, so that’s a huge price difference.

Rodrigo Y Gabriela is a Mexican guitar duo who play metal-inspired songs on acoustic guitars. Both coming from a thrash metal background the riffs are fast and energized and 11:11 even features guest fretwork by Testament guitarist Alex Skolnick on the song “Atman.”

Hot on the heels of the first set photos from the Los Angeles location shoot for Star Trek 2 that were released over the weekend (you can check them out here and here) comes a new behind-the-scenes video from the shoot.

You can watch the video here below.