Apparently it's a couple days early, but Kotaku got a tip and a photo that Gamestop will, in fact, be selling Steam gift cards.

Specifically it sold one millions copies in the first five days.  And going for 1600 Microsoft Points (or $20 for normal people), it made a bunch of money.  For some more nifty numbers, read on after the break.

Matt recently posted an article about the new Portal 2 DLC, Perpetual Something-or-Other.  Apparently you get to make maps and do fun stuff.  In a virtual world.  Well this dude said, "Screw that man, I'm gonna make a Portal turret! In the real world!"  And so he did.  It probably didn't go like I described, but youtube user kss5095 made a turret for an engineering project.  The nifty machine doesn't have it's outer shell yet, but you can see it at work in a video he made after the break.

I don’t think I’ve ever played a game as much as I do League of Legends (LoL).  I’m honestly a bit scared to see how many hours I’ve clocked in.  If you don’t play it, you’ve probably at least heard of the game from a friend or seen the ads strewn across the internet – it’s everywhere.  According to the most recent numbers released by Riot, the guys in charge, 32.5 million people had signed up.  Now that number includes those with multiple or inactive accounts, but that’s still a lot of people.  So why is this game so big compared to others that are similar, DotA 2, Heroes of Newerth (HoN), etc?

What do you get when combine DotA, third-person shooter mechanics, and a healthy dose of absurdity? Super Monday Night Combat, apparently. SMNC is the direct successor the original MOBA/shooter hybrid, now a free-to-play title available through Steam. As a big fan of the frantic, over-the-top action of the first game, I couldn’t wait to get my hands on it. Does it meet expectations? Not really, it’s surprisingly different. But is it awesome? Pretty much!

Valve recently released one of their more ambitious DLC packs in the form of Portal 2’s “Perpetual Testing Initiative” (best name ever!). What the free DLC offers players is both an unlimited selection of new test chambers to try out and the ability to make their own test chambers.

Just a reminder for all you SoCal readers, the Long Beach Comic Con is totally on tomorrow! Come join the hosts of the Super Circuit Show! and a few thousand other comic fans for a day of fun and stuff and fun stuff. Check out the schedule on their website for more details, events and panels run all day, with a show floor packed with booths as well. See you there!

No, seriously, there's no money left. America has spent all of its money on movie tickets to The Avengers. $200.3 million domestic gross in its opening weekend. Holy cow.

So Avengers was awesome. And with the film clocking in at two hours and twenty two minutes long, it certainly wasn't short on material. So obviously, there must be half an hour of deleted scenes currently floating out there...

The Avengers is an amazing feat in and of itself; its very existence represents the culmination of four different film franchises and five years’ worth of hard work.  I have to commend Marvel studios on actually managing to bring together a project this huge, and not screwing it up.

As you might already be aware, The Avengers opened this past Friday, and surprisingly, there was no video game tie-in to be seen (unless you count the Facebook game, which is actually quite good). It seems strange though that Marvel would pass on the opportunity to cash in on this opportunity, even amid rumors of a possible THQ acquisition. That may not prove to be the case however, as Ubisoft has recently registered an Avengers-themed domain name, more details below.

I'm not going to lie, the first Expendables was a huge guilty pleasure for me, and if this trailer is any indication, the second one is going to be approximately ten jillion times more insane. I don't know whether it's the ridiculous cast, the huge set pieces, the over-the-top choreography, or the fact that they're running over everything in tanks, but something's working here for me. Check it out below and let me know what you think. The Expendables 2 is set to hit theaters on August 17.

So ridiculously huge news: I saved on my insurance when I switched over to Geico and you can too.  Oh yeah, and I guess that one place that makes games, Betheseeda, is coming out with some Old Scroll MMO.  If you're interested in that, I guess you can keep reading for more info after the break.

The rumors have been confirmed, Call of Duty  will be going to the future (the near future that is) in Black Ops 2. After a few months of speculation, a trailer has been unveiled that shows off the new shooty-toys of the future. If nothing else, it looks like CoD meets Deus Ex, and that's something I can get behind. Check out the trailer below, Black Ops 2  will hit stores on November 13, 2012.

Episode 2 of our video endeavors.  This week, we discuss the new Crysis 3 trailer, the Pikmin 2 remake, Arkham City's GOTY Edition, The Wolverine, Top Gun 2, and another Good Stuff, Bad Stuff reviewing Tribes: Ascend.  If you're interested in any of those, or just want to hear/see us, check out the video after the break.