Print Web Comic Relief Penny Arcade Volume 1: Attack of the Bacon Robots! Jerry Holkins and Mike Krahulik As geek icons go, Holkins and Krahulik rank right up there with Linus Torvalds and HAL 9000. Since 1998, the duo has been cranking out a hilarious Web comic strip that pokes fun at videogames and the people who play them. Penny Arcade gets 45 million pageviews a month and supports a �thriving line of merchandise featuring beloved characters and memorable catchphrases ("Guns don't kill people. Kids who play videogames kill �people"). This book �collects the first two years of Webisodes and provides a peek at how the team honed its comedic chops. The comic occasionally descends into dog-whistle humor – impenetrable to normals but sidesplitting to folks who overclock their hard drives. Luckily, helpful commentary explains references to dated topics like 3Dfx cards and Daikatana. – Chris Baker 
Screen (Theaters) The World's Fastest Indian Anthony Hopkins gives a ferocious performance as New Zealander Burt Munro, the real-life biker who schlepped his Indian Scout motorcycle to Utah's Bonneville Salt Flats in the 1960s in an attempt to break the land-speed record of 200 mph. It's a sweet story of an obsessed tinkerer going balls out – with no brakes. – Anne Thompson
Screen (DVD) Kamikaze Girls Based on a best-selling Japanese novel, Kamikaze Girls tells a story of friendship between two unlikely gal pals (one is Little Bo Peep-esque, one Goth). The film hits the mark with its neon design and slapstick humor – like a scooter-chick gangsta who ends arguments with head butts – but the gushy lessons about life are kind of a drag. – James Lee
Music We Are Scientists With Love and Squalor This smart (and smart-alecky) trio plays hook-heavy rock that's fast, fun, and totally free-spirited. Although the band's sound isn't particularly inventive (think Franz Ferdinand meets Green Day), WAS's funky, �frenetic songs are strong enough to push With Love to the front of the power pop pack. – Eric Steuer
Music Saint Etienne Tales From Turnpike House This gorgeous concept album is built around a �fictional London apartment complex and the day-to-day lives of its tenants. Saint Etienne's discofied club pop, lilting vocals, and playful synthesizer add color to stories of street crime, eBay's effect on thrift shopping, and what it means to be twentysomething, passionate, and a bit mad. – Ken Taylor
Games (PC) City of Villains City of Heroes streamlined the massively multiplayer online role-playing game with comic book action, but forced you to be a boring do-gooder. This sinister sister game lets you be bad – as in rob banks, kidnap wealthy heiresses, and delegate dirty work to your henchmen. Or lead a double life. Your $15 monthly fee gives you residence in both worlds. – Kieron Gillen
Games (Xbox 360) Dead or Alive 4 Tecmo's fighting series comes out swinging – and �jiggling – on Xbox 360. It's visually spectacular, with sprawling environments and faster pacing. It still isn't as deep or satisfying as the Soul Calibur or Virtua Fighter franchises. But connoisseurs of virtual mammaries won't mind. The series' buxom brawlers now duke it out in hi-def. – Evan Shamoon
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