Awesome Aliens

Punk Drunkers and DSSF team up for this old-school Players Only Space Invaders jacket; the embroidered art, coin slot zipper, and pi score = retro-tastic. Thanks, Devon!

Aside from a few strange sign choices, Johannes Krohn’s Alien Assault t-shirt is an exercise in 8-bit isometric awesomeness with giant robots, laser beams, and hapless humans.

Laser Cats 5 is James Cameron’s next billion-dollar sci-feline flick; the SNL skit is a cinema geek’s dream, with references to Cameron’s biggest movies and an in-alien-able cameo.

NSFW or anyone who’s had breakfast: this Killing Moves trailer for Aliens vs. Predator is so brutal and fast-paced we had to take a breather; seriously, not a good day to be a colonial marine.

No kid on Beeblebrox would play space cowboys and indians without a thermionic shield emitter, but Mark finds out the hard way about his backwards neighbors in this Not Cool tee.

Bill Owen’s District 9 case mod is Wikus-worthy: hand-weathered and distressed with rust surfacing and bullet holes, it includes the Prawn-DNA canister, alien lettering, and MNU logo.

This Story trailer for Alien vs. Predator is actually light on the story and heavy on the gory; if there’s a brighter future with Weyland-Yutani, it sure as hell ain’t working as a colonial marine.

Confirmed for the US: Alien vs. Predator: Hunter Edition gets up close and personal with a Facehugger model, Weyland Yutani badge, hardcover graphic novel, and 4 multiplayer maps.

This Alien vs. Predator multiplayer trailer is literally gut-wrenching; gameplay includes sneaking up on marines and biting them through the head, predator hunt, and species death match.

Mass Effect 2’s Adepts get a mind-bending, matter-rearranging upgrade in this class trailer; new abilities including angling and curving shots around corners, plus a shockwave power.

This USB Alien definitely scores points for xenomorphic scares; it would have been cooler if its second head/tongue had been the USB port, but it does light up in red.

Adam Richardson uses humor and irony to address a politically sensitive topic with Invaded Space; taken at face value, it blends Boston.com’s war photography with 8-bit retro goodness.

This Vanguard trailer for Mass Effect 2 amps up the Adept/Soldier with a wicked dash/warp move (think Sonic meets Hadouken); also glimpsed: heat-sink discharge and on-suit meters.

This Alien Autopsy t-shirt depicts the aftermath of Earth’s battle against precisely five neatly organized rows of space invaders: dissecting our pixelated foes’ naughty bits and bytes.

The acting is classic low-budget disaster movie, but for sci-fi fans there’s no ignoring city-sized alien spaceships: watch the first eight minutes of ABC’s reimagined sci-fi series, V.

Getting stranded on Earth apparently runs in the family: long before E.T. found himself stuck with Elliot, E.T. Senior finds himself in a similar predicament with this Home, Jeeves tee.

Putting the Halo in Halloween, Pete Mander’s Covenant Elite costume also puts anything we’ve ever fielded to shame; it features joystick-operated top and bottom mandibles.

The Alien side in Sega’s Aliens vs. Predator (due out Spring 2010) gets some face-hugging time with this Alien reveal trailer; Predators and Marines = green eggs and ham.

It just wants to give you a kiss: this Alien Facehugger Plush features a wire skeleton to maximize grip on the skull and ensure that chests everywhere will be bursting with love.

This Predator vs. T-Rex resin model is about as awesome it gets: available in kit form, it stands 14″ high and pits the two kings of the jungle against each other in a truly epic battle.

The Alien “Big Chap” Vinyl looks a bit like he’s taking a dump, but if you want an acid-spitting figurine that won’t scare the crap out of coworkers, this cute deformed version is it.

StarCraft II’s Sam Didler gives us the graphical lowdown in this Art Director interview; it reveals plenty of gameplay and art details that have us giddier than a Marine in a Zerg hatchery.

James Cameron’s Avatar debuts with a lengthy teaser; in theaters 12/18/09, the alien/sci-fi movie looks gorgeous, but may have been over-hyped. Note: watch directly here.