Awesome Sci-fi

Despite exposition courtesy Dicaprio, this trailer for Inception does little to help us understand its plot; still, we’re liking the mind games aspect of this sci-fi thriller, due out summer 2010.

Though far shorter than previous trailers, these Assassin and Savage trailers for Mass Effect 2 manage to be both entertaining and succinct; in the deep words of Grunt: “I love to fight.”

Bioware co-founder Ray Muzyka gives us an overview of Mass Effect 2’s new features in this Upgrades Interview; he covers the improved combat system, exploration, and progression.

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.

Mass Effect 2’s Infilitrator class gets a stealthy reveal in the trailer above: it only focuses on one talent–the tactical cloak–but it’s perfect for games of hide and geth seek.

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.

The SG team finally gets a proper release Stargate: 15th Anniversary Edition on Blu-ray; it includes both the theatrical and director’s cuts, lossless audio, and three new featurettes.

Thinking man’s brand the-affair is back with two tees from Geek Lit 101: Deep One is based on H.P. Lovecraft’s undersea monsters while 42 celebrates Douglas Adam’s Answer.

Bioshock 2 unloads a triplet of little sisters gameplay trailers that show off three of its team-based multiplayer modes; included: Capture the Sister, Turf Wars, and Civil War.

Transformers: 25th Anniversary Matrix of Leadership Edition is an uber-set for fans: it includes all 98 episodes of G1 on 16 DVDs, a 60-page book, and Autobot and Decepticon magnets.

Move over zombies, the plant apocalypse is upon us: check out three clips from sci-fi/horror classic Day of the Triffids, which gets a reboot on BBC One at the end of December.

If you liked today’s Iron Man trailer, here’s a metal suit of a different era: Robbie Lee’s Battle of the Ironclads tee teams up the Monitor and Merrimac in a sequel to his (sold-out) first tee.

Command & Conquer 4’s gameplay makeover gets teased with this lengthy Transport Down trailer; with procedural damage, control nodes, and upgrades, it seems more DoW 2 than C&C.

One of Time’s top 10 fiction books of 2009, The Windup Girl is cyberpunk sans the computers with a hat tip to hard science; it envisions a post-petroleum biotech world. Thanks, Andrew!

If you haven’t already watched it on DVD, see the full pilot episode for Caprica on SyFy or Hulu; for the uninitiated, it’s a sci-fi series that serves as a prequel to Battlestar Galactica.

Master Chief almighty, it’s a Forerunner…to the trilogy: much as we like seeing a whole mess of Spartans, we’re most impressed that this debut trailer for Halo: Reach is done in-engine.