Back to make Tuesday’s difficult for your wallet, comes this week’s edition of Awesome-O-Rama.

Oddly enough, there are few major releases this week, or at least those I’ve deemed noteworthy, but with the Thanksgiving Holiday, and Black Friday spending coming up, it shouldn’t come as too much a surprise.

As always, though, I cannot recommend enough on doing your Black Friday shopping at your favorite and mine, Amazon.com. Their deals go live at 3am EST, and honestly, they’re matching or beating any deal you’d see at the stores…and you can shop from your comfy computer chair.

Never the less, let’s see what’s worthwhile in the world of nerd this week, shall we?

Funny People You know, a lot of people slagged Funny People when it hit theaters this past summer for not being the typical Judd Apatow flick. And honestly, it was never to be.  Based in the world of standup comedy (a world I love to learn more about), there was always going to be a darker, sadder side to it, as that’s what standup comedy is built off of: pain and frustration.  Sure, moments of this movie are hysterical, but like Adam Sandler’s Click, there’s a 3rd act turn which shows you that while the the clown is getting older, there are some tears underneath the makeup.  The blu-ray is stacked full of extras too, including 45(!) minutes of deleted scenes, all sorts of behind the scenes material, and yes, those awesome Raaaaaaaaaaaaaanndy videos from earlier in the summer. I can’t wait to get my copy in.  If you’re looking to nab the DVD, look here.

Powers: The Definitive Collection, Vol. 3 Easily one of the better comics of this decade, Powers burst onto the scene (and put it’s writer Brian Michael Bendis) on the map with a mix of stylized artwork from the talented pencil of Michael Avon Oeming and solid noir storytelling, showcasing two detectives following superhero homicides.  For folks like me who really enjoy books in a high quality, collected hardcover format, it’s been a long time coming.  The first collection hit shelves way back in February 2006, with the second hitting this past February. Now, personally, I plum forgot that the second book hit, but if the Diamond shipping list is to be believed, the third collection will hit this week! Guess I might need to grab ‘em both! Highly recommend you read this series if you haven’t. It’s really great.

Madden NFL Arcade Yeah, I know, you’re probably super confused by this one.  Let me back up. I’m not a big sports fan by any stretch of the imagination, let alone sports video games. But I’ve always loved NFL Blitz.  And, if the rumors are true, this XBox 360/PS3 downloadable title is the modern heir-apparent to the Blitz throne.  Hopefully, whne the game release this week, that turns out to be true.  So I give this a mild recommendation, while telling you to keep an eye out for reviews.  Can someone do one of these for Hockey? We need a modern 2 On 2 Open Ice Challenge!

That does it for Awesome-O-Rama this week. Feel free to let me know what you think, and what you’re pickin’ up this week in the comments!