Back once gain to send you into financial ruin, it’s this weeks edition of Awesome-O-Rama dedicated to the nerdy things hitting the shelves this week.

Once again, publishers, developers and movie companies seem to have sat on their laurels this week, presuming that the Thanksgiving sales period pushed existing goods into the hands of consumers, necessitating a “week off”.  Looking at the schedule through the end of the year, it doesn’t seem to let up, so let us wave goodbye to this slow week, and enjoy what little new there is.

Mystery Science Theater 3000: XVI [Limited Edition] Continuing their amazing compilation DVDs of the Comedy Central/SciFi classic series, Shout! Factory continues to out do the old Rhino sets, with individual artwork for each movie, better packaging, and in the case of this set, a Tom Servo figure to go with your CROOOOOOOOOW from the 20th Anniversary Set.  The flicks contained in this set are The Corpse Vanishes, Warrior of the Lost World, Night of the Blood Beast, and the seasonal appropriate Santa Claus. I haven’t ordered this set yet myself (as I’ve yet to pickup XIV or XV yet, whoops!), but it would be appreciated under my tree, or under the tree of your local MST3K fan.

Paper Heart Is it a documentary? Is it scripted? Most folks weren’t able to figure out what exactly this Charlyne Yi/Michael Cera project was when it made it’s arthouse run over the summer, but now, with it released on video, you might be able to understand it better. Me, I’ll be renting it, but I know some of you might be interested in owning it, so by all means, click above for blu, or here for DVD.

Avatar: The Game The most amazing sci-fi movie of all time? Or a $300 Million boondoggle? That’s the question that will be answered on December 18th when Avatar finally hits theaters. Personally, I believe the answer lands somewhere in-between, but this week the video game hits shelves, and if early impressions are to be believed, it’s actually pretty kick ass. You can play as a solider OR the Na’vi, and the game’s story goes around the film, not through it, making it so you can see the movie relatively spoiler free.  What’s super cool? This is the first game that has an option to be played in 3D. Granted, nothing supports it, yet, but THE OPTION IS THERE. The game is available this week for the 360 (linked above), PC, PS3, PSP, Wii and DS.

That’s this week of Awesome. Hope ya dig, and if there’s anything you’re excited about this week, feel free to leave it in the comments!