Thursday Amazon Deals: PC Downloads, Alien, 7 Wonders, toys, board games, video games, DVDs, sewing

Note: If you spend $100 today and pay with your Mastercard, you'll get $10 off your order and a $10 credit on a future order (just remember to use the coupon code listed on that page -- ZKGYLEBT -- when you check out).

The Deal of the Day is the Bissell PowerEdge Pet Hard Floor Vacuum for $29.99 (40% off).

The Blu-Ray Deal of the Day is Alien Anthology for $40.99 (59% off). Spoiler Alert: Alien 4 is actually the worst thing Joss Whedon has ever written.

The Video Game Deal of the Day is on PC game downloads, with 50% off or more on Witcher 2, Dead Island, Deus Ex, Alice: Madness Returns, Darksiders, and a lot more.

The Kindle Deal of the Day is The Vegan Girl's Guide to Life by Melisser Elliott for $.99 (94% off).

As far as other deals go, in video games, F.E.A.R. 3 is $19.98 (60% off). Resistance 3 is $29.99 (50% off). Bulletstorm is $14.95 (50% off). And El Shaddai: Ascension of the Metatron is $29.99 (40% off).

In toys, it's a good day for DC and Marvel fans. The Fisher-Price Imaginext DC Super Friends Batcave is $44 (24% off if you choose the frustration-free packaging, 27% off if you want to watch your kid suffer). And the Marvel Captain America Ultimate Vehicle is $22.99 (34% off).

The Nerf N-Strike Stampede ECS is $29.99 (50% off).

Games on sale include Jenga for $8 (53% off), the Apples to Apples Party Box for $15.99 (41% off), the Arkham Horror: The Lurker at the Threshold Expansion for $14.99 (46% off), and 7 Wonders for $29.99 (40% off).

In books, the nifty The Jedi Path: A Manual for Students of the Force is on sale for $59.99 (40% off).

In kitchen stuff, the Rachael Ray Tools 6-Piece Utensil Set in Orange is $14.99 (50% off). And in crafts, the Brother CS6000i Sew Advance Sew Affordable 60-Stitch Computerized Free-Arm Sewing Machine is on sale for $154.99 (64% off, but about $33 less than what you'd pay elsewhere).

On DVD, if you like awful family fare from the summer featuring actors you love, you can nab The Smurfs/The Smurfs Christmas Carol on Blu-Ray and DVD for $19.99 (51% off), or the fourt-disc Blu-Ray/DVD Spy Kids 4 for $19.99 (50% off). Better (and more seasonal) choices, all on DVD, might be VeggieTales: The Little Drummer Boy for $6.49 (57% off), Home Alone for $5.99 (60% off), Annie for $5.49 (63% off), and Christmas Vacation for $7.99 (60% off).

Other good deals: Superman: The Movie (4-disc special edition) for $4.99 (88% off), Gilmore Girls: The Complete Series for $93.99 (64% off), the Doc Martin: Collection - Series 1-4 for $38.99 (61% off), and The Wizard of Oz (Two-disc edition) for $5.49 (74% off).

Once again

A reminder that groups that claim to support free enterprise often actually only want free enterprise when it helps their own interests. Case in point: The US Chamber of Commerce.

Together at last!

William Faulkner's works will be adapted for HBO by Deadwood creator David Milch!

I'm not sure where the synergy lies once they get beyond, "Once a bitch always a bitch, what I say,"* but I'm sure they'll find it.

*Jason Compson pretty much is a Deadwood character, come to think of it.

Rent fans!

Anyone in New York tomorrow with free time in the morning can learn about the digital forensics process that allowed a scholar to document Jonathan Larson's revision history of Rent. Here's the info.

(This would also be of interest to a lot of computer folks and academics, regardless of your interest in the musical, of course.)