Jun 7th 2011 By: Caleb Goellner

Link Ink: 'Arkham City' Batarang Game Controllers, Actors With Their Action Figures and Conan's Dad Swings Mightily

Gaming: This fall Power A will release batarang-flavored controllers for the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 in honor of Batman: Arkham City. [Joystiq]

Awesome: Gamma Squad's put together a super fun gallery of actors meeting their action figure selves that you will want to see, pronto. [Gamma Squad]

Manga: In Japan, sometimes it takes an Android smartphone turning into a manga girl to help explain basic functionality. [ANN]

Tech: THQ has revealed its multi-touch uDraw game tablet for the PlayStation3 and Xbox 360. It's slated for a fall release and will include uDraw Studio: Instant Artist software. [Joystiq]

Toys: Daniel Clowes' The Death Ray is getting its own 12" action doll. Preorders for the very limited (200 pieces) $105 toy begin June 9. I wonder if my wife will notice $105 "missing" from our bank account? [Super Punch]

Art: The vector heroes of Filip Łysyszyn are asterisks of joy. [Behance]

Movies: Even if you're not totally sold on the upcoming Conan the Barbarian film, I'm glad it was made for a poster of Ron Pearlman as his father Corin, alone. [SuperHeroHype]

DVD: Fans awaiting the Cartoon Network ThunderCats relaunch will be pleased to hear that the original series is headed to DVD and Blu-ray starting with 12 episodes from season one on July 12. [Comic Vine]