Paramount Vantage just released the new trailer for their upcoming horrothriller "Carriers," and it's got me feeling a little anxious.

"Carriers" takes place after a viral pandemic has decimated most of the world's population and follows a small band of survivors. These include Chris Pine ("Star Trek's" new Kirk), Piper Perabo and Lou Taylor Pucci.

The group's "survival-first" mantra gets put to the test when they encounter a man and his sickly daughter.

The movie's apparent "What would you do?" theme is scarily relevant considering that we were on the brink of a full-blown H1N1 panic just a few months ago.

I'm a little confused by this trailer, though. Moments make this seem more like a zombie movie than a viral pandemic movie.

We'll see.

Local panoramic photogs Roundus.com just released a gallery of pics on the new-ish music venue at 1415 O St.

The gallery consists of panoramas from the Bourbon Theatre's Bassnectar concert and is pretty darn cool.

To see the gallery, click HERE.

Xbox 360:
BlazBlue: Calamity Trigger
Call of Juarez: Bound in Blood
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs
Infernal: Hell's Vengeance

PlayStation 3:
BlazBlue: Calamity Trigger
Call of Juarez: Bound in Blood
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs

Wii:
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs
Roogoo Twisted Towers

PlayStation 2:
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs

DS:
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs
Mega Man Star Force 3: Black Ace
Mega Man Star Force 3: Red Joker
Roogoo Attack
Treasure World

PSP:
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
Steambot Chronicles: Battle Tournament

PC:
Call of Juarez: Bound in Blood
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs
Street Fighter IV

Okay, I'll admit I'm excited for the Harry Potter tie-in game. It doesn't happen very often with tie-ins, but I actually enjoyed the last one. Plus, this one was delayed six months when the movie was delayed six months, so I see that as a good thing -- more time to work on it.

Also out this week is the Call of Juarez sequel. I didn't really care for the first one, but I've heard this one is decent.

Xbox Live Arcade
Worms 2: Armageddon and The King of Fighters '98 Ultimate Match for 800 points each.

Nintendo Wii
WiiWare: Water Warfare (Hudson Entertainment, 800 points), Reel Fishing Challenge (Natsume Inc., 500 points), Silver Star Reversi (Agetec Inc., 500 points)
Virtual Console: Fantasy Zone II: The Tears of Opa-Opa (Sega Master System, 500 points)

DSiWare
Sudoku Master (Hudson Entertainment, 500 points)

The up-n-coming Canuck rockers Japandroids will play at Omaha's Slowdown Tuesday night, kicking off a nation-wide tour. The merry evening starts at 9.

Japandroids, made up of Vancouver natives Brian King and David Prowse, have emerged as one of the most hyped about acts of 2009. The praise is justified. Their debut full-length "Post-Nothing" is one of the best albums of the year, an idealistic, heart-on-its-sleeve burst of low-fi fuzz, bang and crackle.

These guys make A LOT of noise for only being two. Using one guitar, one set of drums, their two voices and loads of distortion, the album's teeming with catchy, unpretentious fun. Love it.

Catch the show if you've got nothing better to do. The wide re-release of "Post-Nothing" hits stores on Aug. 4.

CLICK HERE TO HEAR A FULL STREAM OF "POST NOTHING."

UPDATE: Well, darn. Upon further investigation, it appears all the Web sites reporting this today are a few days late and the reason it's not working is the video is no longer free. So, I apologize. I wish I had noticed it in the Marketplace a few days ago. There's always YouTube!

One last Michael Jackson-related thing from me. As a tribute of sorts to Jackson, Microsoft is making his "Thriller" video available as a free download from the Xbox 360 Marketplace (it was previously 160 points). But the offer ends Monday, so if you're interested, do it now.

As an aside, I tried putting it in my download queue from the Web (see here), but I get an error message saying it's either not available in my region (it is; it's U.S. only) or the deal has expired (it hasn't; they said until Monday). It's possible this is just a Web problem, but I'm at work and can't check if downloading directly from my 360 works. I'll try to remember to update when I get home tonight, unless anyone out there wants to try it from their system and let me know.

Either way, thanks, Microsoft! I love that video.