1. No one ever said that being a Bullet Bill was easy. Sure, you get to hunt Mario down at high speeds that would make a hedgehog a little green with envy, and you’re one of Mario’s baddest looking foes to boot, but that doesn’t make it easy.

   And Bullet Bill 2 shows you exactly why. Featuring some nice remixes, Super Mario All-Stars graphics, mouse-control, and more, it’s easy to pick up and start playing, but will take time to master. Thankfully, there are passwords included to help save progress as you go.

   Another neat thing is unlockable characters. Such as the one for fans of Psycosis91′s other Flash movies like The Thwomps 3, “7H0MP” (just to get you started).

   It really is a neat sort of reinvention of Mario.

2. And now, a word from Goten X about his new site, Rockman Remix:

   Rockman Remix is basically a site that is going to be my online music portfolio. Here I will be putting singles of remixed and arranged music from all types of consoles and handhelds. Along with that will come EP/LP releases, which will of course be the better part of the work published there.

   I would really like to start some kind of community for this site, as well. That way we can have the visitor’s input on music selections and other site things. Also, I am taking requests: for video game music, since most would be copywritten, I can’t charge anything for that. If you want me to create an original piece, it will be priced depending on the scale of the project. I will usually only ask for 5 dollars USD, the most being 25.

   I’m just a budding musician trying to get my music out to the world. I play alto sax, electric guitar and keyboard, and I use Fruity Loops and Audacity to do my music. Thanks.

3. The DVD may be out, but TransFormers Tuesdays marches on!

   The official site reports that the second DVD’s exclusive web content is going to be expanded upon through the holidays, so checking back is a must.

   There is also a new soundboard featuring numerous lines from the movie, and can even be embedded on your web page, and bonus TransFormers cell phone wallpaper, while supplies last.

   …wait, how does that even work?

   Anyway, even if you already bought the old version of the movie on DVD, get this one. It is a far superior production and a far superior value at a far superior price.

4. Informal poll: TransFormers The Movie: 20th Anniversary Edition on DVD is produced by Sony Home Entertainment and Music.

   The Sony PlayStation 3 is coming with a BluRay edition of Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby.

   Now, assuming that the pack-in was any sort of incentive to drop $600 on the machine, would you rather have had Wil Ferrell or Optimus Prime taking you home?

   Just wondering.

5. Wow, I’d forgotten this even existed.

   Busta Toons has a clip on his blog from the time Teela came to visit He-Man in The New Adventures of He-Man. Like the other characters, she looks different from any version of Teela to come before or after.

6. Got this from RJ on IRC: An auction for a PlayStation 3 box.

   Like the Xbox 360 Box last year, this will be a VERY POPULAR BOX this Holiday Season.

   Keeping an eye on this to see if there’s anyone dumb enough to bid…

7. Ouch, looks like GameSpot didn’t care much for Excite Truck.

   But at least it still scored higher than historically-accurate crabs with weak-spots.

   Of course, both did better than historically-inaccurate volleyball-bounce physics.

   Hope I get a chance to try Excite Truck soon, at least.

8. Eidos’ Ian Livingstone talks 10 years of Lara, and next-gen’s console winners.
9. …“Biir?”
10. …a truly scary parody of the N64 Kid video, featuring the Wii.
11. Game|Life pulls back the curtain on a speedrun for one of the hardest oldschool games ever… Capcom’s Ghosts n’ Goblins.

    22 minutes, quite an impressive feat for a game many would cite as purely impossible.

12. Joystiq metareviews Yoshi’s Island DS, and their readers rag on IGN and 1UP/EGM.
13. Sounds like 1UP has re-reviewed Neverwinter Nights 2. The score is now 6/10, rather than 5.
14. Joystiq put it best: “Some dude is reselling 100 PS3s, gonna get paid.”

    Er, well… maybe not.

15. So there’s this new NBC game show, 1 vs. 100, which is trivia-based (aren’t they all?), and a couple of questions have come up recently about video games. And the nun knows GTA better than Pac-Man.

    For shame, Sister Rose, for shame.

    …incidently, what the hell has happened to game shows? I remember growing up, they were bright, vivid, colorful affairs like The Price Is Right, Wheel of Fortune, or even Double Dare.

    Over the past several years or so, they all look like they’re out of 1984 or something, trying to creep you right the hell out, like you’re going to DIE when you answer wrong. And not just if, but WHEN. It’s like every second is your last, there is no hope to survive.

    Sheesh.

16. For your viewing convenience, the Press The Buttons version of the “Wii Factory” video is now on YouTube. Spread the word!
17. Finally, over at Newsarama, Your Manga Minute discusses “Form or Format;” whether or not the definition of the term “manga” should be broadened.

–LBD “Nytetrayn”

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