1. Just to lead off, a quick congratulations to Atomic Fire for its one-year anniversary.
2. An interesting comic book release that’s come out recently is UDW’s adaptation of the original TransFormers: The Movie, as written by legendary Marvel TF scribe Bob Budiansky and illustrated by the great Don Figueroa.

   BWTF’s Ben Yee has taken the time to review the first issue to give you an idea of what this comic adds (and takes away) from the original movie experience.

3. Over on GameTrailers, they have some new footage of the surprisingly well-received Sonic Rivals for the PSP.
4. Because they’ve got nothing better to do these days, the guys over at IGN GameCube have sat down and put together their own idea of how to make a Zelda movie.
5. Go Nintendo links to an article discussing whether the direction Yoshi’s Island DS took is good or not.

   An interesting comment from Klondike on GN’s report:

   I think it?s important to note that the game is titled ?Yoshi?s Island DS?, not ?Yoshi?s Island 2?.

   Makes for a different perspective, anyway, if you think about it…

6. GN also reports that ZDNet has an article of five cool tech gifts, and two to avoid.
7. Wii Sports‘ bowling: so easy, even a grandmother can enjoy it.
8. Restraint, people. Learn it.

   This has been a public service announcement.

   Game|Life puts it best:

   “You’re holding a relatively dense piece of plastic. You’re swinging it around near a fragile, thousand-dollar piece of electronics. HOLD THE F**K ON. And if you can’t, don’t blame the wrist strap for breaking. That little piece of twine is supposed to stop the controller from slipping from your hand, not put the brakes on a 95 MPH fastball, jackass.”

9. By this point, I wouldn’t normally post a review for Zelda: Twilight Princess, but this is G4′s X-Play, which is usually good for stirring up interest, so…

   And they’ve also reviewed Rayman: Raving Rabbids.

10. Nintendo 64 Kid has been outdone.
11. GN reports that the Super Smash Bros. Brawl website has been updated, now including the new trailer (in English) and some screens as well.
12. I just noticed… why does Go Nintendo still have a search for Lik-Sang on their website?
13. Game Videos has a decent interview with NOA President Reggie Fils-Aime from the Wii launch at Toys R Us.

    Decent in that I can barely hear what the interviewer is asking, but at least Reggie makes his answers clear, perhaps even picking up the slack for the guy.

14. The Legend of Zelda: just a game, or something more?
15. Slashdot’s got an interesting piece on the history of the game company newsletter.

    I think I still have an Acclaim one somewhere, but that stuff was kind of neat…

16. Chris Kohler takes a look at the impracticality of the hard-to-find PS3 memory card adaptor.

    “My friend pointed out that this is a piece of hardware that I will only actually use one time. I found this fascinating. He’s right. I copy the contents of my PS1 and PS2 saves to my PS3 hard drive, and that’s it: the adapter becomes a completely unusable thingamabob.”

17. Oh dear.

    The developer behind a new military recruitment video game complains that he wasn’t allowed to program realistic enemies that learn from their mistakes and adapt to circumstances.

18. Elite Beat Agents: driving gamers to insanity?
19. …from the mouths of babes…

    …by which I mean babies, not… ugh, just move on.

20. I didn’t create the stupid saying, alright? Just move along,already.
21. Kojima misses the PlayStation rumble.

    Aww, just look at his face… how can you do that to the poor man, Sony? For shame.

    Oh, he also talks Metal Gear Solid 4.

22. Ever heard the legend of the landfill of buried Atari E.T. game cartridges? Digital Madman dissects the story and gets to the nitty-gritty truth of the matter.
23. Awesome holiday gaming shirts.
24. Press The Buttons has an interesting look at the infinite Mario game, which features levels created by a random generator.

    Consensus seems to be that the game is strong in mind and body but not in heart and soul. Should still be worth a look, however.

25. If you’re into remixes and tribute bands and such, maybe you should check out The Kode.
26. o/~ It’s The Legend of Zelda and it’s really rad…

    PTB gushes a bit, and rightfully so, over the series’ latest.

27. The Day I Walked Out On the PS3 tells of a gamer’s ultimate decision, made in the presence of four of the newly-released next-gen console.

–LBD “Nytetrayn”

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