The Daily ‘Shroom – 1/18/07
- Via The Allspark, behold… Galvatron! As he is to appear in his upcoming one-shot.
What has me most curious about this is how it plays out; after all, Megatron becomes Galvatron traditionally, but they’re at the very genesis of this continuity… would they really consider a change so soon? Or to show us the future?
Or might they follow the original character plan, and make it so he’s a seperate Decepticon altogether…? That could be intriguing…
- They also report the 2005Boards have an image of Megatron’s vehicle mode from the upcoming motion picture.
I’d be happier to know that Megatron has an arm cannon were it not for the fact that I think Bumblebee and Optimus are slated to have them, too.
- And, if you still want more, have some Starscream and Ratchet toy test-shots.
- Newsarama goes for a double-whammy today, and presents us two more of the New Avengers lineup.
Very interesting, though not entirely unexpected.
…and… the leader…?
Anyway, just one more to go… but who will it be?
- Sigh, this is just so annoying.
Nintendo is running a contest to win one of five Captain N: The Game Master – The Complete Series DVD box sets.
But it’s only good for US residents, and my MyNintendo account clearly labels me as being in Canada.
Damnation. I can’t say this pleases me. Oh, sure, I can enter the contest for a statue of Link that I probably can’t fit anywhere, nevermind afford to ship, but this?
- Mystique in X-Men 4?
Hell, I didn’t even know they were moving ahead with it.
When we brought up the fact that the last time we saw Mystique she was depowered, Romijn noted that, “Well, you know, they can always turn these things back around! It’s not like I was dead or anything.”
…she doesn’t read many comics, does she?
- Irish to be charged more for PS3.
Drunken fights over stock expected to follow. More as it develops.
- Yesterday, I showed some sympathy towards those who ran the radio contest which cost a young mother her life, all in the attempts to win a Wii, and wished them the best, since it seemed like an accidental occurence.
Well, today I hereby revoke that sympathy, at least to any who knew the risks and proceeded.
…is it too late for police to investigate?
- Go Nintendo has gotten ahold of some new Sonic and the Secret Rings info.
Sonic now has customizable skills. It is said that there are somewhere around 100 skills that Sonic can learn. Skills range from how Sonic handles, to his moves, to special abilities. Sonic holds 4 rings that allow for 500 points worth (each) of skills. Experience points are earned through the main game.
Among other interesting points…
- Slashdot reports that Germany is seeking to have Europe ban all violent games.
That just sucks beyond words… and actually makes Jack Thompson seem like a decent guy by comparison.
Well, almost.
Kotaku offers their own view of the matter:
“Nice to see Germany pushing an agenda across Europe with the help of Italian allies again.”
- Chris Kohler of Game|Life touches on it further, and also looks at some more domestic proposals, such as literally locking all mature games behind the counter, and making it “illegal to sell games that feature ‘bestiality,’ among other things, to minors.
Wait, was that last one even a problem? Hell…
As for the lock-up, no big whoop. Older gamers like me could just get a hit of nostalgia from when we’d go to Toys R Us back in the day and grab one of those inventory tags to take to the weird room/thing behind the registers…
- “Kids spend more time playing video games than watching TV.”
Well, no duh, have you seen some of the crap that’s out there these days?
It’s kind of funny, though, I’m pretty sure I heard people complaining the same way when I was a kid…
- If you’re in Brooklyn next Friday, maybe you’d like to party down with the Kotaku crew.
I’d love to, but I sorta blew that by going to NYC for a Wii (speaking of which, I still gotta write that up. Maybe later today).
–LBD “Nytetrayn”