Points of Interest – 1/24/07
- Admit it, you’d love to have one of these on a Shortpacked! t-shirt.
- Ugh. I swear, if I had this voice for Archie in my head when I read the comics, I’d never read another one again, and I’d burn any I saw on the rack in a store.
How does he get so many girls after him sounding like that?
- The Mrs. has some nice reviews of manga titles Scrapped Princess and Archlord, and many more over at Mania.com.
Go check ‘em out!
- In case you missed the original, here’s Marvel’s Civil War #1, retold.
The most amusing (sad?) part is that you still pretty much get the same point this way.
- [bpm?] found an interesting tale, a tale of a woman on a search for a game for her son, a Mario game no less.
What makes this tale so extraordinary?
She wanted, nay, DEMANDED it for her XBox 360.
This is the story of two hours this poor EB employee will never get back.
On the other hand, when someone so stupid gets so angry, sometimes it’s time well spent.
- Remember the portable Wii that was reported a few days ago?
Now, you can make your own!
- Evil Avatar also reveals by way of Warren Ellis that Project51 Productions has begun a blog to highlight the production of the animated feature based on the NES game, Castlevania III: Dracula’s Curse.
- New video are the order of the day at GameTrailers, highlighting the gameplay of Wario: Master of Disguise.
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…there is a minigame in Wario that involves dropping piles of crap into a toilet. o_o;;;
I wonder if that would affect it’s ESRB rating…
- Go Nintendo has found a way that you can get your own custom Mii sculpture.
- So Japan’s Virtual Console has Kid Icarus, and you can see it in action here.
- Because Death Note rocks: Death Note DS boxart.
- Game|Life’s Chris Kohler gives his first impressions on Diddy Kong Racing DS.
Doesn’t sound like it’s all it’s cracked up to be, perhaps not even as good as the original?
- Joystiq posted the link to this, just more stuff I’d like to have.
At Nintendo World in NYC, they had these awesome Mario Kart racetracks. You know the ones, you hold down a button and the cars buzz around the track? Yeah. They were cool.
- …I dare someone to put that “doo-doo-doo-doo-doo-doo-doo-doo” circus music to this.
I octuple-dog dare someone to, just so you know I’m not screwing around here.
- You know the story: They’re the Mario Bros., and plumbing’s their game. They found the secret warp zone while working on the drain.
Make sure to wait until after the credits for a couple of bonus clips.
- Kotaku dug up this really great video of a “Nintendo Virtual Reality” by some folks at Carnegie Mellon University Entertainment Technology Center’s Building Virtual Worlds Show. Even though there are a few minor slips, it’s very amusing and worth a look.
- Hey, kids! Did you ever wish you could own your very own Gunblade, just like Squall from Final Fantasy VIII?
…don’t you lie to me, you KNOW you have.
Well now, you’re in luck! NCSX and Square-Enix are teaming up to bring you replicas of famous weapons from their games.
–LBD “Nytetrayn”