1. What a load of crap.

   For those interested, The Angry Video Game Nerd says that MTV News has a clip about viral videos in the mainstream on their site.

   Oh, I’m sorry, did I say for those interested? Let me fix that.

   For those interested in the United States. “Copyrights restrict us from playing this video outside the US.”

   Well, that’s just lovely. “World Wide Web?” Not any more.

   This wouldn’t bug me so much if I hadn’t seen that disclaimer elsewhere, too.

   It’s a total load of bull, plain and simple.

2. Once upon a time, I got ahold of a two-for-one TransFormers deal at Wal-Mart which included Clocker from Cybertron. Truth be told, though, if I’d had a choice I’d have taken Swerve, a redecorated version of the same mold which BWTF.com has just reviewed.
3. Press The Buttons has an interesting find, as they look back at Street Fighter: The Movie: The Game, and find out in an ongoing series of posts from Alan Noon on the Shoryuken forums just what went wrong to crank out such a lemon of a game with the Street Fighter name.
4. Kitties Still <3 Nintendo.
5. I normally don’t link to GameTrailers’ Virtual Console videos, but…

   Contra III: The Alien Wars?

   Can’t resist that.

   But the co-op trailer… God, tell me the game didn’t really come out this badly on the real thing?

6. Wow, I totally disagree with GameSpot’s review of Mario Kart 64. It’s probably my favorite version out of the whole series.

   I rather enjoyed several of the tracks here, the higher classes didn’t feel as overwhelming, and the blue shell was nowhere near as obnoxious as in, say, Mario Kart DS. Whatever newer versions might have improved, they also took something else away in my estimation.

   So far, though, I’ve had no problems with the music.

   Maybe if there’s interest (and maybe even if there’s not), I’ll take a more in-depth look at all the Mario Karts… well, except Super Circuit, don’t have that one.

   Over on IGN, a more positive review awaits.

7. Ok, I’ve heard of mopping the floor with your opponents, but this is ridiculous.

   On a related note, Climactic Ave. takes a look at it, and provides a good test for aspiring beta testers.

8. Ah, oldschool.

   Go Nintendo has some old EGM review pages scanned, showing what they thought of Contra III: The Alien Wars and “Zelda III” (that’s A Link To The Past to the rest of the world) when they were first released.

   Funny that the former just barely got a higher score than the latter; all 9′s.

   I approve. Of the score that is, not that I’d necessarily say it’s better.

   Oh, and Game|Life has everyone’s favorite (literally, in this case… see for yourself) Mario Kart 64 covered.

9. PS3 or Wii, and Why? That’s what The New York Times wants to know for their distinguished publication.
10. I got this in my Inbox, too.

    Stolen Strawberry Shortcake = Serious Business.

    …that’s how I’d have marketed it, anyway. You’d at least have a lock on the 4chan crowd, then.

11. Tired of having those GameCube ports on your Wii in an out-of-reach place?

    Why not just move them?

    The things people do these days…

12. Seems that Nintendo’s Japanese-English program for the DS has balls.

    Well, Ball, anyway. Which features balls.

13. In case you haven’t heard, this came from the Joystiq bird, and I’ve got just one word, for all you Genesis nerds:

    SEEGA!

14. Nostradamus, he ain’t.
15. “This one’s for all the Commonwealth readers out there. Except you, Canada.”

    Pfft.

    “Cricket? Nobody understands cricket. You gotta know what a crumpet is to understand cricket.”

16. Oh. Well. If you want to see the Dead Or Alive movie… for whatever reason… here you go. Have fun (not bloody likely).

    Me? I’m taking a pass on this one. Hitomi’s not even in it, is she?

    Probably for the best.

17. Bill Gates shilling for Vista on The Daily Show.

    “Unfortunately, Bill doesn’t wax much on video gaming, but Jon Stewart cracks enough jokes about internet porn and guessing Gates’ log in and password to keep us interested.”

    Well, that’s enough to get me interested.

    Funny, great interview. I like John, I like Bill, it’s all good times.

18. I don’t know Japanese.

    So what?

    These Mario board games look cool and I want them anyway. I’m sure someone, somewhere would post instructions…

19. As if there was much room for argument, this proves that Link is perhaps the coolest video game hero around.
20. Fear and Loathing in Little Tokyo.

    Well, replace “loathing” with “respect,” and it’s a bit more accurate, as Lost Planet producer Jun Takeuchi (wait, I thought it was Inafune? Ok, so what did HE do, then?) talks about how there aren’t enough original games coming out in Japan, and how there’s so much creativity going on in the west.

    Wait, what? Pikmin, Katamari Damacy, Lost in Blue, and the like are on the losing end against stuff like Grand Theft Auto and Halo?

    “If western developers started making games aimed at the Japanese market, competing for the market share, a lot of Japanese developers might have a hard time competing.”

    I dunno. No disrespect to Halo and GTA, but I think the creativity and originality are a little more even than that…

    Then again, wasn’t Lost Planet supposed to be like Halo with ice and mechs or something? Maybe he’s on to something…

–LBD “Nytetrayn”

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