Points of Interest – 4/4/07
- Came across this bit of Sony shamelessness over on Toastyfrog’s forum.
Long story short, George Harrison stole the show at a Marillion concert and tried to auction off a PS3 pre-release.
Classy.
The story itself was pulled from Edge magazine, and I agree with Evil Avatar on this, that pulling it was a load of bull.
Kotaku has their take, too.
- Takara’s new Megatron is truly a masterpiece.
As such, it deserves its own gallery.
Thankfully, top-notch TransFormers photographer Remy Rodis captures the almighty Decepticon leader in all his glory.
- For the otaku in you, check out these Japanese auctions for Japanese TransFormers movie posters and a gift box.
- I’ve never even heard of the Cybertron Phillippines website before, but I’m glad I have now, as they have a spiffy interview with IDW’s editor-in-chief, Chris Ryall, an all-around cool guy from my handful of experience with him.
- Double strike! The Angry Video Game Nerd unleashes his wrath in the final part of his Ghostbusters game slam-a-thon.
PLUS… oh god. He also digs into the new TMNT movie.
Will anyone be spared? Watch and find out.
And it seems to be pretty much spoiler-free, about as much as any trailer, at least.
- o/~ Blue streak… speeds by… Press the Buttons!
Ok, so it doesn’t quite synch (“Pressing the Buttons,” maybe?), but regardless, G-Matt has braved the fires and the furs to bring to you a review of SatAM Sonic on DVD. That is, the DVD collection of ABC and DiC’s “Saturday*” morning cartoon, Sonic the Hedgehog.
One might also be interested to know that this is the cartoon that would eventually give Archie’s comic the shape it has today.
* “Saturday” morning, my ass. ABC only ever showed it Sunday mornings before sunrise and a megaton of local news programming when it was on. That is the kind of thing that lead to its ratings dropping, not because of damn Power Rangers, regardless of what you may hear.
- Evil Avatar points out this cool ad for Guitar Hero II on XBox 360 that I’ve seen the past couple of days. Very nice.
God Mode Online also mentions that there should be a pedal add-on in the future.
If the game interests you, then maybe so too will these celebrity-customized GHII controller auctions.
- Super Mario Bros.
Super Paper Mario.
Compare and contrast in GameTrailers’ latest video.
However, as they venture through a recreated 1-2, they leave one question remaining. Does the Minus World trick still work?
- If you’re not like me and dedicated to buying the game already (actually, I’m more hopeful of it as a birthday gift, but I digress), Go Nintendo and Game|Life are offering up impressions.
- GameDaily digs up more interview with Reggie, this time talking about how important the likes of EA and Take Two/Rockstar are, as well as their interest in Little Big Planet– which Sony beat them to the punch on.
Plus, more about getting Metroid Prime 3 “perfect,” after Metroid Prime 2 didn’t quite meet expectations.
“It’s coming. And it will be great.”
- THQ holds their 2007 WWE video game Challenge, and invites the superstars to compete. Looks like a fun time.
“According to THQ PR, some (fans) cried after being denied entry.”
Wow.
GD also checks out the Top 5 WWE Divas in a countdown.
#1 surprised me– because I’d forgotten about her (in the present sense).
- THEY WISH.
- Via Slashdot, Mr. Miyamoto offers words of advice to the game developers of tomorrow.
- NES games so bad, even Nintendo won’t release them on Virtual Console? These are the voyages of Game|Life…
Fox’s Peter Pan and the Pirates sounds about right, there.
- Castlevania music, as played on a 100-year old pipe organ at Video Games Live.
Can we call this art?
- So, why did Bomberman: Act Zero not do so hot? Here’s a guess.
- Joystiq rips Subway’s video game ad a new one.
But I’ll still eat there anyway. Unless there’s a Mr. Sub or Quizno’s nearby.
- Living Game Worlds III takes a look at how reality might be impeding creativity in developing games, something I’ve been concerned with lately as well.
–LBD “Nytetrayn”