Points of Interest – 4/20/07
- The Virginia Tech shootings. Certainly a tragedy by pretty much anyone’s definition.
Or at least, it should be.
Which is why getting e-mail like this can be something of a head-scratcher.
Yeah, I realize they’re trying to pay their respects, but… well, let’s face it, it just LOOKS wrong.
I can’t say Yahoo! did much better with their “An uplifting note at Virginia Tech” thumbnail, which seems to do a nice job of echoing the “Heeeeere’s Johnny!” scene of The Shining.
I don’t know. Too soon?
- Word from The Official TMNT Web Site is that this week, Target stores will be getting adult men’s t-shirts featuring images of the Turtles from 2003 by Michael Dooney.
And yet once more, I am forced to lament the lack of Target stores in Canada. At one point, I’d heard that Zeller’s might be bought out by Target, and you have no idea how happy the thought made me…
Anyway, here’s a sample of Dooney’s lovely work for Mirage’s comics.
Additionally, longtime fans might also recognize this image he created, as well.
- Over at The Allspark, some new bits of TransFormers fun and fascination have arisen, including a video of movie Optimus Prime’s holo-driver gimmick in action, and Remy has a new gallery of Titanium Ultra Magnus, and new banners/standees, displays, and teaser-sheets are making their way around.
Man, I’d love to get my hands on some of that. Pity I can’t afford to get out much for that any more…
Heck, I’m still trying to get a poster from the first Spider-man movie with the release date on it (which was my birthday, hence why I want the date).
- Got this from commenter Insho at Atomic Fire: Mugen of four Omegas fighting.
Kinda neat. And it links to Hunter Zero vs. Omega Zero.
But, how does Omega fare against the Dark Hadou power of Evil Ken and Ryu?
- Ed Boon talks a little about the future of Mortal Kombat, and how it will likely be different from the series’ norm.
- Over at GameTrailers, some interview time is given for Mega Man ZX Advent and MegaMan Star Force.
Doesn’t seem to say too much, except Star Force is planned for August, and ZX Advent for September or October. Seems to throw off the traditional Battle Network June releases by a bit.
Also, they mention more use of the DS’ features in ZX Advent that are supposed to be intuitive…
- Screw Attack’s Video Game Vault takes a look back at the recently-revived (discussion-wise, anyway) Street Fighter: The Movie: The Game.
And what’s more… they like it.
- N-Philes looks to the past as they ask, “what if Nintendo had created Achievements first?”
- At Go Nintendo, they’ve found an interview in which Konami discusses Castlevania on Wii.
- Microsoft Customer Service: The odyssey continues.
Eesh. It makes me question how much I want a 360. I mean, given the alternative…
- I wish American Pepsi bottles were this cool.
- It’s a question I’m sure everyone’s wondered now and again: does Microsoft need Japan to succeed?
…and does that girl’s arm really need to be detached?
- Awesome house, but why on Earth is it playing Super Mario Bros. on a gold cartridge upside-down?
–LBD “Nytetrayn”
April 22nd, 2007 at 9:22 am
1. I thought the exact same thing. “Heeere’s Johnny!” But with those spams, are they really trying to pay respects? Or trying to capitalize on people’s emotions in order to get just one more click?
8. Haha, that’s cool. Achievements are fun!
12. Hey man. It’s wireless!
I wasn’t a big Xbox fan before, but the 360 has really turned things around for me. I hate it when people say stuff like, “It’s nothing but FPS’s”, since they’ve really worked on getting a more diverse library than before. And hey, maybe most of its games are FPS games; I don’t know. All I know is that they’ve got a decent supply of other genres. I don’t actually own a single FPS for the system.
I might’ve said the original Xbox had more PC-style games, rather than just “FPS” games… But the 360′s done better in that regard as well. To say that the 360 has nothing but FPS games is like saying Nintendo has nothing but kiddie games: it shows the commenter has little to no knowledge of the system he’s criticizing.
April 22nd, 2007 at 1:31 pm
1) I wouldn’t really call the “LOLfun” type ones spam, I’m pretty sure I signed for those a looooong time ago.
And XBox is good by me, I’d love to get one someday.
–LBD “Nytetrayn”