Points of Interest – 5/8/07
- Newsarama was at one of my old haunts, Heroes Aren’t Hard To Find in Charlotte, for Free Comic Book Day this year, and they have a nice feature (with pics) detailing the day’s events.
Man, I wish I could’ve been there.
- Matt at Press the Buttons seems to have an effective system for storing his GBA games with his DS cases.
- Retro Gaming with Racket Boy seeks to shatter some stereotypes with a multi-tiered answer to a simple question: Why he is a Retro Gamer.
I can relate to a number of these, if not all of them.
- Evil Avatar has found a ten-step checklist to define a next-gen game; that is, something which would wow the world in a way they never imagined, like a Super Mario 64 or a Grand Theft Auto III.
- Wow, Eternal Champions. I remember when that game was cover material on really damn thick issues of EGM that were worth every dollar, just for how much there was packed into them.
Ah, those were the days…
Anywho, GameTrailers and ScrewAttack.com’s Video Game Vault take a look back.
- IGN checks out this summer’s movies in a 9-page feature.
As if you didn’t already have enough movies to see.
- Day 1 of Games Radar’s “Week of Hate” asks “Why do gamers hate on the hobby they love?”
We don’t “hate,” we LOVE, and we say things that hurt because we love. You understand, don’cha baby?
- They also have a look at the 10 worst game intros of all time, playing the movies so you don’t have to play the games.
- N-Philes… er, “confirms” the presence of Zero-Suit Samus in Super Smash Bros. Brawl.
But really, the fun part is reading the comments. Rowr, hiss, and such.
- Spiffin’ up the ol’ Classic Controller, Super Famicom-style.
- I know the Wii is a hot item, but this is ridiculous.
- Go to Hell, RMC.
Balloon Fight is made of win and awesome, with a tall glass of “oh yeah” on the side.
- Evidently, Elite Beat Agents is pretty big in Japan.
- Folio Magazine has a look at The Final Days of Ziff-Davis.
Sounds like something Simon Furman would write.
- Note to aspiring Digipen students: You belong to them now.
Or your ideas created under their tutelage, anyway.
- Like point-and-click adventure games, like Ace Attorney?
How about 20 free adventure games?
- Kotaku revives The Luigi Story, a parody of E! True Hollywood Story about the rise and fall of the Green Thunder.
- Poor Pac-Man. First Major Nelson blows him off, and now Peter Moore prevents him from hittin’ it off with the ladies.
Don’t worry, Pac. You’re always welcome here.
- I can’t believe this is even a question.
But it does pose another: who the HELL would program “rape” into Second Life?
- Those Mario pillow hats? They’re really just pillows of hats.
Still look comfy, tho.
- Didn’t make it to Free Comic Book Day?
Here’s a sample of what you missed.
- EA Canada: Lookin’ good.
–LBD “Nytetrayn”