Points of Interest – 6/13/07
- From the wonderfully twisted mind of Kajetokun comes a new bit of madness: Gutsman’s Ass, or rather, “GUTSMAN’S ASS.”
Tremble in terror.
- I’m sure most of you who watched The Disney Afternoon remember the opening to Darkwing Duck, among others.
But how many of you remember the countdown/premiere video?
- Racketboy has an interesting blast from the past: the Dreamcast preview issue of the SEGA Saturn magazine, from the UK.
Oh, SEGA… sure, you weren’t top of the world then, but your name still came with a higher regard… what ever happened?
- GameTrailers and ScrewAttack.com go back to the vault for Mega Man 4, and rip off the pic of Wily which Spaz gave me for his interview. On their front-page, anyway.
- Yahoo! Games has a new feature up, looking at what we all love: The Top 10 Cheesiest Classic Game Commercials.
I still love most of the 80′s Nintendo commercials, though.
- It’s been 20 years, and you still haven’t seen the original 1986 TransFormers: The Movie? Clearly, you are a bit undecided, maybe even conflicted, about whether or not to watch this classic.
It is at a time like this that James Rolfe, aka The Angry Video Game Nerd, is here to help.
- So many…
So many video game boxes are just so bad, how can one man be expected to fit them in one article?
The fact is, they can’t.
But, Sharkey is no ordinary man.
That said, he couldn’t do it, either. And that’s why we now have Hey Covers… You Suck! 2!
Because you just know that anything just the right amount of suck will get a sequel.
- Speaking of suck, sequels, and games, GameTrailers and ScrewAttack.com have the Top 10 Worst Fighting Games up.
Well, actually, most of these were bad enough that they didn’t get sequels, thankfully…
Just out of curiousity, is there some sort of MUGEN hack for Aaron Carter to take on the star of #1?
- Hmm, guess I missed this New Super Mario Bros. ad.
I like how it follows the “Who Are You?” style.
- RMC shows some birthday love for his sis by letting her write about her life of gaming.
Wonder if I ought to write something like that sometime. I can call them my “Gamoirs.”
- JeuxFrance has a new video for the sequel to a game we never got, Death Note 2 for the DS.
Normally, I wouldn’t mention something like this, but come on. It’s Death Note.
DEATH NOTE!
…and it’s not working for me. Hope you guys have better luck.
- One of my favorite commercials, this one being for Yoshi’s Island for GBA.
And what good is a little bit of funny without a little bit of freaky to balance it out, courtesy of Zelda?
- Ah, finally, the return of the Super Freaky Parody Rangers!
Not exactly advised for the kiddies.
Watch in awe and wonder as the mysterious Green Ranger attacks our heroes! But, who IS he?!
- It should come as no surprise that Punch-Out!! would make for one of the best entries in Nintendo’s Short Cuts contest.
The mix of real-life and game footage is excellent, and it makes me really dig Von Kaiser, too.
Really, this is what the contest needs to be full of.
Or, looks at competitors’ brainstorming sessions.
Conversely, is it any wonder this one was banned?
- VG Cats really knows how to pour on the guilt, don’t they?
- Remember Funcoland? I don’t. But I’ve certainly heard of it.
And Chris Kohler? He has unkind words about it as well.
Check the comments and Pre-Order Pushers for more fun tales of game store idiocy.
- Remember The Oregon Trail back in school?
If you’ve ever been curious about the company behind it, here’s a history lesson.
- Once upon a time, Nintendo very nearly put the fate of their Famicom hardware into the hands of Atari.
Wow, what a mistake that might have been.
Recently uncovered is a memo of this historic meeting of the minds.
- The most needlessly violent game ever?
How much damage can you rack up throwing a guy down a flight of stairs? Go to full-screen for best results. My best is 149, but Zaphkiel and Jho are kicking my ass with 283 and 386, respectively.
Oh, wait, here we go. Down and Right buttons help smush him on the stairs. I’m at 357 now.
- If one thing has become apparent, it’s that ratings systems and user-created content just don’t mix.
- Time for a little Hardcore Gaming 101. Today’s lesson? Capcom Beat-em-Ups, aka “Final Fight clones.”
…of course, you’ll note that no one’s cloning Streetwise…
- If I ever have frivolous money again, this might be a neat site to check out.
Of course, I’ll check it out anyway. I’ll just be setting myself up for disappointment in the process is all.
- The dirt… it won’t come off… why won’t it come off?!
- As I said before: I. Hate. Thieves.
- Alright, the latest Zelda chapter! The Legend of Zelda and the Lampshade of No Real Significance!
This is going to be awesome!
…huh. Be more amusing if Link didn’t plod at such a slow pace.
- If I were to get a cake like this for my birthday one year, you can’t imagine just how happy that would make me. Alas…
- Wow… just think, if they went to all this trouble just for Donkey Kong, it makes me wonder what they have to say about other titles…
…and FINALLY, I’m DONE!!!
And I can assure you this is the LAST time you’ll see me here doing this…
…until tonight, I mean.
–LBD “Nytetrayn”