1. I’m of a mixed view when it comes to seasons. We have little in the way of cooling, so warm weather is a bit uncomfortable to me. I generally prefer cooler weather, but I hate wet and especially snowy and icy conditions.

   And, as Untalkative Bunny knows, cooler weather is a good time for baking.

2. Thanks to neoendgame, we’ve got another Atari rarity from eBay tonight, this time a prototype laserdisk game.

   Holy crap. I shudder to think how bad the load times on this would be. Or how bad the game itself could be. I mean, remember how bad the first games on CD were? This commands a lot more than last night’s Cosmos auctions, but it might be worth it just to see how potentially horrible this could be.

3. The Official TMNT Web Site has added Donatello #1 to their archives, encouraging fans to see how it compares to episode 16 of the recent cartoon series.

   Plus, there’s some word about adult-sized Halloween costumes that will be available this year, about $150 each.

   And while I don’t know about the episode itself, it seems Comcast On Demand has a new episode of Fast Forward that is supposed to be one of the best, thanks to its mysterious (to me, anyway) guest stars.

4. Utopia? Or Dystopia? That’s the question about our future posed by Mr. Parish as he uses video games like a big pixelated crystal ball to gaze into the future and see where we are all headed.

   Mega Man is kind of a funny one. Sure, it’s all cute and friendly NOW, but skip forward a hundred years, and it gets ugly… a few hundred more, and even uglier. Then a bit more… and not so bad… and a few thousand more, yeah, it’s good again. Save for the oversized baby-blasters from the sky, that is.

5. o/~ Paperboy, Paperboy, treats newspapers like a toy!

   Rides his bike, down his route!

   His obstacles… are such a hoot!

   Hey there… here comes the Paperboy! o/~

   Ok, not one of my best efforts. Regardless, I sort of want to see someone make a “movie version” of Paperboy. In the meantime, I’ll just settle for ScrewAttack.com’s Video Game Vault retrospective. To add to Handsome Tom’s useless fact: The Paperboy was illiterate, too.

   …why the hell does the boy have grey hair? His route isn’t that bad, is it?!

6. Mmmm, tasty new Ninja Gaiden Sigma footage, courtesy of GameTrailers.

   I dig the boxart. And the extras. If I could afford it, I’d even consider just buying the special edition by itself, lack of PS3 be damned.

7. Over on IGN, Matt examines the nonsensical existance of the “AO” rating that essentially cannot even be used, and how it essentially breaks down the entire system. And I have to agree.

   In fact, one should ask themselves if games will ever really be “all grown up” if AO titles are to remain in such standing?

8. I normally don’t just post pics of new boxart, but I just like Metroid Prime 3: Corruption’s.

   Maybe because it picks up on familiar theme.

9. A cool display of hedgehog unity from last year’s E3. Pity the game sucked. But at least Rivals is said to be decent.

–LBD “Nytetrayn”

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