1. Homer Simpson, the new host of The Tonight Show?

   Don’t count on it.

2. At Otakon, a Lyra kept repeating a line about “falling off a building” which I didn’t get and didn’t think much of. Not my wife, though; she found out what that was all about, which has allowed me to produce this link.

   According to Wikipedia, Bible Black seems to be… well, hentai. But the video is at least visually safe. But the voice acting is HORRENDOUS. Laughably so. Well worth checking out.

3. Thanks to Zaph, we now know that Starscream disgusts Megatron.

   Maybe this has something to do with it.

4. A neat import of Triple H’s theme song, “The Game” by Motorhead, into Guitar Hero II.

   As the wife got that for her birthday at Otakon, thanks to the awesome combined efforts of our friends, I’m a little curious as to how one adds songs to the list like this. Can anyone help out?

5. On a related note, the song seems to work well with Dragon Ball Z clips.
6. Ah, the Atari Jaguar… we hardly knew ye.

   Of course, most couldn’t be bothered to, but still.

7. Press the Buttons looks at a NeoGAF discussion regarding “smart” games which interact with old data from past installments and the like.

   I had no idea Ratchet & Clank discounted weapons with the right data, for example.

   In my younger days, about ten years ago (give or take), I was of the mind that Capcom ought to remake the original Mega Man series with some changes. Granted, they made an ill-fated attempt, but my version remained mostly different.

   One aspect I sought to include was to have data from each game carry over to the next, specifically weapons, life energy, and things of that nature. The old weapons wouldn’t be as effective against the new bosses, but they’d still be there for use in the levels and around the game. Naturally, while having the old weapons would be handy, you’d still want the new ones to really get Mega Man up to speed. By Mega Man 4, you’d be a walking army!

   But, it wouldn’t make the game too easy, because the more save data you have, the harder each subsequent game would be as well. Harder, but still balanced. Of course, playing a later chapter without having the earlier save data would still provide a solid core experience.

8. Hmm, I didn’t think much of this week’s Virtual Console releases, but Matt on PTB is giving me second thoughts on Kirby’s Dream Course.
9. Also from the PTB side of the table, we have another video blast from Nintendo’s past, this time based on the Nintendo 64 in Europe.

   I’m in half-agreement with that last part, though; I think working on exploiting the YouTube internet generation (and maybe some memes) would be an ideal way for Nintendo and other game companies to advertise.

10. What games pushed the TurboGrafx-16 to its very limit in terms of graphics and sound? Racketboy reveals all.
11. In addition, Racketboy recently revealed a list of great Dreamcast games that saw release on other systems. Which is all good and well, but if you own a Dreamcast in addition to those other systems, well, what’s good for it that you can’t find anywhere else?

    This list shows off all the exclusive Dreamcast titles, including Racketboy’s own recommended and highly recommended titles.

    Myself, I thank Kanuck to this day for hooking me up with Cannon Spike.

12. So, you have an XBox, but you’re not ready to step up into the HD generation, still wondering what games you can get?

    Fortunately, Racketboy (there’s that name again) has readily compiled a list of Hidden Gems, the best undiscovered XBox games that the system has to offer.

13. “The Cheapest 32X Games Worth Your Time?”

    Believe it or not, they do exist…

14. GameSpot’s review of Paper Mario is hard to argue with; it’s taking all my free gaming time right now.

    And as much as I enjoyed Super Paper Mario, I’m going to have to say that when/if Intelligent Systems makes another installment, that I hope they go with the style of this and The Thousand Year Door after it.

    The arrival of this on Virtual Console is truly great, though, in that the Wii allows you to play all three Paper Mario titles with minimal fuss.

15. At SDCC, Matt Groening and his boyz had a panel to answer questions regarding the movie and TV show, as well as Futurama.
16. Wow, dissention in the ranks of Rockstar as even some of the employees there think Manhunt is a bit much.
17. A Famicom version of Biohazard?

    Or maybe we should just call this “NESident Evil”…

18. New Dragon Ball Z: Budokai Tenkaichi 3 character art.

    I need to get my wife to cosplay like this someday.

    Or at the very least, this.

19. New Raving Rabbids 2 video.

    Oh my God, the wasabi…

    You can check out more Raving Rabbid hijinx here.

20. I can’t be the only one amazed at the things people are doing with Wii remotes.

Ok, I hope this is enough for a few days, at least. Trying to get semi-caught up here, at least with any site that has good archiving and indexing. But for now, sleep is calling…

–LBD “Nytetrayn”

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