The Daily ‘Shroom – 8/4/07
- TransFormers!
Missed this yesterday. Looks like the Music Label Soundwave MP3 players are getting a second run, without white, but with blue and… black.
A Soundblaster color scheme? One can hope!
For those who don’t know, in Japan’s exclusive Headmasters animated series, Soundwave and Blaster (known there as “Broadcast”) had a fight to the finish, with both being ripped to pieces. Their respective Cassette soldiers collected the pieces and restored them as Soundblaster, who sported a black color scheme instead of blue, and Twincast, who sported a light blue instead of red. In the toon, they were identical otherwise, maybe a little stronger, but the toys were remade to store two cassettes at a time instead of just the one.
And that’s what a black Music Label Soundwave could likely represent.
In other news, Ramjet’s still getting a Spotlight comic for some reason. Here’s a peek at the cover.
When it comes to PC case mods, John Mangus has The Touch with this awesome transformable Optimus Prime piece.
Does it bend? Does it break? Does it seem to know just what it takes?
Excellent custom piece, and yes, if I could afford it, I’d so want something like that.
Last but not least, Remy is back with another gallery, this time for Movie Brawl in the “Leader” class.
Unfortunately for him, his gallery just might be topped by this gorgeous custom on eBay, which gives the brutal Decepticon powerhouse a very realistic (and expensive) makeover that would look simply awesome by itself, or among its Movie brethren.
- On a related note…
Remember when GI Joe had Sgt. Slaughter as their drill instructor? Master Collector, the company that runs the official conventions for GI Joe and TransFormers does. They had him as an exclusive last year, it seems.
How do you follow up on that?
By making Rowdy Roddy Piper the trainer of Destro’s Iron Grenadiers!
tvsgrady put it best: “Chewing bubblegum is half the battle, and the other half is kicking ass.”All they need now is Randy Orton as a Crimson Guard, and GI Joe is really screwed.
- Wow, this goes back a ways.
Seems that Jazwares, former(?) makers of the non-NT Warrior Mega Man action figures, have put together a new figure of Kintaro from Mortal Kombat.
Not bad. Kintaro was always one of those characters I loved to hate and hated to love because he would always kick my ass SO bad.
Always.
Don’t know if it’s some variation of Stockholm Syndrome or what, but you just have to appreciate the untouchable badass just a little… even when it’s you who can’t touch him.
- Looks like someone finally got the SDCC trailer for Iron Man on YouTube.
Love the attitude… I’m not a hardcore Iron Man reader, so I don’t know how close to in-character it is, I’m afraid, but I still find it enjoyable.
“You’ve been called the DaVinci of our time, what do you say to that?”
“Absolutely ridiculous, I don’t paint.”
“And what do you say to your other nickname, the ‘Merchant of Death?’”
“That’s not bad.”
…and is that the song I think it is, that they start to play some riffs of near the end?
May 2nd, day before my birthday. Can’t come soon enough.
- I wish I’d noticed this sooner.
GameTrailer has a contest running that asks what it would be like if the worlds of comic books and video games were to collide.
Would there be a battle of the red heads – Jean Grey vs. Nariko? How would Mario defeat the Green Goblin? How would the Covenant handle Master Chief if he was from Krypton? Submit a live action or machinima user movie by August 5th and you could win $1000!
Not bad. Only a few days left, though, not that there were a lot to begin with, as it started July 20th.
Also, the $1000? It’s actually a gift card to Best Buy, so before anyone from, say, Canada enters with a friend’s address, know that you can’t use the card here. Trust me, I’ve tried with one I’ve gotten as a gift. Sucks, I know.
Other rules and information are at the link above, naturally.
- Dynasty Warriors: Gundam has gone gold.
That was fast, wasn’t it? Seems like only a few months ago they even announced the title, and…
…ooooooooooh boy.
- Yesterday, Rockstar dropped a megaton announcement in saying that Grand Theft Auto IV would be delayed until 2K8.
Prognosis: Someone else might get to sell a game this winter.
You know, besides Nintendo (assuming they get more Wii out there).
- Uwe Boll responds to the lawsuit against him by The New York Post.
Reading this… wow, I hate to say it, but I’m actually sort of curious enough to want to see Postal.
Or I would be, if not for those damned movie theater ticket prices. I doubt the cheap one around here, Rainbow Cinema, would be interested in carrying it. So unless Mr. Boll wants to pay for my ticket (assuming the movie is carried widely enough for me to find it around here) so I can review it, I’ll probably have to wait for DVD, which means I still probably won’t get to see it for some time, if ever.
Unless it gets killer reviews.
…I really don’t know exactly where I’m going with this. Let’s just say that this is perhaps the one Boll film I’d be tempted to see, but not to any great lengths.
- Don’t own a DS Lite yet? Me neither. Sure, I want one, but money’s the thing, and the DS Phat is serving me well for the time being.
That said, it looks like Nintendo has a slick new bundle coming out with a DS Lite featuring a red top/black bottom, which I think looks pretty hot. It also comes with Brain Age 2 (or squared, whichever) and a carrying case. Not bad, all-in-all, though I can see how Brain Age may not be for everyone.
No word on pricing yet, though.
- Mario Party 8 is returning to European shelves, now free of the s-word.
No, not shit. Spastic.
Aww, dammit, now look what you made me do…
Anyway, this whole thing makes me wonder how many Sonic fans are offended by artist Patrick Spaziante‘s nom de plume.
- I know some people who like their Guitar Hero, and those who like their Dragonforce, so it’s only fitting that I show what happens when the two collide.
- How much are gamers willing to pay for a digitally downloaded game?
Sony aims to find out with Warhawk.
I suppose there are those who might argue that if one can afford a PS3 and an HDTV, then this shouldn’t be anything to them.
Then again, there are those that might argue that thanks to the price of the PS3 and an HDTV, they’re broke and eating ramen while subsisting on cheap downloads and demos until things pick up. Sort of like me, but without the PS3 and the HDTV. But that’s ok, I have Paper Mario. For the moment.
- Oh, Jack, Jack, Jack… you can’t keep this up, it’ll kill you. I know there are those that want you dead, but just the same… no, just no.
You’re pushing your head against the wall way too hard… relax. Spend some time with your family, go take in some putt-putt… preferably one with no arcade, if such a place exists. Just chill out, avoid the nightly news, and maybe you’ll live longer.
The harder you push this agenda, the only progress you’re going to make is putting yourself in an early grave.
- Hmm, thanks to a newly-appointed CEO, it looks like Ziff-Davis isn’t trying to sell their magazines and online game media empire.
- More tragedy, what a shock.
And I really hate to point this out, but it seems like a lot of these incidents are happening with XBox owners. Not that this in any way has anything to do with Microsoft, but still… have there been any PlayStation owners noted going nuts and lighting fires or smashing babies? GameCube, Wii even?
–LBD “Nytetrayn”