1. The Angry Video Game Nerd is back, and he’s here to celebrate Bugs Bunny’s Birthday.

   But is this bash a blowout, or does it just blow?

   Actually, I have no idea how time has treated it, but I enjoyed it on a rental as a kid. Even beat the game, too.

   Also, check out the trailer for the video.

2. Before there were TransFormers, there were… Diaclone! And thanks to Frash, we’ve got some old Diaclone commercials lined up here.

   Before he was Optimus Prime, he was… Convoy!

   And everyone’s favorite cool-bot Jazz had his own spot.

   Be careful of what you keep in your bedroom, because you never know when it may come alive!

   …why the hell does the kid have a gun in his drawer in the first place?

   One of my old favorites has to be Powered Convoy, better known to folks here as “Ultra Magnus.”

   Shame we never got this one: FORTRESS X.

   Plastic Fetish has many more where those came from, too.

3. If you bought the TransFormers: Generation 1 DVD sets from Rhino, you might have noticed some… strangeness. Rest assured, it isn’t you.

   Turns out, Rhino wound up touching up the wrong footage from the cartoon, leading to all sorts of crazy errors. And thanks to Grimbot, you can compare many of them here from episodes such as Fire on the Mountain, and War of the Dinobots.

4. In the early goings, a lot of people didn’t like what they were seeing for the TransFormers: The Movie designs.

   As it happens, Optimus Prime was one of them.

   Some time later, images revealed the look of the new TransFormers: Animated show.

   And then things got worse.

5. GameDaily checks out 25 upcoming DS games that are lookin’ good.
6. This is a cool custom Wii, Yoshi style, and it’s yours for the bidding!
7. Go Nintendo has scored some images from Nintendo of Super Mario Galaxy’s logo and boxart, and new character art from Mario Party DS, too.
8. Oh, GameStop… is there any low you won’t stoop to?

   Then again… I don’t know. If it’s made known that a Cube controller is required, and since the games DO work on the Wii, and if there isn’t any absurd markup (well, any more than usual), is it really that bad? They might be getting some people with Wiis to look at games that they may not have otherwise considered.

   I’m a little conflicted on this.

9. Keiji Inafune was in New York yesterday to celebrate the launch of the 20th Anniversary Mega Man title, MegaMan Star Force, and among others, Kotaku was there to greet him.
10. I’m… really not sure what’s going on here, but at least it looks fun!

    Snoopy and Sonic, where can you go wrong?

–LBD “Nytetrayn”

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