The Daily ‘Shroom – 8/18/07
- We kick off with a sad note today, as word has come about the passing of Robert Leffler, a licensing coordinator at SEGA who unfortunately lost his battle with cancer.
Most of, if not all you only knew Robert as a name in the credits. He was a wonderful person and was Archie’s biggest supporter. With his tireless efforts over the years Robert helped secure a safe and bright future for the Sonic comic and was a key player in bringing about new projects like Sonic X and the Sonic Archives. While Dyna Lopez and Cindy Chau will continue in his unyielding support of Archie, please keep Robert in your thoughts.
Robert was not only one of Sonic’s biggest supporters he was also one of his biggest fans. We are planning to have some mention of his passing and importance in both Sonic comics.
I never knew Robert personally, but am sad to hear of his passing just the same. As an avid reader of Sonic the Hedgehog and its above-mentioned spinoffs and collections, I would just like to show appreciation for the work that Robert put into helping this title make its way to us month after month, and offer my condolences to his family.
- TransFormers: The Movie is circling back around to hit you– and your wallet– a second time, as the film is reportedly showing at IMAX theaters starting September 21st, with NEW footage added. Unfortunately, that’s as far as details go.
Will there be more scenes to shed personality on the Autobots or Decepticons? Or just more of Sam fumbling his attempts to get Mikaela into Bumblebee’s back seat? Time will tell.
In the meantime, you can find out which Movie TransFormer you are, officially, with Hasbro’s official TransFormers personality test.
While waiting, you can also see about picking up a Robot Hero of your resulting avatar, for which you can see the concept art here.
- A Monopoly movie.
I’ll just let that sink in.
- There, ready? Ok.
Jurassic Park 4: Dinosaurs with guns.
I’ll just be over here, whenever you’re done with the incoherent babbling.
Whether it winds up being like Dinoriders, or just Raptors carrying M-16s, I have no idea.
Prime 2.0 says “If this move opens with a pack of raptors attacking a group of terrorists in Iraq iam going to need medical attention.”
Personally, I’d be disappointed if the movie opened with anything else.
- Dragons are cool.
Ergo, one must surmize that images of McFarlane’s Dragons: Series 8 are also cool.
- If you’ve purchased any of the product that have recently been recalled by Mattel, then it may be good if you know how to send them back.
- If you want the Halo 3 “Legendary” edition but missed out before, GameStop’s giving you one more chance.
But don’t dawdle, as it seems time may be limited.
- Gametrailers has a ton of new videos for Ratchet & Clank: Future for the PS3, including an interview.
Seriously, if you’re interested, start now… this could take awhile.
- If you can’t wait for Metroid Prime 3 to hit shelves before diving into everything it has to offer, maybe Games Radar can help placate your craving with video of the first hour of the game.
Or, you can check and see if your local EB Games/GameStop has their demo yet.
…I will be SO disappointed if there’s no downloadable preview on the Wii.
- Looks like Castlevania II: Simon’s Quest is headed for Virtual Console, sporting a mildly-amusing “E” rating.
Frankly, if IGA does another 3-D Castlevania, I hope it’ll be a remake of this.
- So EA has responded to the whole controversy stirred up by their Wikipedia editing.
And, as so often seems to be the case, they’d have been better off just keeping their mouths shut.
Most ironic of all is that their attempt to exploit their Wiki entry has become a part of their Wiki entry.
–LBD “Nytetrayn”