InFormers: Robots in the News

1. Now this is pretty hot.

   G4 and Jumpcut had a contest for remixed TransFormers video clips, and the prize was a two-of-a-kind metallic Movie Optimus Prime figure; one in robot mode, the other in truck mode, both on a base.

   That is one sweet display piece.

Video Power

1. Over on 1up, the lovely Nadia Oxford has a new feature that looks back at a younger, more innocent time, when games occupied every facet of our mind. You know, unlike today.
2. Oh, wow. ScrewAttack.com turns back time to the ages of Cadillacs & Dinosaurs: The Second Cataclysm.

   And I don’t think I care this time, either.

3. Playing the Super Mario Bros. theme. It’s practically a national pasttime, whether you whistle it, drum it with your fingers, hum it, ringtone it, or one of these other possibilities.
4. Well, this is an interesting angle for an article: Games To Play After A Break-Up.

   It even covers each of the phases after a break-up, with games to correspond to them.

5. Is Metroid Prime 3 truly the way to do motion controls right? Seems that Go Nintendo and Ars Technica do!
6. When worlds collide: Hardcore wrestling meets hardcore gaming.
7. So not only is the Wii the least powerful system this generation, it’s also the least power-consuming; the monster PS3 takes 171 watts and the sizable XBox 360 drains 194, while the wee Wii takes only a mere 17… less than a tenth of what the PS3 uses.

   Mother Nature must be proud.

8. Halo 3: Finish the Fight… against dinosaurs?

   I think Korea is trying to out-wacky Japan here.

Assorted Mushrooms

1. I like this. It’s a remake of the Simpsons opening sequence, with the characters and settings all remade to emulate Star Wars. Watch it, it comes off pretty well.
2. It began as a white-boy rap video.

   It ended up as a million dollar lawsuit.

   See how the saga of the Fresh Beets began in their music video, which took place in an A&P grocery store, soon to incur the wrath of the entire organization.

   Who will survive?

3. Does J.K. Rowling hate kids? This man makes a good case.

   Seriously, he’s on to something with those midnight launches… then again, it’s not like kids have bedtimes any more, do they?

4. From WebbAlert: Used to be that an encyclopedia had about 20 volumes.

   But the new one, Wikipedia?

   About 750.

–LBD “Nytetrayn”

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