InFormers: Robots in the News

1. Remy’s back with yet another one of his artistic photo shoots, this time of the newly-released Masterpiece Skywarp, who appears a little less flashy than his superior officer Starscream, but remains a sleek and beautiful specimen just the same.

Assorted Mushrooms

1. What happens when you put the “bull in a China shop” saying to a literal test?

   That’s what Mythbusters are here to find out!

2. Remember Kellogg’s OK’s?

   No? You might know their successor a little better… they’re typically known as Froot Loops.

3. Kevin Eastman continues his Newsarama interview from last week, though now more focused on Heavy Metal than green machines.

Video Power

1. The Angry Video Game Nerd sets his sights on a new target today…

   Remember Nintendo Power? I do! I still have a subscription.

   Or I did. I still haven’t seen this month’s issue. If I was cancelled without any notice…

   Anyway! Barring that, and not having seen what appears to be a rather sizable AVGN ep (I have to be up for work in the morning, what’s your excuse?), I still maintain that the magazine has evolved nicely into a pretty good and entertaining publication that manages to coexist with the internet, rather than just rehashing material from or onto it. And for the price (three issues free with the registration of a few products, and 12 issues for $12), you can’t beat the value.

   Of course, I can just imagine where AVGN’s video will go… I bet he’s got some old issues of Nintendo Power that weren’t quite so stringent in their opinions of games coming out as they are today. I’ll bet that some of their recommendations have lead to a lot of “angry” moments. But I bet there are some fond memories within as well.

2. Cosplay is cool… as long as you do a decent job of it. A green t-shirt with “LINK” written across it while carrying a dollar-store sword doesn’t really qualify.

   This homemade Airman costume, however, kicks straight past “cool” and into “freakin’ awesome.”

   In fact, you might even say that costume blows me away.

3. GameTrailers continues their their Final Fantasy Retrospective with part VIII, as they follow Square’s venture into a realm no Final Fantasy before it has dared to go: online.
4. Over on IGN, the developer blog for Ratchet & Clank Future: Tools of Destruction looks back at the “strange, long trip” the team has taken from the series’ early beginnings, and how it’s evolved.
5. IGN takes a brief look back at the career of Spencer Nilsen, the man responsible for much of the US soundtrack for Sonic CD, among other titles.
6. Game Daily takes a look at the process of breaking up with Mii; what to do with your ex’s Mii after things don’t quite work out.

   *sniffs* It’s such a sad story…

7. Games Radar takes a look into seven gaming controversies waiting to happen, and why they haven’t already.

   Incidently, I thought people attacked Pokemon already…

8. Speaking of which, it looks like the Houston Chronicle has an article about the title’s “rise from the ashes of overexposure.“
9. The Iwata/Itoi dinner conversation continues, and just in case you’ve missed it, here’s all three parts so far.

   Just how long was this dinner?

10. The Motley Fool chats up Wii and DS with Nintendo’s George Harrison a bit in this interview.
11. Looks like the official website for Freshly Picked: Tingle’s Rosy Rupeeland has opened up, and has game info, screenshots, downloads, and a cute pup dressed up like the eponymous character.
12. Hey now, I liked Bug!.

    The proposal for the sequel, I’m not so sure about.

    But Bug! was cool.

13. Someone out there needs to make a Samus figure that looks as cool as this, and sell it on the mass-market.

    Seriously.

    Maybe Corgi will come up with something good to address Kotaku’s want of good adult collectibles (what’s wrong with the statues?). Pity I can’t seem to get them to answer my e-mail.

14. Kotaku has dug up a neat new review column called “Games for Lunch,” wherein the reviewer spends an hour each day playing a game and making a timestamped review, which ends with a note about whether or not he’d play the game for more than an hour.
15. Finally, 1up’s very own MISTEEEEEER KENNEDY! was lucky enough to have a chance to sit down with Castlevania‘s head-honcho Koji “IGA” Igarashi and its composer, the lovely Michiru Yamane for a little bit of chatting time, wherein they discuss the future of the series on the PSP, DS, and… can it be? Yes, maybe even the Wii!

    And from the sounds of things, the PSP version of Symphony of the Night (included in The Dracula X Chronicles) will feature some of the Saturn content as well. But almost a shame to loseWeight Exercise the original voiceovers.

–LBD “Nytetrayn”

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