Points of Interest – 9/13/07
InFormers: Robots in the News
- TransFormers are really getting around.
In a recent CNN morning show piece, they had a guest on who was describing the Buffalo vehicle and how it could be used to protect soldiers from IEDs, as shown through use of a model.
And the model? Movie Decepticon Bonecrusher!
- It was a shame that 3H’s The Wreckers storyline had to go unfinished…
Unfinished, that is, until now. The Allspark has scored a major coup by obtaining the script to this long-lost chapter of TransFormers lore.
Now read the first volumes here and see how the other side of Beast Machines ends up.
Assorted Mushrooms
- What do you get when you cross She-Ra with Sailor Moon?
A mildly amusing mash-up, that’s what.
On the other hand, there’s this, which just kind of makes me rub my eyes in confused disbelief.
- This… is kind of pathetic.
This… is kind of a funny parody.
- Fox presents: McBain: The Movie.
I noticed they’d repeat common themes, but I never really realized they actually sort of fit together like this.
- Above, I mentioned how fun it can be to go out to a baseball game, even if you aren’t so big on the sport itself.
On the other hand, there are those who have to ruin the whole thing for others. Seriously, that’s pretty damn harsh for a prank.
- I just totally love Solo Mobile‘s latest campaign.
In case you’re unable to see it, it’s quite simple. They have a student “text and talk plan” that’s for “current students only.” And they have pictures of these people graduating with the most depressed hangdog expressions you have ever seen. A pity the site only shows one. But these are EVERYwhere here, at least where mass-transit is concerned.
I love it. I don’t know why, but I do.
Video Power
- Over at Press The Buttons, Matt’s just making me want Metroid Prime 3 even more than I already did.
- Most people would consider the Wii a success. A fluke, a phase, a fad, but certainly not unsuccessful.
Which is why it’s interesting that Iwata doesn’t consider it a success yet.
- I wish I could embed a song here right now. It’d be that song you’d hear on Ren & Stimpy and such where it sounds all upbeat and like some sort of commercial.
Which is just what this piece is about, as Game Daily shows that when Master Chief “finishes the fight,” he has a bright future ahead of him in the world of product endorsement.
- Speaking of ads, here’s one for Halo 3 itself. Rather nicely done, I think.
Somber, yet cool.
It’s a part of Microsoft’s “A Hero Must Rise. Believe” campaign, which will rely less on flashy graphics and gameplay, and more on the themes that drive the series.
- Now this is a cool DS mod, the Jumbotron DS.
- Next-Gen (via GN) has a nice piece up that takes a look at the march of progress in gaming, and how in a way the industry– and perhaps some of us– have lost our innocence.
- Halo 3 playing on a PS3 kiosk?
Yeah, that’s probably something I’d do. Just to screw with people.
- Even though black is typically my standard, I have to admit that these Spider-man and Simpsons PSPs look good. Tasty. Like candy… Spree, anyone?
- Iwata and Itoi… they don’t stop…
–LBD “Nytetrayn”