Points of Interest – 9/20/07
InFormers: Robots in the News
- IGN has started a new subsite called “Stars,” which looks at… well, stars. Be they real or fictional, it seems.
And to celebrate the release of TransFormers: The Movie at IMAX, they’ve added the movie’s cast to the site, featuring pictures, biographies, and even a rating system that allows you to… well, rate them. According to how well you like them, I suppose.
Assorted Mushrooms
- So the good news is that the animated movie Superman Doomsday is finally out on DVD.
The not-so good news is that it doesn’t seem to be all that it’s cracked up to be.
And while I’m not the sort of anal fan that Fritz addresses here, I have to admit that it does sound like several steps down from the original story, which is too bad. The different parts of the whole Death of Superman saga could have made a good series of movies.
Video Power
- Ever heard of Donkey Kong II? No, not Donkey Kong Jr.…
While Nintendo has taken to revisiting the classic arcade style of Donkey Kong now and again in the likes of Donkey Kong ’94 and the Mario vs. Donkey Kong series, it’s safe to say that the series, such as it is, has pretty much evolved a bit from its humble “how do we fix this Radarscope mess?” roots. But some clever programmers have managed to take the core fixtures of the original Donkey Kong arcade game, and make some new levels out of them.
There’s even two new cut scenes with the big ape, one featuring Pauline, and the other with Mario playing a prank on DK.
And from the looks of things, they uphold the classic title’s raging difficulty, too. Perhaps a better name for this would have been “Donkey Kong: The Lost Levels.”
One has to wonder, between this and Namco’s official Pac-Man Championship Edition, if there’s a real market for new levels of golden oldies.
- Food for thought.
Sonic Rush Adventure, a game in which Sonic sails the high seas in search of treasure and fights off robot pirates, was released on September 18th.
“Official Talk Like A Pirate Day” was yesterday, September 19th.
The timing couldn’t be more brilliant. In fact, it might just be one of the most clever things SEGA has done with Sonic in quite some time.
But the question is, with the seeming lack of any sort of related marketing… did they even realize it?
- GameSpite has a new, more modern sort of retro-review in Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney for the Nintendo DS.
If you haven’t played the game yet, then it might be worth a look.
- The latest with Jack Thompson and Take Two.
This is the way I saw it in my mind’s eye. (Right at about 2:58)
Warning, there is some language.
–LBD “Nytetrayn”