Points of Interest – 10/4/07
InFormers: Robots in the News
- Jedi Insider has a nice, up-close and personal look at the recently-released Star Wars TransFormer, Death Star/Darth Vader. Good for passing off as a toy moon. But we all know that it’s really a space station that’s really a giant robot that’s really a Dark Lord of the Sith.
Assorted Mushrooms
- Yesterday, we brought news of rejected TMNT premise #46152, codename: “Overload,” along with a brief mention of an idea Playmates had.
Today, the 5th turtle has decided to enlighten us further about their idea, known as Ultimate TMNT.
Dunno what to think on the proposed art direction and writing, as I’ve rather enjoyed what they’ve been using, but that would remain to be seen. Still, the overall concept is one that I find intriguing, and I hope that whatever they settle on is worth it.
And on a side note, I love the idea of the name “Ruin” for Mutagen Man.
- Tired of the same old career choices? How about trying out as a cartoon mascot for your local pizza/party place?
Mark Evanier found and posted this little gem over on his blog.
Yeah, people will put pretty much ANYthing on YouTube, won’t they?
- Figures.com takes a look at the seventh wave of McFarlane’s Dragons line, and gives them a proper reviewing, so that we’ll know just how awesome these are.
- IGN pits billionaire against billionaire as Ol’ Shellhead takes on the Dark Knight.
In the “better publicity/nickname” column, clearly Batman gets the point.
- He’ll fight for freedom, wherever there’s trouble, but who will play G.I. Joe when he’s there? That’s what IGN looks at as they assemble their own casting call of actors they’d like to see portray the Real American Heroes in the movie.
Video Power
- GameSpite completes its look back at the Game Boy saga of Mega Man with a review of Mega Man 5, a game which few had the pleasure of experiencing, and fewer still since Mega Man Mania never saw release. Why, Capcom? Why must you torment us so?
Worse still was that this was the first and only 100% original Mega Man title of the Classic series for the portables.
- What difference could a year make?
That’s the question posed at AMN as they look at how Sony seemingly jumped the gun on the launch of the PlayStation 3, costing them dearly.
- IGN had a bit of a showdown last week (for this week’s, see item #4 in Assorted), and therein Samus beat Master Chief.
I think it might be slightly suspect. Odds are all the Chief-voters are playing Halo 3.
- Pixel art rocks, at least when used properly.
Ergo, PixelBlocks are pretty darned nift themselves. If only they had a flesh color…
- There’s nothing like a game-themed wedding to make things memorable, and this one is no exception.
The cake… excellent. But the ice sculpture? Well, I guess you could say that one takes the cake.
- Portal is the biggest draw of “The Orange Box” for me, and luckily Wired has a primer that shows off why it’s so cool.
–LBD “Nytetrayn”