Points of Interest – 10/24/07
InFormers: Robots in the News
- Some new concept art of Trans-Scanning Bumblebee have surfaced, in case you wanted a better idea of what’s in store.
Assorted Mushrooms
- Ever wonder how to survive a horror movie?
Well, yes, not being an idiot helps. But for further advice, the creator of the new CBS comedy/horror webseries gives IGN some tips.
- Wired has a feature in their latest issue, as well as online, that is a “graphic guide” (i.e. comic) to how manga conquered the US.
Video Power
- Costume ideas for gamers and more from E for All 2007 in this edition of Samsung’s GameOne.
- Counting down to Halloween, IGN presents the ten goriest deaths in gaming, featuring one of my favorites from the NES days at #10.
- To celebrate the release of Castlevania: The Dracula X Chronicles, GameDaily has created a Retro Rewind to look back at the long and storied war of the Belmonts and their allies against the evil forces of Dracula.
- What if Sony or Microsoft made Super Smash Bros.?
Well, for one thing, that probably wouldn’t be a title unless it was some odd effort to make fun of Nintendo’s mascot. Anyway, Games Radar speculates a little on what the end product might be like.
And hey, who knows? There’s always a chance someone at either company could copycat the game.
- One of these days, I really, really, REALLY need to get Grand Theft Auto: Vice City.
As it turns out, this Back to the Future mod makes a VERY compelling case for the PC version.
This reminds me of my idea for a modern Back To The Future game. I ought to get that article written one of these days.
- Not to be left out, Joystiq interviews Koji Igarashi, Castlevania Producer!
- Joystiq also gets some interview time in with Rygar‘s Keisuke Kikuchi.
- Wicked Zelda, Wario, and Bowser pumpkins.
–LBD “Nytetrayn”