Points of Interest – 11/11/07
Assorted Mushrooms
- For centuries, a truce has existed…
- A kitty has to fight to protect its kill.
- IGN takes a look at the fall of Geneon, and what it means to fans of anime.
Video Power
- While browsing the archives over at Press The Buttons, I came across two interesting pieces.
The first linked to a look at the internal structuring at Nintendo, and why certain games were produced in certain ways, such as Wario taking over the Super Mario Land titles and branching off into his own series on portables, or why the return of Samus in Super Metroid on a console was more the exception than the rule for so many years.
- The other presents an interesting look at the evolution of NES boxart by various companies such as Nintendo, Capcom, and Konami, and how they eventually lost their notable distinction to such a degree that, short of their titles, you wouldn’t know one company’s games from another.
- Coin Heaven takes a look at villainy in the Mario universe, and if many are as bad as they seem.
- Hence its release 10 years ago, Goldeneye for the Nintendo 64 is still considered a pivotal game in the genre of First-Person Shooters, earning it a closer look at Racketboy’s Retrogaming.
- …what the hell?
Man, some of these companies will say ANYTHING to avoid living up to a warranty, won’t they?
“Too much dust inside?” Give me a friggin’ break.
- Newsweek‘s N’Gai Croal poses an interesting question: what would you rather lose, a $60 game or a save file?
I suppose it would largely depend… if it’s simple progress, like how far you are in a game, or something simple like scores, I guess I’d give it up then. But if it were like Super Smash Bros. Melee, with a ton of stuff unlocked and earned…
- Looks like Aqua Teen Hunger Force is here, and Aqua Teen Hunger Force sucks. But then, there are only two reviews so far. I doubt it’ll get any better from here, though. Too bad, the premise seemed entertaining enough.
- This week, IGN picks on Square Enix for who they think should be in Brawl.
I favor the original generic “class” characters, myself: Black Mage, Fighter, Red Mage, Thief, etc. But then, I dig 8-Bit Theater, so therein lies my bias.
- I normally wouldn’t link to one of IGN’s Cosplay Galleries, but this excellent cosplay of Eirika from Fire Emblem: The Sacred Stones demands that I do.
- Games Radar does a little investigating to see whether or not the PS3 is really that difficult to work with.
- Mario and Sonic, such an amusing pair. Here’s more photos of their hijinx in promoting their Olympic Games title.
- See, RMC knows what I’m talkin’ about. Hardcore gamers dying out? Hardly.
- Aww, c’mon, Gary… say it ain’t so! No man, not even a Coleman, should have to go through this.
- Sounds like the name of the Super Mario Galaxy game is variety.
- 2chan’s perspective on the whole “360 outsells PS3 in Japan” thing.
–LBD “Nytetrayn”