Points of Interest – 11/22/07
InFormers: Robots in the News
- The Allspark has updated their galleries to now include: TM-SP DX Convoy (aka Beast Wars Optimus Primal), TM-SP DX Megatron (Beast Wars Megatron), JBW D-7 Shadow Panther (early Beast Wars Ravage), JBW D-2 Skorponok, BWII C-19 Tonbot, BWII C-14 Tazmanian Kid, BWII C-22 Scissorboy, BWII C-18 Powerhug, and
BWII C-16 Flash Lioconvoy (Leo Prime).
Assorted Mushrooms
- “A Darker Ducktales.
…this… it’s just… click it and see for yourself.
- Wrong. That’s the word I was looking for.
Video Power
- A Capcom Marketing intern dressed up as Cammy for Halloween. “Does that count as cosplay?” Inquiring minds want to know.
And while it’s a nice costume… well, without the funky hair, let’s just say it’s a good thing they said who they were supposed to be.
- Heatman at The Mega Man Network has found some samples from the various upcoming Rockman anniversary albums.
- Today, GameTrailers goes behind the scenes of Ratchet & Clank Future‘s Story.
- Games Radar presents: The Top 10 Excuses For Losing.
Of course, camera can be a pretty legitimate issue.
- Another feature they have today is the evolution of water effects in games. Surprisingly, Super Mario Sunshine is absent.
- And their third today looks at why video game movies don’t need to suck.
Don’t remember Street Fighter having an “Ultimate Battle” subtitle, though it did use it as a tagline.
- Chris Kohler at Game|Life gives a retort to those who mock all the Guitar Hero players out there by telling them to play a real instrument instead.
Why does it seem like people who don’t play games confuse them with reality more than actual gamers, who would allegedly go on killing sprees inspired by the Wii Zapper?
- Guitar Hero III… Will It Blend?
- To speak, or not to speak… that is the question.
Me? I prefer silence unless carried out by capable, fitting voice actors. Which I find easier to get into for a new character than an older one. Some bits are ok, though, such as how Mario and Link do it. Note that as soon as Sonic started talking, things began a decline for him…
- The lovely Jenn Frank gives a recap about some time gaming with her mom, who seems pretty cool.
- 1up.com has compiled an excellent gift guide to help with all your video game shopping needs this holiday season.
- In honor of this day of giving thanks, Scott Sharkey over at 1up has compiled a list of the Top 10 Turkey Games; rather, instead of games about turkeys, these are good games which simply did not live up to their proposed hype.
- And finally, last night (or rather, the night before) on The Rick Mercer Report, former Prime Minister Jean Chretien stepped up to show that he’s still got the stuff as he took on the show’s eponymous host in Wii Sports‘ Boxing to show that he’s back, and better than ever. You can see it for yourself here.
And with that, as I said before, I’m taking a few days off, since little is likely to happen over Thanksgiving weekend. But I’ll keep my eyes peeled, and if I can scrape together a report, I’ll do just that.
Enjoy!
–LBD “Nytetrayn”