Points of Interest – 11/29/07
Assorted Mushrooms
- Hey, kid, a word of advice: the characters in Death Note are actually known for using their heads when dealing with something like that.
- Mac & Cheese your food of choice? Yahoo has some tips to liven it up a little.
- Oh………. wow………….
I think we can safely deduce that she is NOT smarter than a fifth grader, perhaps knocking down a few extra grades on top of that.
- Top dog in the world of Turtles, the Teenage Mutant Ninja variety, that is, has the following for those of you into convention sketches but unable to attend one:
I don’t do too many comic conventions these days, but when I do go to one with the Mirage crew, one of the most fun things for me is collaborating with my old pal and ace colorist/cartoonist Steve Lavigne on TMNT head sketches — I draw them and Steve colors them. Now Steve and I have decided to make some of these types of sketches available to fans who can’t make it to the shows that we attend. Check out lavignebrownart.blogspot.com (or do a search on eBay) to find out more.
– Peter Laird
- The 5th turtle shows off a rejected base from one of the NECA figures (due to colors), with an addendum regarding what it looks like.
- Mark Evanier shares some thoughts related to the upcoming new DVD release of the Adam West Batman movie.
- Vegas will get you, no matter what machine you put your money into.
- Equal rights for women strike as Minnie packs a little heat of her own.
- Press The Buttons brought to my attention a Family Guy bit I seem to have missed, involving Stewie performing a parody of the Naked Gun intros. This lead me to a quick YouTube search, which resulted in a montage of the intros, Family Guy included. Good stuff.
Say, think they’ll do a new Naked Gun any time soon?
Video Power
- Jazwares has released their new action figures based on Mortal Kombat, and Figures.com has a review of Noob Saibot (just “Noob” here, seems that since Tobias left the company, they shortened it. Lacks the punch, methinks) and Reptile from the line. How do they fare? Let’s find out!
- Hey, I can finally view the official Bionic Commando website! And just in time, too, as they’ve added a new podcast!
- Want to know the status of your Nintendo WiFi connection? Why don’t you ask Lakitu for free?
- Awhile back, Matt at Press The Buttons hit on a major grievance of mine: video game shipping dates. To the best of my knowledge, video games are the one part of the entertainment industry where you just never know when you’ll find what came out on a given date. DVDs, CDs, books, comic books, magazines, they’re all pretty much there when they say they’ll be there, barring the unforeseen complication, which is forgivable enough, even through clenched teeth. And games HAVE on rare occassion managed to pull off the “available on” technique; Halo 3, for example, right? So what’s the deal?
- Donkey Kong has quite a storied legacy in games. It’s funny to think that for a time, it seemed that Nintendo had all but forgotten about the big ape who co-starred with Mario in the first steps to making them a household name.
Matt takes a look back at Donkey Kong’s legacy, circa 2005, and his ultimate rise to superstardom as a Nintendo staple.
Donkey Kong Country 3 is the one game of the original trilogy I never did finish, though, and to this day, I’m not sure why. I just seem to get sidetracked by other games. I think maybe the GBA version would help.
Donkey Kong 64, I never got into the way I wanted. Just what to do never seemed especially clear to me the way it was in Super Mario 64, it struck me as a game where you wanted to have a strategy guide handy, journey of discovery be damned.
I rather loved Mario vs. Donkey Kong at first, but in some later levels, things just seemed too damn complicated. Some time later, I did *ahem* “borrow” a friend’s copy (rest assured, I have my very own) wherein I got to use the save st–file to finally see and beat the last boss, and I enjoyed it with but a hint of sadness that I had to resort to such a method to see it through. I can get through Donkey Kong ’94 with no real problems, but this one… sigh.
Of the more recent titles, however, Donkey Kong Jungle Beat (made by the same guys who did some title, what was it? Super something Galaxy?) made me fall in love at Nintendo World, and I didn’t rest until I had my own copy, and have thoroughly enjoyed it, though that one I’ve been sidetracked from as well.
- Love Luigi’s Mansion though I may, I think people will always consider Mario Is Missing to be Luigi’s first big solo title. You know, despite the inability to be hurt or the lack of a distinct sprite from his brother.
All the same, you just have to wonder if this will make it to Virtual Console, or Mario’s Time Machine for that matter.
…yes, I played both. And beat both. And I’d probably get them again at the right price. Stop looking at me like that.
- Apparently, the end wasn’t quite the end as GameTrailers brings part 2 of their post-mortem Ratchet & Clank Future interview.
- Next Generation talks to Alexey Pajitnov, the inventor of Tetris, in an interview about “those 27 kilobytes of code that changed the world.”
- Games Radar explains how Link’s Crossbow Training has begun a trend that can help save shooters on the Wii.
- Want an RPG that has nothing to do with the Square-Enix name? Games Radar has a list.
- I know crap-all about Gamertags, but apparently you can add mottos to them, and for those who are having trouble coming up with one, GR has some suggestions, plucked right from many an actual game.
- Is Super Mario Galaxy a borderline failure at retail? this guy seems to think so.
- Don’t normally post much in the way of reviews, but IGN has a pretty good one for the NES classic Wrecking Crew on the Virtual Console.
- 2P Start has a funny comic up regarding Super Mario Galaxy, and its not-quite perfection (believe it or not, I don’t think it’s perfect, either. I’ll try to get to that in a review sometime… once I can tear myself away from it).
- And now, a word to parents from G4′s Adam Sessler: play with your damn kids!
- Oh, so that’s why those Rat Race clips weren’t funny. Right…
- Susan O’Connor has three rules for game stories.
- Zero Punctuation’s Yahtzee tackles Fear.
- A new study shows that game rentals don’t always translate into purchases, for obvious reasons.
- Nintendo of America COO and President Reggie Fils Aime laments that Wii shortages are missed opportunities.
–LBD “Nytetrayn”