Points of Interest – 12/8/07
Assorted Mushrooms
- Completely NSFW, but regardless, pay toilets? I’ve never even heard of that, but it’s got to be the stupidest idea anyone can have.
Think about it. Do you really want to do business with someone who really needs that service, but can’t/won’t/isn’t able to pay?
- From the guys who brought us the sung version of the movie Batman theme comes Back To The Future.
To be honest, though, I kind of prefered the Batman one, much as I love Back To The Future.
- “Come with me and I will show you the world of magic and wonder that you can unlock with even the simplest art project!” So sayeth The Photoshop Wizard.
- Thanks to fellow Ranger fan Tim for pointing me in the direction of these cool t-shirts. Beats the hell out of others I’ve seen, as these hold a little more dignity to them, I think.
Video Power
- Via WebbAlert, ThinkGeek has these cool giant Mario Kart RC cars, which are about a foot long, and feature sound effects, all for fifty bucks. More than I can afford, but at least I can watch the video with admiration.
- Also through WebbAlert, if you want to rock out to Guitar Hero with a REAL guitar, just fork over $400 and thy will be done.
- I eagerly await a time when jerks in online games can get their comeupance.
- Zelda II was always a favorite of mine, and I’d like to see Nintendo make another like it. It doesn’t even have to be Zelda, necessarily. Perhaps there are some other properties Nintendo has that would be a good fit for the mold?
- What if, instead of creating the 32X, SEGA had gone ahead and stuck with the SVP chip for 3D Genesis games?
There’d probably be a lot of unsold $100 Genesis games, possibly. Makes you wonder how Nintendo pulled off the same trick for less money.
- Some people complain that when Tetris DS came out, Nintendo had “broken” the game. Apparently, it had been “broken” long before Nintendo released it for the two-screen.
- I really wish we’d gotten more of those cheap promotional Xbox games this year.
- Corruption. Fusion. Evolution?
While Metroid Prime wasn’t horrible or anything, maybe it’s time for a new change?
- You know you’re doing well in the market when you can choose to pull the ads for your top product without any negative repercussions.
- Ripten presents five Nintendo franchises that should be brought back for the modern age.
I need Pilotwings 64 on VC. It was so relaxing.
- Likewise, GameDaily has some NES games they believe deserve sequels. I can echo the sentiments of a lot of these.
- If you don’t mind some potential spoilers (as well as definite ones), then GameTrailers has a neat guide to Secrets and Stuff for Super Mario Galaxy.
- More NSFW MoCap Madness, this time for movie-based games.
- Guess Behind-the-Scenes of Ratchet & Clank Future isn’t done yet, as GameTrailers posts a video on the weapons the series is so well-known for.
- Capcom is of the belief that platform-exclusive titles are still viable.
I don’t know. Unless it’s made to take advantage of the Wii’s interface, or is a Mario/Halo/Ratchet game, for example, I don’t see how it helps. And aren’t they the ones who said they were focusing now on spreading the love as much as possible?
- N’Gai Croal weighs in on the whole “games as art” debate.
- GameDaily brings us Kasumi as their Babe of the Week, and as a DOA fan, I couldn’t let it go by unnoticed.
- Games Radar takes a look at a group of ported games that “had no right to work,” but did anyway.
- 1up decided to take another look at the Activision-Blizzard merger, and come up with some mashups based on popular titles from the two companies.
Hmm, that third one seems familiar.
- Gaming shirts are cool, I just wish I had more that were attuned to my specfic preferences.
- Reggie discusses how the success of Goldeneye was a turning point in gaming, which lead to a lot of people being left out.
- Smoke pot, lose Guitar Hero III… at least, if you’re this guy’s son, it would seem.
- Looks like there’s a new Mario Kart slot-car racer out there this year, and it looks inspired by the Wii version.
- Xbox Originals: Not quite worth the asking price.
- To finish off the Final Fantasy tribute on 1up, Jeremy Parish has taken a look into the future of the franchise, as well as a special Retro Roundup of Fantasies past.
- And finally, a thought occured to me regarding the most recent Smash Bros. DOJO!! update:
Theoretically, if there are no rooms, no names, and no messages, might it be possible that with “play anyone,” you aren’t actually playing anyone at all but the computer? Since there’s no switchout with Friends, only strangers with no details, who would ever know?
I’m not saying that’s what they’re doing, but one almost has to wonder…
–LBD “Nytetrayn”