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What role does realism play in videogames I ask myself. Is this image more interesting? Sometimes.. however, what if a "detailed" hand with 5 fingers is catching a bottle but the fingers pass right through it? Is this still realistic? Rather than to show each meticulous and tiny detail of a finger, it is more important to make the end action look more credible by working on the movement and functionality of the arms and the hand in relation to the object. -- Shigeru Miyamoto
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The Daily ‘Shroom – 12/19/07

InFormers: Robots in the News

  1. Blogging: TransFormers scribe Simon Furman spills the beans a little about the upcoming Spotlight Grimlock issue.
  2. Video: Hasbro has unveiled the opening for TransFormers: Animated…
  3. Website: …as well as a section of their website dedicated to it.

Assorted Mushrooms

  1. Video: A new trailer for Disney/Pixar’s latest movie, Wall-E.
  2. Newsbit: Looks like Jay and Conan are going back to work at the start of the new year as well. But Dave will still be the only one with his writers.

    Here’s what they have to say.

  3. Newsbit: Looks like Kimmel won’t be left out, either. Good thing, too, the poor guy was being bankrupted by having to support his staff.
  4. Newsbit: From WebbAlert: Yeah, I think prison is apt for a guy who tried to axe California’s power.
  5. GameSpite lets us know what’s out just in time for Christmas this week in the realms of DVD and video games, though not a lot in either.
  6. Newsbit: Looks like Peter Jackson is back in the Tolkien fold, as he’s set to make two movies based on The Hobbit.

    Hope they’re better than the Lord of the Rings movies. In hindsight, I can’t believe Red and I paid for all three…

Video Power

  1. Newsbit: And now, it’s (legally) possible to play PS1 games on your PSP.
  2. Newsbit/Pics: Smash Bros. DOJO!! has a trifecta of updates so far this week, featuring a new item, a new stage, and a new theme song.
  3. Virtual Console’s updates this week are: Cybernator for the Super NES, Alien Storm for the SEGA Genesis, and Monster Lair for the TurboGrafx16.
  4. Newsbit: Sonic the Hedgehog is now available on… iPod?

    SAN FRANCISCO (December 18, 2007) – SEGA? of America, Inc. today announced that Sonic The Hedgehog is now available for play on the new iPod nano with video, the iPod classic and the fifth generation iPod. Sonic The Hedgehog was originally introduced in 1991 and has become one of the most popular video game franchises in history, selling well over 45 million copies. Sonic fans can purchase and download the game from the iTunes Store for $4.99 (www.itunes.com). Sonic has been designed specifically for the iPod and is available on the 22 iTunes Stores around the world.

    “Sonic The Hedgehog is one of the most beloved video game characters of all time,” said Simon Jeffery, President and COO of SEGA of America, “And with the installed base that iPod enjoys Sonic now becomes available to a whole new group of casual and hardcore gamers just in the time for the holidays.”

    iTunes customers can buy the game for themselves, or easily give the gift of Sonic The Hedgehog. Similar to music and video content on the iTunes Store, customers simply find the game on iTunes and click the “Gift This Game” button.

  5. Newsbit: So we heard before that gamers with gimp Rock Band guitars would be getting free games in addition to replacement guitars, and now we know what those are.
  6. Newsbit: Update: Nintendo still isn’t planning a Kirby title for the Wii.
  7. Newsbit: GameStop has clarified a few things about the Wii rainchecks– er, “Wii Certificate Program.”
  8. Newsbit: Good news for attendees of E3: it may not suck as bad next year.
  9. Pics/Newsbit: Previews for the upcoming Sonic X #31 and Sonic the Hedgehog #186 are available now.
  10. Video: Resident Evil: Degeneration is coming in 2008, but the trailer is here now.
  11. Newsbit: Oh, yay. Just what we all feared: Bandai making more Dragon Ball Z games. At least Namco might factor in this time.

    Speaking of which, I know there’s limited material to work with here, but I’m getting really sick of every damn Dragon Ball game having the exact same story that essentially traces the whole f’n thing from start to finish.

  12. Newsbit: 12-player Mario Kart on the Wii, woo!

    Other info can be found here.

  13. Newsbit: Take Two is promising not to make their games into annual affairs, unlike some other companies out there who have merged with others…
  14. Video: Got enough in you for one more No More Heroes preview?
  15. Video: Looks like the DS is getting another Death Note game we won’t see here in America, this one based on L and how he earned his reputation before going after Kira.
  16. Preview: Next Generation takes a look at the next iteration of Bionic Commando here.

–LBD “Nytetrayn”

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