InFormers: Robots in the News

1. Pics: Newsarama takes a look at the unofficial-official online comic TransFormers: War Journal.
2. Ranting: As this IGN Mailbag letter shows, reading rants is more fun when the person can’t spell to save their life. Until you get tired of it, anyway.

Assorted Mushrooms

1. Newsbit: Yahoo has a recap of the first night back on the air for Letterman, Leno, et al. Many of whom now sport beards.
2. Video: Tip for hosting the news: be careful what you say.
3. Video: I have no idea if the stuff at Whopper Freakout is for real or not, but I have a hunch that these NSFW reactions to the same situation in Minneapolis aren’t real.

   Or maybe they are. Truth is stranger than fiction, after all.

4. Blogging: Trying to figure out which Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Fast Forward figures they did and didn’t release? The 5th turtle is here to help!
5. Blogging: Remember back when Garfield & Friends used to air, and every week (well, maybe not as often as it seemed, upon viewing the DVDs) Garfield would end the opening with a different line, not unlike the habit The Simpsons and other shows would adopt? Turns out that back in the day, one quip caused a slight ruckus.

   Evanier talks a little more about the openings themselves here.

6. Article: Another look at Spider-man “One More Day” over at Newsarama. But how much more is there to say?

   Apparently, as the writer doesn’t seem perturbed by what’s transpired at all. But many disagree with comments such as “If this story were poorly orchestrated or delivered, that would be one thing—but taken on its own storytelling merits (which is all that matters really) this is an incredibly well told story.” Myself among them.

7. Interview: Speaking of the story in question, here’s Joe Quesada to fill our minds with more of his BS and tripe.

   Actually, it seems that in explaining where some things are, not everything is as bad… but still definitely weird, perhaps nonsensical, even for comics. Now I’m even more confused, though.

Video Power

1. Pics: Racketboy kicks off retro gaming in the new year with the best NiGHTS Into Dreams art he can find.
2. Newsbit: Amazing what people do…

   A kid gets frustrated at not getting his turn on the Wii, so what does he do? He decides to play wee instead.

   (I thought we were past these jokes by now.)

   The parents are taking it pretty well, all considered. Makes you wonder how hard it was for them to get one.

   The family is hoping that their insurance will cover the damage, of which the father jokingly remarked:

   ??It must surely be counted as a leak.?

   Yeah, good luck with that. Even if they do cover it, good luck finding a replacement anytime soon.

3. Pics: GameDaily’s latest Retro Rewind looks at the era of the Super NES.
4. Newsbit: Further call for adaptive scoring to more casual fare.
5. Video: At long last, Yahtzee has made a Zero Punctuation review of Super Mario Galaxy.
6. eBay: If you’re anywhere near the nutty collector that I am, then it may interest you to learn that some classic Nintendo toys are on eBay now, and commanding a decent chunk of change.

   And I don’t mean stuff like Mario figurines and Zelda nightlights, but stuff Nintendo made before becoming video gaming kingpins. Interesting to note is the use of caucasian kids adorning the boxes of Japanese product.

7. eBay: Also of interest might be this purported Nintendo PlayStation controller… that seems to have no guarantee to its authenticity, but is neat for a look-see anyway.
8. Article: While Dave Perry sees media ownership as a dying concept, it leads me to wonder where that leaves folks like me, who like having collections of solid, physical media around.

–LBD “Nytetrayn”

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