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Points of Interest – 1/22/08

Assorted Mushrooms

  1. Video: This polar bear cub is pretty cute… until he wakes up. Actually, he’s still cute then.
  2. Video: Power window improvisation.
  3. Video: Interest… some of the WWE Superstars give their thoughts on Britney Spears.
  4. Video: Bush bucks: get yours now, before it’s too late (and they come for you).

Video Power

  1. Article: If you’re a fan of Tetris, but haven’t ventured far outside the traditional versions, maybe you’d be interested in this Retro Gaming write-up for Tetris Battle Gaiden.
  2. Rumor: Rumor is that Microsoft knew about the design faults in the 360 during production.
  3. Newsbit: Sony doesn’t want players to be intimidated by Little Planet.
  4. Newsbit: Looks like SUDA-51 was recently misquoted in regards to his statements about third parties and the Wii.
  5. Interview: As mentioned in The Daily ‘Shroom, there’s a new Iwata Asks, this time focusing on Super Smash Bros. Brawl, which I’m posting here for posterity.
  6. Video: There have been many versions of Mortal Kombat II, but which one does ScrewAttack.com think is the best?
  7. Blogging: Articles like the one referenced here are responsible for more of my violent thoughts than any actual game has ever been.

    What a nutcase.

  8. Editorial: They say that what doesn’t kill you will only make you stronger. Next Generation EIC Colin Campbell applies similar logic as he looks at how the PS3 may flourish.
  9. Article: Games Radar checks out the Top 7 impractical characters, 7 ill-prepared nutjobs to whom saving the world is best left as a last resort.
  10. Article: So, what differences have you noticed between western gaming and Japanese gaming?
  11. Blogging: Over at 1up, Sam Kennedy has put together his thoughts on the whole GameSpot firings.
  12. Video: The Super Mario Bros. 2 theme, on drums!
  13. eBay: Among all the other plushes we’ve seen come up lately, who ever expected we might see a plush Wii?
  14. Video: First, Mario had to take on Halo‘s Covenant, and now… Bubble Man?
  15. Video: God, I hate the mainstream press.

    So kids these days can’t tell the difference between games and reality? Did the world just get stupider since I was a kid or something? Seriously, what?

  16. Video: Today, on “When Video Game Characters Make Crank Calls,” we follow Gordon Freeman as he calls Coast to Coast AM to inform them of a mysterious agent he keeps seeing everywhere…
  17. Article: One take on video game design thinks that maybe developers should try playing like a 3-year old.

–LBD “Nytetrayn”

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