Assorted Mushrooms

1. Video: Rambo fighting the war on terror is funnier than it really has any right to be.
2. Video: Oh, sure, you can probably kick my ass up and down every alleyway when it comes to strikes in bowling, but do you think you can do ramp bowling?
3. Video: Ever wonder just what motivates cat people? And I don’t mean someone with one or two, but the kind who feed the lot by throwing food out like chicken feed. One explains.
4. Pic: Original character design sheet for the basic Turtles from the original 1987 TMNT cartoon.
5. Article: Newsarama gives their take on the “Captain America through the ages” subject.
6. Video: Marvel Editor-in-Chief Joe Quesada was on Comedy Central’s The Colbert Report last night, and I didn’t know until today. Luckily, Newsarama has us covered.

   Or so I thought. Still can’t view the damned thing.

7. Interview: Somewhere along the way, I missed that CBR finally added their interview with Quesada regarding Spider-man, featuring questions asked by the fans.

   One fellow, box_in_the_box, was kind enough to summarize the questions and answers here.

8. Video: A Dragon Ball Z fan movie has surfaced at Kotaku.

   I’m still giving Hollywood’s a chance. Not to say these guys are bad or anything, though.

Video Power

1. Article: How many of these video game myths do you know the truth about?
2. Video: An impressive victory over Giga Bowser. Wish I could get that event unlocked… stupid hands.
3. Pics: Capcom brings us the joy of new Bionic Commando concept art.
4. Interview: A new interview about Super Street Fighter II Turbo HD Remix is available, chatting up the new features, trashing new gamepads, the limits of Live downloads, and more.
5. Video: A new and still NSFW Zero Punctuation takes a look at Capcom’s latest shooter, Resident Evil Chronicles.
6. Article: Press The Buttons has found an article which reflects upon Startropics, Nintendo’s recent Virtual Console release that was made by them, but not released in Japan. It had its flaws, but it did manage one sequel. It’s one I still aim to pick up soon.

   I do disagree with the sometimes dead franchises stay dead for a reason part; nothing is irredeemable. Kid Icarus has its issues, as did Metroid, but newer titles for the latter have taken the good and done away with more of the bad. Bionic Commando was largely good, but didn’t really seem like a franchise at all until recently. And Sonic the Hedgehog‘s original adventures are legendary… and he’s taken quite the stumble in recent years. And Mega Man‘s many series are all over the map. X4-X8 especially.

   I think Startropics, what I’ve seen, has some fresh ideas and could be revived into a great game. They just need to take what works and leave behind what doesn’t. Characters, settings, and other things can keep the experience alive… but in the end, it’s all in what the developers do with it. A franchise can go anywhere, good or bad, no matter where it sits now.

7. Article: Once more, the topic of approving Wii titles for quality comes up. I think if we’re talking in terms of something like bugs, glitches, things that are simply not meant to happen, then definitely. But if we’re simply talking of perceived good game/bad game, absolutely not. I don’t want my choices impeded by the tastes of another.
8. Video Review: Wondering if Sonic Riders: Zero Gravity improves over the original?

   From the sounds of things, SEGA still hasn’t learned a damn thing.

9. Article: IGN takes a look at some of the strangest video game mash-up ideas one could ever come up with.

   And hey, there was sort of a Mario FPS once… Yoshi’s Safari. Fun game, though it’s really more of an on-rails shooter. A Virtual Console must, at any rate. You listening, Nintendo?

10. Article: Being a video game hero isn’t all treasure, princesses, and kick-ass weaponry. GameDaily has some of the drawbacks that go with the job.
11. Newsbit: Fascinating thing about Dr. Kawashima, aka the “disembodied talking Brain Age head:” he’s neither played his games, nor has he collected any royalties from them.
12. Interview: An interview with Tomonobu Itagaki reveals a few things about Ninja Gaiden, including the possibility of a DS sequel and possible Wii version.
13. Video: G4′s Adam Sessler takes some time to talk about SUDA 51′s No More Heroes, and why you should give it a shot.
14. Interview: Can’t find a Wii? This guy might have beaten you to it, and sold it to someone else. Find out what he has to say on the matter.
15. Interview: A Famitsu interview with Miyamoto reveals some interesting things, including that he’s thinking about the next Zelda title, and is interested in a Super Mario Galaxy sequel.
16. Merch: Speaking of which, NCSX has some new Galaxy goodies to get your hands on.
17. Article: Wired/Game|Life has produced some more games for Fox News to misrepresent.
18. Interview: Ex-Clover CEO Atsushi Inaba discusses parting ways with Capcom.

–LBD “Nytetrayn”

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