Points of Interest – 2/1/08
Assorted Mushrooms
- Video: You Suck At Photoshop
, and this guy’s going to show you how to do it right. You know, as he deals with some… issues. - Video: With great power comes great responsibility. But no one apparently told this guy, who has somehow gained the power to make women pregnant just by saying it. Will he get his comeupance? And will he learn his lesson?
- Pics: Very good counterfeit Ninja Turtles toys. But can you spot what sets them apart easily from the real deal?
- Blogging: Just what exactly defines evil?
- Blogging: The truth about Sesame Street‘s Count?
- Article: If there’s one thing that South Park is good for, it’s social commentary. But if there’s another thing that it’s good for, it’s making fun of celebrities. Which is what has lead IGN to reflect upon the ten best celebrity parodies.
Video Power
- Site: If you’re a fan of Ace Attorney and are one of those Facebook-types, then Capcom has good news for you.
- Interview: In talking with Famitsu, Shigeru Miyamoto ties the GameCube controller to Nintendo’s future.
- Interview: In an interview with a highly-misleading title promising talk of a Ninja Gaiden DS sequel and a Wii version, Tomonoby Itagaki talks about the logistics of DOA and Ninja Gaiden on Wii or DS, and some other things.
- Article: Plus, IGN has Team Ninja leader Tomonobu Itagaki recount his Top 10 favorite Ninja Gaiden moments.
- Blogging: From the Producer of Bionic Commando, Ben Judd: 2008: The Year of the Commando.
- Article: Actually, “article” may be a tad generous for the length, but someone’s gone to the trouble of comparing the prices of games on the Virtual Console, versus what they would cost if purchased on their original formats.
- Article: Next Generation takes a look at role-playing games, and whether they’re forgetting their table-top roots, or finding their way.
- Article: Another piece at Next Gen looks at sex in video games, how the industry can shed the stigma it has regarding it, and how it can be used to further games as an art form.
- Article: GameDaily looks at a subject near and dear to my heart: 2D games, in this case the five best looking.
Incidently, I’d love to see more sidescrollers on say, the Wii that look the way Super Smash Bros. Brawl does.
- Article: If you’re a gamer in a relationship, be wary of these games likely to cause a breakup.
- Interview: GameTap asks SUDA51 twenty questions, including some Euro-censorship stuff.
- Interview: In an excerpt with David Jaffe, creator of Twisted Metal, he actually zings Miyamoto pretty well on a recent topic from Retro. Sure, there are technicalities, but…
- Article: VideoGamer rounds up ten games they think don’t deserve their success.
- Article: GameSetWatch analyzes No More Heroes and how it speaks to gamers.
- Chart: Wonder how battery life compares between the wireless controllers for the Xbox 360, the PS3, and the Wii? Now you know.
- Merch: You can preorder the soundtrack CD for Super Mario Galaxy now.
Hmm… thirty bucks? I like, but not sure I can afford it at the moment. But the music was undeniably awesome.
- Article: 1up’s Scott Sharkey looks at last year’s biggest stories before going on to make some new predictions for the coming year.
–LBD “Nytetrayn”