Your Daily Dose of Hubris and More! Inside…
1) Looks like if your DS is cracked(a 0.02% minority incident, it seems), Nintendo’s got your back.
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2) So, it seems that maybe PS3 production may have begun. Not that it’s anyone’s business, of course.
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3) Newgrounds.com seems to be doing well for itself, as Alien Homminid is headed for XBox 360 Live Arcade, as well as something called Castle Crashers.
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4) Ouch, looks like the UK might be in for a bit of sticker shock for pre-ordering PS3s, as Sony tries to keep the “eBay phenomenon” from making an encore. Sounds good, but will it work?
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5) Ok, fine, so UMD isn’t dead, it’s just “niche” now.
What the hell ever.
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6) Meanwhile, Sony patents something fairly similar to the Wii controller, and it’s not the PS3 controller.
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7) Japan not doing a 360: a look at Microsoft’s war abroad.
Sort of answers the question, “what if war was declared, and no one showed up?” At this point, it seems even the sole participant can’t win. Kinda sad.
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8) I call dibs on Dexter.
Or maybe Johnny Bravo.
Wait, you’re supposed to make your own characters. So I’ll do what I’d have done when I was 15…
Johnny Bravo with Samurai Jack’s sword, and Dexter’s brains and lab.
Yes…
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9) Sony unveils Blu-Ray DVD burner; poverty-stricken gamers who can’t afford any games for their PS3 unveil foam of the mouth as potential is realized.
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10) I don’t tend to think much of rumors, but hell, this list of Nintendo ones was too good to pass on.
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11) The Tick vs. Season One comes to DVD!!!
SPOON!!!
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12) More details on the bitchin’ Animal Crossing: Wild World swag, MARIO-themed swag, available at TRU this weekend.
This had BETTER be available in Canada, else I shall be PISSED.
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13) Over on IGN, Matt speaks up about how they’ll have to approach reviewing Wii games.
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14) From Sunshine to Galaxy: a look back and ahead at Mario’s adventures.
And let me just say, as much as I could really not have given a crap about the Piantas in Sunshine, I’m loving this whole “Pianta Syndicate” turf war in Paper Mario.
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15) Slashdot has a neat piece, “How America Changed The Mario Brothers.”
An interesting perspective, for sure.
Consider also that Nintendo of America was responsible for the name Mario, as well, and that Mario’s traditional look/color scheme as we know it today was established in our SMB2.
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16) Ken Kutaragi is going to deliver a keynote address at the Tokyo Game Show titled “The next-generation as created by the PlayStation 3.”
Cue tumbleweeds rolling across a ghost-town backdrop.
I kid, though.
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17) I always wondered how The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time would have been in 2-D. After some waiting on the project, I may just get to find out. w00t!
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18) Castlevania cosplay gone horribly, horribly wrong.
Or terrifically right, depending on you. And if you’re of the latter, stay the hell away from me.
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19) 5 years and 2 days ago, Capcom shamed us all.
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20) Nick Arcade was just never as cool as it should’ve been.
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21) I love reverse psychology.
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22) IDW evidently had a panel at SDCC’06 about TransFormers, and here are the results of that.
Spotlight looks like a good roster to me…
Nightbeat! 
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23) Behind the Scenes with PSM.
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24) SDCC video panel for the 20th Anniversary of TransFormers The Movie on DVD.
I’m sort of hoping they might be able to restore some of the “original” stuff, or patch up glitches(like Magnus putting the Matrix into his chest… twice).
I’d also like to know what those “Matrix of Knowledge” bits said that was so funny…
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25) New Titanium TransFormers… Scourge looks cool. And Rodimus Prime certainly looks… interesting.
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26) Masterpiece Prime is being re-released, and with a trailer at that. I want.
LBD “Nytetrayn”