1. Whew! Believe it or not, there ARE things that happened today that DIDN’T involve the Wii. No, seriously, I kid you not.

   For example, Bully got a T rating, thereby symbolizing the end of Democracy unless Our Lord And Savior, Jack Thompson, can manage to take the metaphorical bullet and protect us from ourselves.

   Ironically, for all the ruckus that the game has stirred up, it may not even perform that well due to being released exclusively, of all places, the PS2, according to Wedbush Morgan Securities analyst Michael Pachter.

   And with people rolling pennies and getting second jobs to afford the next generation of gaming(or glasses for their eyestrain), it would be sort of sadly ironic, as after having read some actual information on the game, I myself must admit it sounds like it may be worth a shot.

2. If you’re going to BotCon, then don’t miss out on your chance to become Optimus Prime.

   Wish I could enter.

3. Atomic Fire has pulled out some new info on Ryuusei no Rockman, aka “I Need An Official English Title, Stat!”

   I still don’t have a great opinion for good nor ill on this one, except to say that with THREE different versions, they’d better differ in more than just what form you play as. I mean, really now, that from the same guys who remake a Street Fighter game until it has so many characters that it collapses on itself?

   Unless this is budget priced in America, I don’t see many people buying into more than one, two tops.

   If I get one, it’d likely be either Fire Leo or Green Dragon.

4. Oh-ho, now THIS is interesting(not that the other stuff isn’t, but damn, going through it all can be exhausting)!

   Imagi, the studio producing the new Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles movie(titled TMNT) has picked up the rights from Tezuka Productions to create a feature-length computer-animated Astro Boy movie, scheduled for a 2009 release.

   I’m eager to see this, though I have to wonder what the combination of Jim Henson Pictures and Samurai Jack and Star Wars: Clone Wars creator Genndy Tartakovsky would have come up with.

5. You may not realize it, but you’ve probably heard of a man by the name of Jonah Hex.

   If you watched the early 90s’ Batman: The Animated Series, you may remember a tale told by one Ra’s al Ghul about the old west, and a bounty hunter by the name of Jonah Hex who came after the man later revealed to be the son of The Ghoul’s Head, in a rather memorable episode that had very little involvement with Batman himself.

   Now, over at DC, Jonah Hex is finally going to have his origin story revealed.

   So if you liked that old episode, and are curious about the man’s origins, you might want to look into picking this one up.

6. More origins are revealed in the funny-books, as GI Joe’s enemy Zartan will also see his story detailed in a 3-issue mini-series by Devil’s Due Publishing.
7. In case you haven’t heard, Jacko(not the one that sings) has just gotten himself some new ammo, as both Joystiq, Kotaku, and even my loving wife criticize the media’s reaction and pointing of fingers in the Montreal shootings.

   As far as events, I actually think the nature of this is worse than the above. Mind, I don’t speak of the results, but this one just seems more wrong on principle.

8. Well, it’s about damn time.

   Captain N: The Game Master is coming to DVD on 2/13/07.

   Pity this probably won’t make it to Canada, much like the Mario and Zelda sets.

LBD “Nytetrayn”

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