1) TechTV is back. Sort of.

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2) Wow, the original Koopa Kids were going to be in Super Princess Peach? What a rip(no pun intended).

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3) Cool, transforming TransFormers: The Movie 20th DVD cover art.

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4) Progress on the movies X-Men 4, Wolverine, and Young Magneto.

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5) Elsewhere, wow. Superman Returns seems to be underperforming, thus threatening a sequel.

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6) GameDaily review’s Chun-Li’s bare boobies.

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7) Video preview: Air Mario takin’ it to the hole!

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8) If you have some fond memories of Mario caught on video or photographed, and you don’t have a DS Lite or New Super Mario Bros. yet, maybe this is for you.

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9) Wii countdown clocks?

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10) Hope no one here has a Dell notebook…

And yes, I see who manufactured the battery. This is one of those times we just snicker in private.

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11) I have all but the turnip ones somewhere…

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12) Penny Arcade talks about the role of PAX in lieu of a full-blown E3.

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13) Spong has Nintendo of Europe’s boss on all things Wii.

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14) Sony has no plans to cut the price of the PSP. We’ll see.

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So much stuff, I had to take a break. Man’s gotta eat, y’know.

1) I still gotta try Super Mario War sometime. Sounds like it’s changed a little since I last spoke of it.

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2) The Best the SEGA CD has to offer.

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3)

Stephen Colbert + Internet Ingenuity = Pure Awesomeness.

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4) I totally agree with this. I prefer tangible to intangible games ANY day.

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5) Oh-ho-ho-ho, I wanna go!

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6) 1UP takes a look back at Worlds of Power. I still have some of those books, and I really admire the motivation behind the works, even if the finished projects were… odd, sometimes.

And I agree with PTB that more fiction like that today certainly wouldn’t be a BAD thing, especially if it got people into reading more.

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7) *spits*

…yeah, right, see how long THAT lasts…

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Ok, so after catching up on other stuff, I get to sift through news from the past two weeks. Joy.

Of course, I pretty much held off on looking at any news that I could until I could sit down and do this.

So here we are.

If there’s something I missed, that you think I’d be interested in knowing, please feel free to link me to it in the replies. Otherwise, I don’t want any crap about “this is old news” when I find out about it later.

Yeah, YOU KNOW WHO YOU ARE.
(more…)

HA! HA! HA! HA!

Guess again.

Is it me, or does it seem like terrorists do better at being a pain in the ass than spreading actual terror? Someone with sand in their shoes sneezes, and gas prices go up. Rumbling about this or that, and now flights are delayed.

Some passengers gave banned items away. Airport officials in Manchester, N.H., officials offered padded envelopes and paid the postage to mail items home.

That’s a cool move, though, in light of everything.

Fortunately, the most expensive liquid I tend to buy is usually Coke.

Speaking of which, I wonder if they’ll still serve drinks on board the flights…

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“Don’t kill Potter,” urge Stephen King and John Irving.

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1) It’s hot. And on the way to taking Red to work, I wanted to kill someone. Several someones. But that’s perhaps more because they’re assholes than because of the heat…

…or is it?

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2) Servbots make everything better.

And check out the neat Mega Man costume.

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3) I know I should care more about the the Mega Man Powered Up downloads, but I just don’t.

I mean, I’ll probably get them, but it’s not a priority.

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4) Mama mia, the 1UP, they’ve-a gone and collected the ten-a great Mario moments on video. Thank-a you so much…

“…GASP as our fancy flash player ACTUALLY WORKS NOW!”

Gasp!

That Sgt. Slaughter bit remains one of my faves(don’t remember the eyecatchers though).

Sadly, I’ve already posted a lot of these in here before, but at least they’re all collected now.

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5) Elsewhere, Sharkey takes a look at “The Bestest Worser Ads” of gaming.

“Even EGM had ‘tude back in the day. Hell, they had Bubsy on the cover that month. F’ing hardcore. They’d totally kick in your mother’s face’s ass.”

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6) Slight follow-up to the “E3 No More” news.

Sounds like some big exhibs(some have speculated Sony and EA) have pulled out.

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7) This is a cool pic, allegedly a promo image for the virtual console. Look at all the characters! Like Proto Man saving Peach as Luigi drives the Outrun car off with Roll in the passenger’s seat…

Eggman and Wily working on ROB the robot, Kirby(with a Belmont’s powers?), Wart, DK, Master Higgins, Pit, Ganon, King Hippo, Beat, Mouse, Triclyde, Mappy, Bub, Yellow Devil, Cut Man, Alex Kidd, Pac-man, DQ Slimes, Morton Koopa Jr, Snow Bros, Bomberman, Lakitu, Bob-omb, Arthur… I could go on. Nice pic, pity it’s so damn small(whoops, just right-click it and “view image”). Hope they sell a poster or something.

But where are Mario and Sonic?

Oh, and I guess any questions of Capcom being on board are settled, if this is for real.

Hmm, sadly, this image MAY draw some heat… but I won’t tell why. If no one sees it, then so much the better.

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9) Ziff-Davis for sale?

Well, crap.

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10) Kotaku addresses how E3 needs to change.

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11) Oh, I’ve GOT to see how this ends.

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12) FINALLY, the greatest pairing since peanut-butter met chocolate is NOW FOR SALE!

I’m tempted to look into what it would take to produce custom currency for the game, and sell it. Gold coins, star coins, rupees, etc.

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13) Rebuilding the Sony brand.

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14) If you want a PSP, delivered to your house for $180 USD, then today is your lucky day.

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15) Talking Turtles with TMNT movie director Kevin Munroe.

NRAMA: Who are the villains?

KM: He?s not. But his legacy exists. We have Karai and we?ve also got the Foot ninjas as well but we?ve also got a brand new villain. That?s something that was really important to Peter. Peter said, ?Look. Shredder was never intended to be the Darth Vader of this universe. It just happened with that first animated series and the movies came out and he just became the main guy.? The idea was to reintroduce the turtles to a modern day audience who maybe didn?t grow up with the movies. My kids have never seen or heard of it.

Karai, awesome.

And for the record, Peter Laird is so involved that the comic book has gone on an eight-month hiatus.

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16) Ass & Tetris: The Video.

Viewer discretion is advised. And undoubtedly ignored. But take that as a NSFW warning.

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Well, fuck.

And here I was wanting to go to E3 next year, too.

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So, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Fast Forward just premiered. According to the Official TMNT website, “The regular season starts on September 9th (the first three eps will be repeated then).”

It’s not as bad as I was afraid it might turn out to be. Things feel a little strange, perhaps due to it being a more original storyline than they usually work with, but with Peter Laird(probably) overseeing all the scripts, I think it’ll run fine.

Cody Jones is a unique but not unwelcome addition, but I get the feeling we’ll be seeing more of him over the next season than we did of his great-grandparents.

The animation seems on par, as does most of the humor(I’m kind of digging Surly… “pity the fool,” indeed… and cue a cut to Mikey)… so far, no signs of it veering into the mess that the old show became. The theme song… will probably grow on me; I prefer the other recent one better, though.

As far as I know, Fast Forward is meant to be a one-season thing, which works for me, it lets them do something different, and I’m sure there’s no way they’d pull the show as it goes back to the norm right before the new movie comes out…

So far, word on the “season that was to be” is that it was axed midway in favor of this, but Mirage wanted it done so they could release it on DVD at least(*applause*). Here’s hoping that a year from now when the movie is due, those eps might make it to TV.

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1) People need to learn to take a fucking joke. “M.E.G.A. On” is something that I made up, as the most literal, direct, and absurd translation of “R.O.C.K. On” there could be. It is in NO way official… yet. That I’ve seen, anyway.

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2) Castlevania turns 20, despite Sony’s best efforts to the contrary. Maybe that’s why “Sony’s gaming losses expected to continue,” but I don’t know for sure, because 1UP.com is moving slower than an old lady in a wheelchair going uphill.

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3) Konami has launched Konami RPG Stars, an online community dedicated fast-reflex action games like Contra and classic brawlers like Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.

Oh, and Rumble Roses. Why not?

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4) Dreams DO come true, as the GBA Player’s Choice line expands. The Legend of Zelda: Link to the Past (which includes the Four Swords), Mario Kart Super Circuit, Pok?mon FireRed Version, Pok?mon LeafGreen Version, and Super Mario World: Super Mario Advance 2 join Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga, Yoshi’s Island: Super Mario Advance 3, Super Mario Advance, Metroid Fusion, Metroid Zero Mission, Megaman Battle Network, Pok?mon Ruby, Pok?mon Sapphire, Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3.

… *screech*

Wait just a damn minute. *re-reads* When the hell did the Metroids, Pokemons, Super Mario 3, and MegaMan Battle Network join the lineup?! Bloody Hell.

Actually, this would be good. I still really want Super Mario Advance, and wanted Super Mario World to join the lineup. So I just need those, Mario Kart, and MegaMan Battle Network.

God, why couldn’t I have gotten that job?! *sobs*

Anyway, these run about 20 bucks per in the US, 25 in Canada.

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5) To those who ask “is there nothing sacred?” The answer is no. No there isn’t.

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6) HA! I KNEW DISNEY WOULDN’T LAST!

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7) Now this is queer. They make a movie DVD about Jak & Daxter‘s adventures for n00bs who don’t want to sit through the games, but it won’t be available at retail, and sounds like it can only be won?

So my question is, who’s likely to try for this besides people that are already Jak & Daxter fans? Seems like a waste.

Whatever, I prefer Ratchet & Clank, anyway.

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8) Thanks to the new adjustable difficulty levels, I may just have a new game to get for the ol’ PSP.

On a related note, I shed a tear for Maximo, whom I fear may never see a new game.

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9) It’s not due ’til October, which means the movie’s come and gone(wish I’d gotten to see it) and hopefully it won’t be rushed, but Garfield: A Tail of Two Kitties for the DS is looking pretty good, better than I’d have expected given recent Garfield game efforts of late. The PS2 version(what? No Cube?) looks pretty good as well.

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10) Mario Hoops now has an American website.

I love the art for this game. It reminds me of the classic Mario art with some of the details of the newer renders…

Looks like Dixie Kong is returning, too.

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11) 10 tips for mobile magic. Next-Gen looks at how to improve mobile phone games.

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12) Ouch, PS3 launch costs are on the rise. That’s no good.

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13) Wii on October 1st? Probably not, but it’s funny speculation.

And if it turns out to be true, and this was intentional, then Nintendo is good. really good.

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14) Slashdot reports an About.com look at what Nintendo is bringing to the next-gen party. Oh, and uh, something about the other guys needing to catch up…

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15) Further parallels drawn between that old NP letter and the release of the Wii.

I’m almost tempted to agree with Joystiq’s latter prognosis of the similarities.

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16) Ninten-dos and Ninten-don’ts.

Incidently, from what I’ve heard of game movies, Nintendo had little to do with Mario’s movie, nor Capcom with Street Fighter, and that could be the problem right there.(I still gotta find a SMB DVD)

In fairness, no one’s bitching about the idea of DS-to-Wii or PSP-to-PS3 connectivity. Right idea, wrong time.

Elsewhere, FUCK YOU, I LOVE R.O.B.! He’s like a secondary mascot, and as noted here, got a lot of retailers to take in something they otherwise might not have, which could potentially have lead to us not even having a game industry today.

And finally, no comment.

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17) Wanna make games? Maybe Nintendo can help.

Talk about Christmas in July…

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18) Good news, everyone! EA doesn’t suck(as much) anymore!

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19) SEE, #16?! R.O.B. kicks YOUR ass, and sleeps with your mutha!!!

Um, yeah, boy. Bum-diggity. Or something.

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…word?

(shame several of the links don’t work)

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20) More with the voice of Mario.

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21) PSP to TV? What a fucking waste of an idea. FAIL.

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22) An interesting bit questioning the validity of Mario’s profession as a plumber.

But, it’s a bit faulty. The booklet for Super Mario Bros., which I just happen to have right here(don’t ask, please), says absolutely nothing about Mario being a plumber. Hell, it was years before I actually knew.

In fact, it doesn’t even say where he comes from.

I realize it’s probably supposed to be tongue in cheek, but it helps more when your facts are straight.

Incidently, as tools go, he does have those hammers, and he and Luigi even use them for a plumbing job in Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga.

I love the comment in the blog, however:

“I once had a plumber turn up that was dressed as super mario – he had the van done up and everything. Idiot.”

“Not that it’s convincing evidence, but in the original Mario Bros., Mario actually did some plumbing. Of course he was dealing with just the pests that came out of the plumbing, and he did in fact just deal with said pest by jumping, but those pipes were clean, gosh darnit!”

I go with what SMBHQ(I think) was quoted as saying in EGM’s special, that Mario is a “general contractor.” Carpenter, plumber, doctor, cookie baker, adventurer…
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23) G4 shows Kotaku showing DS Lite problems. Kotaku shows that they don’t really appreciate it any more or less than anyone else did.

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24) Ladies and gentlemen, I present to you what was clearly anticipated a long time ago, for this must be THE reason for the creation of the term “WTF?”

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